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  1. Doug Riparetti
    Let me make a clarification, that’s almost 27,000-mles since I got my car back on the road on the 11th of December, 2017.
  2. Doug Riparetti
    I have almost 27,000-miles with my set up, I’ve only been on a flatbed one time, that was because I broke the rear end. You show me someone else out there who has that many miles on there S14 powered “02”, an as trouble free as mine? Chuckle all you want..... 329DC355-67DB-475E-9FF8-F541072D5556.MOV
  3. Doug Riparetti
    All the reasons I dumped the ECU, fuel injection and the distributor and went with carbs and Electromotive crank trigger ignition, it's WAY easier for me to diagnose issues with my S14.........
  4. Doug Riparetti
    Mine is located behind the passenger side headlight.......
  5. Doug Riparetti
    Had a custom built E21 case/318ti LSD delivered to me this morning, it took less than two hours to swap it out by myself. That was the 5th differant rear end that I’ve installed in my “02”. This was the 1st time I felt comfortable rollin on the gas really hard, confident that I was not gonna pop the rear end. I logged a TON of miles, just kinda babying it for the last fifteen months, so I would not distroy another rear end. My buddy Kaelin who built the rear end for me, he was quite impressed, today was the 1st time he was in my car........
  6. Doug Riparetti
    Hmmmmm....... That's a GREAT idea. Thanks for the tip..................... Salute'
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    I have a buddy that bought a 76, he did not know that he had the peel and stick trim, I pointed it out to him. I'm torn on what to do when it's time to paint, peel and stick, or find replacement stuff. Cuz every one of my pieces has damage. I think a few may be able to bang out, some are just toast.......
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    Pacific Grove, Ca. My almost daily cruise along Asilomar Beach.......
  9. Doug Riparetti
    Thank you
  10. Doug Riparetti
    Love to. Is the Texas group here or on FB....?
  11. Doug Riparetti
    Thank you for the heads-up,.....
  12. Doug Riparetti
    Any West Coast folk planning on making the trek this year to the Mid America 02 Fest? I'm leaving the Monterey Peninsula on the 22nd, Hwy 5 to 40, with stops in Flagstaff the 1st night, Amarillo. Looking to do 10 to 11 hours of driving a day.
  13. Doug Riparetti
    How about motor swaps?
  14. Doug Riparetti
    What a bummer when restrictions are placed on modification to ones personal vintage car, another reason I'm thankful for living in the USA. (Other then the ridicules smog rules in California)............ Regarding the sway bars, if allowed, go with the I.E. 22mm front and back. Install the links on the front holes for the front bar. For the rear sway bar, from the back of the bar to the backside of the link, 2-1/2", that's a good comfortable balance. Good luck, Salute'
  15. Doug Riparetti
    Laguna Seca is holding their first “Cars and Coffee” event of 2019 tomorrow morning, entry is free. We’re meeting at 6:30 for burritos, then caravaning over to Laguna Seca if y’all are interested. Will be meeting at Roberts Lake, (where the Red mark is on the map), grab a burrito, leaving at 6:50 for Laguna. The third photo was taken the last time we had “Beamers and Burritos” at Roberts Lake, it was for “Legends of the Autobahn”.......
  16. Doug Riparetti
    I.E.'s standard street brake pad, nothing special.
  17. Doug Riparetti
    I drove mine for about 500-miles with the E21 master cylinder before the S14 blew. My brother came to California and brought the car back to Idaho, that's when John (my brother) and Dave did the brake booster delete. I did not like the way the Wilwood big brake kit performed with the E21 master cylinder, it left my brake pedal WAY too spongy and my brother felt it was dangerous. That's when Dave Lewis (Caveman Hot Rods) fabbed up the adapter to mate the Corvette master cylinder to the factory mounting points on the foot-box, modified the bell crank, installed the new master cylinder (that I got from O'Reilly's for like $45), an I was off with manual brakes with NO brake bias gauge.
  18. Doug Riparetti
    Until you change the ratio at the bell-crank, the pedal will feel uncomfortable stiff.
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    I did the brake booster delete. I'm using a 2nd generation master cylinder from a Corvette with a custom made adapter to mate the Corvette master cylinder to the factory location, modified the "bell crank" to change the pedal ratio so it doesn't feel like a brick when applying the brakes.
  21. Doug Riparetti
    22,259-miles year to date for 2018. 2019, I would say close to the same...........
  22. Doug Riparetti
    Circle track guys have been successfully running the same Mikuni VM round-slide motorcycle carbs since the early 80's on a variety of 4-cylinder motor combinations. I'm not sure what year they started running the 44's, but the car I won the Madera Speedway "Track Championship" in 1999 had the 44mm carbs, (the car was built in 1994). My brothers car was built in1994, it has the Mikuni 44mm VM round-slide motorcycle carbs. I just took our knowledge from all the years of racing circle track and successfully brought over to my "2002".....
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    My new carburetor synchronizing tool came in late yesterday afternoon, something I wish I would’ve bought three years ago when I install the Mikuni round-slides on the M10. I’ve been using the Edelbrock “Uni-sync”, the only drawback is that you can only calibrate one carburetor at a time. Being able to adjust all four carbs at the same time is much quicker, an a lot easier on my back. LOL Well worth the investment...... 96937501-9F24-487F-A518-26042C79CF7C.MOV
  25. Doug Riparetti
    Is it still for sale?
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