hacked the shit out of my front motor mount to get the front turbo to fit. it works lol but got damn. all this bs when going big turbos. it aint fun i must say.
Printable View
hacked the shit out of my front motor mount to get the front turbo to fit. it works lol but got damn. all this bs when going big turbos. it aint fun i must say.
Bought a pretty new one... I think the old one is jealous
Solid and poly mounts are usually a lot smaller than the stock ones. I'd look into them if you haven't already.Quote:
Originally Posted by keo92stealth
I woke her from her winter slumber. Even after about three minutes of idle there as lifter tick :( on the plus the stock oil pressure gauge was at half the half mark the entire time.
Either way I have 3rd gen lifters waiting to be installed.
I also received:
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/PICT4809.jpg
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/PICT4810.jpg
Quote:
Originally Posted by 2fnloud
I have third gen lifters in mine and yesterday when I started her up she just ticked away....... I did move up to a heavier oil though which may explain it. I'm running Rottella T6 5W40 now. On the T5 10W30 I don't remember it ticking at all.
I use 0W-30Quote:
Originally Posted by DrGonzo
i use rotella 15-40w. My car loves that stuff. jacking her up tonight and pulling the tcase off. Going to bring it and my new billet one to get put together and rebuilt by jacks tranns
I also run the rotella 15w40
nice!Quote:
Originally Posted by 2fnloud
yea they are, just bought a solid for the front.Quote:
Originally Posted by n2nsanity
Resurfaced rear rotors and installed a new gearbox/motor on my e-cutout.
Heading to the first HPDE for the year tomorrow at the new track close to me, The Ridge!
Installed 2 shiny things. Not the 2 shiny thing's I really want, but this will have to do for now, lol.
New pulley. Compared to the old ones.
http://i41.tinypic.com/aaxdgp.jpg
New coolant reservoir. Much nicer than the old plastic jug.
http://i43.tinypic.com/2vj4o6f.jpg
Almost a perfect fit in the mounting holes of the old one, lol. Needs a little tweaking. Use brackets or some kind of spacers or fuse box is in the way
http://i42.tinypic.com/npl2dz.jpg
Put my power steering belt back on. Nice being able to steer with one hand again.
Messed around with the rear washer feed to front.
Replaced my MAF with a spare. Think I messed up my old one.
One of my 6x9's are in.
Not bad for the one hour of free time I had today :)
Drilling holes in the firewall for the clutch in my SL Spyder automatic. 6-speed going in soon.
I run Redline 10w40 and if i let it sit for a month or 2 it ticks like a mofo until full pressure is built back up in them, and that usually takes about a 5-10mile driveQuote:
Originally Posted by DrGonzo
Good to know, that be what I need to do also.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris GTO TT
Be sure to get a check valve for the washer fluid line. If you don't your nozzles will squirt when you hit the brakes. The rear tank is a little to high to not cause the fluid from squirting out when you hit the brakes. Drove me nuts.....Quote:
Originally Posted by n2nsanity
Pick one of these up and install it right before the split under the hood: Amazon.com: SWF Washer Check Valve: Automotive
I tried a few different ones out and this is the best one I came across.
Nice Nate! I am Jealous...
Test fit some things...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...3-16172022.jpg
Chris, what do you figure in weight savings?Quote:
Originally Posted by anyonebutme
Or did you and I missed it?
Oh, and I lifted the right half of the stuffing out of the cab to run wires - nothing currently photo-worthy, unless someone has never seen bubbled panels.
Where the hell is Mitoska when you need him? :)
Still changing the setup constantly, once I've settled on something I'll weigh it. As for the arms themselves, they feel half the weight of stockers.Quote:
Originally Posted by j2k4
The AWS delete arms are redunkulously light....
Aluminnnimm No?Quote:
Originally Posted by anyonebutme
What are the lengths to the center of you HEIM's?
Aluminum arms yes, AWS delete is completely aluminum, and I'm assuming you want measurement from balljoint center to heim center when fully collapsed?
Yup, sure do! There's a spare threaded bar bin at 3R and you can buy the heim ends. There's all sorts of varied lengths in sets. It'd be awesome if you could pass on the info.Quote:
Originally Posted by anyonebutme
If you need anymore I can dig around in the bin and see what they have and grab something for you if need be. They're not all purty though, just aluminum stock with threaded ends.
wait wait wait, what are you connecting the sway bar endlinks to then? whatever it is I wish I would have thought of it before I reconditiond the stock LCA's.. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by anyonebutme
Pulled the old steering rack and getting ready to put the new one in. Also putting in polly sway bar bushings. Pics coming soon
Well after some wiggling, banging, throwing shit and a LOT of cursing the new rack is in. It's the f-ing devil! If it leaks I'm driving to FL and kicking the shit out of the guy that rebuilt it.
I bought my rack here.. great price and comes with new inner tie rod ends. (hope you didn't pay more than that)Quote:
Originally Posted by green-lantern
1991*Mitsubishi*3000GT*Power Steering Rack Select Part from Steering Store
mine won't be difficult to replace though as I have the front sub frames off the car. Glad you got yours in.. I can see why it was such a bitch of a job.
No I paid way less but I'm using a FWD rack. My car is an AWD TT converted car with the 4 wheel steering deleted. Edit: I had new tie rod ends already. The new rack didn't have them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rakuny
I have all that stuff off. The bitch is getting the new rack mounted into the steering column. Make sure you you clean the splines off well if the people painted them. I had to take a breaker bar from the top and hammer the column onto the splines after I got it half way on.
Good luck man, Oh and you might want to buy new upper lines. I wish I did
Since photo bucket always arranges the pics backwards I'll just do this backwards.
Mounted polly swaybar bushing
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...n/DSCF9051.jpg
You can see it's a bit loose for my liking.
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...n/DSCF9048.jpg
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...n/DSCF9047.jpg
Bending the brackets
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...n/DSCF9046.jpg
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...n/DSCF9045.jpg
New rack going in
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...n/DSCF9044.jpg
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...n/DSCF9053.jpg
I don't like how loose they are. They are much much better than the stock crap but I have a feeling I'll be changing these next year.
Does anybody know if the FWD sway bar is smaller than the AWD? Don't tell me 3sx has them listed different. Only answer if you know. Thanks
ah, ok. Mine has the AWS delete as well but I still wanted to use the same rack.. I bent over and bought 2 of the special steering rack plugs from 3sx.Quote:
Originally Posted by green-lantern
I ordered new upper lines, minus the big rubber one that connects the hard line to the pump.. that one is $$$
Thanks for the tip about the splines.
just to clarify the rack came with the inner tie rods, not the outers. I did order new ones of those as well.
No problem, you could have saved a few bucks but from what I understand is the awd turns sharper.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rakuny
Nice cold air intake :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Nationalmilkman
Next up is plumbing it to the air box.
is that the "i'm too cheap to buy kaze" mod? :suspect:
well heres my "im to cheap to buy cianci" mod. :lo5l:
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g4...120316_004.jpg
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g4...120316_005.jpg
Some great stuff has come out of the "I'm to cheap to buy..." category.
I think this allen bolt is leaking. I thought it was my main seal but there was oil in this hole. I wiped most of the oil out. You can see it has some kind of sealant in the threads but IDK where the oil came from if it isn't leaking. I'm thinking of taking it out and resealing it but I don't want to get crap in the engine. I assume this is just a place to flush the engine?
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...4/DSCF9054.jpg
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...4/DSCF9055.jpg