• What Did You Work on Today? (DIY pros ITT) V2
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Mine had negative camber, as a result of neglecting it the outside of the tyre had loads of tread, and the inside was down to the threads. Had to fork out £90 for 2 new front tyres.
My dad got home from Minnesota last night (was working in a NPP) and he brought back a 2001 Honda XR650R. One of those street legal dirt bikes. I cleaned it up a bit, didnt spend too much time though. Then put it on craigslist to see about selling it
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Had some rust forming in some bad places, decided to clean it up before it begun to eat trough the metal. [t]http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee46/MaImpala/null_zpsf93996fc.jpg[/t] Typical Door seam rust: [t]http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee46/MaImpala/null_zpse7a43008.jpg[/t] [t]http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee46/MaImpala/null_zps66b4a6e0.jpg[/t] [t]http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee46/MaImpala/null_zps08ca6312.jpg[/t] Chrome strip Rubbed through the paint across the whole trunk lid, and was rusting. Had to repaint the whole bottom strip. [t]http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee46/MaImpala/null_zps98d9c375.jpg[/t] [t]http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee46/MaImpala/null_zps61cdff68.jpg[/t]
Saturday I am installing my parking brake cables, changing my coolant, trans fluid, air filter, and spark plugs. Tomorrow I am fixing my driver door lock. Sometime next week my exhaust front pipe comes in and my stock mufflers because these aftermarket ones are too damn loud and droning.
[QUOTE=bradley;40579617]A 301? Pontiac V8? Nobody else makes a 301 I know of, and it'd be awfully strange for a 301 Pontiac to be in a truck.[/QUOTE] Oops, that meant to be 302, I love the 301. My Catalina has a 301. Good grief what the hell is wrong with me lately. [QUOTE=SilentOpp;40582428]I'm curious too. I know the 301 had a short history with a couple other GM cars, but this is the first I've heard of a truck. Which is funny because a turbo 301 would have been a great challenge to the Ford Lighting of the time, but those definitely only came in Pontiacs and Yenko's. If we're talking about the Ford 302, I really liked taking the one in my old explorer apart. Compared to my Chevy 454, the preset valve train with non-adjustable rockers made everything cherry. Better than having to rotate the engine by hand 20 times to set the rocker play...[/QUOTE] See bradley quote above. YOU may love the 302, but I think its the worst idea ford has ever had for a head. Go ahead and try to plane the heads after they've been warped, you'll see what I mean when you gotta spend copious amounts of time adding and removing shims to make it all work smooth again. I prefer the hair more hands on having to turn the crank, helps me to be sure everything is copacetic. [editline]9th May 2013[/editline] I keep saying B16, I mean [b][i]B18B1[/i][/b]. Again, WTH is wrong with me lately... Pics incoming of engines and IDs of... them... Also the mustang... [img]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/Takie_Kaio/CAM00179b18b1_zps36cd2c08.jpg[/img] [img]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/Takie_Kaio/CAM00180b18b1_zps167a11b3.jpg[/img] [img]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/Takie_Kaio/CAM00181f22b2_zps2dd51a3c.jpg[/img] [img]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/Takie_Kaio/CAM00182f22b2_zps7240bb83.jpg[/img] [img]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/Takie_Kaio/CAM00171mustang500hp_zps8441e3af.jpg[/img]
The B18B1 is the 94-01 non-vtec B series motor, the block is identical to the B18A1 which comes in the 90-93 Integras. The only main differences is in the head and sensors between A/B, A1's have PR4 heads while B1's will have a P75 head. That's a PR4 intake manifold, OBD0 to be in particular because of the Dashpot valve. That valve cover is meant for the OBD2 style B18B1 PCV system which is clearly being improperly used as the OBD0 and OBD1 A/B had the breather box on the block and it confused whoever swapped it or something stupid like that.. So basically all that you have there is that you have there a LS motor made after 96 with all the stuff from the original 90-91 motor attached to it. It's not fast but makes decent torque compared to other stock honda motors which makes it fun to drive. It's nothing special though, it's decent as a swap to replace something blown up out of a Civic or something when on a budget or a replacement motor.
Did tons of electrics on my car today. The "remote" wire for the radio is a tap off the lighter socket with a 1A Inline fuse as this car had no dedicated switched line on its ISO loom. I first did this with a scotchlok. I just soldered up the joint today as all these wire mods were getting a bit bulky. Did the same with the power wiring for my DIY wheel-control box and the tap off the internal dash lights that sends a signal to the radio to switch to night mode; also missing from the standard loom. My dash cam came today so I installed a hidden lighter socket on a 1A circuit under the dashboard and ran all the cabling for that in the head lining (Easiest way in this car), Then I fitted a rear camera for the dashcam, again ran all the cabling in the headlining. All screwed back in you wouldn't even know all that's been done, wiring is invisible as it should be. Perfect. I'll probably install some sort of junction box (With integrated fuses?) under the dash as I now have 5 things hacked into the original lighter socket wire.
I cleaned rabbit off of my front lip today.
Replaced leaking wheel cylinders for da D-brakes on my DD and did a Brake fluid flush, loved having harlequin brake fluid. Now I can safely brake without ruining the paint on the inside of my drums... and running out of brake fluid (it was PISSING OUT)
Tuned my carburetor today. No matter what I did with the idle screw I couldn't get idle below 1000k, it's supposed to be idling about 750. I'm guessing this is a vacuum leak issue, could also explain the lag I get right before the secondaries kick in. I still brought the mixture down a bit, smoothed out acceleration quite a bit, made me a little faster, and hopefully I'll get better mpgs. I guess since it was tuned to rich before it was flooding?
Today i managed to finish my stereo and bass for my Golf 2 GTI van [img]http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/4391/imag0199zj.jpg[/img] Do you guys approve it?
Put a grill over that sub so no one dances on it and it'll be perfect. Good job man. False floor? Skirts on my winter car from a Corolla S.. [URL=http://s22.photobucket.com/user/clutch1234/media/DSC00485-2_zps01f0a245.jpg.html][IMG]http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b340/clutch1234/DSC00485-2_zps01f0a245.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Also.. soon.. [URL=http://s22.photobucket.com/user/clutch1234/media/DSC00489-2_zps2663a32c.jpg.html][IMG]http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b340/clutch1234/DSC00489-2_zps2663a32c.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s22.photobucket.com/user/clutch1234/media/DSC00490-2_zpsd9bb33ab.jpg.html][IMG]http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b340/clutch1234/DSC00490-2_zpsd9bb33ab.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
dem tailpipes tho
oh god I love those wheels
[QUOTE=zotic;40606424]Today i managed to finish my stereo and bass for my Golf 2 GTI van [img]http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/4391/imag0199zj.jpg[/img] Do you guys approve it?[/QUOTE] I love building spare tire enclosures. If I could give you one word of advice - put a grill on it. I had an Aluminum piston woofer that had a brushed stainless face on it. I didnt have a grill and the face got dented by a can that rolled onto it, then it hit, bounced the can up then back down repeatedly and dented the face. It was $1600 cosmetically flawed. Don't let it happen to you. Also that amp mount is great, but it puts the amp up in view for would-be-thieves. I like it cosmetically, but the height would worry me as it is too easy to see when one is browsing a parking lot for goods. Ya know what I mean?
[QUOTE=zotic;40606424]Today i managed to finish my stereo and bass for my Golf 2 GTI van [t]http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/4391/imag0199zj.jpg[/t] Do you guys approve it?[/QUOTE] My OCD's going nuts... I'd put the sub in the middle of the floor, or put another one on the other side. And hide the amp, and of course remove whatever it's mounted on. Also, put a grill over it, and hide that white stuff peaking out around it. (paint the grill black, it'll look better) I wish I had some pictures to show you of this guy that did it just perfectly, it looked really professional and you could barely see that there was a sub there, but he changed the ad.
[QUOTE=Gulen;40607595]My OCD's going nuts... I'd put the sub in the middle of the floor, or put another one on the other side. And hide the amp, and of course remove whatever it's mounted on. Also, put a grill over it, and hide that white stuff peaking out around it. (paint the grill black, it'll look better) I wish I had some pictures to show you of this guy that did it just perfectly, it looked really professional and you could barely see that there was a sub there, but he changed the ad.[/QUOTE] Golfs don't have an infinite amount of spare wheel wells :v:
[QUOTE=Gulen;40607595]My OCD's going nuts... I'd put the sub in the middle of the floor, or put another one on the other side. And hide the amp, and of course remove whatever it's mounted on. Also, put a grill over it, and hide that white stuff peaking out around it. (paint the grill black, it'll look better) I wish I had some pictures to show you of this guy that did it just perfectly, it looked really professional and you could barely see that there was a sub there, but he changed the ad.[/QUOTE] You put it off to the side to allow for more stuff to carry and not touch it. I did mine that way to get a bicycle in there, but symettrical does look better. The first one I ever made: In a Cr-v: [URL=http://s43.photobucket.com/user/serj22/media/Sound2Small.jpg.html][IMG]http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e356/serj22/Sound2Small.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Version 2.0 with sub in the middle: The hole up top is a fan that cooled the small amplifier underneath [URL=http://s43.photobucket.com/user/serj22/media/PA030278.jpg.html][IMG]http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e356/serj22/PA030278.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Version 3.0, and then 3.2 which never had pictures when completed. [URL=http://s43.photobucket.com/user/serj22/media/PA290331.jpg.html][IMG]http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e356/serj22/PA290331.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s43.photobucket.com/user/serj22/media/PA290330.jpg.html][IMG]http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e356/serj22/PA290330.jpg[/IMG][/URL] He'll likely change it a few more times. We'll see.
Replaced both rear brake cylinders, pads and whatnot (with the help of my dad, thanks dad!). Also fixed the license plate falling off. The Caddy is ready to for inspection this monday. Really hope it passes so I can drive it :D [editline]11th May 2013[/editline] Oh I installed a radio as well.
Wired in my 10" sub and 500 watt amp into my truck. Cause it's such a small space and there's only ~3" from the sub to the seat you get a nice back and butt massage on even low volumes.
[QUOTE=clutch2;40606985] "Skirts on my winter car from a Corolla S.. [URL=http://s22.photobucket.com/user/clutch1234/media/DSC00485-2_zps01f0a245.jpg.html][IMG]http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b340/clutch1234/DSC00485-2_zps01f0a245.jpg[/IMG][/URL] " Your corolla is JDM as fuck. On a scale of 1 - 1,000, how many bangin' hotties do you pick up in it every second?
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WELP. [t]http://puu.sh/2RzMt.jpg[/t] Last night we were at a track that we've never been to, friend/driver goes to pull onto the track for the feature, theres a ridge thing between the on road and the banking of the track, hits it with the oilpan, hears a scrap, breaks it, drive it around before race not noticing anything unusual, WOT when the flagman waves the green, car revs up and then the oil pressure goes into the shitter, engine bogs down and dies, is now locked up. Fuck.
Clutch2, whats with your JDM as fuck 4 door lol.
[QUOTE=sHiBaN;40610509]Clutch2, whats with your JDM as fuck 4 door lol.[/QUOTE] Its for picking up the hotties in mad quantities so he can F.F.F. in mad succession.
Went to Canton, Tx for a car parts kinda swap meet thingy. All domestic parts. :suicide: Only found 1 Classic Audi side badge out of EVERYTHING their. Found these too : 1986 Toyota MR2 for 1,500$ [t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1031910/found%20non%20vws/2013-05-11%2012.26.55.jpg[/t] 1976 Datsun 280Z with a chevy 350 out of a corvett paired with a 6 spd manual. [t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1031910/found%20non%20vws/2013-05-11%2013.33.06.jpg[/t] [t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1031910/found%20non%20vws/2013-05-11%2013.32.51.jpg[/t] [t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1031910/found%20non%20vws/2013-05-11%2013.32.29.jpg[/t] [editline]fjkgnf[/editline] I wanted that fucking zed he was gonna take 2,500 for it.
[QUOTE=clutch2;40606985] [URL=http://s22.photobucket.com/user/clutch1234/media/DSC00490-2_zpsd9bb33ab.jpg.html][IMG]http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b340/clutch1234/DSC00490-2_zpsd9bb33ab.jpg[/IMG][/URL][/QUOTE] Nice choice of wheels, but dont go down the bozoku path. rock them hayashi's hard.
Guys guys, it gets so many chix you don't even know. It's the panda bear hanging around.. girls this it's kawaii. Then they hop in and after the first bump I hit their back breaks because the drop springs are sooooooo effing hard and well after that the sky's the limit. Jimminycricket.. some of the inspirations for the car were borrowed from Boso styling.. even had Takeyari pipes that came to the top of the trunk for about 8 months .. til the State boys decided that was against the rules for well mannered citizens. The rest of the inspirations were boredom and stupidity. And I'll let ya in on a secret.. as much as I'd love to brag that I'm rolling on genuine Hayashi Streets..... I'm not :( Rota Shakotans were close enough, lol. Glad to hear someone else knows Hayashi, though.. I was kicking around getting a set of Sakuras instead, to match the vinyl crap on the trunk, but I decided I wasn't quite that JDMtyte. That's my story of race trading.
Picked up some Prothane motor mounts for cheap since mine were shit and I'm tired of my motor flopping around... and it sure has been fun so far :| attempting to remove the stock mount from the bracket [t]http://i.imgur.com/1qtqVTY.jpg[/t] after three hours of sawing chiseling and hammering I finally got the fucker out [t]http://i.imgur.com/fRvvPov.jpg[/t] this is going to be a bitch [t]http://i.imgur.com/2mntADH.jpg[/t] and thats where I am now. I might go at it again in a bit but right now god damn my hands hurt edit: Also learned today that the nut that holds my shifter stabilizer on was completely gone. my car is literally falling apart :v:
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