Lets Hear An Update
03-15-2005, 10:40 AM
#81
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 3,108
[quote name='TYSON' date='Mar 13 2005, 10:56 PM']Better check which year calendar you're using. 4th is a Wednesday. 
I'm trying to get it ready by then. We'll see.
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Open House Sunday, April 3 @ CSC Racing Newmarket HADA
School Day #1 Saturday, May 7 Mosport DDT TAC/OMSC
I'm trying to get it ready by then. We'll see.
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Open House Sunday, April 3 @ CSC Racing Newmarket HADA
School Day #1 Saturday, May 7 Mosport DDT TAC/OMSC
03-17-2005, 07:35 AM
#82
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Sunny Downtown Fenwick
Posts: 177
Went to visit the car last night. I am VERY impressed with the prep! It should be done next tuesday. I can not wait! So, now I've got to get all my interior work done, and get the ***** assembled.
03-17-2005, 08:34 AM
#83
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Posts: 3,108
[quote name='Feds' date='Mar 17 2005, 08:35 AM']Went to visit the car last night. I am VERY impressed with the prep! It should be done next tuesday. I can not wait! So, now I've got to get all my interior work done, and get the ***** assembled.
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wow you work fast. I just managed to get the rear subframe and diff back up onto teh car. Any plans on the car? Solo2 maybe?
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wow you work fast. I just managed to get the rear subframe and diff back up onto teh car. Any plans on the car? Solo2 maybe?
03-17-2005, 09:03 AM
#84
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Sunny Downtown Fenwick
Posts: 177
Definitely some solos and some drags, but not until after the wedding. I don't want to blow it up before my new bride and I have a chance to do a big smokey in front of the church!
The interior work will take a while. I have to:
1. Re-do headliner
2. Clean and paint trim as necessary
3. Re-wire dash (converting from S3 to S2)
4. Install stereo (head unit + 6-disk + 4" front + 6×9's rear)
5. Re-carpet hatch
Then I just have a little clean up in the motor compartment (re-cut oil cooler hoses, install oil temp gauge, re-route coolant bypass.
Plus, I have to re-paint all of the exterior trim.
Of course, I have to fit all of this in around the wedding, the job hunting, the moving, and the working!
The interior work will take a while. I have to:
1. Re-do headliner
2. Clean and paint trim as necessary
3. Re-wire dash (converting from S3 to S2)
4. Install stereo (head unit + 6-disk + 4" front + 6×9's rear)
5. Re-carpet hatch
Then I just have a little clean up in the motor compartment (re-cut oil cooler hoses, install oil temp gauge, re-route coolant bypass.
Plus, I have to re-paint all of the exterior trim.
Of course, I have to fit all of this in around the wedding, the job hunting, the moving, and the working!
03-17-2005, 08:44 PM
#85
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 3,108
Subframe is bolted up and torqued to spec, differential is up and torqued to spec. Damn it's hard putting the diff and subframe up with no help and 3 jacks.
Got the driver side of the rear suspension bolted up. That is it for the night. This weekend is passenger side of rear suspension and then the front control arms swapped with S4 control arms, new ball joints, new bushings, the works, and the bilstein shocks.
Got the driver side of the rear suspension bolted up. That is it for the night. This weekend is passenger side of rear suspension and then the front control arms swapped with S4 control arms, new ball joints, new bushings, the works, and the bilstein shocks.
03-17-2005, 10:06 PM
#86
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Alberta Canada
Posts: 11
My winter FD projects?
Pretty tame by comparison to some here.
Big thing was the Hose Job. Solenoid replacement.
Got rid of Double Throttle (with homemade ghetto blockoff plate).
Painted major underhood components black.
Racing Beat dual tip exhaust. Hi-flow cat.
Finally installed a good boost gauge.
Got new rims and tires. (SSRs)
I got an empty spot on my a-pillar gaugepod tho.
Can't decide between a proper water temp gauge or that funky new Uego AFR system.
Can't wait for spring and dyno days.
Pretty tame by comparison to some here.
Big thing was the Hose Job. Solenoid replacement.
Got rid of Double Throttle (with homemade ghetto blockoff plate).
Painted major underhood components black.
Racing Beat dual tip exhaust. Hi-flow cat.
Finally installed a good boost gauge.
Got new rims and tires. (SSRs)
I got an empty spot on my a-pillar gaugepod tho.
Can't decide between a proper water temp gauge or that funky new Uego AFR system.
Can't wait for spring and dyno days.
03-19-2005, 03:23 PM
#88
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 3,108
Someone want to explain to me why I should not upgrade my street wheels from the stock S5TII meshies? I can get a second set for 400 cdn and then send them out for 75 each to get them refinished to perfection with new tires for just under 1000 cdn vs spending 2200 on 17inch enkeis and new tires.
03-20-2005, 04:51 PM
#89
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 3,108
ah! another broken bolt. Was tightening the lower bolt on the rear control arms where the triaxial floating up connects to. Tightened it by finger first, then proceeded with the 1/2" rachet, snuged it up. Got out the torque wrench, FSM said between 48 and 69 ft-lbs. Set the torque wrench at 60 ft-lbs. Bolt was getting tighter, waiting for the click. Next thing I felt was, why the hell is the this bolt getting easier to tighten. Then boom, the bolt neither will tighten anymore (it just spins) and I can't reverse it out. I finally managed to undo the nut and bolt with an impact and a breaker bar for the reaction torque, the figging threads stripped.
Am I doing something wrong here? How hard is it to tighten a nut and bolt together...
Maybe I should spring for a 5000 dollar digital torque wrench with +/- 0.001 in-lbs accuracy.
Am I doing something wrong here? How hard is it to tighten a nut and bolt together...
Maybe I should spring for a 5000 dollar digital torque wrench with +/- 0.001 in-lbs accuracy.
03-21-2005, 07:30 AM
#90
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Sunny Downtown Fenwick
Posts: 177
Maybe you shouldn't re-use fasteners...
Missed you at Leigh's on Saturday.
Cleaned up all of my interior stuff. Looks brand new. Thank you Mother's Back to Black...
Now to re-trim the headliner and visors, paint a couple of the interior pieces, and all of the exterior trim, then wait until Wednesday.
Car should be back snug in my garage on Wednesday night, with fresh green paint.
I'm tingly with antici
pation.
Missed you at Leigh's on Saturday.
Cleaned up all of my interior stuff. Looks brand new. Thank you Mother's Back to Black...
Now to re-trim the headliner and visors, paint a couple of the interior pieces, and all of the exterior trim, then wait until Wednesday.
Car should be back snug in my garage on Wednesday night, with fresh green paint.
I'm tingly with antici
pation.