I still haven't started that damn trans. Football's almost over so maybe I'll show it some love in the next few weeks.Quote:
Originally Posted by 99ishVR-4
What about you? Any updates?
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I still haven't started that damn trans. Football's almost over so maybe I'll show it some love in the next few weeks.Quote:
Originally Posted by 99ishVR-4
What about you? Any updates?
Looks flawless, great job. Did you sandblast that one?Quote:
Originally Posted by Street_Chally73
I haven't touched the car since the move and the new garage is a disaster right now. Finding it hard to get back into it as I just seem to never have any time. I can't believe its already been 2 1/2 months since the move, I haven't even unpacked everything yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by green-lantern
No, that's just been stripped using aircraft paint remover, parts washer washed, & then hit with a pressure washer prior to powder-prepped & shot. Not too bad & now I know that I can redo my existing valve cover & just sell off the others I've experimented with for a final color choice.
Well its been 6 months and I finally decided to get out into the garage again. I have been sorting bolts back into their baggies for the last week. Not a quick process by any means. I am about done sorting bolts but I got the itch to put some things together so here is a couple of pics. Not too different than what you have already seen, but the nice shiny new bolts seem to be the finishing touch that the parts needed. At this rate, the car wont be ready until NG 2020... Started a new job also so I no longer sit around at home all day working 10 hours a week.. and I make less money too.. But it is nice to get out of the house and interact with the world again.
http://i.imgur.com/2q8hLX8.jpg
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http://i.imgur.com/WKUQmBJ.jpg
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glad you've found work!
those parts look awesome ^_^
Okay I have to say this.. I think I finally have almost all the parts on my car from the rear forward done. Now I start looking at the starter, Alt and such Damn this thread it gives me ideas. So close yet so far away.
Small batch of parts from tonight, nothing exciting but this batch marks the end of my lazy year of not doing anything on the car. Finally got the garage all setup again so progress should start to continue on this project.
http://i.imgur.com/BETVVp2.jpg
Also assembled the radiator fans with the plated hardware.
http://i.imgur.com/Xq6bCXn.jpg
Did some powder coating last week.
Some of the brackets that bolt to the turbo and manifolds have a lot of pitting from rust. 2 coats of powders only covers so much and these aren't very showy parts so I didn't feel like priming/sanding/priming/sanding.....
http://i.imgur.com/sDNpcM8.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/VJbQOi3.jpg
Will be powder coating the lower intake plenum tomorrow. Can anyone who has coated one of these tell me how that goo on the bottom reacts in the oven? I soda blasted it today to remove all of the carbon from the runners. These areas will be masked off and the rest will be sandblasted.
Before:
http://i.imgur.com/eh7ktpA.jpg
After:
http://i.imgur.com/kloyp2j.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/x9uYOdx.jpg
I also continued work on polishing my plenum, a job I should have just sent to April because polishing is just not my thing. I still cannot figure out a tool to get into the recessed areas between the bosses.
http://i.imgur.com/kC1Ypeq.jpg
That goo that's in the holes? It's fine, we just did one. The oven was at 250F. I'd say under hood temps would be worse anyway.
Speaking of powder coating, yeah I'm set up now! I need to read your thread (or blog) about it.
Here is some pics from 3 weeks ago.
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...pszfgidqrd.jpg
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...psob538lig.jpg
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h7...ps0knm2nmg.jpg
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h7...psits5rykv.jpg
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h7...pswigpntee.jpg
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h7...pssub6lpny.jpg
I hope you don't mind me posting pics here. It's good to see you back to work on it.
I've seen them coated before but just wanted to make sure. Thanks. The powder I am using cures at 400. Are you using some kind of low cure powder? 250 is the lowest I have seen.Quote:
Originally Posted by green-lantern
My original plan was to polish it but I hate polishing so I've convinced myself that it will look better in matte black so it highlights the polished upper plenum and fuel rails.
I don't mind at all. Those parts are looking good. I'm curious to see how the 02 housings hold up to the exhaust heat. That spray booth is awesome, looks like you have a huge space to work with. Wish you were closer, I would have to talk you into letting me come over to use that big oven.Quote:
Originally Posted by green-lantern
Yeah if you lived closer you could school me on this stuff.
About the temp I'm not sure. My buddy has done it a good bit but this was my first experience. The oven has a 350 max, it will alarm after that. He said he normally does 200 but with small parts and small oven. He bought this oven from a shop that upgraded their PC oven so he got it cheap. He didn't have room for it and yeah I got a big garage so he brought it here. I rewired it and it worked pretty well.
I have barely touched the car for awhile until last week. I am torn on whether or not I want to part it out. I have started going back to school full time so I really don 't have the finances to see this through currently. I have been considering it all year and can't make up my mind. I was bored last week and decided to work on it and really enjoyed it but it was all freebie stuff since I can't really afford any significant parts. I powder coated the front calipers, didn't bother with the rears because they are 1st gen vr4 and I would like a set of 2nd gens. Also a pic of the lower plenum finished but its nothing special.
These early pics are floating around somewhere in this thread because i planned on coating them a couple of years ago but I ran out of red powder halfway through so I blew them off and stuck them on the shelf until now. I'm glad I did because I feel red would have been a mistake now. I know black won't pop out as much but I like it.
Before with caliper paint:
http://i.imgur.com/IjHJ82fl.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/1nipggfl.jpg
Media blasted:
http://i.imgur.com/hDCKAwVl.jpg
Wiping the uncured powder from the letters before sticking them in the oven:
http://i.imgur.com/dklS1qll.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/OwbONpll.jpg
After they finished baking, I decided the polished letters looked a little dull so I taped them up and covered the rest of the caliper with Glad press n'seal and repolished the letters with a dremel:
http://i.imgur.com/p9fChNLl.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/xgRTpOq.jpg
And then I re-assembled them with the re-plated hardware:
http://i.imgur.com/uFgwHxg.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/rBLuZQ4.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/hMgCBTB.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/w9lqjKJ.jpg
I pulled out the rotors to coat the hub but they could use replacing. Need new pads too.
http://i.imgur.com/IxV35F0.jpg
Amazing work as always. I'd hate to see it parted, any reason it can't just sit until you can fund the project again?
That's the thing, it has basically been sitting for 2 years waiting for me to fund the project already. The amount of work I have done in those 2 years is pathetic. If I keep up my current enjoyment though, I should make some good progress for the next couple months though. Another factor that has been a pain is that I rent. I have moved 5 times in the past 7 years and I have had to tow the car and pack up the garage and set it all back up again 4 of those times. My lease is up November 2016 and I will likely have to move to Gainesville to go to UF. My goal is to get the car painted entirely by November. If I can do that, it won't be parted out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beef6
Yesterdays batch
http://i.imgur.com/jB5mbN8.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/VcRieOU.jpg
(alternator mounting bracket was masked off to carry the ground to the head)
http://i.imgur.com/QCMpVB8.jpg
I couldn't figure out if the SRS computer grounded through its bracket to the car or through the wiring harness so I masked it off to be safe.
http://i.imgur.com/BxzAZvW.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/gF0zsls.jpg
Glad to see you still at it, my dream is to completely strip down a 3s and rebuild it with this attention to detail!
looking great! Hope you can keep it around and eventually complete it.
The SRS grounds thru the wiring. No worries there. Same with the alternator too. ;)
Edit: Disregaurd that last comment. The alternator grounds thru the block.
Thanks, I thought for sure the alternator did not ground through the wiring. Guess I'll strip those 2 and coat them completely.Quote:
Originally Posted by Greg E
Sorry Greg but not true on the alternator. It definitely grounds through the blockQuote:
Originally Posted by Greg E
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My apologies. You are correct. Looks like I'm slipping....Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimvr4
On some of my cars, I even added a ground wire.
Thanks Jim. I was going to double check to be sure but I could have sworn it definitely grounded through the block. Thanks for the confirmation Jim. Really sad to see that you are selling your car btw.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimvr4
Time to get back into a 3S Greg. Those Miata's are messing you up!Quote:
Originally Posted by Greg E
http://i.imgur.com/sfsGOTH.jpg
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Replaced the bearing in the power steering belt tensioner. For those interested, the part number is Koyo 6301-2RS.
http://i.imgur.com/29TnKkP.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/8UnDZbM.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Cj21XLQ.jpg
More coming soon.
Finally done with my power steering pump. Put more time into this than I care to admit. First I just planned on powder coating the end cover but after taking the pump apart, I decided to dot he whole thing. I originally had the type B power steering pump with the bearing pressed on the pulley shaft. Couldn't get it off myself so I took it to a shop to have them press it off. They bent the pulley and ruined the bearing. Went and bought another pump at the junkyard and got lucky that it was a type A pump used on 95+ cars. This pump has no ball bearing but instead uses an oiled journal bearing type bushing in the pump housing. This allowed me to coat the pulley. Purchased GATES 348840 rebuild kit from Rockauto. Put all the internals through the ultrasonic cleaner. I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out.
Fresh from the junkyard:
http://i.imgur.com/FsiUk2Ih.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/H7BVqOlh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/eb84VGch.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/CgtqS3Ah.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/nrq5xhYh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/KU7wTBBh.jpg
Does this mean you are keeping her!
As always AMAZING results, keep it up man!
Thanks manQuote:
Originally Posted by Beef6
Yeah, I'm back into it again. I've been picking up a bunch of parts I needed. The list of stuff I need is still a mile long though so it's going to be pretty slow going.