Saved From The Crusher - 93 Stealth TT Rebuild/Restore

[DrGonzo]

No Splitter! I have all brand new 99 underside panels with the built in lip. No plans for the hood either, just the evil eye mod.

[DrGonzo]

Well I guess I should update this thread considering it has been awhile!

I finally got the car inspected and registered. The inspection was a pain, the only shop close to me was being jerks. the car is not supposed to have emission inspections due to it's age but the guys gave me a hard time cause I have the EGR system removed. Also tried to tell me I didn't have mufflers on the car! WHAT!!! Then explain those huge canisters sticking out the back! Guy was an idiot.

Well I spent some time tracking down emissions parts. I got the EGR, EGR pipe and Cat installed. I took the EGR valve and pipe to my polisher and man do they shine up nice
I basically bolted the EGR parts to the block off plates...HE he he. and rigged up some vacuum lines. the cat I got was from an N/A so it didn't quite bolt on. i had to widen the holes on the cat going to the DP as the N/A cat is 3"out 2.5" in. I got it bolted up and it sealed Now remember the Cat is only to pass inspections. i drover the car there and back and thats it. I and pulling the Cat back off this weekend in place of the test pipe. I get up to the shop for inspections and the guys stalled out the car three times trying to get it on the lift. i finally told them that I would drive it on. 10 min latter I got the all good... Yeah!!!

The weather is starting to get nicer out so I have had some time to get some minor things done. I purchased a blasting cabinet and a 6" polisher. I got a couple throttle bodies that I have bead blasted and rebuilt. I ran them over the polisher to really clean them up. Not a mirror shine just a really nice clean look. Also have some fuel rails that I am polishing. That blasting cabinet is wonderful! I just need a larger compressor not. I am also in the process of blasting a valve cover to send out to Terry to get it powder coated the stock black.

I still have a couple dozen parts to install. most are brand new interior pieces to replace the ones falling apart. I installed a TurboXS Knock light into the stock gauge bezel. It replaced the two light switches for the pop-ups and fog-lights. It really looks great. I still have to install it and wire it up. i'll get some pics when I do.

Most of my time was spent trying to trouble shoot the issue with my logger not wanting to connect. I tested everything and came to the conclusion that the ECU was not sending out a signal. So I got a new rebuilt ECU from Eric"rymer21280". Got it installed and still nothing. i got worried that would need to start pulling wires to find the issue. Eric has been great and offered to look at my cables. So I sent them out and indeed they were bad. He fixed the problem and sent them back. I should have them by weeks end. I will finally be able to drive the car and get the SAFC tuned in properly. I really excited about this weekend.

I also decided to swap out the 99 turns for a set of Stealth turns. The bubble on the 99's just didn't look right to me. It real through the front end of the car off. I am going to me modifying the Stealth turns so that they don't have the gaps at the corners. I'm going to try fill in the gap on the turn with epoxy and sand them down to fit. i might need to play with different epoxies to make sure they are solid. Should be to hard to get them to look correct.

The largest part of the project that needs to be completed is the evil eye mod. Now that the weather is starting to get better out I may try to tackle the welding and body work in the next couple of weeks. I will still have to wait until the temp gets above 60-65 before I paint the hood but I hope that by the time I get the work done on the hood it will be nice enough out to paint.

I'll get some more recent pictures up in the next couple of days.

[HilbillyHomeboy]

What an awesome project, killer work! Definitely want to see some recent pics.

Jeremy

[DrGonzo]

Ok here are the pics I promised including some of the parts I got installed today!

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TurboXS Knock Light mounted in the gauge bezel



Some carbon fiber parts I was waiting on finally showed up today. They look great and fit perfectly!









Carbon fiber fuel door. This is a stock fuel door with real carbon fiber laid over the top not some stupid sticker. An A+++ job!!!




The engine is complete for the most part. I have some parts to swap out for other polished items.



Electronics are complete. I still need to paint the radio bezel and swap out the two lower gauges with AEM gauges. For the time they are all operational.



New STM gel battery mounted behind the rear seat.

[HilbillyHomeboy]

Really nice work, everything looks fantastic!

Jeremy

[DrGonzo]

Thanks!

So I got my logger cables fixed so I can finally do some logging runs. I hooked it up last night to test it out and got 5 CEL codes right off the bat "Guess my CEL bulb is blown out" 2 of them I can ignore as they were egt related stuff. Right off the bat I noticed that the rear o2 sensor is dead as it's not cycling. guess this explains why the fuel has been all out of wack! Timing is also way off.

I have my AEM wideband hooked up to the ECU EGT input and it is logging correctly on the logger. When I exported my files off the Palm to Excel the WBO1 numbers are now all screwed up. They are all temp settings in the 400deg. Guess it was a conversion problem using MMCD tools. Anyone else had this type of issue?

Here is the short log of the car in neutral and some engine revs. The engine has solid mounts so the knock is a little off.

http://3s.gonzoinc.com/albums/userpi..._19_31_47.xlsx

[YoshiBishi]

Did you say you were located in Raleigh? I'd love to come check out the car in person or help out!

[green-lantern]

Really awesome, can't wait to see it in person.

[DrGonzo]

I live in Clayton about 10-15 min South of Raleigh right off of 70. I'm usually working on the car during the weekends if the weather allows it. PM me if you want to swing by sometime.

[MightyMouse]

Great job on the rebuild/rebirth of this car... Curious how the timing is off on a 93 though.. The sensors are supposed to prevent this, aren't they? Anyway.. I'm not sure what you have to do to fix the timing, but fixing the rear O2 should help out the fueling problems..

Congrats on the passed inspection and registration as well.. Great great work!..