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[chaldowhiteboy]

Oh all right, cool man. Hopefully everything works out for you.

And are you sure you didn't copy my ass?? lol just kidding.. yeah i have to agree.. great minds think alike

[Neb]

Hey Neb, what is your rear camber set at?? I am running a 9" rear, also w an ending ET of +10. Your fitment in the rear looks good! Did you dremmel off that little "protrusion" inside the rear wheel wells toward the aft of the car? Ive been slowly going lower and lower and as I see it now that is the only thing that is going to rub.

Crap totally missed this.

I had my rears set at -3 before I swapped in the custom springs (I had the H&R's in there). So I'm guessing it's around -3.5 now?

No but I beat the *$% out of it! I need to properly cut it off.. I do rub on it though.. rubbed right through the wheel arch lining

[TeckniX]

Any update on this build and new block build-up?

[Tempes_TT]

Any update on this build and new block build-up?

Unfortunately no. Hit a road block. Having some financial issues with the family. Helping my parents out has been my priority with my income. Just hoping things get better soon...

[TeckniX]

sorry to hear bro - Hope things do get better and I'm sure they're happy that you're able to provide for them.

[Tempes_TT]

Well, its been a while since Ive been able to do anything! Not much has been able to get done on the motor. I tried ordering rods a few weeks ago, but two days after I placed my order, IE told me they were out and wouldnt have anything 6 to 8 weeks out.

Anyways, some quick things that have gone on!

-Received 42dd LEDs for DRLs

-Replacement wheel came to my front door! Finally!


-Installed Revo Technik boost gauge




-Got me some rubber TT floor mats! changed the whole feel of the interior!


-Also Bought me some upper strut mount bushings. If the weather turns out to be what they say it is, Ill be taking care of that tomorrow with pics to follow!


Ill hopefully be taking my block to a machine shop soon and I can hopefully get this ball rolling since it was been put on hold for a while!

Also... Im hoping this isnt fuel leaking from the injector on cylinder #4...Can anyone confirm? I havent had time to dig in yet, Ill probably check tomorrow while my suspension is apart





Well, thats it for now!

[Chuckmeister87]

I like your rims. How much do they weigh without the rubber?

[Tempes_TT]

I like your rims. How much do they weigh without the rubber?

Thank you sir!

I believe they are 24lbs w/no rubber each. Plus rubber, too much.

[Forty-six and 2]

Cool build. Nice mellow pace.

[Chuckmeister87]

Thank you sir!

I believe they are 24lbs w/no rubber each. Plus rubber, too much.

Still love them. I wish they were lighter though... I'm very glad I switched to my 19.4lb rims. Car feels like it can MOVE

[Neb]

Revo gauge looks perfect.

[Tempes_TT]

Revo gauge looks perfect.

Thank you sir, I feel it fits the style best!

[FatAce]

Since one would assume you had the fuel issue after you installed your boost gauge to your fuel pressure regulator, I would start your diagnosis there. Just my $.02. car looks great!

[Chuckmeister87]

Just a thought since your planning on getting most, if not all of the car repainted, why not have your body shop weld/fill the antenna hole. I had them do mine with my recent body work and it is soooooo nice without the antenna. Might want to take advantage of the opportunity and have the spoiler removed, welded, filled too.



cheers.

Do you still get good signal? Is there a way to turn your car into the antenna?

[Tempes_TT]

Hey thanks man!

I actually did do a little digging yesterday and found out that its actually my crankcase breather hose. didnt get to inspect the bulk of it, but Im going to assume the hose blew up.

Theres crap accumulated everywhere...

[Audiguy84]

How do your 42dd led drl's look? Got any pics

[Tempes_TT]

How do your 42dd led drl's look? Got any pics

To be quite honest, they look rather bad... Ill go take some pics quick. It could also be that I still have my orange side markers rather then the clear corners. (Might bake my headlights this weeked!)

Edit: Pics.








Theyre not very bright at all. At least not through the orange side markers. I also made sure I took the pics under an exposure equivalent to what youd see in person.

[ttwsm]

Getting rid of those goofy reflectors and swapping out clear/smoked corners (or tinting out the factory ones to hide the amber color) really transforms the headlights! So worth doing. Hard to beat the bang-for-the-buck of that particular appearance mod.

With clear corners, switching to LED "bulbs" for the DRLs matches the color of the HIDs much better than the OEM halogens. It really cleans up the appearance a lot in my opinion. I suspect you'll be much happier with the look of your new LEDs once you're getting that clean white light coming through.

[Tempes_TT]

Welp. Got around to doing some work on the car this weekend and I baked my headlights and did some body work!

Started off by cleaning it up since the day turned out to be nearly perfect!




Then I moved on to baking headlights!
Before:




car under the knife!




Surprisingly, everything thus far went by rather smoothly. Didnt have a single issue, I was a happy man!

Headlights right before they went into the ovan


Pulled the reflectors off, used some bondo to fill the holes up, sanded, sprayed, sanded, sprayed and then another final coat.


Little test run the morning after and resprayed the rings.


I then moved on to test my hand at a little basic body work. First time ever messing with the stuff. Turned out well and it was quite easy.

Cost me about $20 for everything I needed. This stuff works great and dries fast!


The main areas I repaired...






The works....station...

Was it the most adequate, probably not...

Was it done properly, probably not...

Is this something you want to do on a windy day, absolutly not...

Was it the most effective, probably not...

But hey, did it work? Freak yes!







The final result of it all...










Ive decided that I dont want to spend too much money on trying to get this bumper looking perfect since Ill be using as my winter bumper when the time comes to get the other one.

It was quite a successful weekend, if I say so myself!

[ttwsm]

Looks like you had a great day yesterday! Nice.

[Chuckmeister87]

Well done

[Marcus_Aurelius]

Glad to see you up and moving again with the project!

[Tempes_TT]

Thanks guys, pretty rewarding deal. Hopefully things can keep going as well as they currently seem!

[Tempes_TT]

Well, small update. Ordered me some new front times. same size (225/40/18) Hankook ventus v4es's. Piece of poop bridgestones wore out on me already (driver side is my fault for lack of +camber correction.) Rears are only two months older then the fronts and they still have tons of tread left.








On the bright side, I did get a set of Scat rods (20mm) for a very low price. (Thanks to MKIIIvr28 )



Next on the list are new rotors (mine are getting very low) and for the motor, bearings and misc hardware (gaskets, head bolts etc...)

Now just to find a place to fully disassemble whats left of the block/head and get the poop machined and ready for assembly! (maybe I can convince my girlfriends parents to let me use their second garage )

Thats all for now!

[idwurks]

Headlights!!!!!

[Tempes_TT]

Headlights!!!!!

Need to get sanded and polished! I know!! lol

Well! I decided to take apart the bottom end and Its coming a long quite nicely! No problems thus far! Getting Closer and closer to machining time!

Heres some pics of the fun!

The deck...




Cylinder walls looked pretty good. No major scoring of any sort that I could see. Made me happy


Inside the crank case...Bracket #3 was being dumb so I gave up for the night. It was getting late anyways... lol Maybe Ill give it another whirl tomorrow or Friday!




Pistons looked really good. Theyll look even better after a nice bath!


Some awesome oil pan grim!




Well, now that Im several steps closer to machining, maybe Ill start calling around and getting this set up and done! Once the block is disassembled, the head will come next!

Thats it for tonight!

[Chuckmeister87]

That oil pan needs some TLC. What do you plan on doing to the engine??

Keeping on top of your car really well

[Tempes_TT]

That oil pan needs some TLC. What do you plan on doing to the engine??

Keeping on top of your car really well

I know right? Yeah Ill get to that next time its nice out. It got cold again.

Anyways, as far as the motor goes, just refreshing/getting new parts. Mainly rods and possibly pistons, we'll see. Heads going to stay stock. If I ever decide to do any headwork, itll go on an AEB head and bigish turbo. For now, Ill experiment with the F23 and see how far I can push it.

[Tempes_TT]

Small update.

Mail man brought me some goodies!


Stock bore/stroke and CR (sorta - 9.25:1). As fun as messing around with an 8.5:1 CR, its not for me, at least not now.

[jongbloedt]

Amazing man I should be sleeping but this thread sucked me right in! Can't wait for more!

[Chuckmeister87]

Small update.

Mail man brought me some goodies!


Stock bore/stroke and CR (sorta - 9.25:1). As fun as messing around with an 8.5:1 CR, its not for me, at least not now.

Looks purdy. Dont dirty it up

[Tempes_TT]

Amazing man I should be sleeping but this thread sucked me right in! Can't wait for more!

Hey, thanks a lot man, fellow Minnesotan too!

Looks purdy. Dont dirty it up

Ha! Not a chance.

If theyre still clean after theyre installed, then something is seriously wrong!

[Tempes_TT]

No real updates unfortunately....BUT



Happy birthday to me!