the costume
In which Tom dresses as Marty Mcfly for a Halloween party in Malibu and things get progressively wilder.
This is kind of my 200 followers celebration plus just some Halloween fun! Thanks to everyone who’s following, I really appreciate all of you and if you ever need a place to talk, my asks and messages are always open!
Ship: Tom Holland x Reader
Word Count: 1622
Warnings: mentions of alcohol consumption
Rating: K/K+
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“So, how do I look, Jennifer?” Tom asked you with a raised brow and a smirk, his arms spread in display.
You rolled your eyes in amusement. Tom looked ridiculous in his Marty McFly outfit consisting of jeans, a patterned button up, a Levi jacket, and the iconic puffy orange vest.
Tom was taking you to a Halloween party at Robert Downey Jr.’s Malibu residence that was going to be filled with celebrities, some you know personally and others you were just fans of.
Somehow, he had convinced you to dress as Jennifer from Back to the Future since he was Marty. So there you were, clad in pink floral pants that went way too high up your waist, a white button up, and a denim vest. Your hair was styled into big loose curls.
“Good one Marty. That’s the last time I’m calling you that tonight, by the way,” you joked as you went to peck Tom on the lips. “You look very convincing. Too bad Robert wouldn’t go as Doc. You guys could finally recreate that scene.”
Tom chuckled.
“Yeah. I’m not actually sure what he’s going as tonight. He said it was a secret,” he said offhandedly. You could see a glint in his eyes but decided not to push him.
Instead, you went outside where a driver was waiting to take you to the house party.
The party was in full swing when you arrived, drinks flowing freely among the star-studded crowd. You saw all kinds of costumes, movie characters, famous people dressed as other famous people, memes, mythical creatures, and more.
You were a little star struck, but Tom led you through the crowd, saying quick hellos as you navigated the mansion. People were complimenting Tom’s and yours costumes and you felt yourself blushing.
Eventually you came upon a group of people you actually knew and talked for a little bit. You started looking around expectantly.
“Hey, babe?” you asked Tom quietly. He hummed in response. “Where is Robert? I mean, it is his party after all.”
“Oh you know him. He’s waiting to make an RDJ entrance. He probably won’t be long.”
You accepted that answer and went back to conversing with your friends, Tom leaving you for a moment to grab drinks.
Eventually the lights started flickering.
“Here he comes,” Tom muttered under his breath. You smiled.
Some strobe lights circled the room and on came a spotlight, leading to cheers and applause.
Only a couple yards away stood Robert Downey Junior dressed in full Doc Brown garb, from the Hawaiian shirt and lab coat combo to an electrifying white wig.
Your jaw dropped and you turned to Tom, who was just smirking.
“You knew?” you asked incredulously. Tom shrugged.
“Maybe.”
You rolled your eyes again. Robert scanned the room as people looked between him, Tom, and you. Finally his own eyes landed on Tom.
“Great scott! Marty, is that you?” he asked in an eccentric voice, one finger pointed up to the sky. He marched over as Tom began laughing, unable to hide his amusement.
“Woah doc! I’ve been lookin’ all over for you!” Tom said in an exaggerated northern American accent, paralleling Michael J. Fox’s from the film.
They didn’t make it any further as both men couldn’t help but break into laughter, hugging. The lighting went back to normal and people started going back to their own conversations.
“Well look at this, you brought Jennifer!” Robert said, turning to you. You hugged him quickly and began talking with him.
A few minutes had passed when there was a loud interruption.
“MCFLYYYYYYY!” came a loud exclamation from a male voice. Everyone turned towards the source.
“No. Way.” you said, looking to your boyfriend again. He had a wild grin on his face.
From the crowd burst another man onto the scene: Jake Gyllenhaal.
You couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
He was dressed as the one and only Biff Tannen: cuffed jeans, a white tee, and a grey zipped jacket.
He pointed angrily at Tom, stomping over.
“Why don’t you make like a tree and get out of here!” Jake exclaimed. He, too, quickly fell into a fit of laughter just as the other two had.
He then happily greeting the group as well, hugs all around.
“What’s next, George and Lorraine?” you joked, looking to Tom expectantly.
“No, no. Jake was the last of it,” he assured.
You took a few group photos to show off your great costumes and spoke for a while. After a bit, people started floating around from group to group, saying more hellos to friends and Tom making introductions for you.
You were happy to just hang out with everyone and drink and be merry, but eventually Jake came up and whispered something into Tom’s ear. He nodded and turned to you.
“Okay babe I need to go do something real quick are you good or do you want me to find Chris and the others?”
“Oh, um, well. I think they’re just over there actually, but where are you going?”
“You’ll see,” he trailed, throwing you a wink. “I’ll be back in a little bit.”
He gave you a quick kiss and disappeared with Jake. You resigned yourself to finding your friends but couldn’t help but wonder.
What are those boys up to?
You were mid conversation when the lights once again changed to illuminate the stage where the DJ had been all evening. Everyone turned their attention to see a background revealed to look like a school hallway.
Out came Jake in his Biff garb with a microphone, a giant smile on his face.
“Ladies and gentlemen, Doc Brown and Marty McFly,” he said gesturing to the side before disappearing off stage.
Tom and Robert appeared, now changed into different outfits.
This time, Tom had slacks with a grey and red jacket along with a patterned white button up underneath. Robert was dressed in similar pants with an eccentric red and yellow button up, a white sport coat, and white had with red accenting.
You slapped a hand over your mouth.
Tom shoved his hands into his pockets.
“Doc, she didn’t even look at him,” Tom said in his Peter Parker voice.
The crowd cheered.
One they died down, Robert said the next line, continuing the scene that had been famously deep-faked of the two.
The scene finished quickly with Robert first saying,
“What are their common interests? What do they like to do together?”
“Nothing,” Tom finished. With that, Robert walked off, leaving Tom to look around confused and the lights to go down.
Everyone screamed and clapped and cheered at the scene’s end. You let out a few whoops and clapped as the lights were brought back up, Tom and Robert both laughing and waving.
Robert gave a conductors’ signal for the crowd to quiet and everyone settled down.
“I just wanted to give a big thanks to everyone for coming out tonight,” he began. He gave a quick speech about the circumstances that led to them doing the scene for the party and then turned the floor over to Tom.
“Thank you, thank you! Before I say anything else I first want to call up my girlfriend, wherever she is,” he said, looking around the room. A few people moved and pointed towards you, making it easy for Tom to spot you in the crowd.
“Come on up here, y/n!” he exclaimed. People shuffled around to let you go forward and step up onto the stage. You were confused as to why he wanted you there other than maybe because of your costume.
Tom wrapped an arm over your shoulders before speaking again.
“I need to apologize to my dear y/n tonight,” he started, causing you to give him an equally concerned and confused look. “Y/n, I’m sorry for lying to you about my whereabouts this week. Every time you went to work I came here to rehearse instead of just going to the gym.”
You breathed a sigh of relief and laughed, then smirked.
“Well I guess I should be honest too, then,” you followed, stretching up to say it into Tom’s mic. It was Tom’s turn to look surprised.
“Let’s just say that “find my friends” and snap maps don’t lie...” you trailed, causing the crowd to “ooooh” and Tom to drop his jaw.
“You knew? Since when!?”
“The first day you came here, you goof. I kept dropping hints all week to see if you’d come clean about it.”
“So you’re telling me, in front of all these people, that you knew about our surprise? And you never said anything?”
“Well I wouldn’t say I knew for sure, but that was the best case scenario and I figured I’d give you the benefit of the doubt.”
Tom just shook his head incredulously and gave you a squeeze, planting a quick kiss on your head.
“My girlfriend, everyone! The smartest, and maybe sneakiest, girl I know!”
With that the party continued on early into the morning of November first. By the time you were taken back to yours and Tom’s place, you were both still pretty buzzed from all the drinks you’d consumed after Tom finished his little speech.
Neither of you, however, were all too tired yet.
“So... Marty,” you began as you and Tom walked down the hall to the bedroom.
“I thought you weren’t gonna call me that anymore,” he said with squinted eyes.
“It’s a new day isn’t it?” you replied, sliding his jacket off his shoulders.
“Well I guess it is, Jennifer.” His voice was husky as he began stripping off your own vest.
It didn’t take long for you to exhaust yourselves after that.
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A/N: Once again, thanks to everyone for reading and following! I know I’m not the most consistent writer but you guys are awesome for sticking around. Hopefully I can get another marriage project chap our by next week :)
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305 US Climate Mayors commit to adopt, honor and uphold Paris Climate Agreement goals
STATEMENT FROM THE CLIMATE MAYORS IN RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP’S WITHDRAWAL FROM THE PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT
The President’s denial of global warming is getting a cold reception from America’s cities.
As 305 US Mayors representing 61 million Americans, we will adopt, honor, and uphold the commitments to the goals enshrined in the Paris Agreement. We will intensify efforts to meet each of our cities’ current climate goals, push for new action to meet the 1.5 degrees Celsius target, and work together to create a 21st century clean energy economy.
We will continue to lead. We are increasing investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency. We will buy and create more demand for electric cars and trucks. We will increase our efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions, create a clean energy economy, and stand for environmental justice. And if the President wants to break the promises made to our allies enshrined in the historic Paris Agreement, we’ll build and strengthen relationships around the world to protect the planet from devastating climate risks.
The world cannot wait — and neither will we.
Signed,
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Art Of Deception: Self-Learning EFI That Looks Like A Carb!
Everyone’s project car is figuratively and literally stalled at some point. Excuses run rampant: the carb is acting up, it’s misfiring, I’m waiting on parts, or I don’t have the time to finish it. We found a solution to many of these problems with Holley’s Stealth EFI kit. This system features reliable EFI tuning, easy driving, and super easy installation which can be performed in a weekend, and have you driving—sans excuse—to work on Monday.
Our CC/Malibu G-body project was born as a simple street build. No excuses and no problems… well, few major complications. The G-Body platform is the perfect foundation for a simple, reliable street beast, but stock it’s littered with ’80s-era emissions and choked performance. So, we turn to the aftermarket for help making a 30-year-old vehicle drive like a modern machine.
The Car
Our CC/Malibu has come a long way since it left the assembly line. John McGann originally purchased this garage-kept, 60,000-mile car in Ohio. He then drove it back to LA, coining the trip, “the Car Craft Tour of Power.”
The trip began with the installation of a Vortec 350 (a former Trick Flow Specialties test mule) with a fresh Summit Racing forged rotating assembly (resulting in 355 ci). It’s topped with Trick Flow Specialties 195 heads, a 218/224-at-0.050 cam with 0.495-/0.510-inch lift on a 110 degree LSA, 1.5:1 roller rocker arms, a Trick Flow dual-plane intake, and a vacuum-secondary Holley Performance Products 650 carburetor. The headers are 1 5/8-inch Patriot with 3-inch collectors. It’s currently backed by a Performance Automatic 4L60E with a 2,200 stall converter, but that’s going to change very soon.
The Malibu made 320 hp at 5,700 rpm and 386 lb-ft of torque at 3,300 rpm to the wheels, out of its basic 10.0:01 compression 355 small-block Chevy. Currently, the car resides near Washington D.C. with Three Pedals, the company known for manual-trans swaps; they helped us with this Holley Terminator EFI install.
The Terminator
The Terminator system features a long list of benefits, the most important being improved drivability through a self-learning strategy. Like so many hot rods, we had a Biff-like combination of pedal stabs when starting the Malibu, now it’s much easier. The expandable ECU also allows for power adders like boost or nitrous.
Holley makes the Terminator system in two varieties: The standard Terminator has a smaller throttle body similar those on a NASCAR cup car with partially exposed injectors. This ordinarily would’ve been fine for our Malibu, but Holley had just begun to offer the Terminator Stealth, which resembles a Holley four-barrel carb. Both systems are offered in three finishes: gold, black, or polished. They’re also available as master kits, which include everything down to the mechanic fuel pump block-off plate and fuel system, or as base kits with just the throttle body assembly and Terminator HP ECU.
Here’s some of the components we’re installing: Terminator throttle body, Dominator ECU, 3.5-inch control screen, wiring, and 20 feet of Earl’s 3/8 I.D. Vapor Guard EFI hose with connectors.
We opted for the Stealth because the cool factor was hard to beat—in fact, this is the Stealth’s whole reason for existence. The old-school carburetor look fits the muscle car vibe, and the gold anodized finish gives it a pleasing period-correct patina. We’ve covered the Terminator’s features and installation in other stories; the Stealth version is essentially the same, with the carburetor “look” and overall footprint being the salient features setting it apart from its sibling. To finish our installation, we picked Holley’s modular retrofit in-tank fuel pump, which eliminates the need for an inline pump or aftermarket tank. We also chose the Dominator EFI ECU, which features electronic transmission control to work with our 4L60E. Note that the base kit includes a Terminator HP ECU box, but if more race features or transmission control is desired, the Dominator ECU can be paired with the Stealth throttle body in a Terminator Stealth Transmission Control kit. (A separate fuel system kit would then need to be ordered.)
The Terminator system would fool many into thinking it’s an anodized carburetor, but that’s kind of the point in the name “Stealth.” Only appearances change between the standard Terminator 4bbr kit and the Terminator Stealth kit; both feature the same flow rate and sensors.
Throttle Body Installation
The order of events aren’t as important as simply completing them before the first drive. We opted to do the easy part first: bolting on the new Stealth throttle body. This part is exactly how you would attach any 4150-style carburetor. Housed inside the throttle body, completely out of view, are four 80-pound injectors, along with all the necessary sensors.
A good tip is to label all vacuums lines before removing the old carburetor. The new Terminator Stealth has vacuum ports for PVC, distributor, and other vacuum needs. We also added a throttle cable bracket from Summit Racing (part No. 210239BLK, $69.99) for our stock throttle cable.
The Dominator ECU will control timing when used with any small-cap HEI distributor. We installed a new MSD 8362 Street Fire Chevy HEI distributor (part No. 121-8362) with adjustable vacuum advance. It’s not a necessity for some applications, but our vintage unit needed replacing.
We installed the Dominator ECU against the kick-up in the floorboard below the glove box. This is a dry, cool place, away from engine bay heat and with easy access if we chose to install more ports.
Wiring
Wiring, like the rest of the kit, is efficient and easy. All wires are clearly labeled and cut to length. Here we ran our wiring through the interior to the fuel pump in the back. A new water-temp sensor was installed in the intake. At this point we also laid out the wiring for the wide-band O2 sensor (included).
The Dominator ECU may seem like overkill for this project, but it prepares us for forthcoming upgrades. It has the capability to run over 40 inputs and 40 outputs compared to the 4-in and 4-out of the standard HP ECU found in the Terminator kit.
The Terminator’s O2 sensor can be installed at home without a lift or a welder. Holley includes an optional O2 sensor clamp, which only requires a drill bit and a couple sockets to install. We’ve used the no-weld bung kit in the past, and it’s fast and effective. (You can always go back later and make the O2 sensor installation more permanent after you get up and running.)
O2 Sensor
A single wide-band O2 sensors is included. This fast-acting sensor is what allows the self-learning to happen so quickly and safely; it’s accuracy is far improved over the OE narrow-band “switching” sensors from just a few years ago. We installed it within 10 inches of the collector, and as suggested in the instructions, we preserved a minimum 18 inches of exhaust after the sensor. Also, it should be tilted at least 10 degree upward from horizontal, which keeps condensation from collecting around the sensor.
The retrofit fuel kit includes 1/2-inch tank gaskets (seen slightly out of focus in the background) designed to give the top of the tank space from the trunk pan in order to clear the height of the new fuel pickup (foreground).
Fuel Tank
The optional retrofit fuel system consumed the most time of the entire installation, but many users will be covered by the master kit’s inline pump, which is included and doesn’t require the tank to be dropped for installation.
This module features Holley’s Hydramat pickup which is a huge advantage for auto crossing and burnout contests—both of which followed after our install. It keeps enough fuel at the pickup at all times, despite sloshing in the tank. This allowed us to keep the stock tank and cut down on extra work and expense.
We reused the stock 3/8-inch hard line and plumbed the return line with the supplied Earl’s Vapor Guard 3/8-inch hose. According to Holley, 3/8-inch feed and return lines are a minimum requirement for fuel injection systems, and plenty adequate for our horsepower.
Throttle response has greatly improved and start-up is quick no matter the outside conditions. Immediately after the installation, we brought the car to Bowling Green, Kentucky for the 2018 Car Craft Summer Nationals where it ran a 13.83 at 103 mph in the 1/4 mile.
Driving
In the waning days of the 20th century, right about now we would be getting into the weeds about programming fuel maps and ignition tables, cold start-up enrichment, puddling constants, coolant- and air-temp scalars, injector offsets, and a bunch of other frustrating stuff, but with the Terminator’s wide-band sensor and self-learning strategy, you’ll be cracking a beer open in no time. Setting up the ECU on the 3.5-inch color screen is—you guessed it—easy. Just follow a series of multiple-choice questions about your engine and transmission and the self-learning system takes it from there.
Three Pedals co-owner Josh Korsower won the 2018 Summer Nationals Burnout Content on Saturday, with the Malibu.
We mounted the 3.5-inch color touch screen controller to the dashboard using the included adhesive and quick-release holder. This way we can see it while driving, with our chosen dashboard screen of a tach, coolant temp, and air/fuel ratio. With the ECU location we chose, running the wire from the controller was simple. Check back over the next few months as we put the finishing touches on the Car Craft Malibu!
Here’s the original package on the car: an Edelbrock fuel pump, Holley 650 carburetor, and regulator. A system which has served us well.
We drilled a 1/2-inch hole in the firewall and ran the majority of the wiring through the driver’s side. A nice rubber grommet is provided to keep the wires from chafing. It looks like a mess, but installation involved very little cutting or splicing.
We have a trusty Miller TIG welder, so adding the bung to the exhaust was no issue. This small bit of welding is the most difficult part of the installation, but even if you don’t have a welder, you’re still ok…
To install our Holley retrofit fuel module, we started by cutting a 3 1/4-inch hole in the top of the tank. Choosing the hole placement in the tank is important; it needs to be forward in the tank to be covered in hard braking, on a flat section for good sealing, and with room on top to fit between the tank and the trunk floor without interference.
A special gasket with the retrofit kit allows the flat surface of the pickup to seal to any curvature in the top of the tank—up to 0.28-inches of variation—without leaking or seepage.
We installed the adjustable fuel press regulator above the tank against the front of the trunk pan.
Holley includes this sleek looking aluminum fuel filter, which we mounted just in front of the rear axle against the bottom of the floor pan.
The fuel pickup includes a feed, return, and vent. We rerouted the vent up and over the tank and into the bumper with the supplied roll-over valve.
You won’t need a laptop, just this 3.5-inch color touch-sensitive display which connects temporarily to the ECU (although you may leave it mounted permanently or hide it in the glovebox or console for monitoring).
This screen is a sample of the kind of function that is programmable from the Terminator’s hand-held controller/monitor.
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