Recent content by supraguy@aol

So today is my birthday, so as a gift to myself, I insured and registered the car for the first time since 2011. I was planning to test drive it tonight, but I'm going to hold off till tomorrow. Here's some walkaround pics, and some of the door work I was doing this past weekend. Remote...

Well, a small update- The hatch visor is on, and the front left trim/ side marker. I accidentally busted the left side, because it was hanging off the car, and I caught it on my pants. I'm now waiting for Mr. Martinez to send me a replacement. Not sure how long that will take, as apparently...

Find another shell! It's actually the cheapest part of a build these days.

So an update: I'm almost done with bolting everything to the outside of the car, and about to begin on the inside of the car. The only remaining parts on the exterior, are the front two side moldings, the rear passenger wheelwell splash shield (fuel tank shield), the front left and right...

I finalized the install of the Kaminari tail. Installed PPF on the top of the decklid, and used stainless studs and locknuts, to make it solid. I didn't want excessive metal flex on the lid, so theres also some metal reinforcement inside.

Updates: Well, she's back from paint, and while that bill was a bit painful, I'm happy to say that we are now on the final stage of "Project: Get 'er dun"- Rebuild. Here are some pics of what's been going on for the past 2 weeks. Prep work for paint Take it home. New trim finally came out...

Way to go Jeff!!! So glad to see this. The medication and Temu ads were multiplying exponentially.

Well, the eternal project car got loaded up, and headed for PDR last week. She is now completely (as far as I can tell) dent free. Next Monday, she gets loaded up again. This time, headed for the paint shop. Then the long pain-staking task of reassembling her. You can tell by the other cars...

Progress continues on "Project Eternity". I finally installed new front and rear Kenwood speakers, and also a pretty cheap Kenwood head unit. I know that getting the sound system in isn't really a priority, but I wanted to make sure that all of the wiring to the speakers as well as the amp, was...

...okay...

So, for those 4 or 5 of you that still get nostalgic and peruse the build gallery, here's an update. I've finally completed the rebuild of the brand new, 10 yr old engine, lol. I don't have too much in the way of pics, but the rundown is: All new clevite bearings, new Wiseco piston rings, new...

You can buy the complete rear coolant pipe kit(bolt, washers, banjo pipe) from Driftmotion, for around $30

It is common to have near-zero on the gauge at hot idle, since the indication is a bit misleading from the oem unit. The only way to verify what's actually happening, is to connect a better oil sensor into the circuit. There is a threaded port on the block, just forward of the turbo feed port...

The problem with keeping the oil filter on the side of the block is access. The factory unit turns the filter 90 degrees, to make access possible with the turbo/ hose, etc all in the way. Putting a sandwich on the block, then the filter, may cause access issues. I used the canton remote adapter...

So a little update; more like, 1 step forward, 8 steps back... Ever since I rebuilt the engine back in 2012, I've always had an issue with oil burning. I thought that maybe it was a drain backup on the turbo, so I bought a better one- no luck. Then I thought, maybe I idled it too much...