When browsing around today I saw quite a few sites talking about the Rails Best Practices presentation / talk that ihower did at the Kungfu RailsConf. Check it below, it really covers a lot of basic tips on how to clean up your code and follow some better coding practices.

Someone just released a gem that will analyze your code and check for “Best Practices” -  seems promising. Check it out at GitHub here: http://github.com/flyerhzm/rails_best_practices

These stairs are finally done.  First was the endless sanding, then the staining and polyurethane.  I put off painting the risers and sides because its a nightmare to prep, plus I had other projects from “The List” to get done.  I went through a roll of tape just getting everything ready before painting.  Primed with a good primer, then hit it with a semi gloss white from Benjamin moore.  (I went with the semi gloss because of durability, I used this on all my moldings and doors)

Anyways, here are some pics.  The flash from the camera makes it seem more shiny then it actually is, I think it came out pretty good.

Figured I’d update the old blog with a few house updates.  We had a new door put in, then me and my father-in-law tiled our entry way.  I also just had a fence put in.

Here is our poor attempt at a pumpkin carving

Here are some pics from a few weeks ago when she was all cleaned up.   The stang looks a lot better via photos then in person, but hey… What do you expect for 23+ year old paint?!?! Other pics are for the new switch console I added to the ashtray.  These switches control my Fan, Shift Light, and gauges.   Heading to Englishtown,NJ this weekend for the big Muscle Mustang & Fast Fords Event.  More info on the event here: http://www.etownraceway.com/schedule/fords.aspx It should be fun!

Some pics of the control panel installed in the ashtray, sorry crappy pics, took it with my iPhone.

MSD digital shift light installed on the mustang.  Install was pretty simple; power, ground, and tach wire.  The tach tire you just run to your MSD box or if you don’t have a box they give you some other wires to hack it in.   The shift light can be programmed to whatever you want, so no need to mess with any pills like the old school units.  Plus you can set different shift points for different gears.  I’m not a fan of the big tach’s / shift lights so this one was perfect, small and has a bunch of features.  Pictures below…

Took a few pics at the car show over at AutoMat’s car show. It was a good showing and a beautiful day, it was a nice change to the 23+ days of rain this month! Plus I got to take my car out for a ride.

Show info here: http://www.autointeriors.biz/AutoMat_Show/AutoMat_Show.html

All Photos I took here: http://burm.net/photos/album/72157620652706068/automat-car-show-hicksville.html

Some highlights below:

Finally had a chance to drop off the pipe to get the flange welded on for the BOV.  I took the pipe off last night then cut off the old flange and dropped it off a local shop this morning.  Picked it up tonight and threw on the new BOV.  I still have to adjust the spring, however everything seems to work fine.  Hopefully tomorrow morning I can run over to the shop and get my o2 bung welded on for the wideband.

As you can see the old BOV was plastic and quite small…

New and Old up close…

Below is the new flange welded on….

Figured I’d jot down some of my notes on part numbers for my Mustang, which pretty much applies to any Foxbody Mustang from 1987 to 1993 with a 302 / 5.0.  I’ll be updating this post as I go through what I ordered / need.

Motorcraft Regular PCV Valve: EV98B
Motorcraft Turbo PCV Valve: EV76C

Motorcraft Fuel Filter: FG800A

Bosch 02 Sensor:  BS13942
( https://www.carpartswholesale.com ) had them the cheapest

Moroso Check Valve: MOR-97800 – This is check valve used in addition to the PCV

Bosch Wide Band O2 Sensor Type A (D Style) – For PLX Wideband M300

TREMEC 3550 Output Seal 2603979 – Ford Part # D6AP-7052-AA

(Note the TREMEC likes the GM Syncromesh 3 bottles)

My Clutch:

MMR RBT700

Well the iPhone 3.0 Apps with Push capabilities are finally showing up in the app store. I just updated BeeJive and it works pretty well, not sure how long you stay logged in for after you exit BeeJive.  Anyways, screen shot below…

The only apps I know of out now are:

• APNews
• BeeJive IM
• AIM
• Pollen
• Tap Tap Revenge
• IM +
• ToDo

Any others out there?

I was having some issues with some oil getting back into the intake via the PCV valve so I descided to add a catch can.  The catch can’s job is to do just what it says, catch junk that may pass through the PCV before the air is recycled back into your intake.    I grabbed a crappy can off eBay and modified it to fit my needs.  The first thing I did was disassemble the unit, it was put together like crap.   I re-threaded and sealed all the connections and tested it to hold pressure.    I also dilled out a few of the connections to support more air volume.

This pic is after I drilled it out, the holes before were 1/2 the size.

Everything re-sealed and ready to go…

The clear tube so you can see how full the can is.

The bracket mounted….

The final mounting and lines hooked up…