What did you do to your vehicle today?

[rriggi]

Took intake apart, pulled off the external wastegate, put new gaskets in, unseized it and now while I'm putting everything back on... I think I want to get a T88-38GK....

[CCA-Dave]

Finished the harness, and sorted out the issues. Was going around in circles for a bit until figured out that the flasher relay was bad. popped one from the spares in, and suddenly everything worked the way it was supposed to.


Moved onto colour correcting all the parts the PO had painted black. Still have the seat frames to go, but I'll wait until I have my new upholstery.




-Dave

[J.C]

emptied out catch can (1 month)
installed bumper quick releases
also anyone know how to get rid of the shadow line? i read somewhere that it's something to do with the bulb
it's a H11

[tastic]

That is the ground wire shadow showing...if you can rotate the bulb 180degrees that will direct them off the opposing reflector and you won't see it anymore. In some setups you can rotate. Others that can't need a variant of the bulb with the ground wire in the opposite configuration. Or some funky retrofit rotation. In my hid retrofit I have to ensure the bulb is facing the right way or I get the same shadow. Luckily I can just flip it. Hope you can as easily.

[J.C]

did some searching and it apparently it's called the "6 o clock mod"
Hyundai Forums : Hyundai Forum - View Single Post - Question about changing hid bulb

theres a link for it if anyone else has this problem

[dared3vil0]

Summer wheels and tires on today for Autocross Sunday. Won't have anytime to do it tmrw, friday or saturday so had to be today. Here's to monday being decent weather for swapping back to all seasons...

[thumper]

just looking at sunday's weather report... sunny and 11'c. lucky.

(check your pm)

[dared3vil0]

I know!

Bald ish summer tires in a January Autocross... fingers crossed there's no rain. Would be a nightmare.

[hud 91gt]

Man, I wish there were open spots for that auto x. Taking out the 240 would be a riot because I have no idea how it handles yet. Driving in town sucks haha.

[dared3vil0]

^ The BMWCCBC ones are by far the best- No working the course, you just run through a max of 30 cars the whole day. Typically get 40-50 runs in. In the summer when it gets REALLY hot it usually empties to ~5 or so cars by 1 ish, meaning you can almost run non stop. At that point pretty much as many runs as you want...

[hud 91gt]

Id thank that 5 times if I could. Ha

[dared3vil0]

LOL. Only thing is the events are not timed.

[Grim]

took off both rear knuckles in preparation to drop the subframe.
droppin it like its hawt

[aloobrar]

The bumper grills came color matched to the car, Decided to revert to the black.



Pretty happy with the turn out!



While the bumper dried got the wheels polished and went into painting mode with the tires.

[trollguy]

i tried out a clay mitt on my hood, front fenders, and front bumper. this thing is the bees knees.

then put a coat of collinite 845 on it. thank god for silver and a lack of polishing required. har har

[jackp0t]

Originally Posted by underscore

You were gonna twin charge it? Are you selling the s/c?

At the very end just for kicks and blow the motor up lol
Its on hold to a guy in the States but i will let you know if that deal falls through

Originally Posted by ICE BOY

Definitely more than one way to do it. You use what you have and make it work.




Here's how I did it:

Spoiler!

After disconnecting the usual stuff, remove all bolts for rear mount bracket (4 on a D/B), leave the L/R mounts bolted.

-w/ jack under rad support, lower the car almost as far as it'll go (no bumper/lip = lower and worth the trouble to remove)
-arrange wood blocks under the oilpan and trans
-lower car til the drivetrain just starts to sit on the wood
-remove L/R motor mounts
-jack the body up
----check when the rear mount is free and pull it out
-keep jacking the car up and make sure the drivetrain is stable on it's own
-when u max out the jacking height, put a couple of stands under the front rockers
-at this point I put a couple of 2x4's on the jack and lifted from the LCA (as you see in pic) cause it's lower and I could get the front higher
----it doesn't matter that you're lifting from one side cause there's no weight on the front, so the nose just goes straight up
-make sure to re-adjust your jackstands every 4" or so, just in case
-once the lower rad support clears the VC by 4-5" you're good

After that I just lined up some 2x4's and moved the drivetrain forward. Ideally you'd have an extra hand. I got it well in front of the car and onto a dolly by myself but it was a bit cumbersome.

Since you have a cherry picker and some space, instead of using the jack, you could run a chain between the tow hooks and pick it up from the middle. You should be able to get it as high as you need in one lift. Just make sure you have stands under the rockers and pull that rear mount when it's loose or it'll bind on the crossmember and want to tip the motor forward.

The motor is actually on the rear
and I was thinking of using car ramps

Put the front wheels on car ramps and then jack the rear to clear
BUT when you mention the car hoist that was PERFECT!
so thank you my good sir now im more positive its doable

[Grim]

Originally Posted by jackp0t

where do you buy and how much?

[jackp0t]

^ Any store w/ a auto department should have it
IIRC Canadian tire has on for 60-70$ and when its on sale it goes for 40$

[imp_squared]

crappy tire: Pro Ramp, 12000lbs. | Canadian Tire

[CCA-Dave]

'58 work continues...

- Swapped out passenger door latch and receiver. PO used wrong side screws in the handle, causing it to only open the latch half way...he then broke the receiver trying to reef the door open. '58 only parts aren't available, so put in '62 pieces which visually look the same, but don't work together. Correct sized bolts in the handle and the door opens smoother then the driver's side.

- Cleaned, treated and painted the whole underside of the car. 1st coat done, will do the second tonight.

- Car was apparently sandblasted prior to painting. One area that is never painted well is behind the vents under the rear window. It's basically impossible to do without causing drips outside the car. (VW originally dipped the bodies in huge vats of paint to paint them, so it's only an issue on restorations.) Spent the better part of two hours with multiple small paint brushes doing the inside of the vent area.


- Reassembled the interior with all the correctly-painted bits.

...at this rate, car might be ready at the end of the month :P

[white rocket]

^^Is that a MkI Escort in your garage? 'Cause that's frickin' awesome!!

[tastic]

Intake installed! Saves a bunch of space over the labyrinth of an oem airbox.

[CCA-Dave]

Originally Posted by white rocket

^^Is that a MkI Escort in your garage? 'Cause that's frickin' awesome!!

Yessir. MK1 Escort, stage rally car project owned by my business partner.

-Dave

[Lowered_Klass]

Originally Posted by tastic

Intake installed! Saves a bunch of space over the labyrinth of an oem airbox.

Spoiler!

I'm sure your 'wife' appreciates it...

[tastic]

Originally Posted by Lowered_Klass

I'm sure your 'wife' appreciates it...

LOL...I knew it was coming. This was HER doing though.

Couple of weeks ago she commented that she wouldn't mind if the car was a little louder. I sh*t you not LOL! My theory is that she's gotten used to the intake and exhaust in the mazda...not that the 3 is very loud, but it does grumble and get a little uncivilized when you get on it. Intake on the TT is actually quieter than I thought...I'm guessing because it is a closed box and one I have in the mazda is open on the fender side.

(Did changing the subject work?)