What did you do today to your 3/S?

[DK77]

I planned on completing the car tonight and starting it... but one of my injector seals disappeared I'm also pretty sure I can't get one locally

[sergechronos]

Didn't spend much time on the car today, the lady ended up being off and I felt with us both off on the same day for once it was important to adhere to the most valuable rule any car guy should know: "Happy wife, happy life."

Did work on some bushings a bit more, picked up a drill press for making new rear subframe to body bushings. Need a band saw and belt sander still, but they weren't on sale at HF yet :P

Was going to work on degreeing the cams (still stock, but heads have been decked to the limit and alignment on stuff is off) however, my solid tensioner won't bolt up. Bolt holes are just slightly off, not sure if it's an issue with the chamfer for clearance on the tensioner not being recessed enough, or if I need to clearance the oil pump. Would guess maybe an issue with the bolt holes, but it's the tensioner I let Maddog use for the testing on how the tensioners move so clearly it bolts up. Not sure what year oil pump he used it with.

[fastfalcon94]

I am officially done driving my car this year as we got snow and salted the roads. So I brought my insurance down to comprehensive. My friend finished welding my passenger seat bracket together and I tried it out. Definitely much lower, my hair no longer rubs on the ceiling and I'm able to go back farther. I don't think you could get the seat any lower with sliders.










Left is with my bracket, right is with corbeaus bracket.





I still need to weld up drivers side, and fab the seat belt bracket for each side. Then I'll primer/paint them.

[sergechronos]

Gas tank has been grinded down and coated, and while not pictured, the area where it mounts under the car has as well. Needs a 2nd coat plus the top coat, but already looks miles better. Got several samples of GXL and TXL wire in, going to compare sizes, measure ODs and see how much bigger it'll make the harnesses to rewire the car as such.

Spent some time working on wirewheeling the under side of the car..Suffice to say, it's a mess. Even with cover alls and a 4 1/2" angle grinder with a cup brush, it's a pain and gets everywhere. And of course, trying to work with an angle grinder for that long makes your hands go numb, always worrisome when you're working with a grinder in front of your face. My face shield is in desperate need of replacement since I can't see for shit through it. Glasses keep me from being able to just wear goggles and it also makes wearing a dust mask a pain in the ass since it forever fogs up my glasses.

[DK77]

Finally finished putting it together after the clutch swap. Initially it was running really rough but after about 15 minutes it cleared up. Now the only problem is it's idling high. I turned the BISS screw all the way down but it's still ~1600rpm. The only thing I changed is the pcv system. I had both krank vents with no stock pcv before, now it's open atmosphere (yes I plugged the hole in the lower intake manifold). Any ideas? I'm thinking I should see if I can get April to build me a TB since I'm pretty sure my IAC is bad.

[box]

They're a bit bigger than I thought they would be, but they will fit!

[sergechronos]

They're a bit bigger than I thought they would be, but they will fit!

Much as I would like to go COP to clean up the engine bay a bit, all indications point to it being a down grade from stock ignition. Be curious to see how it works out for you.

May explore doing COP with the Series2, just for the aesthetics.

[Jimvr4]

You need a standalone like AEM to get rid of wasted spark and take advantage of COP

[striker2]

Im running 20PSI on my COP setup without issues (using chrome to play with the settings). If you planning on running in the mid 20s PSI or higher then I probably wouldnt recommend it without going to a setup that has 6 coil drivers (AEM).

[box]

You need a standalone like AEM to get rid of wasted spark and take advantage of COP

Or an Emanage Ultimate. This is my current setup using 6x GDI coils


The only issue I'm having is they'll overheat and start to break down after about 30 minutes of driving due to the excessive dwell time (which isn't adjustable). This is why I've gone with the smart AEM coils which will be happy anywhere from 1-9 ms dwell time.

At a glance, the AEM units have a very similar output to the stock Diamond coils except I'll have 6 of them and they're no longer running wasted spark. Should be good for a few PSI at a decent gap.