Diary of a Madman; TitaniumTT's see you @ DGRRXI RE-REbuild

[helghast7]

Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

So aside from the MAP, how'd everything else go? What's next?

it went very well and pretty damn smoothly, i actually already ordered another one

the hardest time we had was with the new poly engine mounts not wanting to cooperate, but we got it in good, PPF was perfect , though i forgot to bring a 1/2 inch extension home so i could only gun on 5 of the 9 bolts onto it..ill save that for tomorrow lol

now i have to put her back together lol, im gona try and finish the real important stuff and then jump to the intercooler kit so i can bring it with the seats this weekend

but im hopeing things go just as smoothly with putting her back together as it did with installing the engine...ill put up a couple pics in a momento lol

[helghast7]

before we dropped it in, looks just as clean as when she first went up



looks like shes gona eat it..nom nom nom



as its going in



BAM!! mission accomplished



RIP map sensor though lol

[TitaniumTT]

SWEET! So whens the first fire? Liking the color combo on the engine and really glad to hear that the PPF fits as it should! That's awesome. now you've gotta drop in a single and break it in some other place

I feel so bad for you working outside, although at least it was nice and warm today. I went outside this morning with a cup of coffee and turned the heat on to 60* and then went back inside to finish my coffee while the garage got warm..... but I'm old and get cranky easy

How bad is the anticipation to drive her?

RIP MAP sensor if that's the only thing that went bad, that's a good thing, could've been a lot worse.

[helghast7]

Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

SWEET! So whens the first fire? Liking the color combo on the engine and really glad to hear that the PPF fits as it should! That's awesome. now you've gotta drop in a single and break it in some other place

hopefully by the end of the month, i still need a few things..mostly im just waiting for it to ship to me now...kinda went crazy this weekend lol

and yea like a glove, couldnt have asked for a better job

yea i no man, i wana go single but i burnt up so much money this season that theres no way i can do it, ill have to wait till next season, luckly i did all the nonsequential mods this season so it shouldnt be much work when i do go single

Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

I feel so bad for you working outside, although at least it was nice and warm today. I went outside this morning with a cup of coffee and turned the heat on to 60* and then went back inside to finish my coffee while the garage got warm..... but I'm old and get cranky easy

haha yea it sucks...but it could be worse, at least i have a driveway, i know some people that dont even have that with FDs

Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

How bad is the anticipation to drive her?

lets put it this way...i sometimes zone out imagining im driving her, hahaha, its eating away at my soul

Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

RIP MAP sensor if that's the only thing that went bad, that's a good thing, could've been a lot worse.

yea definetly, i can deal with 25 bucks, i dont think i could have dealed with worse

[2gslse]

Good to see brian fixed your PPF and you used poly mounts did you look at your diff mounts also or replace them? I broke my PPF within the first 4000 miles after reconstruction I had poly mounts on the engine and bad diff mounts I used a set of jimlabs bushings in mine (I still have the rest just never put them in )

[Force13b]

Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

lol at frosted propane tank what kind of heater you running there

[helghast7]

Originally Posted by 2gslse

Good to see brian fixed your PPF and you used poly mounts did you look at your diff mounts also or replace them? I broke my PPF within the first 4000 miles after reconstruction I had poly mounts on the engine and bad diff mounts I used a set of jimlabs bushings in mine (I still have the rest just never put them in )

no i havent yet, its on my to do list, but time and money are kind of a restrictor at the moment, im not to to worried about it yet, since as of right now the weakest point is my tires, so she'll break lose before she snaps something

if i find a set/make one ill throw it in when i can, doesnt look all that hard to change....definetly a hell of alot easier then changing the diff mounts on a fucking FC.......ive had the front diff mount on my FC broken for a good year now...the new one is still sitting in my room

nothing like getting a big bang everytime you change gears

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by helghast7

hopefully by the end of the month, i still need a few things..mostly im just waiting for it to ship to me now...kinda went crazy this weekend lol

Yeah tell me about it. I've bought $450 worth of tools ...mmmmmmm... tools... $200 and something for an alarm, $80 fuel pump mount, I think about $400 from MoTeC for connectors and $250 for some pretty sexy billet mounts for my ECU and TCMux.... I don't know why, no one will ever see them.... maybe I'll cut out my carpet and make the cover out of plexi so I can show them off

Originally Posted by helghast7

and yea like a glove, couldnt have asked for a better job

Awesome... glad to hear it!

Originally Posted by helghast7

yea i no man, i wana go single but i burnt up so much money this season that theres no way i can do it, ill have to wait till next season, luckly i did all the nonsequential mods this season so it shouldnt be much work when i do go single

Sweet.... by then I should have a jig setup for a mani

Originally Posted by helghast7

haha yea it sucks...but it could be worse, at least i have a driveway, i know some people that dont even have that with FDs

My buddy blew his timing belt in his DSM once, we had it towed to his apt and had to deal with that there.... I swore I would never work in a parking lot again... :shudders:

Originally Posted by helghast7

lets put it this way...i sometimes zone out imagining im driving her, hahaha, its eating away at my soul

Know that feeling

Originally Posted by helghast7

yea definetly, i can deal with 25 bucks, i dont think i could have dealed with worse

Yup, worse things could've happened.

Originally Posted by 2gslse

Good to see brian fixed your PPF and you used poly mounts did you look at your diff mounts also or replace them? I broke my PPF within the first 4000 miles after reconstruction I had poly mounts on the engine and bad diff mounts I used a set of jimlabs bushings in mine (I still have the rest just never put them in )

Hmmmmm.... I'm gonna have to do some reengineering when the time comes. I know I'll be rocking a solid torque brace on the engine, Building my own diff mount out of AL (and jigging it) and I'll probably build a tranny brace as well.... not using the FD tranny though

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by Force13b

lol at frosted propane tank what kind of heater you running there

LB White 80,000 btu thermo controlled. It's usually outside pumping heat into the annex but it was so damn cold lately I moved the boat out, and closed the bay door and got the garage up to an easy 60. The boat's outside, Landi is back in and we had the annex and the shop up to about 65-70* tonight.... so awesome.

Originally Posted by helghast7

nothing like getting a big bang everytime you change gears

Been there, done that..... doing anything regarding the subframe on an FC blows.

[helghast7]

god damn snow! i swear its like forces from above are just fucking with me now

[helghast7]

Hey Brian, im definetly coming to drop off the seats this weekend, but im not quite ready for the weld yet, damn weather is slowing me down. ill probably bring that by when i pick up the seats

let me know which day is better for you

[TitaniumTT]

I'd say Sunday would be better, when do you think you're gonna need the seats back? The weather is supposed to BLOW next week and we need to pull my FD out of storage and do the bulk of the fitting outside as Alex's car is coming in for paint as soon as mine rolls again. It MAY be better to push it back a week?

[TitaniumTT]

So my testicles finally decended and I started on the rot repair tonight. Started by removing the factory sound deadner. I've found that if you score it with a scraper, then use that same scraper to hammer away at it, it comes off in sections. I plan on leaving as much down as possible and just putting the LS over what the factory put down. Trying to make the interior as quite as possible.



Then the good 'ole plasma comes out. Way more get's cut out than you would think to make sure you get all the cancer out and have good material to weld to. The factory sheet metal is thin, really thin, 18 maybe 20 gauge.



and from the bottom, the car was right side up for most of this repair but being able to flip her upside down for welding both sides is KEY!






Had to cut out a piece of the seat support so I could get better access to the area that needed to be repaired.

[TitaniumTT]

Welded one piece of 16ga into the bottom



Then the vertical piece gets welded in... I swear that vertical peice was 22ga and MIG'ing 22ga to 16ga is a PITA..... not my prettiest welds but they're strong as all get out.



and one shot of the nastiness that I cut out. Shame, damn NE cars. The worst of the repairs are still to come over the next few days. PRAYING to get the Herculiner on by the end of the weekend but I doubt it'll happen..... oh well. I still have 56 days left

[helghast7]

well if its easier on you to wait till next weekend then thats fine with me, im not going to need them for a bit since i still have a bunch of stuff to put back together, i think im pretty close, but i still feel like i have miles to go....it doesnt help that i keep loseing my antenna mast lol