Other than my 1g, being a garage hobby "mechanic"/DIY guy pretty much is my hobby. If it has a motor, I work and tinker on it. I have a F body Camaro I'm fixing up alongside my 1g, I have a small collection of somewhat vintage Briggs, Clinton, and Tecumseh small motors, I've done a couple mini...

Well. I looked at mine today haha. I've owned the car for I think 2-3 years now and driven it twice.

^ good point. Members like me can't complain about forums dying, yet only have a handful of posts to their name. Guess I should try to start a goal of making at least 1 meaningful post a day, and go from there. I'm only ever on 3 websites ever anyways, here, Camaro forums, and ESPN.

Here's the worst spot on the rear quarter panel that I've been working onSomewhat recent pic of where I'm at with it. I need to get my line straightened up more, and smoothed out a bit. I've been moving pretty slow since I've never messed with bodywork before.

This is the donor car I picked up for 100 bucksAnd this was the donor car right before it went to scrap

This had to be some of the most tedious work I had done in awhile, although, in my opinion, a good way the shed some needless lbs. I dont remember how much it all weighed after I bagged it up, but i want to say it was in the 20 lbs range

Turns out though, my clutch "issues" were due to an improperly welded clutch pedal. Whoever did it, didn't pull the pedal all the way forward before welding it haha. I dont have pictures of that, but I replaced the whole clutch pedal assembly. That fixed my issues, I had hoped to at least know...

Actually, nope. I lied. Looking through pictures from the past year, I got alot more done than I thought. I was having clutch issues, I used that as an excuse to get a new clutch and flywheel, and new shift bushings.

This is pretty much how she sits now, in the garage though. I still have some bondo work on the driver side rear quarter panel to get it all straight and smooth.

Nothing exciting. Just a virtually stock head that finally put back together haha.

Haha, man, it almost sucks looking back at this and seeing how little I've accomplished. My biggest update is I finally finished putting my cylinder head back together. I had torn it to clean it up, replace valve seals, clean up the casting in the combustion chambers, etc.I did make a nice...

Well, I will definitely jump on the bash Facebook train, although, I also need to be alot more active on the forums. I feel like an oddball sometimes. I'm 30, I dont have a Facebook, and I still stubbornly use Craigslist and forums for buying parts and looking up tech info. Unfortunately with...

Now, I want to assemble this motor on my own. After seeing those bearings and with the general consensus being the motor was dirty on assembly, how do I avoid making the same mistake? What are some methods/techniques you guys use to make sure the motor is as clean as possible on assembly?

Ok. I'll bring the crank to a machine shop and see what they say. What's a good recommendation for clearances? Honestly, this build isn't going to be crazy at all. I'll be sticking with the 14b until I have enough for a 16g, that's probably as big as I'll go. I see alot of guys setting clearance...

Ok, what about that connecting rod side to side play? Is that an issue with the crankshaft or the rod itself?

Now, on the crank journals, if my finger nail catches on anything it needs to be turned?

Also, this is the rod that I was questioning side to side clearance on.

I didn't take alot of pictures of the crank journals, but these are the couple I did take.

Well. I bought a "built" shortblock from a member here, I know, I really should have checked this when I bought it. I was short on time and rushing a little though so it's my fault. The block was allegedly used under 8k miles in a 500hp build. Weisco pistons, Eagle rods, ACL bearings. I was...

Ok. That would make more sense haha.

Hm. What was the kid planning on doin??

Where did you see this at?

Yea, I compared it side by side with my 1990 GST ECU, it has alot of similarities. I should've taken a picture of that also....Anyways. Whatever ECU this is for, the kid was "building" this car with a 4g37 block, DOHC 4g63 head, and I haven't ID'd the transmission yet, but it's stuck in gear.

Huh. Ok. I've been trying to Google pictures of inside 4g63 ECUs for a few hrs now and have not found one that matches the SN on the board. Guess I'll look at Mirage ECUs.

How's it going everybody. So, I had a parts car that I recently stripped down, and it had this ECU. At first I didn't think anything of it, the car was originally equipped with a 4g37, so I just assumed that was the ecu for it. However, after doing a little reading, it seems that Colt guys are...

Well, thanks for the help guys. It seems to be cleaning up ok. Almost done with this chamber, need to polish it up a bit more

Ok, cool. Guess I'll just keep at it then

Alright. I have my head off, working on cleaning up and polishing ports. I'm working on the combustion chamber right now, and it looks like someone has attempted to grind some of the caster before me. I don't know if he pressed too hard, slipped, or what, but there seems to be some questionable...

I gotcha. Yes, my knock sensor does need replacing! And that's kind of what I was thinking. I haven't done a compression or leakdown test yet, but the bottom end hasn't given me any reason to believe anything needs immediate repair. I want to do seals and gaskets, and work on saving up for the...

Alright, so here's the deal. The car is a 1990 gs-t. A little bit ago while I was replacing my exhaust manifold gasket, I noticed a couple of my cylinders looked a little wet, and the valves looked like they could use some cleaning. At a bare minimum I plan to pull the head, replace valve seals...

Alright, another update. So, the car shifted fine, went into gear and everything, but even when the clutch was not depressed, I was getting a, (I'm not sure how to describe it), grinding type sound coming from the clutch/flywheel area. To me, it sounded as if the TOB was making contact with the...

Yes you did!

Alright. Figure I'd post a follow up. I replaced the slave cylinder with an OEM unit from ExtremePSI, also a SS clutch line. When my other clutch pedal came in, it was pretty obvious what the issue was. Apparently the previous owner didn't weld the pedal in the right position and the pedal could...

The frustrating thing is, it already has an extended slave rod. I was really hoping when I pulled the clutch pedal that there would be something blatantly obvious as to what was going on. But comparing my pedal to others I've looked up, unless it is somehow welded in the wrong position...

How did you do that?

Ok, I'll do some adjusting on the master cylinder and see what (if anything) happens. Other than straight up not working or leaking, what would be some signs that the master/slave cylinder may not be working properly? Also, should I also pick up another pedal assembly and see if that was the issue?

Either that, or should I shim the pivot ball? Trying to compare where my clutch fork sits compared to others, it almost looks a little too much towards the slave cylinder side. There's 2 clutch pedals on eBay right now, I may buy one, replace the bushings, and see if that solves it.And for...

Hm. Screw it all the way in? I could try that.

Alright. 1990 GS-T, when I got it, the clutch would not disengage. Dropped the transmission, replaced the clutch, throwout bearing, clutch fork, and pivot ball (the pivot ball is not shimmed). The system has been bled numerous times to make sure that wasn't the issue. Did not notice any leaks or...

I don't care to be an absolute menace on the track. I want to hit 12s on a 16g. I think that is very attainable with a fwd.

^ I hear you, and your build thread is one of the big threads that I'm using to inspire my "build", except for sticking with the 14b. And yea. I need to stick to my plan. I can't allow myself to get too distracted. My first overall goal is to get it driving under it's own power. Then, I want to...

And yes. Most updates for awhile will be pretty boring on this car. But, for right now I am working on "weight reduction". This is the current progress. I will be working on removing the sound deadening, looking for advice on the best way of removing it. ing material as well, looking for advice...

And, this is why I have a terrible time saving up for a clutch! This SBR manifold came up for sale on the classifieds, and of course, I had to dip into my clutch money to buy it! Although, I am excited to see how much of a difference this manifold will make. The stock 1g manifold is on the left...

Alright. So, for my first "I'm a dummy", post on this car. Before I even did any research, I removed all of the emissions from the car, charcoal canister, the sensors, the only thing I did was to leave the vacuum lines in place. Now, after actually reading on how to properly remove emissions on...

Clean GSX! What's your plans?

Yea! It's funny to think that in a couple years that car will be 30 years old! And yea, I know I will never be able to really hang with the big boys in a fwd, but there's a couple fwd turbo builds on here that I'll be using as a reference for my build and hopefully I can get similar results.

A little about the car. I traded a Yamaha Tri-Z 3 wheeler for this car, I've always wanted a turbo 1st gen dsm. It was a 1 owner car, some older couple bought it brand new and it had a book of maintenance receipts. However, it has been sitting for awhile, some branches fell on it during a storm...

So, I've had this car for a little bit and just really haven't came up with a plan on what I want to do with it. Well, after reading 9!'clipseDOHC's build journal and story, I want to semi-emulate what he's done, except not so extreme. I live within 10 miles of a dragstrip, I know it's fwd, but...