Saved From The Crusher - 93 Stealth TT Rebuild/Restore

[Hannibalzero]

Impressive. The paint looks like it is coming along nicely. That car looks a million times better than when you got it.

[DrGonzo]

So the car is all back together "Minus some small parts" But I can't get it to start up now. The engine will crank just fine but won't fire up! Makes no sense as it ran fine in the FWD frame. I made no adjustments to the engine or any electronics/sensors. Even the damn engine wiring harness was swapped over!!!

I started a new thread for the engine issues. Hopefully I can get it running in the next week or so.....

http://www.3sgto.org/showthread.php?...3657#post33657

[DrGonzo]

OK so here is what I have for updates so far!


I have been getting a few packages over the last couple of weeks. The first one I received was the underbody panels for the 99 front end and the top metal trim pieces. I am still missing one of the center panels for the 99 lip. I also found out that the wheel wells plastics are also not the same so I will have to hunt a set of those down also.





I also received a nice package courtesy of Austin at STM motor-sport:



The hardline running from the tank to the fuel filter had been damaged prior to me getting the car. I tried to repar it with brass compression fittings without much success. So I got Austin to piece me together a -6AN fuel line kit to replace the hardline. I love the braided black lines and the black/silver fittings. I am going to have to order more of them to replace the blue/red fittings and SS braided line going to my fuel rails later on down the road. I also order one of there 14lbs sealed batteries as I am relocating the battery to behind the rear seats. Man that little battery has some juice! It lasted for about 30 cranks over 3 hours before I had to put it on the charger!



Last but not least is a sneak peak at the last item I got in today! It was a very big box and I will say just looking at the pieces I am seriously impressed with the construction and the quality of the materials. You can read about that in this thread:

http://www.3si.org/forum/f56/ebay-ex...2/#post6075488

Here is a sneak peak of what I got in today:

[Austin@STM]

Glad your happy with the parts, let me know how that fuel line works out for you, if everything goes well i will add it to the website, if it needs any modifying let me know what you need different.

-Austin@STM

[Woz]

Wow, your car looks like mine when I first got it, cept I had body panels :P Looking great tho!

[n2nsanity]

if you need stock parts, i have a garage full of them, lol
i know 1st and 2nd gen splashguards aren't compatible, but not sure about 2nd and 3rd gens
anyway, i have 2nd gen splashguards, 3 sets of charcoal doorpanels in usable but not perfect condition
only an hour away if you need anything

[DrGonzo]

It's Alive!!!!


I don't know what the hell I did but the car is finally running! It is running really rich right now as I need to get it properly tuned but I am just stoked that it is finally running.

Below is a video I made of the car running to show the ebay exhaust I bought:

Ignore the smoke the car is running really rich right now and it sat for some time in the cold weather...

[BadHabit]

Damn...it sounds GOOD!

[DrGonzo]

So I have been spending a lot of time latelty getting little things fixed here and there. I am having issues with the fuel pressure so I am waiting on a FuelLab FPR to come it. Spent a few hours yesterday trying to get my EBC to zero out. it has been driving me nuts as at idle it kept sawing I was at 20psi...WTF! I had to open it up and manually adjust the solenoid to zero it out. Now it is reading correctly.

Then to top it all off I come to find out that I am not boosting at all! I can here the turbos wind up but I am not building and boost. I believe I have a wastegate open causing back pressure and not building any boost. I have to dig into it and find out exactly what all is going on with it. I hope to have some time to tinker with it during my 4 day holiday break.

I also need to find out why the break pressure is crap! I know I have a frozen rear caliper and my assumption is that there is air caught in that rear line that I cannot bleed out. I need to swap it over and see.

Once all of the small issue are fixed I will take it out to get it inspected and hopefully registered.

[TUFFTR]

Fuck that sounds tough as guts.