The Life and Time of Typhoon #2320

[MikeRenz]

So I thought i'd reflect a little for this here 10,000th post.

11.15.2001 - purchased 92 Typhoon #2320
01.05.2002 - blew up tranny 4,000miles later
02.01.2002 - retired from driving
08.01.2002 - remove broken tranny
09.20.2002 - remove decently running stock engine

10.14.2002 - disassemble decently running stock engine

...---purchase motor parts for no good reason---...

12.10.2002 - begin engine assembly

...---waste a lot of time doing other crap---...

07.21.2003 - finish engine assembly / install engine
08.26.2003 - fire up engine
http://www.michaelrenz.com/Typhoon2320Lives.wmv
(if you've never watched this before....get ready to laugh at me)

09.06.2003 - Rocker nut comes loose after 8 miles. Tow back to build site

09.14.2003 - Fix Rocker nut. Tranny Pump explodes after 60 miles
10.04.2003 - remove broken tranny

12.13.2003 - reinstsall fixed tranny
12.21.2003 - Successfully drive Typhoon home 100 miles

...---waste a lot of time doing other crap---...

04.09.2005 - drive Typhoon 4 miles, oil pan gasket blows out

...---waste a lot of time doing other crap---...

09.13.2006 - win 4l80e at NATS

09.24.2006 - remove motor and 700r4

10.04.2006 - fix blown out oil pan gasket

...---waste a lot of time doing other crap, fast forward to now---...

Since 10.04.2006 i've purchased all the stuff i need for the 4l80e conversion...sold my turbo, changed my mind on the direction of my build numerous times, purchased front coilovers, built a front mount intercooler, bought a aluminum radiator support, started fabbing an upper intake to work with my intercooler, started a company to fab parts and lots of equipment to do so, and plenty of other crap too.

http://www.michaelrenz.com/intercooler/
http://www.michaelrenz.com/upperintake/
http://www.michaelrenz.com/4l80e/



People always wonder why i never work on the truck. I lose motivation on it, and get sidetracked by other things.....like buying other "Typhoons" and parting them out,

or buying Typhoon Shells and parting them out,
http://www.michaelrenz.com/ShellUnload.wmv

or buying 5 speed typhoons and making it automatic again and then deciding to learn to do bodywork and prep it for paint to just get sick of it, and then get sick of wrenching in general.

http://www.michaelrenz.com/0593-tranny/
http://www.michaelrenz.com/0593-prebodywork/
http://www.michaelrenz.com/0593-bodywork/
http://www.michaelrenz.com/0593-primer/

The way i see it, most every single one of my 10,000 posts has been since i blew up the truck...since i was a noob/lurker back then and knew absolutely nothing about syty's. Lets assume I've spent 1 minute on every post on average....and for every post i've made, most likely have easily spent 5minutes reading posts/threads. Thats 60,000minutes, or 1000hrs, or ~41.66days....rougly 6 weeks, and i can assure you i've spent way more than 5mins reading for every post i've made.

Imagine if i would have put those 6 solid weeks into actually working on my truck. You may not all know me very well had i done that....but at least i'd prolly have a running/ driving truck. I wonder which route was the RIGHT choice to make? I mean...we all know which route i chose.

So there is my rant for my 10,000 post. Hope you've enjoyed the life saga of Typhoon #2320. I assure you there are plenty of epic points in time for the truck that i've left out like the infamous Turbo Badge,

the fake motor shrapnel,

and other things that escape me right now. I can also gaurantee that there will be plenty more stories in the weeks/months/years to come, to fully round out the life of Typhoon #2320.

:tup:

 

[12secondSY]

Re: The Life and Time of Typhoon #2320

How much time did you spend on just this one post? And how much could you have gotten done?

:rotf:

 

[KFC_Or_Bust]

Re: The Life and Time of Typhoon #2320

Congrats and good read dude! 10,000 posts is a nice achievement.

 

[TYTILIDIE]

Re: The Life and Time of Typhoon #2320

You are lucky I dont live near you or you would be driving your truck everyday. Makes me sick to see trucks not running :lol: Could you possibly be afraid of success? It really isnt a joke and it is more common than you may think. Perhaps you enjoy some type of disaster in your life at all times. Hopefully when you do get it back together youll see what you have been missing all these years and not feel like..."eh, whats the point".

 

[SY2932]

Re: The Life and Time of Typhoon #2320

CONGRATS on hitting the 10K mark ! At the rate that I am posting, I won't be close until sometime in 2024

. Sure, you could have allocated your time differently but we wouldn't have all the fab Renz type stuff. Am I right or am I right

? Running truck or not, you're well on the road to be an OG for sure !

 

[supersports10]

Re: The Life and Time of Typhoon #2320

congrats renz!!!!!!

now lets finish that ty!!!!!

 

[Black Knight]

Re: The Life and Time of Typhoon #2320

Congrats buddy, nice write on #2320, and just think how much enjoyment everyone gets out of reading all your posts!

 

[natsforever]

Re: The Life and Time of Typhoon #2320

Is 10,000 posts really an achievement?

I remember a guy from Colorado hitting 5,000 posts and he got no end of crap about it.

Well, happy 10,000 Mike. :tup:

If it HAD to be a choice between wrenching and typing, I guess you made the right choice.

 

[TYTILIDIE]

Re: The Life and Time of Typhoon #2320

I remember a guy from Colorado hitting 5,000 posts and he got no end of crap about it.

:rotf: As I was reading this thread that was all I could think about, how funny would be if the admin took his post count down by half? :lol:

 

[JuStBlAzIN]

Re: The Life and Time of Typhoon #2320

quit typing and finish the intake so you can sell me one. So hurry on up. Wasting my time here..

J/K man..i enjoy reading your posts.

 

[BigBadSmoosh]

Re: The Life and Time of Typhoon #2320

and to think i've been around for quite a few of these events.. i feel like 2320 is partially mine.

 

[hatrik8]

Re: The Life and Time of Typhoon #2320

09.20.2002 - remove decently running stock engine

I remember when I was a noob still looking into sy/ty's and I saw this picture. I thought that guy looks like a real gear head and I bet he has a sweet running truck. :rotf: Congrats on your 10k and keep the funny shit coming.

 

[MikeRenz]

Re: The Life and Time of Typhoon #2320

I remember when I was a noob still looking into sy/ty's and I saw this picture. I thought that guy looks like a real gear head and I bet he has a sweet running truck. :rotf: Congrats on your 10k and keep the funny shit coming.

I'm literally a gear head here:

 

[JSM]

Re: The Life and Time of Typhoon #2320

I'm literally a gear head here:

Wouldn't that be a chain head?

 

[MikeRenz]

Re: The Life and Time of Typhoon #2320

Wouldn't that be a chain head?

perhaps... :lol:

all i know is that double roller chain didn't feel good on the head. it tore out a bunch of hair though. Oh well...it was worth it for the memories. :rotf:

 

[dgoodhue]

Re: The Life and Time of Typhoon #2320

Is 10,000 posts really an achievement?

I remember a guy from Colorado hitting 5,000 posts and he got no end of crap about it.

Well, happy 10,000 Mike. :tup:

It was MHST Guy, he lost 4500 posts, but he did get his posts back after taking a little crap.

 

[MikeRenz]

Re: The Life and Time of Typhoon #2320

well he just made a thread proclaiming how awesome he is for hitting 5,000 posts....this thread is at least informative. :lol:

 

[hatrik8]

Re: The Life and Time of Typhoon #2320

It was MHST Guy, he lost 4500 posts, but he did get his posts back after taking a little crap.

I remember that. It was darn funny. I like how renz broke it down into time well spent (or time wasted depending on how you look at it) :rotf:

 

[phoonTy]

Re: The Life and Time of Typhoon #2320

congrats renz. quality 10,000th post :tup: :lol: Think it'll be done by 20,000th post? :lol:

 

[sy2675]

Re: The Life and Time of Typhoon #2320

congrats renz. quality 10,000th post :tup: :lol: Think it'll be done by 20,000th post? :lol:

EWWWWW BURNNNNN! :rotf:

go work on your TY!