turboglenn
15+ Year Contributor
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- Nov 5, 2007
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RIpley,
West Virginia
HEre's a few things i did today.
one is a plug wire cover from sheet aluminum, It's raised up at the mounting bolts with some spacers from an extra timing cover (the little metal things in the bolt holes that hold it on). IT would have been polished if it wasn't for the fact that i was pissed after realizing i didn't have any over cleaner to remove the anodizing and had to grind it off with 60 grit disk.
A while back i cut the lower timing cover to allow the bolts on the fidanza gears to clear it... Well, i wanted to see em so i cut the face off upper cam cover to let the fidanza gears be seen
(if there's issues with it i have another good one or two) the top and back are still in place and it's still sturdy (this will do until i can afford a clear one 
)
My pride piece is the rear strut tower brace. I bought a STB at the junk yard and it didn't fit (they said it was from an eclipse... NOT, i think it's from a honduh) So i took a strut plate from a friends car, duplicated the mounting plates, but then the bar was too short.. so i sectioned it in the middle and extended it 3 1/2 inches so that it will work with my car. I still need to clean up the holes in the strut covers panels since there's some flashing left from when i cut them.
Also there's the newest catch can i made for a guy here locally, I mainly threw in the pics to show how shiney i got it and to show how large the fittings were that i was able to find at home depot. They are a little pricey (2.50 each) but definitely worth it.
There's a shot of my profec mounted in the glove box now instead of in the center console (looks crooked, but i swear it sits dead level...*scratches head on this one* ). There's also a shot of my N20 bottle that's will be mounted as soon as i make a new trunk floor from aluminum (the pic is just a mock up), I have a TB elbow already fitted with a fogger nozzle and already picked my solenoid mounting spots. (you can also see the devils own alky kit on the back of the rear driver side seat) I'm going to build a "spare tire cover" from either 1/8 or 1/4 aluminum and use some industrial hinges on it. This way the sub and nitrous can be bolted to it and red loc-tited or have the bolts welded tight so they will lift with the cover and not be so easily stolen... If anyone tried to figure out how to even get my car started or get anything out of it, i've got it all fastened down so well that they'd have a pit bull on their ass and a some pistol from my arsenal in their face so fast they wouldn't even remember what they had been trying to steel
Another thing that was a MUST HAVE was the 12v power port i added to the side of the passenger kick panel (got the idea from Ajax on here) It takes the pain in the ass out of trying to shift and not unplug your AC inverter while tuning.
Then just for fun I threw in a pic of my 1991 malibu 120 amplifier bolted to the side of my walmart 1 x 12 box (kicker 12 inside). I took the 2 pioneer 10's out to give me room for the nitrous and jsut a little more room in there in general (but the 2 x 10's sounded MUCH better). I use a ratchet tie down strap to hold the box in place so it don't slide all over and break stuff, and it also gives me a tow strap in emergencies
Well, i think that about covers all the pics, except to mention that in the 12v port pic you can see the shifter and knob i made (well, the knob is a hybrid, half bought, half built), then under the boot is a half fidanza half stock shifter that i machined the pieces to work with each other.
EDIT: WHile i was at it i decided to take some simple green and a dish washing sponge and clean up all the interior plastics..Man that stuff does wonders on getting all the dirt and grime out of the "grain" of the panels...even if it has been there for years
EDIT # 2: While i was at it, i decided to retard my exhast cam 4* to see what it would feel like. I've been running with it 5* advanced lately and it made for some killer top end, but i'm seeing how well i can improve the mid-range this week. The car is finally coming together.. jsut gotta get my turbo and build new aluminum IC pipes, then buy new carpet, cat skins seat covers and ahve it painted and buy some rims..then the car will be DONE... ( I think.. or I hope.. )
one is a plug wire cover from sheet aluminum, It's raised up at the mounting bolts with some spacers from an extra timing cover (the little metal things in the bolt holes that hold it on). IT would have been polished if it wasn't for the fact that i was pissed after realizing i didn't have any over cleaner to remove the anodizing and had to grind it off with 60 grit disk.
A while back i cut the lower timing cover to allow the bolts on the fidanza gears to clear it... Well, i wanted to see em so i cut the face off upper cam cover to let the fidanza gears be seen
(if there's issues with it i have another good one or two) the top and back are still in place and it's still sturdy (this will do until i can afford a clear one )My pride piece is the rear strut tower brace. I bought a STB at the junk yard and it didn't fit (they said it was from an eclipse... NOT, i think it's from a honduh) So i took a strut plate from a friends car, duplicated the mounting plates, but then the bar was too short.. so i sectioned it in the middle and extended it 3 1/2 inches so that it will work with my car. I still need to clean up the holes in the strut covers panels since there's some flashing left from when i cut them.
Also there's the newest catch can i made for a guy here locally, I mainly threw in the pics to show how shiney i got it and to show how large the fittings were that i was able to find at home depot. They are a little pricey (2.50 each) but definitely worth it.
There's a shot of my profec mounted in the glove box now instead of in the center console (looks crooked, but i swear it sits dead level...*scratches head on this one* ). There's also a shot of my N20 bottle that's will be mounted as soon as i make a new trunk floor from aluminum (the pic is just a mock up), I have a TB elbow already fitted with a fogger nozzle and already picked my solenoid mounting spots. (you can also see the devils own alky kit on the back of the rear driver side seat) I'm going to build a "spare tire cover" from either 1/8 or 1/4 aluminum and use some industrial hinges on it. This way the sub and nitrous can be bolted to it and red loc-tited or have the bolts welded tight so they will lift with the cover and not be so easily stolen... If anyone tried to figure out how to even get my car started or get anything out of it, i've got it all fastened down so well that they'd have a pit bull on their ass and a some pistol from my arsenal in their face so fast they wouldn't even remember what they had been trying to steel
Another thing that was a MUST HAVE was the 12v power port i added to the side of the passenger kick panel (got the idea from Ajax on here) It takes the pain in the ass out of trying to shift and not unplug your AC inverter while tuning.
Then just for fun I threw in a pic of my 1991 malibu 120 amplifier bolted to the side of my walmart 1 x 12 box (kicker 12 inside). I took the 2 pioneer 10's out to give me room for the nitrous and jsut a little more room in there in general (but the 2 x 10's sounded MUCH better). I use a ratchet tie down strap to hold the box in place so it don't slide all over and break stuff, and it also gives me a tow strap in emergencies
Well, i think that about covers all the pics, except to mention that in the 12v port pic you can see the shifter and knob i made (well, the knob is a hybrid, half bought, half built), then under the boot is a half fidanza half stock shifter that i machined the pieces to work with each other.
EDIT: WHile i was at it i decided to take some simple green and a dish washing sponge and clean up all the interior plastics..Man that stuff does wonders on getting all the dirt and grime out of the "grain" of the panels...even if it has been there for years
EDIT # 2: While i was at it, i decided to retard my exhast cam 4* to see what it would feel like. I've been running with it 5* advanced lately and it made for some killer top end, but i'm seeing how well i can improve the mid-range this week. The car is finally coming together.. jsut gotta get my turbo and build new aluminum IC pipes, then buy new carpet, cat skins seat covers and ahve it painted and buy some rims..then the car will be DONE... ( I think.. or I hope..
)
I'll have it in and tuned by next weekend, but then i'm going to texas again while my cousin freeloads at my house and plays my PS3 and keeps the dogs company, but i'll be back in like 2-3 days, i'm just dropping off the wife's truck to her.
