72 LSA Monte Carlo Boom Tube NASCAR Exhaust FIRST DRIVE! (Fab Process & Finishing Touches)

Most people only want fame. They don't want to see work. That's what she said. And the camera is on. And I'm like, well, damn. You know, I'm in the toilet. Time to tackle the fans. Actually, this time I finished the exhaust. And I do n't know. A few more things. We'll spend some more time thinking about tires. Just checking everything now. I am in despair. I don't know what to do, but we'll figure something out. First we need to put fans here. The original universal fans that were on Uncle Robbie, which I bought at the parts store near Cooper's house back then. They were cooling Uncle Rob. So they will cool it down too . Big tails and everything else in place. We just need to figure out how to attach them to the radiator. And of course, I took the car with the hood closed, so it's dark in here. I think we'll remove that trim and make the silver- orange stripes vinyl, because that trim covers too many of the body lines. They hide the shape and appearance, and it's just like a painted overlay . Racing cars didn't have such pads. So I removed the trim and painted the body itself. So, that's what we'll do . Want to hear a funny story? Wait a minute. When I was 18 and bought this radiator, I was so proud of my shiny new radiator that I went to the store, bought an insect screen and put it in so that the midges would n't get stuck and bend the fins. I just because it's a huge Griffin radiator. It cost something around $400. It is huge. It's like an original radiator. You know they're only this thick. And this one is so big and cool that the fan, which didn't even fit snugly against the radiator, kept the temperature up unless I stood with the hood closed without moving for more than a few minutes on a very hot day. It heated up to about 205 degrees. Hey, there are insects inside. Good job. Ovva. How do you like that? I can't believe I drove it enough to get damn insects stuck in the radiator. I am impressed. We only have four fasteners that pierce the radiator to secure these fans. So, I use the four good ones from above. And from below we just use ties. And all I do is just push it through, because the head of the tie is big enough not to fit through the hole in the fan bracket. And then I just cut a small piece off the other screed and move on. This will hold the fan, and hold it better than better than nothing. Better than if it didn't exist at all. Yes. I stick it in, stick it sideways so he doesn't spread his ribs. I'm trying. That's what she said. I would like it to be known that I have never done anything like this on an Escalade. I would never have even thought about it. But this is the effect of factory screws, let them be . When a car is assembled at the factory with self-tapping screws , it's hard for me to improve the situation in any way. I'm just thinking: you know what? No one will notice this. It's on par with the rest of the car. What we're doing here is Pebble Beach-level work compared to that. I do n't like any of this at all. All this wiring looks terrible. There's not much you can do here, other than a huge amount of tidying up, because this factory harness was converted to stand -alone in a place that's not very convenient, to say the least, and they either left it the same length it was in the truck in an inconvenient place, or they lengthened something so much that you have to roll it up to get it out of the way where it's not needed. For example, all these injector blocks — there's so much extra dirt there that's simply not needed. We need to cut it all out, change it, and so on . But here, where the bulk of the wires are, they leave everything as is. So you have to put the control unit roughly where it was in the truck relative to the engine. Couldn't it have been extended so that it could be hidden under the dashboard or somewhere else? That would be too logical. Logan goes to electrician school. So when we build Uncle George, I can say, " Hold on, can you turn on the electricity ?" And then you can connect the electricity . Did you clamp it from above, sideways, like this ? Oh, yes. And you can adjust this thing to determine how much insulation it will remove. So you can slide it into that yellow thing. Yes. These little workshop lights have these tails that come out here, and we need to extend them so we can use one outlet instead of two for another machine. I ran the ground with a thicker wire to the old location under the radiator, and found the second fan wire that was coiled and tucked away. So I unwound it. And I'm not going to leave it like that . This is just a bench test: will it turn on if I turn the key, because I don't know if the ECU is set to command both fans to turn on when it turns on the one that was working before, because there was only one fan. I don't know what the settings are on the computer. So we'll just leave it at that for a second. I'll turn the key and see if anything happens. Well, none of the fans turned on. So, I don't know what to think about this . I think we'll just plug everything in and hope for the best. What I found out is that the heat exchanger pump is working because it is being pumped along with the fuel pump. So the heat exchanger pump relay is probably connected to the fuel pump operation. So, if the fuel pump is working, the heat exchanger pump is also working. Once we have these fans hooked up, we will assemble the taillights and tackle the exhaust system. Let's grab the exhaust by welding. I think Aaron from the auto repair shop will be by later today, hopefully, and give me some advice on what to do with this wing. So, I'm plugging in the old taillight bulb sockets that I cut out to install the melted LEDs. A solid sum. By the way, I actually posted a video of this a few months after it happened, at the request of you in the comments, when I remembered that I had filmed the whole mess but never posted it because it made me angry. I thought: you know what? I'll explain this. So it's there. It is in the playlist " off". You can still see where it melted. I still do n't know why this happened. We still don't know why the turn signals aren't working . Replaced the indicator relay and just tested it. They didn't work. But I hope it's because the taillight circuit wasn't closed. But we'll figure that out when we have working taillights. So I go there and turn it on. It's like deja vu, honestly. Is it glowing? Yes, it glows. Upper—yes. Aha. Speaking of exploding wires, we need to go back to the auto parts store for new heat shrink connectors because we spent all our money on these. I explained exactly to Logan how to connect it. I thought she did everything I said, we turned it on, and... The wire just took it and melted. I don't know. But in the end, everything worked out. Long story short , we burned about 18 heat shrink tubes, and that's 30 seconds of your life that you wo n't get back. Although, hey, it was half an hour of our lives that we will definitely never get back. So, the taillights are working. But with the turn signals still no signs of life. I was lying here under the car, breaking my back. Trying to figure this out. There's some weird [ __ ] going on there. I can't figure it out. I tracked down one switch. Its terminals were simply stuck in the connector and were dangling. I'm like, "What the hell? Why is this happening?" I don't know if that created a problem. And when I figured out where it was supposed to connect, it turned out to be the neutral switch . It must have been locked like that for a long time, because it's a car with steering wheel-mounted shifters, but...there was always a floor shifter there, even when I bought it. So someone did it to me. I'm tracing the 50-year-old wires back there. And here on top we have, damn it , a supercharger from about a 2013 ZL1 Camaro and a bunch of plastic ties. I need to get a tester and check if there is any power at all to the main turn signal wire. This thing just blows my mind: it blinks very slowly on this side, but normally on that side. It seems the problem was that the ignition must be on for the turn signals to work. But I also think the old relay was faulty. Most likely, the old relay was defective. Uh , class. I have an LED relay, but I want to get it working with regular bulbs before I add new parts and then wonder why it doesn't work again. Do you think that sounds logical? Honestly, I wasn't listening. Oh, I did n't know you were addressing me. I thought you were talking to the camera. Well, I was, but I thought you were listening. No. I want to get this working with regular bulbs before we try putting in LED ones . Yes, I think that's a good plan. Yes. So, let's test this and see how it works. The next day, the current project is to deal with the crooked body, something I've avoided doing for 6 years since it became crooked. Um, basically what we need to do, from what I've read, is there are two holes to align with these little grooves here. See? I don't know if you can see it there, but there's ...there's a hole in the body that should line up with this hole. So, you take a 5/8 inch rod, you put it in there, and that's how you know when the body is where it should be on the frame. I mean, there's another one just like it here. There. Do you see this? Yes. If I can't show you at the right angle of light, you probably won't see it, but I can shine a flashlight there and see that it's offset. If I had a 5/8 rod, it would n't fit in there. So I rummaged through the trash outside and found a piece of rod that appears to be 5/8 inch in diameter, and it fits the hole in the frame, but not the hole in the body. The problem is that I need another one just like it to do both at the same time, and a little longer so we can hold it in place more easily. So let's go outside to the scrap bin and see if we can find something similar, but longer. I must have disturbed the wasp because it wasn't going to leave me alone. So, let's just go to the store and get everything we need. Ahem. I don't want to mess around there. There are a lot of them there. Os. Yes. Yes, I noticed. So, we got what we needed. A 5/8-inch wooden dowel, plus a bunch of other things, like, you know, pegboard hooks, all sorts of things that you need but don't want to look for. And, of course, Garudi, a blue thermos that looks like a can, but is actually a cherry limeade. This is my favorite. But look at this hardware store. It looks like some kind of backwoods in the Carolinas. In fact, it's not far from where we are now. There is a gas station, a hardware store, and a full grocery store. And I mean, not just like a hardware store. Like, there's something there. This is a full-fledged hardware store. And there isn't even a wall there. It just goes: goods, goods, goods, goods, and then a full-fledged grocery store. So, it's like Although there are no chickens there. Damn it. Sounds like Rural King. Does anyone know what Rural King is? I used to go shopping there when I lived in Pennsylvania, but Rural King didn't have a gas station. And here it is. And they even had cans of VP racing fuel, because people in North Carolina race everywhere. Let's get started. Here is our new fancy piece of wood. And I will show you . We'll stick it in the hole here. And, uh, you can't get Okay. Yes. See, I don't know if you can see it, but everything is aligned, Dale. And another one here. This one doesn't match either. Although it is close. I have an idea how we can lift the body without lowering the car to the ground or jacking up the body itself. We will loosen all the body mounting bolts. By the way, I think it's worth leaving this as a pointer. I feel like it makes me smarter. Like one of those damn college professors who bangs on the blackboard like they know something . Maybe he had a couple of those in his day. So, we can take we can loosen all the body mounting bolts . We can take a ratchet strap, hook it here, and then hook it to something on the body, like here or somewhere else. something that is on the body itself to tighten it. No, it's confusing and I don't want to be responsible for Well, if it comes up, then I'll be responsible for it. Me and I will figure out how to fix this too. We loosened all the body mounting bolts. What were you doing there? My Oh, I pooped. Class. Yes, like if you've pooped too, or want to poop, or sometimes like to poop. That's it. Write about poop in the comments. So if someone clicks on this video and looks at the comments without knowing the context, they're going to think, "Why are all these comments about poop?" I think this is funny. Girls poop, it happens. Yes, they poop. I like to use really awkward ones. Oh, you saw the camera was on. Yes, of course. Why was it so uncomfortable? Because it came out, and you're like, "What were you doing there?" And the camera is on, and I'm like, " This is a mess." You know what I'm doing there. I was there for a long time. Aha. My camera is still recording, because everything here is real. You probably won't find another such honest car channel. Yes, I secured this here to the frame using my " Idiot Professor" stick. This is recorded here on the frame. And here we've strapped this to the body, and we're going to twist to tighten the body relative to the frame. And you stand here with this stick in the hole until it goes into the next hole. Good. Can you do it? OK. See? Look. Look where I'm pointing. I'm not good at this . But no, it turns out. Well, just keep it right here. I think it's better that way. Better? I think so. It's already closer to being inserted. Oh, yes. It's already very close. Yes. Oh, coming in. Maybe one more click. Oh, there it is, baby. Does it fit well now? Yes, it went in there very easily. Well, yes. Yeah, after that. Yes. Well, how are you? Much easier. Boom. See how offset that hole is? I see. Well, I'm trying to show that to the audience. Yes. Oh, now you see? Yes, it also needs to be moved a little to the side. I'll have to find a place to pull in front. Furthermore, desperate times or less-than-ideal situations call for questionable measures. That's exactly what we did here. I want to show you something. Okay, do you see this? It's in the hole. here's this thing and I hooked it to the seat bolt that's bending . There was nothing left to cling to. I tried to throw it over the body support and pull it through somehow. Failed. There was nothing to grab onto. If I grabbed onto it, the floor would bend. If I had grabbed onto anything else, everything would have broken. OK. All body bolts are tightened. The belts are still in place. The rods are still going through the hole. I'll put them back with the clips, just to see if they fall out again when we unclip them. For example, if the body moves backwards. Oh, that was dangerous. Yes. I didn't like it. Do n't do that again. Steeply. The gas tank is already scratched. You know, I knew this was possible. These are simply military casualties. It's a good thing it's under the car and still being worn out. Yes, but you have n't even driven yet and you've already ruined everything. This is the main theme of this machine. This is what she has been doing to me for many years. I'm not going to bend you. Yes, I haven't even left yet, and it's already ruined as hell . Well, what else is new? This frame bracket is probably not as sturdy as I thought, because it is noticeably bent. Do you see this? Yes. Compared to this, which seems equal. Yes. Well, you might have to take a big hammer and hammer it back in. By the way, if you're curious, that shirt we're both wearing—it's the "1988 Pit Cruise"—is on the website. Be sure to take a look. Is this good? What? Sound? Yes, these frames are just incredibly weak. For example, if you lift the car and put it on stands, sometimes... Previously, before replacing the body supports, if you lifted the car and it was n't on four stands, it was impossible to even open the door because the frame would bend so much that the door would catch on the wing. So we moved the body a little bit, and now it's almost perfect. Maybe a millimeter more on this side than on that, but you know, it's ... What are you comparing it to? From the tire side to the fender? The wing has a deviation. It's just an old car. I launched the old Fronius Magic Wave 230, it's just great. My welding skills are not worth this machine. Well, actually, the amount of welding I do doesn't reveal its potential, but we'll be doing a lot of welding for the Uncle George project soon. Um, I aligned the other pipe. I grabbed it the other day, as I showed in the video, because it was a little crooked because I put it on the floor, and it's not completely straight because of the X- shaped pipe design. I thought, "Okay, I'll fix that a little bit." So, I placed a piece of wood under the boom tubes to press them completely flush so that the difference in height where the X- pipe rests on the floor wouldn't affect their angle. So I did it. I welded them back together . I'll throw them under the car, put all the other pipes in, and tighten everything up a bit . I'll make sure everything is okay. I'll make a mount for this. I'll grab the pipes, determine where I'll be cooking, where I want to put the clamps, etc. Because I want to connect the intermediate pipes to the X-pipe with clamps. So I could get another X-pipe like this from Dr. Gas and repeat this configuration, but without the "boom tubes", just with pipes to experiment with the sound. I want to compare one by one, without changing anything, how different an X-pipe system sounds with the correct 80 degree angle, correct fly fishing, and regular pipes versus a design with "boom tubes ". It's interesting because the iRock car doesn't have "boom tubes," but they sound simply incredible. NASCAR Cup cars from Talladega and Daytona of that era had "boom tubes" and they sound really cool. I don't know. It would be interesting to see. At first I thought I could just remove the " boom tubes" and slide the pipes in, but the design is such that they are too close to the X-pipe and have to be welded. I don't see an easy way to secure them with clamps. So I would just have to get another X-pipe with straight sections. I'll probably pin them there. Anyway , let's get this all up. Let's get started . The exhaust is already here. I roughly outlined what it should look like on the outside. Ahem. I'm pretty sure I 'll use clamps, but I marked it with a marker anyway. To know the landing level so that everything is in the right place. Same here above. Here. I put a label on the manifold and everything . I'm working on the brackets here. Logan is hanging things up. What were you doing? I hung everything up. I hang things on a perforated panel. I'm painting the countertop for this side of the workbench. Mhm. This thing really gets better. Remember what it looked like a couple of days ago. Yes, it looked terrible. Yes, we really are dealing with this. Little by little, step by step. I must have been fiddling with the exhaust for the last hour. I spent maybe 30 minutes doing these things. Pretty good. I simply cut a long piece of rolled metal in half to make them. I'll bend them on the bending machine over there. And I'm going to place them about here. They will have a hole. And then that suspension I have, wherever it is . Well, there's one more here . It will look something like this. but wherever I decide to place the pin suspension, it's somewhere in that area. And I'll have to sand down the flat area a little or make a groove in that spot. Just don't get your nose dirty with paint. Well, why am I explaining all this to you? I'll just do it and show you the process. How do you like that? The original exhaust pipe mount from Jeff Lutz that I removed was held on by self -tapping screws. How do you like that? And that exhaust pipe never fell off. And he charged me a lot of money for it. Actually, that's what I paid to have another shop install a four-speed transmission, and…