Half the quality photos, but probably good giving how bad I need to repaint the house after only 5 years. 55 year paint my as$, not in the Florida sun.
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Hey guys!Last night finally got the car out for her first drive of 2024 and with the new transmission. The car shifts like butter and feels soooo good. Also got some zinc coated bolts for the Tcase just to freshen up the look of it. Let’s see...
Small update:
Got the front put back together other than putting the wheels on. I am starting on the rear end now. Going to drop subframe and put solid bushings in and also in rear diff. Hopefully be able to get volk arms for rear and install...
Finally got around to swapping in a 6-bolt and and the new trans over the weekend. Need to reassemble the front suspension and get the rest of the drivetrain connected before I can test her out.
Big update, the entire drivetrain is finished besides the axles. Still waiting on dss for those. But happy with how everything turned out and honestly was not too bad to install. The JXB carrier bearing housing was pretty straight forward and...
Update 4/17:Car got back home last week and I tried to make quick work on some things to get it put back together.First step was painting the cage. I just used Rustoleum oil-based enamel in smoke gray. It was a challenge to lay down but...
I run the extreme psi kit. It was a bundle with the evo3 ofh. It’s a b and m cooler. Works so far. I’ll find out how well it does on track hopefully by next year.
Cleanup the spare Intake manifold. This stuff is pretty good. Not too harsh, but it dried out the skin on my hands pretty quickly.
I did a little touch up on some sketchy powder coating. I don’t want to put too much time into this one. Normally...
More progress:
I got to work with paper towels, PB blaster, Brakleen, and some elbo grease with a plastic blade and a brass wire brush.
Looking closely, this is the only cylinder that got pissed off at some point. The edge of the crown on the...
Sitting in its happy spot, cleared the way to lift the head todayCAMs, lifters and rockers out - less weight to liftI forgot I was running the projected tips. Looks like far right, cyl 1 is darkest, probably the oil.1st look - Mitsubishi...
Worked on one corner of the car. Put new hub in knuckle, new control arms with energy suspension bushings and new coilovers and endlinks. Also modified dust shield for outlander rotors.
Damn! Been a minute. Got a bit of stuff done. Picked up a heat barrier gasket and a bezel insert for the fueltech from Jason. Super cool. Got some of the suspension together as well. Installed the rack and the RMDSM front sway bar. Also got...
Update 4/4Should be getting the car back from the roll cage installation but too excited to wait, so here are some more in-progress pictures!Back half of the cage, out of the car to be fully welded.Rear down tubes are placed up on the...