Few upgrades and minor build 97 Gsx

[SmalltownDSMer]

Also got the surface rust off the hatch and hood, clearcoat sanded off and primered ready to be painted.


Jayson

 

[SmalltownDSMer]

Got each of the wheel wells fully cleaned and primed which leaves me with the actual undercarriage to tackle next.

Cut out the spare tire well, and prepped it for the blockoff plate to hold the fuel cell.


Thanks, Jayson

 

[Insane20]

I love how the title says minor build. Then you open it up and find out its a full blow race car build . Nice work man!

 

[SmalltownDSMer]

Got the cage in today.

Jayson

 

[SmalltownDSMer]

Side skirts prepped for paint.


Jayson

 

[leathaleagle21]

Wow! thats going to be one clean race car

 

[SmalltownDSMer]

Little progress tonight. More of that sound deadning removed.

Jayson

 

[Pipnorcali]

Oo boy fun times

 

[SmalltownDSMer]

Sucsessfully removed the residue from the hatch space and the remaining sounddeadning from passanger area.

Removed the remaining weatherstripping from windshield surface, prepped and primered the area for paint.

Jayson

Took care of a few trouble spots today that had some surface rust (hatch area).


Thoroughly cleaned the very rear of the car so I can start sanding that section.


Completed sanding the entire passanger side door jam area which is now ready for some primer and very minor touch ups.


Jayson

 

[SmalltownDSMer]

Got my evo 8 wheel back the other day with the dsm hub pressed in thanks to 2slow4now.



Jayson

 

[lasershark]

I skip one page and next thing I know the car is completely torn apart had to go back to see what I missed not bad for a... minor build

 

[miliman13]

Im loving the massive level of detail being taken here!

 

[SmalltownDSMer]

Took care of a few more trouble spots today.
Also something else that has bugged me since day one of owning this car is the 3 million pounds of body filler that mitsubishi thought would be a good idea to use and just caked that crap on there. I removed quite a bit of it today and smoothed out what I could to try and make it flow as opposed to a big pile of shit just gooped on. Also got the firewall fully stripped, prepped and primered!


Jayson

 

[MY1GDSM]

Im loving the massive level of detail being taken here!

THIS ^

Looking good so far man, Can't wait to see more progress

 

[SmalltownDSMer]

Felt like I got quite a bit accomplished over the past week. Made good head way on the cage and also got a good part of the underside of the car cleaned up specifically where the driveshaft goes. It's not completely cleaned but it is a start.
Onto the pictures

Jayson

Got the majority of outside the runners cleaned this morning but I had to quit early due to running out of materials.
Just a few teasers for now..



Jayson

 

[SmalltownDSMer]

My evo 8 ecu showed up the other day which I was pretty excited about.


Jayson

 

[SmalltownDSMer]

This past two weeks and weekend turned out to be very productive despise the 100 degree weather. Did the finishing touches on the roll cage except for the dash bar which is the only piece I lack. Waiting for my project dash to show up so I can figure out the best spot for the bar. Went ahead and taped the most part of the cage for when I paint the car to prevent overspray.
After some serious thinking, I decided I was not happy with the way I left the wheel wells, so back to it I went with quite a few wire wheels and removed every bit of that gooped on body filler applied from the factory. I only had time for the driver side wells, but cleaned them up really well and prepped them for the undercoating I was going to apply. I ended up using one can per well which coated very well and left a thick layer of protection but when all said and done, I will have used two cans per well and still undecided how much will be used for the very underside of the car.

Have also been receiving a few go fast goodies while making some good headway.

Jayson

 

[SmalltownDSMer]

Was able to complete the passenger side wheel wells and the underbody. If I recall correctly, I think I used a total of 14 cans of undercoating, an unbelievable amount of wire wheels and sandpaper to complete the entire process.
Also to show, is my VC with welded AN fittings. Will be shipping it along with the brembos, off to Justin at Detective Coating to put the powder coat on them.

Jayson

 

[miliman13]

So pretty. And have you modded or shave/grinded the brembos already or are you using JDM knuckles ?

And what is the name or brand of the undercoating you used ?

 

[SmalltownDSMer]

I know for sure that I will not be grinding them down to fit, I'm still exploring the options.
The brand of undercoating is Rustoleum, if I had any cans left I would take a picture of it for you.

Jayson

 

[miliman13]

thanks man

 

[SmalltownDSMer]

Well alot has been happening in my little world which has been somewhat slowing my progress and definitely my updates on here, but i do have a little bit to share this evening to somewhat bring it up to date.
After completely welding in the roll cage, I decided I was not happy with the end result especially since my overall goal for the car has changed. So I cut out the entire front section of the cage so only the rear remains which means it wasnt a complete lost and waste of time beings I can utilize it for the five point harnesses for the evo 8's.
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After hours and hours and even more hours of sanding, priming and re sanding then priming some more, I also completed the entire passenger compartment and hatch area.
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Something I didnt have much experience in but practiced quite a bit and am quite pleased with the end result was the bondo I had to use after welding the antenna hole closed. I used a big but thin washer, welded it from the underside then filled in on the outside of the car. After grinding down the excess weld, I used bondo to conceal any imperfections and of course sanding, primer.
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Spent a little time in the engine bay welding up all the unused holes so it wont look so terrible once everything is tucked and hidden away. It was by no means proffesional welding on these holes, but they are filled and with an angle grinder you could never tell a hole was ever there. I spent a little time on the driver side, grinding down the welds and smoothing them out.
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Received my Brembos and VC back from the powdercoater, cannot wait until I get these bad boys on the car.
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With everything else I have going on, I decided to trust the short block and head "build/assembly to the professional's. I contacted Allen and Austin at Strictly Import Motorsports and they have got to have the best customer service I had ever dealt with a vendor on here. Throughout the entire process and even after the shortblock and cylinder were out of the shop and in my possession, they did not hesitate to stop what they were doing and answer any question I had. On to the pictures!
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Also had a couple goodies come in to go along with the shortblock and cylinder head to get me started, ARP L19 headstuds and an OEM MLS headgasket.
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Have also been practicing my photo uploads and layout of the posts, so I apologize for jumbled up messes that I called posts before.

Enjoy, should have more updates coming soon.

Thanks, Jayson

 

[miliman13]

Idk what the name of that song is but when I see this in my head in plays "push it to the limit".
Watch "scarface push it to the limit" on YouTube


Edit** I have infinite knowledge in the palms of my hands this is the song I hear when I see this thread op your awesome!!

 

[SmalltownDSMer]

Haha, thank you sir.

Jayson

 

[miliman13]

i am curious how were you able to remove all the glass? the rear the sides ect. ?