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| Topic Started: Jan 15 2010, 02:13 AM (289 Views) | |
| scott0999 | Jan 15 2010, 02:13 AM Post #1 |
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I've been working on this a couple months now for a friend. the car had several issues when he got it. we are making good progress sofar. I could go on about this forever but I'll let the pics do most the talking when he got the car: engine bay overall  vacuum line setup needed a major overhaul  the intercooler was not getting any airflow across it when the bumper was on. we felt it after making a few pulls. it was so hot you couldnt keep your hand on it  we did a major overhaul on the wire harness. heres all the wires we took out  took out the rusty blower housing to powdercoat it   it looked like someone used the wrong nut on the tranny mount, and tried putting it on with an impact gun. it was rusty anyway so we replaced the mount  the rear shock tower bar was poorly welded onto the body. its getting replaced with a good powdercoated one  we pulled the carpet out the interior to find the fuel pump ground wasnt even bolted down. VERY disturbing :O  all of the ports for the intake and exhaust manifolds were mis-matched. the plenum spacers are bigger than the upper and lower intake manifolds. the exhaust manifold ports are smaller than the head ports. heres a few other parts I've powder coated sofar    and the short shifter 
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| snowblindburd | Jan 15 2010, 11:21 AM Post #2 |
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Nice close up pictures :D. Dang man theres some issues neither you or David told me about. That's crazy! I'm glad you're helping him with that and getting things replaced and done the right way. |
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| scott0999 | Jan 15 2010, 11:43 AM Post #3 |
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yes im good at doing close-ups now  that and a good set of batteries makes the camera much mo betar there was actually even more wrong with the car than that the intake air temp sensor was just laying around in the engine bay. so the computer had no idea how hot the intake temps were. the car was swapped to 5spd, but still had the auto mount brackets. theres 3 brackets that are different. this is just the front one. the black one is 5spd you can see how much longer it is. both axle boots were getting pulled off because the engine was sitting at the wrong angle  the oil drain for the turbo is too low in the oil pan. its supposed to be above the oil level, so most likely the drain is getting backed up the car was swapped to manual steering. missing the right coupler where it connects to the column so its loose. also the steering wheel was bolted on upside down the exhaust downpipe had a "slip on" coupler.. which basically slips OFF easily. the entire exhaust from there back could of easily fell and broke off the car. we had it temporarily supported with coat hangers to keep that from happening theres even more im sure.. but enough for now lol Edited by scott0999, Jan 15 2010, 11:44 AM.
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| snowblindburd | Jan 15 2010, 11:51 AM Post #4 |
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Keep up the good work lol :d. |
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| Hobo1 | Jan 15 2010, 01:27 PM Post #5 |
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*fap fap fap* Nice car! |
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| Icemanmikewi | Jan 17 2010, 03:54 AM Post #6 |
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Wow what a cluster of projects... Its good to see progress, but wow |
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| valid | Jan 17 2010, 11:08 PM Post #7 |
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Holy balls, what kind of moron was working on this car before...? Apologies if it's someone we know, but seriously, learn what you're doing before you do it lol. |
 I'm a poor college student because I modify my cars! Sunbird Hatchback sold 10/24/09. Bye Bye Birdy! | |
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| snowblindburd | Jan 17 2010, 11:18 PM Post #8 |
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It was Matt's (mstreim's) car before David bought it. IIRC it sat for a long while as well. We all make mistakes and it sounded like he was losing interest in it. I dunno lol but I remember how beautiful it looked :). Now theres like 3 other cars that look just like it. |
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| valid | Jan 19 2010, 04:54 PM Post #9 |
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I remember how gorgeous that car was! Ahhh, yes. Glad it's getting the restoration it deserves
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I'm a poor college student because I modify my cars! Sunbird Hatchback sold 10/24/09. Bye Bye Birdy! | |
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| scott0999 | Jan 20 2010, 01:06 AM Post #10 |
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the exterior does look pretty good. the car was painted in 06. its too bad the driver quarter panel has a big rust spot already tho  |
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| snowblindburd | Jan 20 2010, 01:15 AM Post #11 |
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Rust = character. |
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| scott0999 | Jan 20 2010, 01:25 AM Post #12 |
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it took over 2 hours to get the snap ring back in for the HKS BOV. that really sucked. we tried every type of snap ring pliers (straight, 45*, 90*) with no luck. the solution was putting a small clamp on snap ring pliers where the end kept slipping off. even with that it wasnt easy but we finally got it. we found they only make shift cables for 88, so we are going to get a select cable for a 90 and change the select arm end on the shifter side. thankfully you can just swap those right out. both axles needed to be pulled since the boots pulled off them. once we found that both control arms were toast we had alot of "fun" removing them. we first tried removing the control arm on the car, but couldnt get enough leverage. so I decided it would be easier to just remove the subframe, that way we could get enough leverage with it off the car. we broke 2 sockets trying to get one of the rear subframe bolts off  THANKFULLY the bolt did not round out.now some pics looking better. still a few things to do though  ya the control arms are done for. not good  at least we got a new laser etched craftsman socket out of it  this is the typical scene when working on Jbody suspension, now isnt it? LOL  bunch of stuff now powder coated:   
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| valid | Jan 21 2010, 03:14 PM Post #13 |
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Way to go! That control arm, uh, well... kinda looks like swiss cheese. |
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| David_315 | Jan 22 2010, 09:00 AM Post #14 |
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Its been a fun time for sure. |
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| snowblindburd | Jan 22 2010, 10:26 AM Post #15 |
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There he is! |
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| David_315 | Jan 22 2010, 03:38 PM Post #16 |
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Ya you have been asking me for some time to be a part of this so its time now.
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| scott0999 | Feb 2 2010, 12:03 PM Post #17 |
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ok there has been many updates to this, I just havent got around to posting if you would like to continue following this, heres where the thread left off on v6z24 http://www.v6z24.com/jbodyforum/80-done-t111342,start,120.html |
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| Hobo1 | Feb 5 2010, 11:44 PM Post #18 |
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Wow. That. Is. HUGE! |
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| thevilliagemon | Feb 11 2010, 04:58 PM Post #19 |
 
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Wow...lots of good parts. I can't wait to tear into my car this Spring. |
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