Bled the brakes, topped up all the fluids, checked for leaks, balanced the wheels. - Saturday track day with the beater!

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(some reason, car came with a light trailer hitch.. :notbad: )


then felt ricey and did the plate relocate thing:

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E36 Beater fun :lawl:

I wouldn't even call that a beater man. You paid beater price for an awesome car.

+1, looks very clean... DS2's on a beater?

DS2.. because race car. Got them balanced and theres still a slight vibration...


Last owner on BCB was super anal with the car. He really spent time and effort in it.. and for the price he asked for it, it was a steal.

Great car imo. Its very well sorted out. ATE Super blue brake fluid and a fresh bleed makes it feel so much better :sweetjesus:

The car would eventually be nicer if it had a new set of bilsteins... and a proper LSD...

Got the settlement cheque from icbc for the supra and within two hours went to buy this car :lawl:

I have rear bilsteins with 20k on them and m3 springs in my closet.

^ hmmm tempting.. all depends on price for those rear billies!

hopefully fixed the issue to my overheating, thanks to jackpot!

we replaced the thermostat and the rubber gasket. stupid lordco and their bad parts :okay: thank god jackp0t had the thermostat with the gasket in an engine he took out so he gave me it :D

car feels better not gonna lie, lets hope that fixed it!

so half of the detail done was opening all 4 doors, hood and hatch right?

Plugged it in, because it's going to be -21C overnight :(

Fuck I hate bleeding Honda cooling systems - takes forever, especially when it's this cold out.

We only took the coolant from the rad so I guess it wasn't a full flush. Wasn't too bad. We have a nipple so it was easy to see when all the bubbles was gone
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Yeah.

The other half was closing them. I did that the next day...

I was actually just drying all the door jambs when I took this picture...:okay:

Warranty ended so I finally decided to install JB4 stage 3 tune + dual cone intakes:
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I was extremely lucky to find the JB4 PNP for less than $60 shipped... It is insane how this $60 tuning device which just looks like a bunch of wires can give a dyno proven 80whp/70torque. Best $60 i've spent on my car, install was fun and successful.

Dual cone intakes were around $80, gives an additional 15whp on top of the tune. Install took a while because of OEM seals.

$140 and about 2.5 hours of installation for 95whp/80 torque ... damn.

On the fly map switching to change boost PSI, highjack fuel gauge for boost gauge and etc...

Next mod: catless downpipes to crack 400whp.

Going from stock to tuned is a great feeling eh?

Now you can surprise M3s :fullofwin:

Won't be surprising me in my m3....I'm so slow I wouldn't even fuck with a stock 335i or probably a 328i for that matter. :okay:

damn you twin turbo N54s!!!! :okay: thats cheating. :okay:



although... I dont have constant failing injector and fuel pumps :troll:

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Put my car away for the winter, see ya in 2014!

after religiously washing my car myself in my driveway, the current cold temps are just too much... I caved and ran it through the Chevron TOUCHLESS 'deluxe wash' package. $9.99 + tax. Overall, pretty good.. as expected, the brake dust on the wheels will have to be wiped off manually and the rear end needs a wipe or 2. BUT it looks like it pretty much got rid of all the grime buildup after 2 weeks of no washing.

I might prefer this over SHINE on main/terminal.


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Front lip installed!

Sure is fun after the tune, I'm only on map 5 (auto-tune) and it only gets to about 12 psi on WOT.

Yeah read a lot on the failing fuel pumps, but they extended the warranty for 10 years so even the next owner of the car will be covered.

Can't wait till I install catless DP + FMIC :) Not ballsy enough to mess with meth yet.

which chevron is it?

last night was shop night.

readjusted r/r coilover, but took about an hour cleaning and unseizing the top coilover collar nut. at least now the rears are even height.

no pics, due to grease and rust-off sprayed everywhere. felt good to work on the car... surprised most of my techs i actually could wrench.

It looks like the Chevron on No.5 Road and Steveston Highway in Richmond, I could be wrong though.

Don't bother with FMIC... Your in Canada LOL
My too do list is:

JB4 ISO5
VRSF DP
METH

Yup. No 5 and Steveston. The $12.99 deal includes rainX as well.

Unfortunately, i'll have to wait till SUMMER to get my TL treated like this TL:

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