Finished today for a current project. It only took about four incarnations for it to work correctly.
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Chopper Bicycle
Found a number of dead links looking for my Chopper Bicycle here, so I figured I’d add it. Or put it back – I can’t remember….
Hideous Quirks
In an effort to “fix” the many electrical problems akin to my mid-90’s Nissan experience, I added a new section to the Hideous Hardbody – Hideous Quirks.
The first quirk I dealt with was an erratic idle, low-speed stumble, driveability issue which involved re-soldering a questionable crimp in the engine wiring harness.
Much better!
Control Arms
Bought my dream Toyota
Yup! It’s a 1970 Toyota Celica GT.
If only I could fit in it.
Landyachtz Tech Deck
I bought one of these. First time ever. Why? Because of this:
Jody “Shnitzel” Willcock is a good friend I met way back in my BCIT days. I had to buy one.
Made my own Dimple Dies
These always make things look good.
The Final Word on The Frankenleaf Hardbody
- 2WD main leaf, de-arced 3″
- 4WD second leaf, de-arced to match
- 2WD second leaf, bobbed and de-arced to match
- 2WD main overload, flattened (Canadian trucks have two overloads)
- 4WD second overload, flipped
- 3″ blocks, machined to 2″ with 6° taper
- Relocated rear shackle mount
- Re-drilled front eye mount
- Nissan Quest shocks
That should be it. SO not worth it.
Lathe Post T-Nut
Fabricated for a friend’s lathe.
Lethal Locost Tuning
I figured I should add an update on the current tune. I have been running pure Alpha-N for a couple years now, and this is the current state of the tune.
There is still a wee bit of unhappiness light-throttle around 2000rpm, and cold start is still about 10% unhappy. But very driveable, and nary a problem.
I did have a strange quirk wherein the car would act like it just dropped two cylinders, usually only once in a while, and only within the first 20 minutes of operation. Only a full on/off/on would make it go away. Someone on www.locostusa.com found the fix: reset “next pulse tolerance” normal running up to 70%. Problem solved.