Fool's Gold! Size DOES matter.

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  • bam-bambam-bam Council Member
    Naw, it's rubber...
  • bam-bambam-bam Council Member
    Actual tire pics- these are just a tad under 29" high

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    and they won't be quite this far out- maybe 3/4" less

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    The cool thing is that they're P-metric,(not LT) and have a 2-ply polyester sidewall

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    light and flexible 8)
  • That's pretty nice! Note to self. Must get larger than 29" tires :)
  • bam-bambam-bam Council Member
    503Wagon wrote:
    That's pretty nice! Note to self. Must get larger than 29" tires :)


    ...also must have 7 inches of lift and custom rims to clear the suspension :P
  • bam-bam wrote:
    503Wagon wrote:
    That's pretty nice! Note to self. Must get larger than 29" tires :)


    ...also must have 7 inches of lift and custom rims to clear the suspension :P

    Negative ghost rider. Imma do it on my current lift. Cut grind weld repeat. :)
  • bam-bambam-bam Council Member
    Sweet! I can't wait to see it.
  • JDMWago666JDMWago666 Senior Wagonist
    So you went with the 235/75r15? Good size tire not so good off road though. We sell those tires and get people coming back saying that they are horrible offroad. Just a side note
    Thats also people with mild lifts on Rangers,S10s and S15s.
    Can't wait to see how it looks all put together though :D
    I have a hard on for the final outcome
  • esteen2esteen2 Band Wagon
    Are you planning on running a Jrsc?
  • esteen2 wrote:
    Are you planning on running a Jrsc?

    From what I understand its going to be a 68cc 2 Stroke leaf blower forcing air into the intake, ustilizing a rising rate.

    (Yeah, he's going to put a JRSC on it, its in the first couple pages I think).

    And Bam - those Flexi Flares are a Brilliant Idea and should work perfectly!
  • TerminusVoxTerminusVox Senior Wagonist
    From what I understand its going to be a 68cc 2 Stroke leaf blower forcing air into the intake, ustilizing a rising rate.
    Hey, that sounds like it'd work!Have to figure out how to cool the air down though...
  • You sir, apparently forgot my high school days as a pothead.

    Easy solution - Plumb a duct from the intake on the leaf blower to an ice chest with a hole in the top of the side of it. Cut your mom's screen out of her screen door and staple it to the inside of the cooler. (This will prevent anything that can cause major damage from being sucked into your "supercharger". Inside the cooler, fill completely with crushed ice. Remove drain cap on bottom of cooler and plumb with hose through one of those nifty pre-installed "drain holes". Put a hole in the other side of the cooler to let ambient air come in.

    Its the same concept as doing Ice-Knifers (not that I've ever done such a thing) just on a larger scale, the engine being your lungs essentially. Hoodrat water 2 air as easy as 1-2-3.
  • bam-bambam-bam Council Member
    JDMWago666 wrote:
    So you went with the 235/75r15? Good size tire not so good off road though. We sell those tires and get people coming back saying that they are horrible offroad. Just a side note
    Thats also people with mild lifts on Rangers,S10s and S15s.
    Can't wait to see how it looks all put together though :D
    I have a hard on for the final outcome
    Yeah, any "all terrain" tread is going to be a compromise. I wanted something relatively tame, yet with a blocky look. These had the added benefit of being cheap.

    I didn't want a pure mud tire, too noisy on the asphalt.
  • bam-bambam-bam Council Member
    You sir, apparently forgot my high school days as a pothead.

    Easy solution - Plumb a duct from the intake on the leaf blower to an ice chest with a hole in the top of the side of it. Cut your mom's screen out of her screen door and staple it to the inside of the cooler. (This will prevent anything that can cause major damage from being sucked into your "supercharger". Inside the cooler, fill completely with crushed ice. Remove drain cap on bottom of cooler and plumb with hose through one of those nifty pre-installed "drain holes". Put a hole in the other side of the cooler to let ambient air come in.

    Its the same concept as doing Ice-Knifers (not that I've ever done such a thing) just on a larger scale, the engine being your lungs essentially. Hoodrat water 2 air as easy as 1-2-3.


    Sounds just like the rigs desert racers plumb into their helmets for breathing air.
  • esteen2esteen2 Band Wagon
    Just got my Jrsc on with my homemade liquid to air intercooler.
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  • bam-bambam-bam Council Member
    Sweet! Do you have pictures in a build thread? I'd like to check out what you've done.

    I've been thinking about water/alcohol injection

    edit: I found your build thread, read it and watched the video. Awesome! I want one.

    Wish I had the welding skills for that
  • rbwdrivenrbwdriven Senior Wagonist
    bam-bam wrote:
    Sweet! Do you have pictures in a build thread? I'd like to check out what you've done.

    I've been thinking about water/alcohol injection

    I think bam the alcohol is supposed to be for the motor, not the driver.
  • rbwdriven wrote:
    bam-bam wrote:
    Sweet! Do you have pictures in a build thread? I'd like to check out what you've done.

    I've been thinking about water/alcohol injection

    I think bam the alcohol is supposed to be for the motor, not the driver.
    HA!
  • TerminusVoxTerminusVox Senior Wagonist
    rbwdriven wrote:
    bam-bam wrote:
    I think bam the alcohol is supposed to be for the motor, not the driver.
    Methinks he's long since figured out proper application of alcohol to the driver.
  • bam-bambam-bam Council Member
    Hell, what kind of sober person would attempt something this crazy?

    No real progress this week, just trying to make it through the Christmas grind. (Bah! Humbug!)

    I did a little massaging for tire clearance, but am waiting for the wheel delivery before I get real serious on that front.

    I think today I'll work on fabbing the dropped mount for the viscous coupler...
  • I've got an AEM water injection kit that was used with great results (100+ degrees reduction in intake temps) on the RWD Wagon. If you wanna go this route, you can have it for a good deal.
  • Wow.... I hope too see more soon. That is an amazing accomplishment.
    I would love to see a video of it in action! If there is please message me with the link.
  • DRMORTYDRMORTY Council Member
    LOL..
    How Bamtech ships stuff...
    Custom Logo Box
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  • DRMORTYDRMORTY Council Member
    Jaker wrote:
    I've got an AEM water injection kit that was used with great results (100+ degrees reduction in intake temps) on the RWD Wagon. If you wanna go this route, you can have it for a good deal.
    I wanna know more too!!!
    I had water injection on my 1978 454 Suburban.. No longer have.. Always, wanted to know how it was on a honda..
  • I was running an M62 blower on my D16A6/Z6 built engine. I was seeing 12 psi by 2,000 rpm, 20 psi by 3,000, and it was at 23 psi at 7,000 (peak power), 26 psi at 9,000. All that means is the air was getting crazy hot, because the blower was working really really hard to force that air into the intake manifold/combustion chamber.

    The temps without the water injection were hitting 255 plus degrees (the Honda IAT sensor maxes out at 255, and I have no reason to believe that the temps stopped there exactly). When I pushed the biggest nozzle on the water injection, the temps maxed out at about 135-140 degrees at autocross, and if I went nuts on the road, they'd get to about 155-160 max.
  • bam-bambam-bam Council Member
    Jaker wrote:
    I've got an AEM water injection kit that was used with great results (100+ degrees reduction in intake temps) on the RWD Wagon. If you wanna go this route, you can have it for a good deal.
    I'm not ignoring you :D Went on a couple-day reading spree, researching water injection how-and-whys.
  • 3rd4ce3rd4ce Council Member
    bam-bam wrote:
    Jaker wrote:
    I've got an AEM water injection kit that was used with great results (100+ degrees reduction in intake temps) on the RWD Wagon. If you wanna go this route, you can have it for a good deal.
    I'm not ignoring you :D Went on a couple-day reading spree, researching water injection how-and-whys.
    :shock:
    ok share what u found out ...
    make sure u dumb it down for me :lol:
    u know i is a lil slo ...
  • bam-bambam-bam Council Member
    3rd4ce wrote:
    bam-bam wrote:
    Jaker wrote:
    I've got an AEM water injection kit that was used with great results (100+ degrees reduction in intake temps) on the RWD Wagon. If you wanna go this route, you can have it for a good deal.
    I'm not ignoring you :D Went on a couple-day reading spree, researching water injection how-and-whys.
    :shock:
    ok share what u found out ...
    make sure u dumb it down for me :lol:
    u know i is a lil slo ...


    in a nutshell? Water injection is good.
  • DRMORTYDRMORTY Council Member
    Water injection is good and it will also protect you from fuel ping while running good old 87 instead of those expensive fuels. My Honda was made for cheap gas
  • bam-bambam-bam Council Member
    bam-bam wrote:
    I think today I'll work on fabbing the dropped mount for the viscous coupler...

    I never got around to it that day. When changing Anne's wheels I found a split axle boot, so I changed the axle and the transmission oil before installing her new head unit.

    Anyway, finally started roughing out the bracket tonight

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    I can't quite figure out why the midshaft bearings were mounted at an angle like this, I'm just gonna roll with it.

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    I'm not sure that this is the way to go, something isn't quite kosher about it. Time will tell...
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