Drag Race Build 2g awd swap forward facing 6466

[mikEclipse99]

Engine bay is 100% ready for paint! Today is D day! or I should say P day(paint day)!!

 

[95eclipser]

Im in love! I was asking Brandon questions about your manifold. Very excited to see it bolted up!

 

[mikEclipse99]

I don't think anyone is as excited as I am!! haha, it will be at my doorstep Monday! The game plan is;
1.) paint engine bay today
2.) reassemble motor today
3.) throw the motor and trans, tcase and new dss shaft in tomorrow night
4.) Tidy up all loose ends i.e. control arms, wire harness, brakes, axles etc. over the weekend that way come Monday all I have to do is slap the turbo and manifold on and I'm ready to rock and roll!

 

[Vegas Smith]

Haha, that's cute....you think your build will go exactly as planned unlike the rest of us

 

[mikEclipse99]

haha! I wish, that's the game plan and I don't even know why I try to plan things with this car.. Look at page 1 of this thread and look at the original "plan" haha it was just to keep the same old everything and put a Holset on the car

 

[95eclipser]

Well I see you knocking out 1-2 things on that list this weekend.

 

[Vegas Smith]

Well I see you knocking out 1-2 things on that list this weekend.

Haha, he will come back next week and be like: yeah I got the head assembled

 

[mikEclipse99]

haha! I haven't had the time within the last few months to get anywhere on this car!

 

[charles greene]

So thats your FF mani that he's making, been following him on Instagram. He does some awesome stuff!

 

[mikEclipse99]

So thats your FF mani that he's making, been following him on Instagram. He does some awesome stuff!

Yessir, should be an awesome setup once its all finished up

 

[95eclipser]

if you don't lay down at least 4 coats of clear. I'm going to be disappointed.

 

[mikEclipse99]

PAINT PAINT PAINT.. not finished yet but were gettin there! This looks incredible, when you shine a flashlight on it this is how the paint sparkles. I'm in love. With no direct light the paint just looks black. Mind you there is no clear on yet!

 

[95eclipser]

Oh buddy!

 

[Techn0Nut1996]

Dang that's already super glossy!

 

[mikEclipse99]

We had a couple minor set backs over the weekend, clear coat is down though and ohhhh baby!

 

[mikEclipse99]

I apologize for my pictures.. I managed to screw up the camera on my iphone so now everything has a yellowish foggy tint to it!

 

[mikEclipse99]

Test fitted the motor with the new setup and HOLY WOW! Again I'm sorry about my camera on my phone I broke the lens on it so I was limited last night on how many pictures I could take since non of them were turning out good. I have a good camera that just wasn't charged last night. I'll make sure to post up a lot of good quality pictures!! Engine is back out and final paint is today. By this weekend it should be 80% put back together!!!! (Obviously temporary bolts holding the turbo on haha)

 

[Vegas Smith]

Stock turbo?

 

[mikEclipse99]

PAINT IS DONE!! It turned out better than I thought it would, I'm very happy with it!

 

[mikEclipse99]

Made a lot of progress last night! Only major things left is the trans, axles, control arms and wire harness!

This down pipe is going to be fun..

 

[mikEclipse99]

Typical dsm. Take 1 step forward and 10 steps backwards. After further review I have realized my flywheel bolts are too long for the Quarter Master twin. Had I done my research I would have known about this before hand so currently I am playing the waiting game for some 6 bolt flex plate bolts that are 17mm long. Thursday they should be here so THEN its game time and its gettin SH#$ done this weekend

 

[Vegas Smith]

Nah, they'll probably send you the wrong size

 

[mikEclipse99]

Don't jynx it!

 

[95eclipser]

You planning to 90 degree the downpipe out the fender or bumper?

 

[mikEclipse99]

You planning to 90 degree the downpipe out the fender or bumper?

It will be out of the bumper along with the dump tube