What did you do to your vehicle today?

[radeonboy]

Picked up this WRX chew toy today - I'm not a plushie person but this seemed like a fun thing to have inside the vehicle.

[Badhobz]

Cute ! I wonder if they have a ratrolla one.

[headhunt3r]

Glad I'm not the only one that got suckered into buying a plush.

[trollface]

[Badhobz]

Aww you fuckers. Now I gotta go buy a ratrolla one.

[Badhobz]

I bought TEMU seat spacer/gap filler thingys. a dollar something each to save my sanity as i always seem to drop my wallet / phone / keys into that damn slot.


https://www.temu.com/car-seat-gap-fi...157_oiahof2ixb

[320icar]

Originally Posted by 320icar

Spoiler!

Jump back to 2017, my gsxr 600 had some light cosmetic damage and needed a bunch of maintenance parts. I stripped it down, did a little work but then that summer I got my focus RS. The bike went on the back burner…

Spoiler!

this is a before shot

Then I moved, then had a child etc. I moved spring 2020 so I ordered a bunch of stuff, but with borders closing and shipping halting most my shit was cancelled. It then sat in the garage and slowly got junk piled on it for 3 years.




Did a massive garage clean up and organize in late February, cleared space and made some big lists of parts to order. I skipped a few things like suspension mostly because at this point it’s more important that it’s just all together and ridable.





And today I took it around for its first ride around the block.




I know it might not sound insane all condensed like this, but it was so much work and a labour of love. Will update this post with a mod list later tonight

Forgot to post the list

Spoiler!

- new Chinese fairings
- rear seat delete
- Sato racing titanium headers + midpipe
- replica mufflers ( SC project, Austin racing etc)
- Ohlins steering damper
- new Michelin pilot powers
- refinished wheels
- new rotors x3
- new brake pads
- sandblasted, painted, rebuild calipers
- braided brake lines
- new mirrors
- new LED bulbs
- shorty levers
- new rearsets
- silicon radiator hoses
- new air filter
- oil filter
- all fluids changed
- new battery
- new front/rear sprockets
- 520 chain conversion
- spark plugs
- sandblasted/painted engine covers

- everything I touched was cleaned and inspected as best as possible. Also there’s more small stuff but geez that’s enough of a list. Only things not touched was suspension. That will be $$$ so I’ll wait and decide what to do

Hello! So I took it around the block, rebleed the brakes and did a little trimming etc but noticed an odd starting issue. For a few days it acted like the brand new battery was dying. Would struggle to turn the bike over but by the next day it wouldn’t even start. Battery is full, I even tried other batteries.



So I got the multimeter out and traced the switch to relays to starter. Seems the 12v was getting to the starter but it wasn’t turning. Took the case off to confirm and even bench tested it, nothing. Popped it open to check the contacts and it was full of oil???? Wtf but yeah she was toast. Have ordered a new one and hopefully it works.



So instead I dug out the ‘87 gsxr 400 from storage and started looking over that bike. Could get it to turn over but not start (it did start and ran for 10 seconds but turned off and haven’t been able to get it started again.



But then someone odd happened, I got the exact same symptoms as my gsxr 600!! It would barely crank over just as if the battery was dead, then now it just clicks the relay and won’t turn over at all.

I have 3 batteries at home all fully charged, same symptoms across them all. But I find it so hard to believe that 2 bikes at home, 20 year age gap and both starters die in the same 2 days? So I went to my friends house and took his brand new confirmed good battery AND his lithium jump starter pack, tracked the wiring and once again in the exact way it just clicks the relay, I get full ~12v to the starter motor but no cranking. What the fuck is going on

[underscore]

How are the ground wires? Those like to get corroded and it sounds like both of these bikes have been sitting for a while.

[320icar]

Battery cables seem fine. The starter motors are case grounding and they’re bolted to the engine, so they ground fine. And just a single bud 12v+ cable that takes a very simple path (battery —> starter relay —> starter motor)

Gsxr 600 was bench tested with very little movement (have video) and gsxr 400 was jumpered straight to starter motor, still no movement.

Such an odd situation

[hud 91gt]

Did you check if the relay is working? Can you bypass the relay and run power straight to the solenoid?

[trollface]

Multi meter everything

[320icar]

Originally Posted by hud 91gt

Did you check if the relay is working? Can you bypass the relay and run power straight to the solenoid?

Yepp I said in my post I multimeted both bikes, 12v is going past the relay to the starter motor, but no movement even after a good hammering lol

[trollface]

Time to replace the starter!

I had something similar happen before. I hand turned the motor (car) to get everything moving a little bit and it started working. Guess everything was a little stuck from sitting.

[Razor Ramon HG]

TFW you wash your car and find out there's three new paint chips

[fliptuner]

One more piece of the puzzle. 6spd ZF, for a K24A2 swap in my '73 Corolla

[EvoFire]

Originally Posted by fliptuner

One more piece of the puzzle. 6spd ZF, for a K24A2 swap in my '73 Corolla

What car is it from?

[hud 91gt]

540? Or were those Getrags. 330?

[trollface]

Rear mounted turbos

[bcrdukes]

Re: fliptuner's transmission

New giubo?

[Badhobz]

Originally Posted by trollface

Rear mounted turbos

I hope you chock the front. Looks dangerous

[trollface]

I live my life 1/4 mile at a time baby.

[fliptuner]

Originally Posted by hud 91gt

540? Or were those Getrags. 330?

04 330CI. Had to part out a whole fucking car, just for the tranny lol. Luckily, came out ahead

[77civic1200]

3 points of contact and a flat driveway, looks fine

[trollface]

I only do the wood trick if I'm not getting under it. I don't want to die either.

[Badhobz]

^yeah thats what bothered me. the tiny pieces of wood underneath the jack stands. Also the angle is quite tilted so it makes me nervous the car might slip forward and those pieces of wood shooting out behind dropping the weight purely on that center jack.