well today i got the skittle registered and insured.. the ride started out with me very nervious because i had no clue what was going to happen... after a few miles though i was fine.. the car ran pretty good over 1200 rpms, it seemed to ruffly idle at 800 or soo, it was really smooth around the 3000 range, i had no problems with oil pressure or overheating.. i only took it 11 miles because the brakes dident work very well, i will rebleed them tommarow.. but there is one complaint i have, the cabin of the car smelled of exhaust fumes the whole ride, and i need to drive with somone on my permit and my dad said he wont drive with me unless i get it fixed, so anyideas????... but over all it WASSSS AWSEOMEEEE, i love the car even more now...now lets hope that damm compression goes up...



peaceee




Dustin

 

cool beans, the more you drive it, the more that compressions going to go up man. Get that exhaust leak fixed you dont want to fall asleep at the wheel.

 

cool man. Congrats on the drive. That feeling will never go away cuz a 7 is your first car. It was mine and im 19 now and still cant get enough of it. My friends think I'm weird cuz i still love to just go out for drives for no other reason than it's fun. The ppl who make fun of you for it are boring anyway, right? Right. Congrats. Enjoy

 

i looked for a exhaust leak, itz not a exhaust leak.. there all sealed, could i just be running really dirty cuz i run premix and omp and no emmisions and no cat???

 

a few pics from today

 

rofl @ "The Skittle"

 

You punk, getting to drive an FC for your learners permit.

 

That exhaust smell your getting is probably a bad seal on the hatch or one of the doors. More than likely is the hatch. I had the same problem and coincidentally i changed the seal on the hatch and voila!!! I dont walk around smelling like lawn mower no more.


HTH and keep up the good work!

 

Check your shifter boots.

 

when i drove it today, i had the windows down and the sunroof open

 

the premix makes your car smell, mine reaks. A few people who have ridden in my car look for things dumped out, smelly stains etc.

Missing firewall gromets, torn shifter boots etc will make it smell alot more though

Congrats on finnaly getting her on the road

-Jacob

 

My vote would definately be on the shifter boot rubber (its under the leather/plastic interior trim) I would look there first, then like others have said pre-mix adds to the smell a bit, but more so the no emissions factor.

 

i think i will run it close to outta gas, then just fill her up with no premix, i have the omp, i just wanted to add some premix for saftey purposes

 

Nice work... it feels great to be driving a car that you (re)built.... doesn't it? I've had mine on the road for a week now and I just hit 500miles on the rebuild as I pulled into the driveway today. Just watch out for the young kid in the sports car look one you get your liscense... I got my first ticket with mine on the second day it was on the road (for a loud exaust...well no exhaust... i was on my way to the mechanics so he could put mine on... with the lift, i was sick of laying on the ground under the car on stands).

 

yea, it felt amazing to out cruizing in a car i built with my bare hands,

 

WOOT! Good job dude!!

 

Congrats man.

People claim that running premix and no cats makes your car smell....

Well I'm doing both and it doesn't smell.

I How are your mufflers? I didn't see a mention but my stock mufflers had rusted holes on the top so it would leak a bit.

A Hatch seal would be my guess since I don't have shifter opening seals either.

 

you are just running pig rich, mine smells inside the cabin if i have the windows down also and i have no leaks at any seals.

the only way to fix it is to lean it out(SAFC or Fcon, etc) or to put a cat on it, you could get a cheap cat at Kragen for about $65 and have it welded in at the test pipe and get another test pipe made up for when you don't need to have a parent with you.

 

yeah, i have a test pipe in now, it measures 21 inches so i have a used cat on order that measures 16 inches and im gonna add pipe to make it 21 inches so it easy swap in and out

 

thats so sick dustin,hopefully u get them fumes out of there.Hopefully when i get my 94 BMW 325ci next week it will be nice to drive, congrats man..

 

i agree, my car with a full exhaust has never had a bad smell in the cabin, only when i had a gutted main cat did it do that, but it would go away with both windows down. but yes, very good job

 

Mine has smelled since the day I bought it. Never thought about the hatch seal tho. But back on topic:

CONGRATS DUSTIN!

 

hey dude you may want to check your tail light gaskets my car didnt have any in it and it smelled really exhausty. put new ones on and the smell was gone. anyways congrats

 

nice you got it on the road

 

congrats man...
wait till you can drive on your own! it will be worth it
dont do anythign too stupid - i would know...
i remmeber when i finished my chevelle when i was 15...
took it out
no - nothing happened
but come to think of it
i did some really really crazy ****