Crash89s Spyder build!

[crash89]

2012-2013 winter updates start page 5 post 142

I figure now that I started tearing into the Eclipse that now is a good time to start this! Id really love to get the car into the 10s, although I know that is a ways down the road.

Give y'all a little History. I bought the car March of 2008 mostly stock except an Ebay 16g with 84k miles. I thought this car was the fastest thing in the world. And what happens to a car driving by a 19 year old newb who neglected it and beat on it? Yep, you guessed it. Spun a rod bearing in July, 08. On a tight budget having just joined the Air Force I went the easy/cheap route and bought a new crank and bearings off Ebay. Well 5 months later another driving to a buddys house New Years eve my "fresh" motor decided to crap out on me AGAIN. Then I said screw it and bought a complete motor from JDMdepot.

Thats about when I started actually reading up and paying attention to the cars needs and taking care of it. After that it was basic bolt ons and a few clutch jobs.. Lets get on with the pics!!

Post #1 Goals and a little back ground (2008-10)
Post #3 FWD dyno, Suspension, AWD swap (Jan-Sep '11)
Post #4 and 6 Winter 2011/12 Motor build and paint
Post #8 and 9, 11, 17 Engine bay clean up for paint and paint
Post #21 and 25 Body work
Post #34 Wire harness/wire tuck.
Post #142 2012-2013 winter build/upgrades start!

This is just after I bought the car.
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These are from the motor that let go on New Years eve. Thought I had some timing problems..
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The car for the longest time just had an Ebay 16g, wally255, and VRspeed front mount and CF hood. Then I deployed and got back Jan of 2011 and thats where the fun started.

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[FLASH1970]

What about pics of the AWD swap...? Car looks nice btw.

 

[crash89]

January 2011 I bought a bunch of parts from being deployed and having lots o moneys!! PR downpipe, Ebay catback, FIC 1000s, AFPR, 20g and 38mm wg, Eibach sprotlines and Tokico Illuminas, BC272s ect ect.. I didnt have link yet so I ran my 20g on a 10lb spring for a while.

20g Install
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After a while, I managed to make it to a Dyno before my journey back to Wisconsin. The car made 297whp and 250 tq on the 20g and 10 lb spring. Heres the thread>> http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/dyno-talk/406948-finally-got-spyder-dyno.html

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Then came the journey home!
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After I was home I wanted a better stance and I had 2 blown struts so I said what the hell..
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After the shootout I was determined to all wheel swap the spyder before MOD in Normal. And I was successful.. Heres a link to my swap thread. >> http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/hangout/413350-officially-have-awd-spyder.html

 

[crash89]

After I moved home Mr Peepers and SlantedJ helped me out with DSMlink, so I threw in my 1000s and started making some decent power. Peepers street tuned the car to ~19-20 psi. I estimated somewheres around 350-360 hp from my butt dyno and looking off similar mods of other members. Best trap speed at the track was on the FWD set up and was 107 mph with a 2.2 60'..

Since I bought the 1g Ive had time to start tearing into the car for the winter build. Plans for the car this winter are full engine build consisting of:
Eagle H beams
Wiseco HD pistons
ACL bearing
ARP main + head studs
Springs are undecided

Hoping to make around 420-440 whp on the 20g on E85 next season.

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Here is a good start on the winter tear down..

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One last pic of the engine bay in its old state!

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[Mrdocprofessor]

I dig it thanx

 

[crash89]

Got a little bit done in the past couple days. Got the motor pulled and cleaned up the bay a little bit, getting it ready to sand and paint. Along the way I found that my passenger side CV boot ripped.. Brand new friggin axle!!!!

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This was my "expensive" Megan Dp. Till I cut it into pieces and made it work for the All wheel swap.

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Motor out.

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Started takin things out.

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[NWHTanK]

If u dont have a warenty. Just pop the end off and reboot it and grease it for cheap. The ends are held on like ## axel is to trans.

 

[crash89]

^^ I will keep that in mind when the time comes!

Well, another update fellas. The car is almost all ready for sanding. Got the bay pretty much cleaned up minus a couple little things and the fuse box. Just going to remove the windows and door handles and Ill be pretty much set! Still cant really decide on the color though. I want to stay white but dont know if I want to throw in a little twist or not or which shade of white.

Also, as I was taking all the brake lines out and such I got to thinking. "I wonder how I can bi-pass all this ABS booshit!" I looked up some stuffs and found that STM has an ABS delete kit. But its 250 bucks.. eff that! Well, guess what didnt have ABS!?!?! The AWD doner!!! Saved me some cash!

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[crash89]

Well guys, Ive been sanding and sanding my engine bay getting it ready for paint. I should have had it painted yesterday but my Dad decided to be a douche and get smashed instead of help me out.. Anywho, heres a couple pics of the progress..

First pic is me smoothing out the bay. Getting all the unnecessary seam sealer and junk off for a cleaner look.
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Aaaaand sanding....
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[NWHTanK]

Ah about to paint keep up the good work!!!

 

[crash89]

Alright guys, I finally got to paint last night and well uhhh. Im pretty pissed! Im not sure what happened but something didnt go well.. I had my Dad help me with finding paint, mixing, and spraying (hes a body man/painter). I prepped the hell out of this thing for a couple days only to have something #### up and pretty much waste the entire thing. Before we sprayed I blew everything off really well with the air hose, and wiped it down with 541-5 silicone and tar remover.

I used Transtar 6104 primer/sealer and mixed it with 6144 activator at a 2:1 ratio, just like it says on the can. A nice coat of that, let it set for about 15 minutes and sprayed our paint (base coat, clear coat). Paint is an Omni Innsbruck white and mixed with MR185 reducer.. Well, heres what we got. Anyone with an idea of what happened please let me know!

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Primer
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Paint
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Didnt matter if we sprayed another coat on top it just kept doing this.. And its everywhere, not just the strut towers as shown.. Im at a loss and so furious... Like what did I do wrong??

 

[NWHTanK]

Drain the compressor and the separator?

Before u went to sanding did u degrese and preasure wash the engine bay?

 

[tkrPerformance]

do you have a dryer on the compressor so you can use it to paint with.

 

[crash89]

NWHtank- I did not drain the compressor, I didnt even think about that. I didnt wash and degrease before sanding but I did wash and degrease after sanding right before paint..

TKR- We have an inline air dryer.

We think we figured out what our problem was. The activator we used the first time was a little old and found out they actually have a shelf life and was bad. So, that being said, the activator wasnt curing the primer like it should, and even though we waited a bit for it to dry before paint it was as if we sprayed primer then right away base coat.

I scuffed the whole engine bay back up yesterday with some 240 grit and scotch pads and my dad resprayed last night! Ill take some pics and put them up when I get a chance!!

 

[NWHTanK]

Well if u didnt clean before u sanded all u are doing is rubbing contaminates into the existing base. Next time degreese and presure wash before and after removing engine. It will help get rid of headaces later. Cant wait to see!

 

[kp116]

Didn't even know you made a build thread! I wish I had the motivation you do! I'm excited to see the progress over winter!

 

[crash89]

Well, Im back with great news!! Paint looks AMAZING!! Amazing with good chemicals will do to paint!


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Then I decided to clean up the front subframe!
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AAAAAANNNND Progress!!
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Oh and look what I just bought!!
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[crash89]

Back from a little vacation. Got a little done. Starting sanding and body work tomorrow!

Got all my non abs brake lines ran!!
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[crash89]

Well, recently Ive been kind of tinkering with this and that.. Kind of like I dont know what Im doing and trying to kill time! At this stage of the build and with SO many pieces just laying around its starting to feel overwhelming! So, to counter that Im just taking things a little bit at a time to keep it moving along. Hopefully it starts to feel its coming together here soon!

My Dad gave me a gift card for a free window tint, so theres one thing I dont have to do! Ive been wet sanding the hell out of the car lately getting ready for some body work. Still have to fill the holes from the 3 piece spoiler. I really want to put my 2gb wing on the car, but lately Ive been thinking wingless.. I cant decide!!! AHHHHH..

Well, heres a couple pics of things I did yesterday.
Cleaned up the wheel wells and sprayed them with some rubberized undercoating!
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Yay, new control arms!!
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Cleaned up the knuckles for a cleaner look!
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I put it all together, still need to pick up some new wheel bearings today before I can finish putting the brakes back together. For now I put my Tokico's back on the car so I dont get overspray on my coilovers. Also going to be picking up an INGALLS front camber kit as well, unless someone has a better suggestion!

 

[MrBates]

Very nice man can't wait to see the finished product. Spyders have a place in my heart haha always a funny feeling when you see a spyder on the road and dont think much of it and it takes off on you. Very nice keep up the work

 

[crash89]

Alright fellas, Ive been sorta slackin for about a week. I started doing a little more body work and filling the 3 piece wing holes and get ready for the 2gb wing! Heres some pics.

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Little bit of sanding with 80 grit and another light coat of bondo.. annnd more sanding.
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Finished up with some wet sanding with 220..
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Deck lid done and holes drilled for wing.
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Bolted up
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Going to finish up pulling some bigger dents and filling small door dings tomorrow.

 

[crash89]

So much for "finishing" up body work! haha. Well I got a start anyways. Here we go!!

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Popped out a ding on the left rear quarter panel, it cracked.. Fantastic.. So, I started grinding a little off thinking there wasnt much bondo underneath.. I was wrong!! I could have kept going but that would mean more work!
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Right side almost finished.
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Aww my car loves me!!
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[NWHTanK]

Keep up the great work!!! Wish i was at that stage.

 

[crash89]

It helps being unemployed at the moment so, I have the whole day everyday to devote to the project. Keep it up, you'll get there!

Im not going to be doing any work on the car today. The body work is just about finished. I need to wet sand the car back down with 220 and then we will be ready to shoot primer! Since my Dad works in a body shop we will have access to a paint booth. No more make-shift booth in the garage! hahaha

 

[crash89]

Well guys, the doors and rear quarters deck lid and rear wing are ready for primer, FINALLY! Couple more little layers of bondo, and a final wet sand with 220. After we spray some primer down Im going to tackle the hood. For those of you who seen my car at the Shootout you know that it was damaged. For those of you who dont know, Ive got a pic for ya! Originally I wasnt going to fix the hood at all. Then my dad and some buddys kept givin me shit "You're doing all this work and you're going to put a junk hood back on it?!!" blah blah. So, Im going to fix it and paint it white like the car! I think it will look pretty neat! Most likely going to buy a new hood too! Heres some pics!

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This body is SO straight you guys have no idea!! Probably 45 to 50 hours of just sanding. With only a paint stick and some paper and a bucket of water! Its nothing easy but its the ONLY way to get these results!!