01-01-2012, 09:37 AM
More than a month with no updates? I can explain.
See, I've been busy DRIVING this thing every day to get to work. Admittedly, on an average day it makes me want to :vomit: . It's not that it's bad, it's just, you know, such a truck from 1989. However, I have not stood idly by.
I've started disassembling the 258 I got from Boo Radley up there. I was able to get all the bolts off the manifolds by hand, which any of you who've actually removed exhaust fasteners know: That's a big fuckin' deal. I am going to try to toss the long block on the engine stand this week so I can remove the head, crank, and rods, and figure out what to do with the head and block. Doubt the scrapper would give me much for it, but maybe there are some Wrango guys out there who need a block to build? :dunno: They can have it. (Spread the word!)
Anyhoo, I've also got a more defined roadmap for the mods to this guy. They come in three stages basically:
Stage 1: Lift
Stage 2: Axles
Stage 3: Stroker
I've either acquired or identified all the parts I need for the first stage, and most of the second and third stages. I am waiting, however, on my stupid car to get here so that I can actually, you know, put a lift on this fucking thing. Hey SOA: :finger:
But all is not lost. Lest you think I am sitting idly by, rolling in the ReXJ with my collar popped and my yankees hat so crisp, I got a call at work this morning:
Dumbass: "Yeah man, I'm in a ditch."
Rex: You're in a WHAT?
Dumbass: "A ditch. Can you help?"
Yeah, I've got AAA, I will just tell the towtruck we were riding to work.
Dumbass: "Cool man. I'm at the corner of Dick and Asshole,*" *not real streets.
Yeah, be there in a minute.
So I drive there. And when he said the car was in a ditch, that weren't no jive! He was nose-first, at least 50┬░, hanging out in the ditch. Also, he was :vomit: . (But he wasn't drinking, he swears! He's just sick!) Apparently he didn't take the time to properly defrost his windshield missed his turn into asshole, locked up his brakes and was in the ditch before he knew what was up. He was fine, and the car was even running when he came to a stop. So I start dialing AAA when Five-Oh rolls up 2 deep. Well there goes my AAA idea. Can't exactly tell the tow truck I was riding with when Smokey here knows I wasn't. Shit.
So cop takes all of dumbass's information and is all like "Well, we need to get your car out or it's gonna cause more accidents. What are you going to do?"
Dumbass is all :dunno:
But Rex is:
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Chain on tow hook, chain on hitch, put that fucker in Fo' Lo', and give her hell*! Pulled that korean bbq piece of shit right out of the ditch and he drove it into a nearby parking lot. Like a bawse. * actually not that much hell. Never went above 2500rpm
Then the cop tells him that he can't drive it anywhere because his license is suspended. :evileye: Dumbass is dumb. Oh well. I haul my GIANT FUCKING BALLS (because OMG, they are teh huge) back into my jeep and drive dumbass back to his crib so he can sleep off whatever is ailing him.
tl;dr: ReXJ pulls a dumbass out of a ditch, on New Year's Day, and that makes Rex Chieftain of Clan Badass. The end.
See, I've been busy DRIVING this thing every day to get to work. Admittedly, on an average day it makes me want to :vomit: . It's not that it's bad, it's just, you know, such a truck from 1989. However, I have not stood idly by.
I've started disassembling the 258 I got from Boo Radley up there. I was able to get all the bolts off the manifolds by hand, which any of you who've actually removed exhaust fasteners know: That's a big fuckin' deal. I am going to try to toss the long block on the engine stand this week so I can remove the head, crank, and rods, and figure out what to do with the head and block. Doubt the scrapper would give me much for it, but maybe there are some Wrango guys out there who need a block to build? :dunno: They can have it. (Spread the word!)
Anyhoo, I've also got a more defined roadmap for the mods to this guy. They come in three stages basically:
Stage 1: Lift
Stage 2: Axles
Stage 3: Stroker
I've either acquired or identified all the parts I need for the first stage, and most of the second and third stages. I am waiting, however, on my stupid car to get here so that I can actually, you know, put a lift on this fucking thing. Hey SOA: :finger:
But all is not lost. Lest you think I am sitting idly by, rolling in the ReXJ with my collar popped and my yankees hat so crisp, I got a call at work this morning:
Dumbass: "Yeah man, I'm in a ditch."
Rex: You're in a WHAT?
Dumbass: "A ditch. Can you help?"
Yeah, I've got AAA, I will just tell the towtruck we were riding to work.
Dumbass: "Cool man. I'm at the corner of Dick and Asshole,*" *not real streets.
Yeah, be there in a minute.
So I drive there. And when he said the car was in a ditch, that weren't no jive! He was nose-first, at least 50┬░, hanging out in the ditch. Also, he was :vomit: . (But he wasn't drinking, he swears! He's just sick!) Apparently he didn't take the time to properly defrost his windshield missed his turn into asshole, locked up his brakes and was in the ditch before he knew what was up. He was fine, and the car was even running when he came to a stop. So I start dialing AAA when Five-Oh rolls up 2 deep. Well there goes my AAA idea. Can't exactly tell the tow truck I was riding with when Smokey here knows I wasn't. Shit.
So cop takes all of dumbass's information and is all like "Well, we need to get your car out or it's gonna cause more accidents. What are you going to do?"
Dumbass is all :dunno:
But Rex is:
Chain on tow hook, chain on hitch, put that fucker in Fo' Lo', and give her hell*! Pulled that korean bbq piece of shit right out of the ditch and he drove it into a nearby parking lot. Like a bawse. * actually not that much hell. Never went above 2500rpm
Then the cop tells him that he can't drive it anywhere because his license is suspended. :evileye: Dumbass is dumb. Oh well. I haul my GIANT FUCKING BALLS (because OMG, they are teh huge) back into my jeep and drive dumbass back to his crib so he can sleep off whatever is ailing him.
tl;dr: ReXJ pulls a dumbass out of a ditch, on New Year's Day, and that makes Rex Chieftain of Clan Badass. The end.
1987 Oldsmobile Cutlass 442