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Old 01-14-12, 11:33 AM
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Old 01-14-12, 03:38 PM
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I need a datalogit more than a twin power but I'm not opposed to both. Does it have a harness? Text me when you will be back in town.
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Started to de-loom the wiring harness.
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Still taking parts out...have a few parts rolling in: Pulled all front suspension components last night for cleaning, painting and bushing install. New "bling" overflow tank came in. Started to degrease my engine bay due to my insane jealousy over everyone who has a clean engine bay...the amount of grease/grime after 17yrs is pretty amazing!
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Old 01-25-12, 05:15 AM
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More removal of...stuff and new parts. Looking forward to the start of putting things back IN this week.

New Part: The Oil Cooler for my DIY Oil Cooler showed up...hooray. Random pulling of other parts: Front subframe, front swaybar, ABS lines, etc.
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Old 01-25-12, 05:18 AM
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More random pictures...
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Old 01-25-12, 06:48 AM
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Wow! Those anti-sway bar mounts are really messed up!


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Old 01-28-12, 03:43 PM
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Random stuff being removed from old shortblock + compression testing old block.
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Compression Tests from old shortblock.
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Old 01-28-12, 04:37 PM
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that tester looks familar... :P
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Old 01-28-12, 06:58 PM
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I gave a crackhead $10 for it.
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I assume the numbers would go down once warm? That is awesome if those numbers are legit.

Best I have seen on a used motor was 8.7
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Old 01-28-12, 08:02 PM
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Jon - You need to know how to talk to them. Buy them dinner, compliment their apex seals...it pays off in the end. Haha. You going to be at DGRR this year? With a running car?
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Yessir...either my 20b or a car for sale
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oh Jon you..... lol kevin wine and dine? I thought it was pour tons of oil in her...
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Wine and Dine = Roofies in her first cocktail. Cuts down on the bill.
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New coilovers came in from RX7 Boutique and I got bored while cleaning and pulled the rear bumper support. Not sure how long I'll leave it off for but...I was bored. Also my passenger side OEM motor mount certainly was a little worse for the wear.
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the teins the old ones? for sale?
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Nope. They are going back to the original owner.
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So...I removed my rear suspension last night and had a few adventures...

Adventure 1: I'm fairly certain everyone from the FHP to the Insurance Company to my own friends thought I was FoS when I said I felt something weird happen in my rear suspension when I went off-roading. While taking off my suspension, I discovered the the nut holding the endlink to the rear sway bar was no longer there and the end link had popped off the sway bar.

Adventure 2: Found a baby mole running across the parking lot. Ugly/Cute little guy. Put him in the dirt so stray cats wouldn't get him.

Rear suspension out!
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Old 01-31-12, 11:10 AM
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Did nancy drew help put the car back together originally?
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Old 01-31-12, 11:31 AM
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Lol!

Edit: Girlfriend came home last night and first thing she says is, "Did someone drive up on the grass?"
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