Moving my throttle cable really did clean things up


Quick shot of how much room I still have


*DRUM ROLL PLEASE*
The final product!






It must have been a freak thing because I went back and tried everything out and knock count was zero during the entire break in I did tonight. I put about another mile just going WOT in first and letting it engine brake, it felt like the longest drive in the world. Not to mention all of my neighbors thought I was insane. I also did my ignition timing after the drive, wow what a difference.

Changed the oil, anyone ever have green oil before? It was pennzoil 10w30, idled for 15 minutes and driven 1/2 mile with a mobile 1 filter. Disregard the dark oil, that was from the pan.



Oh, about those flare AN fittings, I hate them without teflon I took them off when I changed the oil and retightened them, so hopefully they won't be leaking anymore.


How about this!? Corey helped me out and sold me his hatch struts from the GS he's parting out. WORKING HATCH STRUTS! Get this, the hatch actually lifts ITSELF! I think both corey and I were pretty amazed at this. I took a couple of minutes to let some simple green soak in the hatch area to clean her up nice too.




Adjusted ignition timing. Use whiteout on the marks on the crank pulley:


Let the car idle for an entire heat cycle (let the ecu turn the fans off then on) and plug in the timing light.


Loosen the CAS nuts and fire up DSMLink or whatever program you are using to see timing advance. If you are using DSMLink go into Misc and choose 'Ground timing'. This will give you a nice constant advance, in my case it was 5.2.



Now rotate the cas SLOWLY back and forth and watch your mark on the crank pulley versus the dial on the cover. If your program says 5.2, turn your CAS until it the little white out mark hovers around the 5* mark. After you've determined you're good, tighten the CAS down and RECHECK the pulley with the timing light.

After I cleaned up the talon, I decided to pull off the 'mask' and use a bit of mother's on her. Be gentle on the photo comments. I tried using different aperture settings and I realized that I suck.

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