"Steveo" wrote in message
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"Chad Wahls" wrote:
"Steveo" wrote in message
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"M-Tech" wrote:
Man, the last 2 nights I've been hitting some GREAT conditions coming
home on the interstate. Alabama, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, etc
etc. QSO's are short, but strong.

Tonight, I was talking to a guy in Alabama that said he had to slide
off freq about 30kc's to tune me in? I had to do the same for him.
He said he doubted his radio was off freq since it's a "Tram something
or another ssb rig". I said I just have a lowly 2510 and a wilson
1000. Anyway, he was the ONLY guy I had to crank the rit an abnormal
amount for. Only "complaint" I've had, although the radio is only 2
months old(since I got it)I guess maybe I should take it in for a
check up.

37, 38 lsb, usb :-) Unit 313 Pa Mobile

Don

Hi Don. I tried it around 2 this afternoon up here in Ohio but it was
just barely rolling. Talked to some dude in Florida who was nailing
down stuff for the storm. Man I hope it's not gonna be a nasty
hurricane season for the coastal folk.

I sandblasted my headers and baked a ceramic coating on them today,
very productive.

Tuesday night was good driving home at about 4PM CDT, I still have a
****ty rig though

As for baking the headers, what process are you using Steveo? It's time
to get my Mopar back on the strip and this winter is rebuild time as soon
as I get another daily driver.

Chad

After I sand blasted them..

I did my own thing with the ceramic coating. I made a lean too around
my tow motor's forks and cooked them with my 190k btu torpedo heater
and about 4 gallons of kerosene. I put an oven thermometer in there
and ran them up to 300 degrees for two hours.

You can get away with using the engine exhaust to bake them if you
do it slowly. ie - run the motor for 3 minutes, shut it off and repeat.

I can't do that since I'll be under break-in condition when I fire
up the new 440. I'll have to run it for at least 20 minutes, and
that would likely burn the header coating off if it wasn't pre-baked.

I pondered buying new ceramic coated headers, but the port job
on the heads ate up my money too fast.

What Mopar do you have?

Nothing old and cool like I expect yours is.

A 95 dodge Dakota sold as a 96 from Mopar performance. It's got a 318 with
the Magnum RT mods all through, computer, bumpstick, roller everything,
tri_Y headers, 5 speed, 3.90 locker, yadada, yadada.

I have modified the computer to allow me to make adjustments, tuned the
suspension so it's not a burn out machine. put on a supercharger. updated
the injectors and fuel pump. replaced the clutch with a centerforce gold,
and driven the hell out of it.

It's now got 120K miles on it and has never failed to get me where I need to
go in a very timely manner. All I've replaced out of necessity is the
clutch and fuel pump (good op for upgrades). It was running low 12's in the
quarter with street tires. I never took it out this year to the strip as
this summer has been quite hectic It's a fun little truck, it's plane
jane bright red, no fancy stickers that may suggest anything and has a
single side exit 3" exaust (a must with the tri-Y's) pretty quiet but has a
VERY unique tone. You would never know it will launch like a rocket at a
stoplight, you get a fartpipe car next to you and it's hilarious to show
them American torque out of a relitavely quiet plain pickup truck.

HOPEFULLY this winter I need to get some body work done from where I got
rear ended by a light pole, and go through the engine. I know it's time for
new valve springs and lifters. Compression seems OK on the cylinders but it
probably wouldn't hurt to do a full rebuild, I may go a little crazy on the
rebuild as I plan on getting a different daily driver, yall are going to
shoot me but I think it's time for a VW as I have moved 20 miles away from
work and them little buggers scream. I just cant get any 'ol import because
I don't want every kid with a fart pipe dicking with me, haven't found
anything American that turns me on for value and performance.

Whatcha got cookin Steveo? (other than headers). What are you building and
when do you expect completion? Hopefully you don't live in the midwest or
nort because it sounds like you will get it done just in time for winter

Chad