What did you do today to your 3/S?

Yeah i don't get on here much. But I still have Red - actually had a good Texas "winter" of enjoying her in the good turbo weather. Put a spanking on a shit-talking friend's MK3 supra. Then this whole radiator/fan mess happened a few weeks ago, and looking at those 13Ts that have been on the shelf for years, I decided now is the time.

Best part is, I'm doing the upgrades under the radar as far as the local crowd goes. What's an extra 100+ whp among friends? ;)

Once the mechanicals are back together, I still have a bunch of interior and electronic stuff to do. But that is straightforward for me.

You still playing around with these cars?

Nice refreshed door panels and Evo BOV.

Next will be a new windshield; get rid of the old pitted OE unit.

Wrapped my roof in 3M 1080 carbon.

Another night in the garage.

The rear heat shield wasn't nearly as much of a bitch as I thought it was going to be.

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Cute little 9Bs.... and a 13T in a bag.

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Think I'm gonna order new o2 housing nuts, and figure out what I want to do for clutch/brake booster hoses. I've never replaced them and they're probably original.

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Originally Posted by james92tsi

Rear turbo heat shield is the last real obstacle.... I can't possibly imagine what they were thinking with that bottom bolt location.

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Originally Posted by Forest Gump

If you weld two wrenches together to make a super long wrench (like 14") you can reach that bolt from the bottom without doing anything extraordinary.

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I found the 3 bolts on the heat shield very easy. I can reach my hand straight down next to it and use a standard size ratchet 10mm spanner. My car is JDM/RHD so maybe there is something in the way on the LHD cars? Steering components or something?

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Originally Posted by GTOJOE

I found the 3 bolts on the heat shield very easy. I can reach my hand straight down next to it and use a standard size ratchet 10mm spanner. My car is JDM/RHD so maybe there is something in the way on the LHD cars? Steering components or something?

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Pretty much agree with this and mine is a LHD o. Once the O2 sensor is out of the way it's not too hard to reach down from the top with a standard wrench. I also don't have much trouble getting that shield in and out with the stock precat back there.

I didn't have trouble reaching my rear heat shield bolts, just getting the bolts loose without breaking them.

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Originally Posted by james92tsi

Rear turbo heat shield is the last real obstacle.... I can't possibly imagine what they were thinking with that bottom bolt location.

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Originally Posted by Forest Gump

If you weld two wrenches together to make a super long wrench (like 14") you can reach that bolt from the bottom without doing anything extraordinary.

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I always have just used a regular wrench from below. Thanks for confirming how extra ordinary I am! :D

I just don't use heat shields lol

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Originally Posted by Toni

I always have just used a regular wrench from below. Thanks for confirming how extra ordinary I am! :D

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I just use a ratcheting 12mm wrench, always have :lol:

Then again, I can connect the PS electrical connector without removing anything so maybe I'm just crazy..