pimpin out a U14T mity mitz hightop.

Mr Mindless, thanks please keep posting for me.... otherwise it's just me.... bashing me for doing stupid stuff.... which is all gud with me actually.... but pics make it a lil better.

 

Happy to help out! Keeps me a smidge more involved over on this site than I'd otherwise be since my Mitz is just playing garden cart right now (and damn if it isn't GREAT at that job!) without anything interesting going on.

 

been running it up and down the street working out lil kinks. got a pioneer mixmaster stereo installed and made an oak trim piece for the dash.... it needed to be 3/8-1/2 inch thick to help hold the radio surround.... got new battery installed. it is now a viable farm truck.... things to work on.... make new hinge for glove box, battery hold down, floor mat, peck out a couple dents, seats(fix or recover), start detailing the chassis with chassis black. fix the brake light switch. swap back to the mitz stock springs.... last night i hooked up a garmin GPS and did a speed run.... road sux .... but got a steady 70mph..... still need tachometer and the springs are way tooooooo stiff bounced all over the place.

 

ive got some reading to do tonight lol

 

dash lookin pretty pimp!

 

Swapped the Cushman front coil springs for mighty mitz ones thinking they might be a bit softer.....since the mitz is smaller and lighter than the Cushman van .....newp. got some anti fatigue Mat from horrible freight. 9 bucks....and made a template of the floor....not perfect but I like it gud enough. New top speed on the crappy road.....73..... Might try to find a less crappy road next time.

 

today.... made a battery hold down out of an Aluminum door threshold. swapped out the yellow springs for the other ones after i cut a coil off. tightened the drivers side front wheel brg. installed the wheel spacers and cleaned and installed the 14 inch white honda rims. did a quick rear frame paint job....and installed the cargo box on the right side. got invited to a race at VIR sat.... gunna take the truck as a pit vehicle.... hope they let me take it out on the track during lunch.... wish me luck.... guess i need to charge the battery for the video camera......... pics might show up sooner or later.

 

Is it sooner or is it later? only werase knows

Looking sharp!

 

crap.... no lunch break rides at the track....

 

well the Dyno run was anti climactic ...... 3rd gear 27squirrel power.... 4th gear 26 squirrel power..... the exhaust is really restrictive... i now have a baseline of the lack of power.... but the lack of power hauls ass at 73mph..... near future..... tachometer..... wide band O2 sensor...... free flowing exhaust.... stock is 4.... inch and a quarter to 2 inch and a quarter ex manifold.... to a double inch and a quarter to single inch and a quarter exhaust pipe...... engine is rated for 58 at... 5500 rpm.....per JIS... japan industry standard..... they lie....

 

50% driveline loss seems high for a manual trans. I'd figure 25ish% loss in 1:1 gear.

 

VIR pics.
no direct video uploads here. nothing too crazy, 20 second dyno pulls - if there's interest, I can drop them on my youtube.

 

So what are you thinking? Changing, in the gearing? To improve ratio?

 

install tacho... so i can not over rev. build a new exhaust that is bigger than 1 1/4 inch diameter.... i'm thinking 2- 2 1/4 into a free flowing motorcycle muffler. run a wide band O2 sensor to get the jetting optimal.... maybe port the intake to remove the restriction there

 

Gotchya!

 

well..... installed a cheep 2 inch tacho.... got three tachos sitting side by side.... a wrap around on the #1 coil wire... the 2 inch and a 3 3/8 sunpro. at idle.... about 100 high ..... at 5000... probably 500 high.... good enough for now.

 

today was get a 2 1/4 inch exhaust day... had to neck it down to 2 inch at the muffy.... used my old 87 GSXR750 V&H AL can. also got the O2 bung installed.... ordering the wide band O2 gauge. thinking about wollowing out the intake and port match the intake to the 40MM carb.... now it revs pretty gud.... time to think about the rear gears....

 

got bored the other weekend.... built a trashpit rear bumper for the truck. i want to protect the fuel tank. do i want to pull a horse trailer.... NO. got a perfect hitch assy out of a junk pile at a local shop as they were moving out. cut/grind/weld/grind paint.... took about $15 bucks in supplies to fab and 3-4 hrs in time... turned out pretty gud. pics might follow if Mr Mindless gets my PM.... i just wanted to show how easy it is to make stuff with a mig welder and a 4 1/2 angle grinder....and a cordless drill.

 

Sorry for these likesly ending up in a goofy order

 

I haven't put a hitch on mine yet, so glad to see one idea of how to mount one!

 

one of the rear tires kept going flat..... so i pinched a pair of 215/60-13 legends race car take offs onto the dodge colt stock AL rims.... ..... meaty