^ I need to get one of those! Does the extra weight actually help the vibration/lack of ability to see anything while driving?
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^ I need to get one of those! Does the extra weight actually help the vibration/lack of ability to see anything while driving?
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get ready for NG!
i went ahead restored the 3rd rim on my 3000gt. nothing fancy just cleaning and repainting but they do look good.
Got rid of peg legs. Installed Quaife LSD and a SPEC 2+ clutch into the SL. Hydraulics couldn't handle it, so replaced master/slave & blew the crud out of the lines (nasty!). Replaced all the seals on the tranny. Get rid of my peg leg on Thursday, giving 3 days to prep, pack, and head out for NG.
there's nothing wrong with being in the doghouse
Sweet... I'm doing some maintenance work to mine to prepare for the trip this week as well. Fluids/brake changes. And maybe some car audio for the 32 hours of driving round trip.
Me and another 3s member,, putting a 3.5 together,, modified the oil pan,,, now installing the engine,,, engine mount broke,, had to stop
Made some major changes to my seat, both fitment modifications and upholstery work.
Started life as an all black version of this:
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And now looks like this:
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The highlighted areas in the first picture are where I made the fitment adjustments.
From what I can see, it looks great, Levi.
Seems you just extended each of them a bit?
Looks like you integrated them form-wise, but I can't tell for sure...
Looks great Levi! I dig the suede
I was finally was able to get some work done on my car. Finished up the tunnel and have the driveshaft tacked in as well! No pictures of the driveshaft but i took the stock driveshaft and removed the front section, chopped the second section, slapped a flange that accepts the gm universal joint on it, then connected the t56 input spline...bam.
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Nice, looks factory!
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Originally Posted by j2k4
Thanks guysQuote:
Originally Posted by MDoe8
I reduced the height of the sides on the seat bottom so I wasn't sitting down in as much of a bucket, and then I flared the side bolster supports outward. The seat bottom adjustment allows me to rest my right leg against the center console which is very helpful for any long drives. The trip to Bowling Green, KY last year made me realize how much I needed to make that change.
And the side bolsters needed widened as I have always had issues with them pinching my sides if I tried to sit in the car with a coat on. So rather than coming out straight like before the come out in a V-shape. I didn't have to extend anything but the whole process did involve a bunch of cutting on the stock seat parts.
I was worried these changes would hurt the ability of the seat to hold me in place but the results so far suggest that is not the case. I am really liking the dual texture of the vinyl and suede. I tried to get a little fancy with the stitching too. You can see in this photo the detail stitching on the seat back and seat bottom cushions. You can also see how bad some of the old material was.
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Ah, I can see that much better - work PC leaves something to be desired, plus I'm going frigging blind. :p
Drove my 97 VR4 home today from C & A auto repair, Chai the master. New 3SX single pass aluminum radiator, upper and lower therma-flex hoses, thermostat, water wetter, cam seals, valve cover gaskets(old was leaking), OEM Plug wires, new plugs gaped to .28, TPS, changed out blue/red fuel rail loop for black one. Ran like a champ. Front bank 150/160/160, back bank 150/150/160 compression. Since I put it on the road in 2013 only did one hard launch on the stock clutch. I am a happy camper.
Test fit the interior. Put more than necessary together so that i could sit in it and make vroom vroom noises. Overall the clearance is fantastic, only a few changes.
1. Had to bend out the bottom of the metal bracket that holds the front of the passenger side tunnel carpet on to clear the trans tunnel. The result is the bottom of the carpet sticks out ~1/2". Nothing really and unnoticeable so i'm calling that a success.
2. The stock two piece radio bottom section will not fit, it hits the transmission tunnel. I have two options that i think would work. I can get a double din radio that is shallower on the bottom (cd is what gives it the depth) or I can just get a single din radio and put a storage thingy on the bottom. I'm going to look into oem double dins that are shallow enough.
3. The frame that mounts the center lower dash thingy (in between radio and console) does not fit. I will either have to modify that or just make a new one, i'm not sure. I may just put a couple basic braces on it and call it a day, I'm not too concerned about it. The only other thing i will have to address is mounting the rear tunnel carpeting as the stock console frame was used for that.
4. The gas pedal is the biggest issue, the rest is relatively simple and will appear oem 100%. The gas pedal needs more room because there is a big freaking tunnel in the way. I really only need to gain about 2" or so of width, but i'm not sure. I am going to likely take the clutch and brake assemblies out and bend them to the drivers side a bit. After putting them back in, I'll figure out the dead pedal, I may have to make a new one.
Very motivating seeing it mocked back up! Overall fitment is fantastic.
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Test drove my 97vr4 today. The 3sx single pass radiator did its job, only did 140 or so and no leaks. Fast cool down time. Ready for west coast MOD on 07/09/16.
This last Friday my vehicle won a it's first trophy at Gary's Classic Car Friday's in Buena Park CA. It got washed and waxed recently as well. And today I got to replacing the hood pins on it.
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Gutted a rear pre-cat to get the 3SX rear pre-cat delete out of my car. By the time the machine shop got the turbo flange milled flat, the flange was about 1/8 to 1/4" thinner, and causes my Stillen D/P to make contact with my T-case.
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I finally decided to stop amassing parts for a bit and took my 91 TT to a shop today. I cant find a decent shop around raleigh/durham/chapel hill that wont jack up labor to scare me away because they really dont want to work on it but
but i did start calling around and i was led to a place called TCS automotive that is in greensboro, NC. they look like a mostly honda,acura shop but they do some work on subarus and dsm (mainly the evo and eclipse). but the mechanics knew enough of the 3S platform and when talking to them i felt comfortable having my car there.
first things first, i took it to them to install my megan exhaust system completely cat-free. simple job shouldve been done today but sure enough with a 108k mile car there were some hurdles. they let me know that the bolts on the turbos to the precats were pretty much fused and they didnt want to go into breaking them loose unless i was willing to accept the risk of breaking bolts and having to end up taking turbos off and adding more to the cost. but i said lets go with it...sure enough bolts broke off but good things come from it...
we made an agreement and included in the labor to actually remove the turbos (and everything involved) and they would put my build parts in for me when they put it all back in. new turbo feed lines (one was leaking and they actually do custom fabrication for braided hoses and whatnot), new crossover tube, heater hoses (possibly could be where my coolant is leaking) turbosmart kompact bov, MAFT with GM MAF, 560cc injectors, mishimoto silicon radiator hoses, and if possible i might get the 3rd gen lifters put in. they also would check my turbos and notify me if they are still in decent shape ( i get a little bit of humming noise when first spooling so hopefully they can find the problem there) . theyre also going to delete my EGR for me and drill out a broken bolt in my intake plenum. looking at about a $900 tab when all said and done but after 2 years its about time i actually put some work into it
the mechanics were straight forward and they seemed to really care about my car (the mechanic actually was on the fence about working on my stealth since so many that come in are beat to hell and not kept up and complimented me on the cleanest 3S he has seen). but the end result is where it counts and im actually thinking this could be a shop i can trust my car to go to and get my build up. the only thing they dont do is ECU tuning or have a dyno but i dont mind taking a 2 1/2 hour trip to 3sx and have them do it there. but TCS is a vendor for koyo, mishimoto, and alot of other companies to where they can get me same parts for cheaper.
sorry it was rambling but i do look forward to the end result and will be sure to post some pictures and give updates. looks very promising already
Gave the Stealth a good bath after the drive home from the NG. I got rained on in Kentucky, Tenn, and Florida. I started to assess the list of things the car needs done in my mind, it's quite a bit. The clutch needs replacing and so does the timing belt and water pump. My exhaust needs to be adjusted, my muffler got hooked coming off of Marks trailer after the ECG and now it's hitting something under the car. A rock hit one of my fog lights, breaking the lens. I've been thinking about swapping the HID's for LED's, so I guess now is the time. I also busted my front lip on a curb in Indy, so I guess that means a new RetroSpec carbon fiber lip to replace that. Already ordered a new MAF, the one in the car is original. Although it still works, it's noisy as hell when I accelerate. Radiator needs replacing, it's probably more than 15 years old. Oh, and I still haven't figured out what wrong with my cruise control. These 1200 mile drives are tough enough, not having cruise control makes it even worse.
nice and hollow. Why gut the cat though instead of just eliminating it? To give the emissions legal appearance?
Installed a 3.5 motor into a 91 stealth,, need to hook up the accessories another day
Let's see, more of a weekend wrap up..
Tested the Evans for water content. 0%
Re-torqued the head studs. Replaced the spark plugs. Began to mock up the new ignition system. Took measurements for the new intercooler. Stood there and looked at it for a good 1/2 hour. :)
We went the whole NG without dropping a trans, you should have said you needed the clutch done!Quote:
Originally Posted by 93STLTH
Tom's not the kind of guy to let a whole bunch of people work on his car 😄
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Well it wasn't today, but on Saturday I converted my front end from a 92 to a 98 front end and put on a VIS carbon fiber hood.
Details and pictures from the front end conversion here: http://joshxt.net/index.php/92-to-98...nd-conversion/
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`Only car peeps understand this. I do that all the time and my wife will give me trouble. It's strangely satisfying just looking at it. I just mocked the interior back in then sat and stared at the bone stock nothing special interior for a while lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Erron Spalsbury
He had the 3SX pre-cat delete pipe but of course the fitment was so terrible he decided gutting a stock pre-cat would be better.Quote:
Originally Posted by MDoe8
I still remember the 3SX crew swapping the clutch in Eric's car in about 30 min. during the Memphis drags. That's why we need those guys to attend again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Uniuno
I could imagine a crew of people who work on 3s's a lot doing a clutch swap in 30 minutes. Hell one time I dropped the trans out of my car laying on my back in the driveway in about 40 minutes by myself with having to run into the garage for tools as I needed them. Had I had 2 more people with the experience of removing transmissions that I have it probably could have been done in that time period.
Then again, I don't know many people who have removed a 3s trans as much as I have. :lol:
NA transmissions are super easy. After a few times its not even a big deal.
Well, most of what I've done is work on piecing together a stroker motor for the car, but no details to release about that yet. And picked up a set of 68HTAs to go with it for now, although arm0red1 is going to work on something custom for me as well.
And...I went and bought another motorcycle :D Because having 2 in the garage that I'm never home to ride isn't enough.
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VERY nice ;) The best looking Daytona color scheme, by far.
Much obliged. It's a very nice one, probably my #2, favorite would probably be the Caspian Blue with gold accents that they also had for a year or two. The phantom black is nice though, and the gold accent is a beautiful touch. If I end up doing a black VR4, I'll probably end up with golden accents similar in tone to this.Quote:
Originally Posted by DocWalt
Already on the list is a better exhaust (current Two Brothers is pretty loud and rough) that has ceramic coating to reduce heat and improve VE, deleting the EXUP and rerouting the secondary air set up before getting it dyno tuned. Have a set of Helibars on the way to improve the location of the grips and improve comfort, little longer as well so better leverage when I want to get aggressive with it. Watsen flush mounts that are already color matched to the body (ended up being rather expensive, but best flush mounts you can get IMO.) Set of tank grips are on the way, as well as a complete HID projector retrofit for better night time visibility.
Eventually will be getting new levers and a new wind screen, but probably going to wait till this winter to do it. Also going to go ahead and check valve clearances before long and do a complete brake job, regrease wheel bearings, etc. etc. Lots of little (but expensive) maintenance to be done over the winter.
i put a new brake light in the 3000gt. yup thats it lol
Replaced the peeling, old window tint on the driver and passenger side doors of my Black 97 VR4. Can't believe I waited this long.
How the hell are you Tom. I still talk to Tony and Dale some. What happened to Frank? Put my 97 VR-4 on the road in 2013. The 92 is on Jack stands in the back yard. Have a nice 4th. Dave.Quote:
Originally Posted by 93STLTH
GF bought a 91 SL that had some issues, I found even more wrong with it once I started digging into it. Whoever worked on this car before needs to put the wrenches down and pony up for a real mechanic to do the work. Some of it was very dangerous.
What I've found and corrected so far:
DS tie rod end nut was finger tight.
PS tie rod end nut had two washers under it, only leaving a few threads holding on.
Passenger side brake caliper was reinstalled with a twist in the brake line.
Intermediate axle shaft was only held to the block with one bolt, finger tight. The other bolt was the wrong thread pitch and only put in a couple threads. I was able to find the correct bolt and repair the threads.
Still need to do:
PO replaced the radiator, left out the AC fan, didn't transfer over the sensors to turn on the main cooling fan. Also for some reason removed the resistor to control the low speed.
I already replaced the whole power steering rack because it was all kinds of blown out. 2nd gear has a good grind so I'll be swapping in a new trans at some point. Other than that it's mostly cosmetic stuff.
Hey Dave! Good to see you're still in the 3S game. Frank is in Texas, but he's kind of disappeared lately. As you can see, I'm in South Florida now, getting ready to make a move into the upper Keys.Quote:
Originally Posted by leadfoot
I did it all myself, about 6 hours taking my time, 3-4 hours finding way to get the old steering wheel puller to fit and unlatch the old boss kit. Boy that was a nightmare! I enjoy having a quick release steering wheel plus, it's a nice theft deterant.
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No pictures or videos at the moment, but swapped the exhaust on the Daytona out for a Jardine slip on and factory manifold that has been ceramic coated and had the EXUP removed. Hopefully helps with some of the heat issues. I have my doubts. I suspect I'll need to drop the cash for Swaintech to get a finish that will work.
Also put flush mount signals up front, and tank grips on. Currently working on popping this headlight apart so I can retrofit HID projectors in there, tomorrow I will be deleting the SAI and finishing the removal of the ram air flapper valve since that system is just noise reduction related (and is non operative atm.)
If I have time, will try to install my new clip ons and do the front brakes as well, but likely have to wait till next weekend to do it.