Billys black on black build (v2.. 1994 edition)
 

So as some of you may know, a sudden flood in my street totaled out my car (thanks state farm!). I got paid a good chunk and figured, screw it. Ill find another black on black base model. Easy right? wrong. I did find ONE in arkansas and the seller was great enough to deliver it up with all the extra parts for a few extra bones. The deal was struck, delivery date set. He sent me this picture:

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I was stoked. Lots of extra parts coming with this bad boy (theyre in the for sale section currently lol, sorry zeke!)

Some parts:
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Got these forgestar FV14s with the car. I dont think theyve ever been out of the box:
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Not a great pic of how she looked when I got her but it works:
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Old busted (flood car) and the new one:
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We decided to roll the rear fenders for clearance with the amount of meat I want to run and after hitting some of it with the heat gun this lil feller dropped out:
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I almost had to burn the car down.

There was no interior in the back of the car and since I had just redone all the interior in the other car.. it was time to swap it at the shop. (CJ-Motorsports shop that is). Since one of the guys there is buying my flood salvage roller, he offered to help me remove the 7k rebuilt motor thats in the new car, and move the 500hp monster out of the flood car into it.
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Now, Ive always wanted a sand blast cabinet.. they just happen to go onsale. this one leaks a little bit in some of the seams but ill fix that up with some duct tape and itll be good to go.
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The new car came with an extra set of both upper and lower control arms (all of them) as well as some other tidbits of suspension extras. So i figured I would clean them up and paint them. (Thought about polishing them but thats just one more thing you have to wipe down all the time). This piece is painted but the flash makes it look like its still in primer. Its a mediuim gray.
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Control arm painted (dont mind the over spray. ill fix itl later)
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It also came with all new bushings (both an unknown poly kit and a superpro kit that I sold to dfoster)
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So thats where it sits right now. This weekend the drive train will be swapped over as well as the suspension (have some KYB/Tein combos to put on it until the winter when i pick up some coilovers). Now I just need all of you to go buy parts so I can get rubber on the forgestars ;)

Lots of work in your future...keep us posted!

Look quite promising. Starting to like the black themes popping up lately.

That spider....yeah. I would have crapped my pants. Nice buy. The car looks good and clean.

I need to bite the bullet and buy a media blaster. I use my friends more than he does.

Good to see you back in the saddle, good luck.

I had a 25% off coupon so it was like $150 from harbor freight. Plus 13 bux for the medium grade media. Let me tell you ... ive gone nuts blasting everything. I now need a bigger compressor and a solvent tank lol.

This build should go fairly quick since I need the car finished by august 10th.

Good to see you not give up after going through insurance flood nonsense!

we believe its a faux black widow.. because if its not fake, im burning the car down.

No pics of engine removals.. everyones seen a dozen+ of those. But heres a few of the 100psi when cold rebuilt motor I pulled from the car.
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This engine bay is TRASHED. Paint all scratched and chipped. Something must be done about this! But what?...
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Ya, more black. Fuck you that's why!
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No sass about me not removing everything. The whole car is getting resprayed come winter. I just need to skate through the end of the year.

No control arms with delin lube groove bushings installed, as well as tein S-tech lowering springs on KYB struts.
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And tomorrow ill stuff the fire breathing monster back in the car and work on the task of re-adding the power steering pump, gauges, and changing the FMIC setup.

WHY DIDN'T YOU REMOVE THE BRAKE BOOSTER!!!

How's that for sass :)

I seriously need to paint my bay while I have nearly everything out. Good to see you working hard and moving forward.

Looking good Bill! What's August 10th?

another level car show. im in the VIP section

Ahh shit that show, too bad my car is still on jack stands.

We will be twins....

very nice start...you should've kept the little bugger as a pet.

That looks like one of our really old TO4Z turbo kits...

It probably is. Its Christians old engine/turbo setup. (red FD in Chicago)

Yup he bought one..

I want to replace my 500r with the TDX61 this winter... Then I can close the gap on the t04Z

im thinkin gt4508r ;)

Engine in.. took literally 5 minutes to get it mounted in. Then came the fab work for changing the FMIC from the blitz to the precision turbo one. So..

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Also working on some new radiator mounts (lower left corner of next pic). Ill take some pics of the final piece when its finished.. but i did pick up a new BOV

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Tial Q. Its a bit large.

And you can see where the meth tank is being relocated to
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I should have all the brackets finished up tonight and most, if not all, of the car together.

Picked up some new shoes for the ole gal
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Oooooh Purdy, soon as the suspension settles down a bit from being up on the rack. itll be mint.
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Almost all finished up. Ill take some better under hood shots when all the vac lines are ran but heres one to give you the general idea
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Looks good, what size rims? You work fast dude :icon_tup:

18x9 front w/ 235/40 and 18x10 rear with 285/45. probably could have gone a bit bigger in teh rear but it sits ok.

so 7 days later... need to put the gauges in but other than that shes all tidy'd up.

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She's looking good!

Great car!

Part of me wishes there was more rx7's around Chicago... Just to see them. But then I'm Kinda glad there isn't. I like getting really excited seeing one on the street.

Here goes round 2, now that Ive got more time.. bigger turbo... some other items. Sneak peek.

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is that drift-racing-pink? ;)

Sugar plum purple pearl

More pix of the paint man...

It's just a sneak peek. No more pics until the engine is back in.

looking good

Looks good, will go well with the BB exterior.

Few more progress pics I suppose
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Its just a witty itty bitty guy
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Love the subtleness that the car has. Nice work bro! Can't wait to get mine all done. :) That purple engine bay is pretty cool!

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Underside of the intake manifold with the zeitronix flex fuel sensor in place:
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Here is what it looks like on the car:
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Looks like your keeping busy. Nice work Bill :).

Nice build