The Resurrection of Vixen

Quote of the Week:
"I would have thought you'd have given up by now. I did." - George L., the previous owner

It's been quite a while since my last update. Very little has happened in the past six weeks. In fact, I didn't even go in the garage between the Super Bowl and March 4th due to several business trips for work. It was kind of hard to get "back on the horse", so to speak. After a
month, it took me a while to even see where the horse had wandered. But, once I got working again I fell back in the groove pretty quickly. I'm at a full gallop again.

Soooo... on March 4th, I visited the previous owner to pick up a brand new dual-turbo kit. I'm working on the turbos now... I have the non-emissions version. I don't know how old they are, but they've never been used. They were all packed in newspaper. No date on the paper, but
there was a special on "Campaign '88".

I may redo the exhaust pipes. If things work right, I may be able to put a pair of SuperTrapp mufflers on there... in stainless, naturally. Maybe black stainless... I thought about adding an "H" pipe to equalize pressure between the cylinder banks, but with the turbos... I don't know if there would be any benefit. Oh, and these turbos are the older version. There are no pressure sensors, no catalytic converters, and no provision to mount the O2 sensor. I'll be having that welded in shortly. I'll be able to bypass the emissions requirements with a classic plate in PA, though, so I should be okay.

Unpacked, there are about a billion pieces to the Island Twin Turbo kit. It's a great kit -- all nuts, bolts, clamps... everything you need are all included. A rodent of some type made a nest out of the instruction sheet, however. Luckily, in the literature Eleanor sent me about purchasing the turbo updates, she included a new instruction sheet. Bless her soul!

Another angle...

I stripped the light coat of black paint off of the manifolds and the exhaust pipes, then redid them with 4 coats of high-temp black. I baked them in my oven for 2 hours at 550 degrees to cure them. Smells BAD in my house now. Glad I'm single sometimes... =)

I also finished in the coil cover box with some off-the-shelf black foam weatherstripping. Looks pretty good, if I say so myself...

Costs for Week 20:

Date	Purchase	Store	Price
04-Mar-00	Wide stripe kit	eBay	156.70
04-Mar-00	Antifreeze	K-Mart	25.96
04-Mar-00	High-temp black paint	K-Mart	4.99
04-Mar-00	Twin turbo kit	George L.	2,000.00
06-Mar-00	100843 Clutch slave cyl.	DMC Houston	103.75
06-Mar-00	(2) 102167 7mm stud	DMC Houston	11.90
06-Mar-00	102149 Waterpump hose	DMC Houston	7.98
06-Mar-00	102481 Heater pipe hose	DMC Houston	4.79
06-Mar-00	(2) 102146 O-Ring seals	DMC Houston	2.48
06-Mar-00	(6) 102168 O-Ring seals	DMC Houston	11.64
06-Mar-00	(4) 102152 Flange gaskets	DMC Houston	3.36
06-Mar-00	108205 Accel pedal cover	DMC Houston	2.78
06-Mar-00	Exhaust cutoff tool	Pep Boys	24.99
06-Mar-00	Foam weatherstrip	Pep Boys	3.99
06-Mar-00	Air Filter	Pep Boys	6.49
06-Mar-00	O-Rings	Pep Boys	3.18
06-Mar-00	Bolts	Pep Boys	3.96
06-Mar-00	Molded hose	Pep Boys	5.49
06-Mar-00	Exhaust pipe (used in turbo mod)	Pep Boys	1.99
06-Mar-00	Case Synpower oil	Pep Boys	26.94
06-Mar-00	Felpro oil pan gasket	Pep Boys	13.48
06-Mar-00	Exhaust gaskets	Pep Boys	20.80
07-Mar-00	Work light	Wal-Mart	8.96
07-Mar-00	Smoke alarm	Wal-Mart	4.82
07-Mar-00	Die grinder	Wal-Mart	19.94
07-Mar-00	Die grinder bits	Wal-Mart	11.92
07-Mar-00	Rivets	Wal-Mart	6.96
07-Mar-00	C-clamps	Wal-Mart	11.91
07-Mar-00	Hose clamps	Wal-Mart	7.00
07-Mar-00	Radiator flush	Wal-Mart	1.27
07-Mar-00	High-temp silver paint	Wal-Mart	4.57
07-Mar-00	Propane	Wal-Mart	3.50
09-Mar-00	110076 Windshield & shipping	DMC Houston	472.71
09-Mar-00	(8) 110253 WS spacing block	DMC Houston	2.64
09-Mar-00	(8) 106611 R window spacer	DMC Houston	12.32
09-Mar-00	109034 Prk brake ret.	DMC Houston	18.85
09-Mar-00	(2) Windshield wiper cap	DMC Houston	3.94
09-Mar-00	105642 Nut	DMC Houston	1.24
		Week 20 Total:	$3,040.19

		Running Total:	$10,239.35

Year One:
Week 1	Week 8	Week 15	Week 22	Week 29	Week 36	Week 43	Week 50
Week 2	Week 9	Week 16	Week 23	Week 30	Week 37	Week 44	Week 51
Week 3	Week 10	Week 17	Week 24	Week 31	Week 38	Week 45	Week 52
Week 4	Week 11	Week 18	Week 25	Week 32	Week 39	Week 46	-
Week 5	Week 12	Week 19	Week 26	Week 33	Week 40	Week 47	-
Week 6	Week 13	Week 20	Week 27	Week 34	Week 41	Week 48	-
Week 7	Week 14	Week 21	Week 28	Week 35	Week 42	Week 49	-
Year Two:
Week 53	Week 60	Week 67	Week 74	Week 81	Week 88	Week 95	Week 102
Week 54	Week 61	Week 68	Week 75	Week 82	Week 89	Week 96	Week 103
Week 55	Week 62	Week 69	Week 76	Week 83	Week 90	Week 97	Week 104
Week 56	Week 63	Week 70	Week 77	Week 84	Week 91	Week 98	-
Week 57	Week 64	Week 71	Week 78	Week 85	Week 92	Week 99	-
Week 58	Week 65	Week 72	Week 79	Week 86	Week 93	Week 100	-
Week 59	Week 66	Week 73	Week 80	Week 87	Week 94	Week 101	-
Year Three:
Week 105	Week 112	Week 119	Week 126	Week 133	Week 140	Week 147	Week 154
Week 106	Week 113	Week 120	Week 127	Week 134	Week 141	Week 148	Week 155
Week 107	Week 114	Week 121	Week 128	Week 135	Week 142	Week 149	Week 156
Week 108	Week 115	Week 122	Week 129	Week 136	Week 143	Week 150	-
Week 109	Week 116	Week 123	Week 130	Week 137	Week 144	Week 151	-
Week 110	Week 117	Week 124	Week 131	Week 138	Week 145	Week 152	-
Week 111	Week 118	Week 125	Week 132	Week 139	Week 146	Week 153	-
Year Four:
Week 157	Week 164	Week 171	Week 178	Week 185	Week 192	Week 199	Week 206
Week 158	Week 165	Week 172	Week 179	Week 186	Week 193	Week 200	Week 207
Week 159	Week 166	Week 173	Week 180	Week 187	Week 194	Week 201	Week 208
Week 160	Week 167	Week 174	Week 181	Week 188	Week 195	Week 202	-
Week 161	Week 168	Week 175	Week 182	Week 189	Week 196	Week 203	-
Week 162	Week 169	Week 176	Week 183	Week 190	Week 197	Week 204	-
Week 163	Week 170	Week 177	Week 184	Week 191	Week 198	Week 205	-
Year Five:
Week 209	Week 216	Week 223	Week 230	Week 237	Week 244
Week 210	Week 217	Week 224	Week 231	Week 238
Week 211	Week 218	Week 225	Week 232	Week 239
Week 212	Week 219	Week 226	Week 233	Week 240
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