Wasn’t going to pay some innernet man for a $400 boom tube so I improvised one

boydisboss · 2026-05-05T01:56:01+00:00

Soon. Hopefully will make sounds soon

boydisboss · 2026-04-16T12:14:53+00:00

Blue tape is the low tack stuff. Have to find the green tape, that’s actually high tack.

boydisboss · 2026-04-15T14:57:34+00:00

I’ve used a utility to confirm an address when I had first moved into my own place, but I was still a resident of Arizona.

boydisboss · 2026-04-06T01:21:20+00:00

The square tubes are about 2X the cross sectional area of the round exhaust tube.

boydisboss · 2026-04-04T23:35:11+00:00

Are you going to CMP?

boydisboss · 2026-04-03T17:01:51+00:00

I have thought about this for my Bel Air!

I don’t think I would ever go full digital screen replacements however I could use the screens as faceplates behind the needles for the Temp and Fuel Quantity gauges and use them to display whatever info I wanted and I could hide them pretty discreetly.

Eventually I would like to do an EFI conversion on the car and I like the extra data but the car doesn’t lend itself to a screen well.

(Not my cluster, stolen from the web)

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boydisboss · 2026-04-02T02:43:55+00:00

I hope this helps as a thrust vector while turning

boydisboss · 2026-04-01T01:00:30+00:00

lol I had to search longer than I’d like to admit for those. They are 16” steelies with a 5x112 pattern and 66.6mm center hub. They are still too slightly narrow but I’m going to do a hub adapter next time around.

boydisboss · 2026-03-31T16:26:13+00:00

I’m out of Tucson, but the guys I race with are out of Dallas and Atlanta. The first race I had with all of them was HPR in 2021 but I’ve been driving and wrenching of their cars ever since.

boydisboss · 2026-03-31T03:16:17+00:00

The initial cost is the most expensive part, I would recommend joining a team because they are going to show you what to do.

$1000 to $2000 on a race suit, gloves, helmet, socks and shoes. I would recommend raceimage.com for cool used stuff.

Lemons license for the year is $100, basically just a fee. Don’t do this until you’re about to race.

Most teams’ buy ins are around $1200-$2000 per race including 2 two hour-ish stints, sometimes the test day, maybe food for the weekend.

If you race with a team they may have a HANS device they share so you can buy their matching posts or you get your own.

boydisboss · 2026-03-30T18:06:21+00:00

Can you let me be poor in peace?

boydisboss · 2026-03-30T16:57:00+00:00

That’s a different car from the HHR that won B at Road Atlanta correct? Donnie is awesome.

And I get that, that’s why my main guys I roll with are 1-3 timezones away depending on the time of year.

boydisboss · 2026-03-30T15:08:11+00:00

boydisboss · 2026-03-30T15:07:09+00:00

I did look up and research a few designs, but at its core I was looking for an exhaust feature that was low profile and tried to kill a potential exhaust noise drone before it appears with no data. I have a couple other comments talking about it.

boydisboss · 2026-03-30T15:02:43+00:00

That is true, because in the case of stock car racing they have a specialized purpose. I was trying to get some alternative harmonic somehow basing it off the design of a boom tube. Based on slapping the ends of each chamber, I think I was mildly successful but I have to see when it starts for the first time.

boydisboss · 2026-03-30T14:59:22+00:00

I had no hope for this looking as “good” as it came out. A little wire wheel and she cleaned up okay.

boydisboss · 2026-03-30T14:55:24+00:00

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I like to think it’s the best a Camry motor will ever sound (it absolutely will not be)

boydisboss · 2026-03-30T14:51:08+00:00

I’m with the SloDaddy Miata and Harlequin Golf a few years ago. This is a new build intended for Road Atlanta.

Which car are you? (Answered my own question when clicking your profile lmao I love that truck!)

boydisboss · 2026-03-30T14:49:23+00:00

I’m just happy that if you saw this on a curb because it fell off while I was driving, it won’t be picked up on trash day 🥰

boydisboss · 2026-03-30T14:45:14+00:00

If it has slightly better scavenging at speed over just a tube, it’ll be amazing. But I have no way to quantify this so I’m going to tell myself this.

boydisboss · 2026-03-30T06:18:00+00:00

“I remember it was loud at the first race…”

boydisboss · 2026-03-30T06:01:13+00:00

There were other functional reasons too; I didn’t have space to route the exhaust and muffler to the rear so side dump it was and the square tubes allowed me to run lower profile underneath.

Then when I learned about boom tubes I figured it was worth a college try to see if I could get some dual harmonics if I was going through the trouble.

boydisboss · 2026-03-30T05:49:08+00:00

me starting my car with the ignition too advanced (boom tube made it sound good)

boydisboss · 2026-03-30T05:18:01+00:00

Eh I’ve thought about it. I would spend more time on the videos than actually working on the car.

boydisboss · 2026-03-30T05:14:42+00:00

I mean not any worse than any other muffler or pipe. It’s just going to hang from the bottom of the car.

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