What did you do today to your 3/S?

[CoopKill]

Any plans to fix your car??

Yes I have a dead line, and a hard dead line. HDPE starts March 29th, and another April 2*th. So it begins this weekend.

[sergechronos]

Decided on one. And paid for it. 26" 16 drawer heavy duty from HF. Had a coupon so it was 319.



Should be big enough . Horizontal foot print is about the same as what the cart would've been. Weighs a fucking ton.

[sergechronos]

Well, car cart semi worked in a hurried movement. Supposed to get snow Monday and Tuesday (allegedly) so set the car on the cart and moved it out. Cleaned the floor up under the car and got all my tools out from under it before shuffling it back in.

Need to get a grease gun and lubricate everything (since my wheels have fittings to lubricate the ball bearings for pivoting and the bolt that serves as an axle.)

Move the car closer to the far wall so I have a bit more space by the work bench and tool chest for now, And was able to move my welder to the front of the garage (where it'll go into a storage closet.)

going to be a lot of organizing and sorting happening here.

[murphys_law]

Just hauled my 3s home yesterday.

4.5 hour drive one way, but it was worth it.

1991 vr4 94K miles.

Supposedly jumped time and has bent valves.

Looked in the oil fill and can see at least one rocker popped off, which I've heard is a tell tale sign.

She looks pretty good on the outside and the inside is decent.

I will be doing the work myself.


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[Andr3w]

Worked 14 hours on the car Saturday to Sunday morning and then filled the car up with fluids. Crank but no turnover. Hours of troubleshooting noticing no spark no injector movement on the tuning software. Took the cas apart multiple times no luck. Checked connections. Good.

Today I was bored so went to look at the car. Turns out I did not bypass the cas connectors like I had originally thought. Plugged them in and fired right up! Solid tensioner may be a bit too tight though. Will look more into it tomorrow.

[sergechronos]

Posted a lot of parts for sale on the FB groups. Seems to sell better than on the forums.

Worked out a deal for another trans that pops out of third. Given the shape that mine was in when Ninja and I took it apart literally couldn't be that bad.

Lots of cutting and welding going on here. Hopefully it works out in the end.

[Andr3w]

Woohoo my car is finally back together and has finally left the garage! Installed ETS fmic, put in refreshed stock heads, carrier bearing bushings, solid tensioner, and replaced front main seal. Idle is good but will definitely need a retune since much has changed.

I got a small coolant leak to narrow down and then install the front splitter and then wash off all this dust! ETS fmic was pretty easy to install. Only modification needed was the vacuum hose barb would hit the cas so I got a 90* barb and the front turbo tuber pipe needed to be cut. Ended up using the stock one and cutting it down since it had the better angle.






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[murphys_law]

Checked the ecs connectors for continuity on the front struts. On to the rears, then the 9v battery test to determine if they do in fact move correctly.

[Andr3w]

Leak turned out to be on the thermostat housing connection to rear head. The car is now leak free and running well. Removed stock airbox and main cat and replaced with a cone filter and text pipe. Circled the block a few times and then headed on the freeway to fill up!



The car is running on the rich side at WOT. Next up retune and have the new seat covers installed.





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[TwoXist]

Its not what I did to her, but its what I did for her. Found a very clean and crack free dash in a scrap yard. The car had been pretty much stripped out, but no one bothered to take the dash.





Now I just need some new vents. Not bad for $50 bucks.