ClipseAPG
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- Jul 14, 2008
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Orlando,
Florida
Hey guys, long time in the making I'm finally posting this up on a blog.
This blog will be about my ongoing DD project. I have a 95 GSX that I bought 4 years ago. 2 blocks later instead of doing a patch fix to get it back up and running I decided to finally do a full build up on it. This was my first car, but since buying it it's had crazy wiring issues, and defective odds and ends.
Anyways, somehow I drove it all the way down from Boston to Florida (where I went to school) after a long @$$ wait to get a new clutch in the car (I put in a 16g after a blown t25 which wore the stock clutch down)
Once I got down here, I continued to have crazy issues, wiring gremlins up and down the car, car wouldn't start, after a saturns alternator it finally got up and running again but then, overheating showed its ugly head to my DSM!
. So after a new thermostat, coolant flush etc.. the car finally started pushing coolant YAY blown HG 
. So now a blown HG has turned into a full rebuild! Instead of replacing the HG with the head off the car, I decided to pull the long block and just about everything else!
before pulling the block
block out of the car with a mess of the hacked wiring harness
Here's the block getting torn down
Started working on the interior - the plan is to rewire the car and remove any unnecessary wires to neaten up the bay.
Here's the harness out!
Dashboard out!
A LOT cleaner now!
Did the greyforest hood mod while the hood was off!
Now to add even more confusion, once I tore down the car, I quickly realized that it was a boston car....RUST EVERYWHERE
I'll post pictures up later
Anyways, I planned to cut out the rusted sheet metal and weld in new panels but but then I decided against it. The frame rails were way far gone and the rust was incurable. So, I bought a new shell!
It definitely needs some work (and definitely new paint) but absolutely NO rust!
Got the car for $700 and sold off some of it's parts for a total of $620 so I got it for practically free and still haven't even sold the wheels and tires! ONLY DOWNSIDE - The car's a GST but we can fix that!
The airbag is off cause I had to break into the car to move it...the PO (previous owner) Gave me 3 different sets of wrong keys so I figured screw it, I'm just going to swap the cylinders from my 95 to this GST so I started by taking out the Ignition switch. Also, I'm going to do an AWD swap to this car!
Here's my 95 up on stands getting the rear subframe/ crossmember (whatever you prefer) taken out.
It's out!
The subframe is a little rusty, but I just got it sandblasted as well as a lower control arm and rear sway bar - sway bar is painted I'm waiting to weld some new metal up to the subframe before it goes in the GST
Updates coming soon!
This blog will be about my ongoing DD project. I have a 95 GSX that I bought 4 years ago. 2 blocks later instead of doing a patch fix to get it back up and running I decided to finally do a full build up on it. This was my first car, but since buying it it's had crazy wiring issues, and defective odds and ends.
Anyways, somehow I drove it all the way down from Boston to Florida (where I went to school) after a long @$$ wait to get a new clutch in the car (I put in a 16g after a blown t25 which wore the stock clutch down)
Once I got down here, I continued to have crazy issues, wiring gremlins up and down the car, car wouldn't start, after a saturns alternator it finally got up and running again but then, overheating showed its ugly head to my DSM!
. So after a new thermostat, coolant flush etc.. the car finally started pushing coolant YAY blown HG . So now a blown HG has turned into a full rebuild! Instead of replacing the HG with the head off the car, I decided to pull the long block and just about everything else!before pulling the block
block out of the car with a mess of the hacked wiring harness
Here's the block getting torn down
Started working on the interior - the plan is to rewire the car and remove any unnecessary wires to neaten up the bay.
Here's the harness out!
Dashboard out!
A LOT cleaner now!
Did the greyforest hood mod while the hood was off!
Now to add even more confusion, once I tore down the car, I quickly realized that it was a boston car....RUST EVERYWHERE
I'll post pictures up later
Anyways, I planned to cut out the rusted sheet metal and weld in new panels but but then I decided against it. The frame rails were way far gone and the rust was incurable. So, I bought a new shell!
It definitely needs some work (and definitely new paint) but absolutely NO rust!
Got the car for $700 and sold off some of it's parts for a total of $620 so I got it for practically free and still haven't even sold the wheels and tires! ONLY DOWNSIDE - The car's a GST but we can fix that!
The airbag is off cause I had to break into the car to move it...the PO (previous owner) Gave me 3 different sets of wrong keys so I figured screw it, I'm just going to swap the cylinders from my 95 to this GST so I started by taking out the Ignition switch. Also, I'm going to do an AWD swap to this car!
Here's my 95 up on stands getting the rear subframe/ crossmember (whatever you prefer) taken out.
It's out!
The subframe is a little rusty, but I just got it sandblasted as well as a lower control arm and rear sway bar - sway bar is painted I'm waiting to weld some new metal up to the subframe before it goes in the GST
Updates coming soon!
