first honda with SU's?

[lostforawhile]

as soon as he sends me pictures i'll post em

[89T]

dude, they do look like titties!

Thats a great thing you are doing. I have allot of respect for you and the good that you do.

The world would be a great place if it had more people like you.

[2drSE-i]

I like them, they look great lost!

[w261w261]

I remember when I was a kid, probably about 11, and I was trying to burn down this big stump by the lake. My mother was out in a rowboat maybe 100 ft off shore. I had gone into the boat house and taken out a can of gasoline, poured it on the stump, and lit it. It of course burned really well for a minute or so, then died down. The stump was blackened, but was still there. I took a pan of some kind, filled it up with I would say a quart of gas, and pitched it at the stump. As I threw it, I noticed a small flame still working. The gas hit the stump and I remember the WHOOMP as it flashed. Suddenly, I was covered with little burning bits of gas, and my mother let out a very loud scream. Being a good Cub Scout, I rolled on the grass and put it out, with no harm.

Since I lived on the lake, I had a lot of experience with pouring gas into the outboards or the lawn mower. Typically, I would use a gallon can with an open top and a kind of broad lip, together with a funnel. I knew what gas could do, but until that day never had a real graphic example applied right on my body. I became much more respectful.

Did the gas can in question somehow explode? Or did it partially pop, opening itself up and throwing raw gas around, which then caused the problem? I've never heard of a closed container actually doing that, so it that was what happened, it would interesting to know. No disrespect to the victim of what was a horrible accident.

[lostforawhile]

I remember when I was a kid, probably about 11, and I was trying to burn down this big stump by the lake. My mother was out in a rowboat maybe 100 ft off shore. I had gone into the boat house and taken out a can of gasoline, poured it on the stump, and lit it. It of course burned really well for a minute or so, then died down. The stump was blackened, but was still there. I took a pan of some kind, filled it up with I would say a quart of gas, and pitched it at the stump. As I threw it, I noticed a small flame still working. The gas hit the stump and I remember the WHOOMP as it flashed. Suddenly, I was covered with little burning bits of gas, and my mother let out a very loud scream. Being a good Cub Scout, I rolled on the grass and put it out, with no harm.

Since I lived on the lake, I had a lot of experience with pouring gas into the outboards or the lawn mower. Typically, I would use a gallon can with an open top and a kind of broad lip, together with a funnel. I knew what gas could do, but until that day never had a real graphic example applied right on my body. I became much more respectful.

Did the gas can in question somehow explode? Or did it partially pop, opening itself up and throwing raw gas around, which then caused the problem? I've never heard of a closed container actually doing that, so it that was what happened, it would interesting to know. No disrespect to the victim of what was a horrible accident.

this is exactly what happened, he was burning something and thought it went out, in reality a pool of gas had formed in the bottom of the fire pit, it ignited and ignited the gas in his hand, he got hit with about a gallon of flaming gas, he jumped over his fence on fire, and into the neighbors pool. he has had three large skin grafts so far, and he was just turned over for more of them. he's on a ventilator, and had to have main line Iv's in his femoral arteries, due to the damage to his arms. NEVER BURN WITH GAS!! use lighter fluid, or use kerosene, it doesn't flash like gas.

[lostforawhile]

dude, they do look like titties!

Thats a great thing you are doing. I have allot of respect for you and the good that you do.

The world would be a great place if it had more people like you.

It's the least I could do, I mean they were on my shelf as car ornaments, If they can cheer this guy up a bit, then he's welcome to it. I've had relatives burned before, and it's a horrible thing, he's doing better then the doctors expected now. All of us being car enthusiasts, work with gas much more then the average person, this could have been anyone on here instead of him, This was a burning accident, but could have happened as easy working on his fuel system. Be careful out there.

[lostforawhile]

I remember when I was a kid, probably about 11, and I was trying to burn down this big stump by the lake. My mother was out in a rowboat maybe 100 ft off shore. I had gone into the boat house and taken out a can of gasoline, poured it on the stump, and lit it. It of course burned really well for a minute or so, then died down. The stump was blackened, but was still there. I took a pan of some kind, filled it up with I would say a quart of gas, and pitched it at the stump. As I threw it, I noticed a small flame still working. The gas hit the stump and I remember the WHOOMP as it flashed. Suddenly, I was covered with little burning bits of gas, and my mother let out a very loud scream. Being a good Cub Scout, I rolled on the grass and put it out, with no harm.

Since I lived on the lake, I had a lot of experience with pouring gas into the outboards or the lawn mower. Typically, I would use a gallon can with an open top and a kind of broad lip, together with a funnel. I knew what gas could do, but until that day never had a real graphic example applied right on my body. I became much more respectful.

Did the gas can in question somehow explode? Or did it partially pop, opening itself up and throwing raw gas around, which then caused the problem? I've never heard of a closed container actually doing that, so it that was what happened, it would interesting to know. No disrespect to the victim of what was a horrible accident.

I answered in the post a couple of posts down, I've very glad this didn't happen to you, it was the exact same situation, what was different, was the gas had pooled in the bottom of the fire pit, when he went to put some more gas on, the fumes ignited, causing an explosion that blew all the pooled gas all over him. it also ignited the fumes from the open can in his hand. he thought it had gone out, gas is just way too dangerous to burn with. A bottle of charcoal lighter fluid isn't that much, and will probably light a fire better.

[Civic Accord Honda]

That's a very kind thing to do,
One of my friends on cb7tuner got his leg and arm burned pretty bad trying to put out a fire in his kitchen had to have bed rest for several months after he got out of the hospital.

[lostforawhile]

i'm still waiting for pictures, it made it to him safely, and he was almost finished with it a couple of days ago. here's his site http://pinstripingbychandler.blogspo...12/guitar.html

[Importordomestic]

any updates?

[lostforawhile]

any updates?

i've been working on it a little at a time, i've been laid off so i haven't been able to do a lot.

[Importordomestic]

ah man sry to hear. i know about long projects, keep the dream and finish when you can.

[2oodoor]

I wish moral support could get things done then you would have been moving on to the next project well by now
I am still excited about seeing this one going .

[2ndGenGuy]

What do you have left to do to get it running? You have the carbs on the car don't you?

[lostforawhile]

What do you have left to do to get it running? You have the carbs on the car don't you?

yea but they need to be rebuilt yet and it takes a specialty re builder, plus i have to finish the car wiring which i'm working on, waiting on the used carpet to get here, find two more matching wheels get tires,battery etc. still a lot of work i've been sick so it's not been easy.

[2oodoor]

I would definately look into just what is needed to refurbish those myself, since this seems to be a major obstacle with multiple steps involving losing possesion of them even though temporary.

[lostforawhile]

I would definately look into just what is needed to refurbish those myself, since this seems to be a major obstacle with multiple steps involving losing possesion of them even though temporary.

They need to have the throttle shafts replaced, i can have them done at Z therapy out in California, they are the specialists in these. these are the JDM only ones from the Datsun 510 sss, so they don't share a lot of parts with the domestic ones, I did find a set of fuel bowls and tops from a 240 z , they interchange right up, this replaces the impossible to find floats and needle valves. Z stuff is pretty popular. If anything happens to them I can always swap with early Z stuff, but they are expensive. the manifolds aren't going anywhere. It's worth the money to have then put in the roller bearings shafts,because it solves a lot of common problems.

[A20A1]

... even the factory carb seemed to benefit from regulated fuel pressure. better for your needle and seats too.

I can also vouch for that one.


I love the idea of the alternator up front, more from an ease of access standpoint of course.

[lostforawhile]

I can also vouch for that one.


I love the idea of the alternator up front, more from an ease of access standpoint of course.

yea i'm waiting on someone to send me an alternator pulley from a 91 civic so i can finish that up. I've been trying to find one for six months

[lostforawhile]

I'm going to take the manifold all apart this week and finish some porting and cleaning. I'm probably going to paint it with that aircraft primer green and a lot of black and polished around it. Since the car is aircraft themed anyway, i saw an aircraft engine like that and it looked killer.

[lostforawhile]

latest pictures

[carotman]

There 's a lot of work involved in this!

[2oodoor]

... im still holding the other tittie

[lostforawhile]

... im still holding the other tittie

i'm still waiting on the pictures

[2oodoor]

i'm still waiting on the pictures

oh your asking for it.. lol