What did you do to your TJ today?

[Pantera99]

What smoke machine did you get? I’ve been thinking about getting one to have on hand.

Its the red Autoline Pro, worked much better I expected. It was $70 on Black Friday from Amazon. They had a $50 one but the reviews were sketchy. Just connect to the battery & an air compressor & it was smoking like a damn chimney after about 3-4 mins.
Just dug up an old keyed Stant gas cap that had thrown a code before but it seems much tighter than my current stock gas cap.

 

[05 White X]

Well did alot I think, pulled the head and all the shit and got new shiny stuff installed some what. My back is talking to me LOL

 

[reddvltj]

Well did alot I think, pulled the head and all the shit and got new shiny stuff installed some what. My back is talking to me LOLView attachment 577744View attachment 577745View attachment 577747View attachment 577744View attachment 577745View attachment 577747

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Damn that head and header look nice!!! Where do the cats live? attached to the header or bolt on after the flange?

 

[John Cooper]

Great top pic.

Yes that looks like Cooper Springs. Man he was stuck.

Only you can say that, I won't let anyone else

 

[mjonesjr84]

Well did alot I think, pulled the head and all the shit and got new shiny stuff installed some what. My back is talking to me LOLView attachment 577744View attachment 577745View attachment 577747View attachment 577744View attachment 577745View attachment 577747

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I'd be interested to see the performance of this head.

Do you not have the dual cats at the header?

 

[05 White X]

Damn that head and header look nice!!! Where do the cats live? attached to the header or bolt on after the flange?

After the flange, net section of pipe

 

[MountaineerTom]

Ok a few small ones.

We got to be in the Main Space when the engines were fired up. Double ear protection and coveralls. We watched them fire 2 V16 Colt-Pielstick There are 4 on board the NY and my son, Ben and his bestie, Jerry, yes Ben and Jerry, are in charge of Main 1 that houses these two. They are massive and awesome. They dry crank the engine 3 minutes to prelube the cylinders just like I do my Shovelhead.

The two laughing are my cousin Sean and my brother from another mother Rory. Both played a huge role in building the character my son is.



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If’n I knew how to share a video I’d let you hear em run.

This is an LCAC entering the hull of the ship pretty badass. They put two in there and then they left the following morning to head to Little Creek.

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We BS’d with the Captain and so many other amazing Sailors that have volunteered to serve.

Saw some cool artwork. My son is a Snipe. Look it up




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We played Star Wars in the Helo Bridge. Here you see Han and Chewy flying the Millennium Falcon.


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Little proud dad moment


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Here’s the LCAC headed to Little Creek


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Then there was this smile


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Tomorrow we chill and make thanksgiving dinner for Ben and a few other Sailors. Sunday he goes back to the ship and we head home. He will be home (NY) by Christmas for a two week leave.

While home we will go see how that Rubi wheels.

Thanks for your support in this build and interest in my trip.

God bless America and the US Military

Is he in Norfolk / Virginia Beach?

 

[Rickyd]

I'd be interested to see the performance of this head.

Do you not have the dual cats at the header?

The exhaust ports are way bigger than stock,especially the 0331.You need to run banks headers or some other expensive brand with large enough primaries. None of the cheap headers i found didn't obstruct flow. The total gets towards 3000$ before adding a cam or other parts to wake it up.

Here's one guys swap

Thread 'Edelbrock head results'

Mar 13, 2019

I was having issues with power and overheating while towing my Patriot trailer, so working with my shop, decided to put in the Edelbrock head, new cam, headers and new radiator. While we were in there, we port matched and polished, and did some clean up. Haven't hooked up the trailer yet, but very happy with the results after tuning. Just wish I had dyno'ed before the mods were started to see the full gain.

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[Zorba]

Aftermath of the Savvy shift kit installation. The aftermarket shift lever was contacting the 4 Lo end of the plastic slot more than I'd like. I had originally bent it so it wouldn't do that, but the corrected geometry of the new shifter pushed it back a tiny bit, so I increased the bend, repainted and reinstalled it.

 

[Weasellee]

Is he in Norfolk / Virginia Beach?

Yessir

 

[Dr. Internet]

Yessir

The Little Creek base is due north of the Norfolk airport.

 

[NashvilleTJ]

Aftermath of the Savvy shift kit installation. The aftermarket shift lever was contacting the 4 Lo end of the plastic slot more than I'd like. I had originally bent it so it wouldn't do that, but the corrected geometry of the new shifter pushed it back a tiny bit, so I increased the bend, repainted and reinstalled it.

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Am I looking at a cool old vice there, Zorb?

 

[Zorba]

Am I looking at a cool old vice there, Zorb?

Its an old Wilton "Shop King" - that actually was tossed out by my metal shop teacher in High School. I put new jaws on it and repainted it and have been using it ever since. About 3 years ago, I got better jaws and repainted it again. Shop Kings are fairly light duty, but look cool with a sort of Art Deco or Streamline Moderne look. Some of them came with pipe jaws, this one did not but I bought a set on eBay that came from an unknown brand/model of vise. Looks factory!

It had a swivel base when I got it, but it cracked years back, so I just bolted it down directly.

Oh, and...

However, it turns out that the Brits use "vice" for both meanings. "Vise" is an Americanism.

 

[NashvilleTJ]

Its an old Wilton "Shop King" - that actually was tossed out by my metal shop teacher in High School. I put new jaws on it and repainted it and have been using it ever since. About 3 years ago, I got better jaws and repainted it again. Shop Kings are fairly light duty, but look cool with a sort of Art Deco or Streamline Moderne look. Some of them came with pipe jaws, this one did not but I bought a set on eBay that came from an unknown brand/model of vise. Looks factory!

It had a swivel base when I got it, but it cracked years back, so I just bolted it down directly.

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Oh, and...

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However, it turns out that the Brits use "vice" for both meanings. "Vise" is an Americanism.

Very cool.

 

[Pascal25]

Got my new birthday present headlights in. Minor problems of one of the tabs breaking off the inner mounting ring, I'll need to find a replacement for that, and 1 missing screw on the outer ring

 

[MikekiM]

Finished installing the center console after replacing the detonated NV3550 with a Novak AX15.

Then finally installed a custom Alcantara wrapped steering wheel I recv'd back in early November

 

[mjonesjr84]

Finished installing the center console after replacing the detonated NV3550 with a Novak AX15.

Then finally installed a custom Alcantara wrapped steering wheel I recv'd back in early November

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Where did you get the shift boot from?

 

[mjonesjr84]

Got my passenger MC fender somewhat installed. I've got to finish bolting in the inner fender and mounting the stuff back to it.

 

[Weasellee]

The Little Creek base is due north of the Norfolk airport.

It is. If referring to the LCAC’s. They are stationed in Little Creek and the USS New York is stationed in Norfolk. We were headed in to Norfolk and the LCAC’s departed the ship for Little Creek.

 

[Tejasol]

Checked my battery terminal connections and my grounds. I got a Check Gauges light and looked down to see that my alternator was overcharging. Everything was tight and there is no corrosion. Hopefully it doesn't happen again. If it does, I may finally purchase one of those high output green alternators.