I was literally on my way to type that exact thing when I passed your post... damn damari beat me to it!! Took the words right our of my mouth. Yeah Dan, you are definitely a wheel prostitute if I've ever seen one!

 

I think it (Wheel ****** Anonymous) may be contagious...... no more trips to DE for me

 

humm you say the rebuild brake kit is straight forward but how simple would it be for someone whos never done it before or knows nothing of it. i want to paint mine and figure why not rebuild it while its off. Also how much does this kit cost? cant really call ray now since its 12am.

 

in fact, it took me 30 minutes of actual work even when dealing with 4 piston calipers. it takes like 2 seconds for a full floating style, but the dual sided fixed caliper is a little trickier.
the key is, use clean brake fluid while assembling, it acts as a lubricant, since its going to be in them anyways. also, when assembling, dont force the pistons in, lube the pistons first, then the bores. gently glide them in, the snap on the diaphrams, then the retaining rings.

Lloyd

 

You are correct about the best way to apply the Quiet Coat and that is directly to the metal inside the car. Quiet Coat works by reducing sound by stopping the vibration of the metal. This is essentially what sound is, a vibration and if you can keep the metal from passing sound by cutting out the vibration, your car will be very quiet. So, coating the inside directly on the metal works best by far. I didn't have the interior of my car out so I went with coating the bottom of the car which worked a little but not nearly like what you did. I am contemplating redoing my interior in black and if I do this, then I will use Quiet Coat on the inside.

Having said this, the most bang for the buck with Quiet Coat comes from doing the inside of the doors. If you were to only do this, you'd notice a bid difference in sound reduction.

 

This is back from the dead but I wanted to show you how I clean up my A-Arms.

 

What did you do / method(s)?

 

looks good. I cleaned mine up a bit with a soft wire brush and engine degreaser.....I haven't done much since the last update. Hopefully in the next week or two I'll have the engine in.

 

Alex used some crazy Canadian thing I am sure - tabernak!!

Okay, so I don't know but thought I'd poke fun at our friends north of the border.

 

Tabarnak de calis......

Quick Sandblast not enough to heat up the part. Previous to this duct taped the boot and joint side (duct tape stands up to the abuse of the sandblaster). After that I gave it several coats of mat aluminium colored paint and voila. When they get dirty I just spray some water onto a rag and everything wipes right off.

I would have to get a good picture but with the POR'ed Subframe and the paint on the arms when you look at the car from under it it really looks nice.

 

UPDATE: There is nothing to update!

I have been too busy working on Clunkers to really get any work done on Pirate Hooker. I had to get Clunkers registered again, which entailed putting the stock cat on, electric air pump, 550cc injectors and throwing a different map on the PFC and lets not forget a window tint waiver. Go figure, I pass emissions but fail safety for window tint.

After getting my magical two year sticker I am doing some maintenance in preparation for the track days I have lined up this year. So in short, I should start making progress on Pirate Hooker in about a month or so.

You can see The engine sitting in the corner mocking me.



With the assistance of jhnrx7 we were able to wrap the midpipe with heat wrap. I think it came out pretty good. I used steel wire to secure the wrap in place.



I think Petrie is going to be my new part holder. Stock oil cooler drain plug pictured



and last but not least... Clunkers is going through some surgery, nothing to worry about. Though I think my radiator has a pinhole in it somewhere. I'm going to remove it tomorrow and have it pressure tested. Since I run the system at 0psi it hasn't really been an issue, just a small leak.

 

Car looks good Dan, when are your Zeals supposed to come in for Clunkers?

 

Soon.......

 

dan who makes the pulley on the power steering?

 

unorthodox racing, it comes billet but I had it coated.

Ryan I'm not sure you want to be bragging about that on a public forum lol.

 

is the PS pulley an underdrive? I keep breaking the stock ones... they are literally some cheap crumbly plastic composite

 

No, no, that wasn't me who posted, I think my cat Stripes accidentally signed into my account instead of his own...eh it happens

 

I have the same PS pulley, it's not underdrive, same diameter as stock.

Nice part though - fits and works great.

Dale

 

Pirate Hooker doesn't want that exhaust anymore...she said give it to me since you're paying more attention to Clunkers at the moment!

 

UPDATE

So John (Jhnrx7) and Austin (turbodrx7) came down/up to hang out this weekend at the shop. We were supposed to go out for a cruise but it was so damn hot out we bagged that idea and decided to throw the engine into Pirate Hooker. Thanks big time guys, putting an engine in is always easier with two or three people. Austin guided the trans in from under the car risking life and limb! Even though Austin put a V8 in his FD we still love him.

The engine went in with no problems. Instead of bolting the motor mounts to the engine first we put them on the sub-frame and dropped the engine onto the mounts (Noltech.)

Luckily GoodfellaFD3S was supervising the whole process to make sure nothing went wrong

We bolted up the PPF, but I need to get some locking washers for the drive shaft tomorrow and a few other little odds and ends before I can test fire the engine. I'm probably a few weeks away from actually cranking it over still.

-Dan

PICS!






Goodfella supervising from the roof



like a glove

Thanks for snapping pics during the install process John!

 

Damn, man, that looks GOOD.

How did you do all the black on the engine? Is it powdercoat, ceramic, engine paint, what?

Also, I wonder if the airpump will have any problems kicking over with the paint, don't know if that would goof with the magnetic clutch. Oh, airpump, how I remember you.

Dale

 

Very nice build... Simply beautiful

 

Dan the man! nice build man... lovin the T shirt above the car

 

WOOOOOT!

PS if your car runs before mine, im going to shoot myself in the head.

PPS get off the god damn phone

 

****'s dusty son!

Have it running before I come home in 3 weeks or so