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Old 03-06-08, 01:44 AM
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The body work has begun (Pics inside)

I should be getting the injectors back from witchhunter.com within a day or two. As far as I can tell, that is the last step to get the car running. In the mean time I have begun prep for paint. My aim of this car is to be my weekend drifter/autoX toy. It will be getting a nice drop and exhaust. I have scrapped those huge fart-can mufflers and decided on a nicer (and more expensive) setup.


(the screws on the fogs were rusted and stripped, gonna drill the screws later)


That hood scoop was pretty bad, but looks fine now.


most of the focus was on the rear of the car (was super bad, paint was falling off the car)


(yes, its all white primer)


also removed all the half-assed stereo wiring

This car should look pretty stock/pimp in a week or two
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looks like it's coming along nicely, keep us all posted with pics.
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oh and on a side note, that pink mustang in the background of the first pic will soon be seen on the show "Pinks" along with 4 other cars that shop is taking this weekend for filming. I spent most of this week making the decals for them.

The black mustang is another car going this weekend


I designed...


Cut...


...and applied the decals on the 5 cars that are gonna be on "Pinks All Out"


Tha finished decals:


The yellow mustang:


And the custom logos I made for the Mudstains:


(And yeah it was an all nighter at the shop which should explain the hair)
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wow looks great.
keep us updated with you progress
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NEED MORE!!!
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nice..the paint on the black stang is incredible
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Originally Posted by Chaotic_FC
NEED MORE!!!
I'll get more this weekend at the track. I'll also have my camcorder.



Seems like it might be hard to get spectator tickets so I may just go as pit crew
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Got a package today:


All I can say is Damn those guys are good. The injectors look new! Their charts confirm that one injector was not spraying anything, and another was very weak. Good job guys!
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Injectors have been installed! Unfortunantly the shop closed just as I finished. I tried starting it once but the battery died. It almost started tho. More body work was done as well. Look how complete the engine bay looks now: (Yeah, one intercooler elbow was removed temporarily)





After its mobile again, its going right up on the lift to find that exhaust leak. Seems its from rotor housing to turbo manifold, but too far down to tell for sure. Anyone know for sure what the turbo flange is? T3? T4? Other? Ive heard several different things.
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i found a super old pic of Johns camaro that was there (didnt run due to broken rod during test&tune so couldnt get a current pic)


Pinks' Crew settin up for tha interview


They got a kick outta the "Freak" logos on the front


Made this logo pretty big for the plate
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I didnt get many pics, cuz I mostly filmed the event. I will start encoding the video tomorrow probably...
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worked on the rx7 today, after testing I discovered, the FD fuel pump gets 0 pressure

Kinda weird cuz fuel does flow when i put a hose on it, but there is no pressure behind it. Prolly just gonna get one of those aftermarket 255 ones. Any recommendations? /Tips?
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I have a Walbro 255 and it's been good to me so far. It's a bit noisy though.
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new fuel pump already ordered, thanx anyway.
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whoa that body work looks good! Can't wait to see it all finished!
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