Little Gibby's 45 MB

crash2 · Jul 8, 2015

I looked over trying to use the pedal that was in the pile and its just too worn out and will need to be modified. Going to stuff my head under there tonight and see what one will work the best..

crash2 · Jul 28, 2015

Ok so I did a bunch of measuring and I came up with this pedal as the best solution.

http://www.speedwaymotors.com/Speedw...FUdufgodBBgLkA

Since the sheetmetal is pretty poor and a bunch of holes and some sort of riser will need to be made I figured doing it up high is the best solution.

So I ordered it and on its way.

crash2 · Aug 10, 2015

Dang---the pedal finally ships tomorrow--jeepers..

Waiting for james to get back to me so we can figure a few things out.

crash2 · Aug 19, 2015

Grabbed a tbi throttle cable so time to build a bracket since i can't find anything prefabbed worth a damn.

skinny_pedal · Aug 20, 2015

Wheelies in no time:redneck:

crash2 · Aug 21, 2015

Accell cable bracket at the tbi done..

Gibby1 · Aug 21, 2015

Now it should go FAST.

crash2 · Aug 21, 2015

Its still only a 3.8 :redneck:

crash2 · Aug 21, 2015

So I ordered the pedal assy and got some egr bypass kit and went to order the right part--out of stock for the next month--:wtf:

So I got pissed and took another look at the pedal that was in the pile. Well I was able to make it work with some effort. Due to the firewall/tunnel metting joint and where the pedal needed to mount I had to first make a 1/4" spacer.

Next part wasn't too bad getting the top of the pedal rebuilt to fit the cable/travel. It actually turned out pretty good...

crash2 · Aug 24, 2015

Some odds and ends. Got all the sensors installed. Had to make a bracket for the map sensor.

crash2 · Aug 24, 2015

I also got the shocks figured out, Bilstien 5125 series.

33-185606 for the rears

33-185552 for the fronts

I got the starter figured out.

So the shocks are the last heavy metal work I have left.

Gibby1 · Aug 24, 2015

crash said:
I also got the shocks figured out, Bilstien 5125 series.

33-185606 for the rears

33-185552 for the fronts

I got the starter figured out.

So the shocks are the last heavy metal work I have left.

I will order the shocks, the shifter parts and I think you still need the water neck and distributor hold down. I have the radiator and heater hoses here that you asked for

Jaydog · Aug 28, 2015

crash said:
Its still only a 3.8 :redneck:

Yeah, but we all know Gibby, and it will have a small block before Jackson turns 16 :stirpot:

Jaydog · Aug 28, 2015

Why doesn't Action have an account on here Gibby? He should be commenting on this thread. We should have had him here from the start, that way we could have watched him grow up while the build was going on. He's at least 5' taller than when it began.

Gibby1 · Aug 28, 2015

Jaydog said:
Why doesn't Action have an account on here Gibby? He should be commenting on this thread. We should have had him here from the start, that way we could have watched him grow up while the build was going on. He's at least 5' taller than when it began.

On a serious note, Jackson get's his permit in about 6 months.

Hmmm, there are a lot of threads on here that i would not consider appropriate for his viewing, or mine for that matter

crash2 · Aug 29, 2015

Time to get busy...

crash2 · Aug 29, 2015

Look at how crappy these pre-fab harness's are made for fitment. My big pet peeve is when there are multiple harness's under the hood--drives me batty..

So I have "always" routed them properly and incorporated the rest of the wiring into the engine harness. You have less feet of wiring and when routed properly the chances of failure are reduced greatly.

crash2 · Aug 29, 2015

Step one---routing--its all about the routing IMO....

crash2 · Aug 30, 2015

Front is prewired for winch control, headlights (high/low beam) park lamps and both rh and lh turn. Its pretty close but without a nose I can only guesstimate...