UPDATE: Car has been fixed... With the replacement of the Crower cams with HKS cams the car runs perfect. So it may be that they shipped me two intake cams or they just had a bad set but either way it was the cams. Also, to reiterate, the faulty cams are Crower cams Mitsubishi/DSM Camshafts...

The motor is in the car. It was supposed to be finished two days ago. It should be finished today. I'll post up what I find once I finish.

Kurt, get the pics up! I want to see this baby painted.

Yeah, I'm 6'5" so I definitely know what you mean. Fortunately for me I just put the top down... but I guess that helps very little on track days anyway. I will definitely follow this thread though since I could stand to gain some head room myself.

I just ordered a Megan Racing o2 housing, downpipe and catback based on the recommendations here. Thanks for the info and I'll post my experience after I drive it for a week or two.

Yeah I have mine on the radiator bolt. Short line FTW. It's rigged, but I am going to mount it properly before I take her out of the garage.

For only $500 and change I'd say you made out fine. I had a friend who had a MACCO paint job on his truck and it held up for years. I would however be pissed about the door handles. All in all though it looks like you got your moneys worth.

Looks like it's going to turn out nice. I decided to set my gauges up on the a pillar, but if I had the skills to do something like this I might have chosen the latter. Can't wait to see the final product.

Thanks Bogus, I appreciate you still racking your brain on this. I will let him know what you said and see what he finds.Everyone feel free to keep 'em comin'.

Unfortunately, Jimbob, they are one in the same. We will know soon enough, though, as I told him to put the lifters back in without replacing them. I told him to bleed them and clean them. The only thing that is really being changed that would impact this is the HKS cam install so if it is a...

He checked the valve tip height in front of me... 4mms and definitely not stock according to his estimations. The valve was hanging open by 1/8 of an inch only on the exhausts first valve all the way on the right over cylinder one. He said he removed the cams and lifters and checked to see if...

Hmmmm... Interesting point. After the original rebuild, though, the valves were never touched save for a cleaning at the machine shop. The valves weren't touched until the second machine shop physically altered them with the three angle job. The beginning of the issue predates this. Is...

Yeah, I told my mechanic that if you are able to compress them without bleeding them that you know they are dead lifters. As far as working on this car myself... I originally rebuilt the engine with another member (liquidgs-t) so I thought we must have f^@%ed it up when we built it. Thus the...

Sooo... My car has no compression over cylinder one. Engine has been taken apart and put back together several times by multiple mechanics. Bottom half has been totally rebuilt. Bored .4 over. Top half has now been decked twice. New springs, three angle valve job, 272 Crower cams were...

AEM injectors??? Ask the guy how much of this stuff he claims is in the car that he actually purchased for it. Usually people who shop around and buy parts with their hard earned dollars know what the hell they're buying.

@OP For the price you paid, I think you got a great deal. I mentioned before that I may get a set of these for the winters up north here. You're right about the camera not being able to get the full effect of the color. They look way better in real life I bet.

Never seen it tried. I saw it with the 2ga bumper, but not the 2gb bumper. Direct bolt up, though.

@pxhero Let me know how that turns out. Pics would be sweet. I have gray and I want to go black, but I haven't decided exactly how I want to go about it.

@bud92gsx Actually, it doesn't go by inches on the windshield. Anything below the as100 line on the windshield is illegal. Different cars have different allotments because some have more surface (viewable) area than others.

I'm not a fan of the flat black. I'd say go with the gun metal unless you try to make a white and black color scheme for your car.

Yeah, it's been done. If you can pick up a set for a decent price it's not a bad route to go. I'd use them for winter wheels.

I'd say it depends on the color scheme of the car, but I'm a gun metal guy all the way.

I have a pair of fosgate 10s in my trunk (spyder) and I find it allows me to keep stuff in the trunk if I really need to.@joseph503 Do you ever run into any overheating issues with your amp confined back there?

I want the black dash in the worst way.Black cloth sounds like a reupholstered job.

I think it came out pretty nice. Good job, bro.

It's coming together. Final stretch my man. I can't wait.

Maintenance first... Win.Exhaust second... Win.Following the Tech Guide as suggested... Win. This will also help you set goals for your ride which can keep you from buying more stuff than you need. The guide is great and can help maintain moding efficiency.

I'd say this depends on your end goal for your interior. I wanted mine to look as "factory" as possible except be way nicer than Mitsu factory if you catch my drift. I slapped a double DIN Kenwood head unit it that came complete with Garmin GPS and bluetooth option so I never have to worry...

I respectfully disagree with regards to your comment about companies not making them because they don't make money. Just do a quick search for some 2g body kits. You'll find a shit ton. The reason behind this is because these guys make money off of them. My problem isn't the lack of...

@boostingst That is win broI, too, was worried about messing up my interior with gauges and was looking for a clean look. I had to give in to the A pillar option because I have to have them, but boostin has the best "sleeper/not f up the car yet be functional" setup with that idea.

Regardless of what some may or may not think of the S2000 dash... It's ridiculous ideas that DSMers turn into reality that makes our cars and this site so much more interesting than those of other car enthusiasts. I was reading a post by someone who owned a non-DSM who said he comes on this...

I had to purchase an intake for my car... It shouldn't cost a small fortune for an intake that consists of a pipe and a filter. I vent to atmosphere so I really only need a pipe with a filter. You want it to look decent so you need to spend some money. I have a custom setup being made which...

Before you run out for the 255Lph Walbro make sure the goals for your car require it. Going with the 255 means you'll need that adjustable fuel pressure regulator. You can save some time and money by dropping the 190Lph in if that's all your setup requires. I'm running the 190 with 680cc...