HipMF

Are we still doing this?
 

A little treat arrived today....😉. Still a lot of work to get in before the Vintage!

Psychedelic music, as it were, is just a weak attempt to play Indian classical music on western instruments. Change my mind,
 

Haha, PP.

LOOOOOOOONG overdue update on this car. 
I got all the parts I need to swap the brake system(I think). I called Wilwood and figured out the exact calipers I got from @DrLeadFoot because I needed to get an idea of what size masters I should run with the pedalbox and the calipers front and rear. Despite everything I read on the internet(5/8ths F&R), I wanted to be certain. It turns out, due to the size and stroke if the rear Calipers, Wilwood suggests a 3/4th master for the rear. The front calipers are an older design (cast with raised Wilwood logo) which I actually prefer but still utilize the same parts as the new design (cast with printed logo) and wilwood said a 5/8ths is perfect for them.  
So here is what I ended up getting;
Wilwood 4 piston Forged Superlites Wilwood 11.75" Ultralite 2 pc rotors Wilwood BP-20 pads Wilwood 340-11299 pedal assembly Wilwood 5/8th master for the front Wilwood 3/4th master for the rear  Wilwood 3/4th master for the clutch Garagistic mounting bracket Wilwood bias valve
Size comparison of the rotors 

The old brake setup

The new brake setup

And a test fit with my wheels

Super stoked that these fit with ample room left 

It took me about a good 3 hours to fit everything and trim the heat shields and find hardware that would work for mocking up.

As of now I only have the rotors and calipers installed just to mock them up. They will be coming back off and the new rotors will go on, the hats and calipers will be painted and rebuilt before finally assembly.
The next steps now is to get the pedal box to fit in the car. It says on the garagistic site that I need a non-airbag steering column, which I am going to soon learn the reason behind. 

"hips"
I know a guy who's into that sort of thing.
Hi Jake! *waves a lot*

Bump

Bump

Not saying I'm going to work on my car this winter, but if I did, I would try to get the crankcase ventilation figured out. 

Currently, it's still languishing down in my underground parking stall. There are some mold issues developing, but otherwise it seems to be doing okay down there. I had to move it a couple times for various reasons over the summer, but haven't actually driven it anywhere since April. It still functions, but it's a hot mess otherwise. It would be nice to start getting some of the issues sorted well enough that I could actually put it to use...

Knee-capped by that auto white balance.
jpeg from camera:

5 minutes in Snapseed:

movin in on my turf? 😐

Finally got my personalized RA plates.

shit you reminded me i borrowed @HipMF 's e30 subframe tools like 2 years ago and need to mail them back

Knee-capped by that auto white balance.
jpeg from camera:

5 minutes in Snapseed:

Knee-capped by that auto white balance.
jpeg from camera:

5 minutes in Snapseed:

Don't?
There's no trail, so it's a combination of talus scrambling and bushwhacking. Choosing your route and navigation are key. I feel like it's faster to stay on the talus as much as possible. Avoid heavy underbrush. Any area that's not flat, but not too steep will be rocky, but covered in moss/vines/etc and will be difficult to get across and that describes about half the bluff. Poison ivy everywhere. It also seems dirtier? The sun hits it at a lower angle because of the slope, so it's probably damp/wet more often.
Other than that, it's not bad. I started on the talus field just a tad west of the south shore beach, went straight up, then turned left near the top of the bluff to get to the talus the runs along the ridge. It seemed to work out okay, but it's slow going. I was out there 4-5 hours including time for exploring around, taking pictures, etc. It's nice if you really want to get out there and be by yourself away from the tourists, but the other bluffs are nicer for scrambling/exploring IMO.

I went outside.

I went outside.

Hope y'all had fun at work today. 😘

My first lead. Cleopatra's needle (mid/lower-left).



 

Hope y'all had fun at work today. 😘

My first lead. Cleopatra's needle (mid/lower-left).



 

Hope y'all had fun at work today. 😘

My first lead. Cleopatra's needle (mid/lower-left).



 

Hope y'all had fun at work today. 😘

My first lead. Cleopatra's needle (mid/lower-left).



 

I marked all the roads that were epic, but they are not really in a cohesive route per say. I was back-tracking a bunch, just trying to hit anything that looked squiggly on the map. I also am guilty of enjoying myself so much i forgot to mark some.
https://goo.gl/maps/zPko6QLMbGP69fBp9

And then there's the uncropped, unedited candid shot, fired off at random, that turns out better than everything else you did all day: