WOW!

Loving the progress so far.

 

That's one way to get it done. How do they reinforce the joints? I understand that they say it's all coming apart at the seams but I know this is going to need some reinforcement, I have to believe that something got cut instead of taken apart somewhere. The car would not have been designed with joints right in the middle.

No disrespect intended just honestly curious.

 

of course, but they only did it when they had to; hence the staggered cuts so they could weld everything back together.

this also happened just a couple days ago so they're not quite finished yet.

 

WOW!!! great progress, looks like it's coming right along....

 

I'll be interested to see this completed,

 

Great job on the car. was looking rough at first. Glad you hung in there. This will all pay off in the end. And it's winter anyways:/

 

Great progress and quality work so far. Can't wait to see where it goes from here!

 

I got the printouts of the frame measurements before and after. While they still aren't quite finished tweaking it, it's looking really good!

Before: REALLY BAD!!



After: Still needs a lil nudge on the PS front but right now is within tolerance




looking good though!

thanks for all the support guys!

 

working on the engine today to finish up a major part I've been slacking on...... measuring the sizes of the nuts and bolts I need to replace because they're all rusty and nasty looking:

what I have so far:



the progress on the engine so far (got my IRP oil filler neck!!)

still debating whether or not I want to powder coat the oil filler neck....







and a room full of interior parts.....yay, soooo not looking forward to putting this back in



so today, I'll be working on tearing down the turbos to get some parts off to get powder coated...need to get another table

 

so this is what I worked on today:

nasty, greasy, grimy PS pump



same for the AC compressor



TADAA!





via



where I left off for the night



after the ABS is done, I've only the alternator left, which is probably going to IRP to get an upgrade.

I also have a surprise coming within the next month or so!!

 

holy ****.
i gotta say, you have some huge ***** sending that car to get cut in half and re-stitched and aligned.

very impressive. looks like those guys really know their ****.

i am still curious as to the cost of that vs swapping all your parts into a decent roller.

in for more updates!

 

That is clean build. I like it.

 

Im glad to see a nice update in all this! Looks incredible. I suggest pc'ing the filler neck black, just in case you need a second opinion.

 

Lookin' like you're almost to the point you can actually call it a car again!

Looking forward to more updates

 

Nice! In for the build. Those frame alignment computers work wonders don't they?

How did you get the A/C compressor so clean? Teach me your ways

 

Thanks for the props!

engine degreaser and an old toothbrush for cleaning all my parts. Just make sure you get all the degreaser off before painting (wiping it down and then with air). The AC compressor is a pain because there is a lot of small spaces for gunk to hide. I was going to actually paint the center steel part of the AC compressor to match the motor, lol...but I figured it was too much work for something that no one's going to see.

Then again...I still might

 

So this is what I got around to doing today:

nasty, rusty dash support harness



all out



I hate people that install stereos like an idiot



ready to get powder coated!



is this supposed to be bent like that?

 

Yea that's bent like that to match the angle that the head unit is mounted in.

 

ah ha...now it all makes sense!

Thanks

 

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k2...d/DSC03662.jpg

What do you plan on doing to address the cut stereo connectors?

 

the stereo that in the car is garbage anyways so I'm just going to replace the stereo and pick up a new harness for it while I'm at it.

 

been kinda slow for the past couple days....waiting on stuff to get powder coated and waiting on a whole bunch of new zinc plated bolts....it's turning into one of those, "I can't do this until I do that" build....

but this is what I've been working on the past couple days:

my wife actually stripped out the whole harness and I unpinned all the unnecessary connectors and what nots its from the ECU connection. she did a really good job since I did NOT feel like dealing with that garbage.

but here it is damn near fully stripped to operate in sequential. makes it really simple when you clean all the junk out; there's really only a handful of connectors

 

what made me lose my mind for the longest time was the coolant level sensor that only passes through the engine harness and connects to the body harness on the DS.....for about an hour I was like WTF is this? where the hell does this *%(#) go?!

ohhhhhhh, I'm an idiot, lol

 

sooo, photobucket is being a pain so I can't upload my pics right now but I will later

I got all my powder coated parts back and i'll tell you, this guy does some AMAZING work!

I also ordered my PLX gauges today and next paycheck i'll order my pretty exedy hyper single cluch

parts still on the way: Greddy SMIC, TF pulley kit....BRN TURBOS!!

 

Got all my nuts and bolts:



Powder coated IRP oil filler neck, and all new nuts and bolts on:



We all know what this is!



Dash support before:



After: