Resurrecting a 144k FD
10-24-14, 11:06 AM
#427
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it's great for car loving bachelors but its not the best design in terms of the general home buyer pool
10-27-14, 12:42 AM
#428
As a psychiatrist, my take on women with men like your type is that you are spending too much time on the car instead of them. But what they don't realize is that if you don't spend time on your inner passion, you'll spend that time chasing skirts. So damn if you don't damn if you do. In other words, women don't understand that unlike them, men cannot create life and therefore men do the next best thing: art and creative works that will live beyond their short span on this planet.
Best way to mend your marriage is to neuter yourself with a vise-grip (both ********* of course) and become one of those metro-sexuals and then you can get along and screw both men and women.
Best way to mend your marriage is to neuter yourself with a vise-grip (both ********* of course) and become one of those metro-sexuals and then you can get along and screw both men and women.
Just dropping a line to let the the forum know that I am moving. My wife and I decided to separate, Which is why the car project has been on hold. Marriage was on the rocks... I will be moving my fd project to my new pad.
The car is currently in hibernation. I will get back on track to wrap it up when I get settled into my new digs in two weeks.
Peace out...
#fd3s by iojinxoi, on Flickr
The car is currently in hibernation. I will get back on track to wrap it up when I get settled into my new digs in two weeks.
Peace out...
#fd3s by iojinxoi, on Flickr
10-29-14, 07:29 PM
#430
Sadly nothing to update but the car is safe and sound in my new house under the car cover.
I have yet to get the engine and the rest of the parts out of my old garage. In all likely hood this car will be on hold until the spring now. This is my busy season at work and I am slammed with work. So no time for my car. The upside is that now I have no need to hide my purchases...
10-29-14, 08:25 PM
#431
My wife used to spend mucho garage time with me too. She made sure to let me know that was all we ever did. Of coarse she never remembers the trips to Jamaica, the OBX vacations, the jewelry, etc... Sadly nothing to update but the car is safe and sound in my new house under the car cover. I have yet to get the engine and the rest of the parts out of my old garage. In all likely hood this car will be on hold until the spring now. This is my busy season at work and I am slammed with work. So no time for my car. The upside is that now I have no need to hide my purchases...
Ahahahhahaha amazing! I still find myself having to justify why I bought a particular part while deflating the actual cost. Lol
12-26-14, 06:28 PM
#435
My kids had a pretty good Christmas too so thanks for the kind words.
12-31-14, 02:33 PM
#436
Hi All,
Well starting my new years resolutin' a lil early. I plan on wrapping this car up in 2015. 2014 was a real life changing year for me. The fd has been sitting under the cover since the day I moved it to my bachelors pad. Last weekend I took off the cover and cleaned off the dust. Then I started to lay things out and take inventory on where exactly I am with this car. With all that was going on in my personal life I forgot where I left off. So this post is really just a starting point for me to re-group and get in the game.
First order of business will be getting the engine harness cleaned up and re-taped. Then i can start putting the long block back together. I started on that this past weekend. I never did get the throttle body and alternator put back together after the power coating. I'm jumping on the harness next.
Exactly like I left her about two months ago. So obviously never got to finishing the paint before I had to move out. So the drivers fender needs to be buffed and paint the burn out bumper. That's the last bit of exterior work to do.
Re-assembled the alternator and the throttle body.
About to jump on the engine harness later today. I would like to get the engine back together and dropped in within the week.
Well starting my new years resolutin' a lil early. I plan on wrapping this car up in 2015. 2014 was a real life changing year for me. The fd has been sitting under the cover since the day I moved it to my bachelors pad. Last weekend I took off the cover and cleaned off the dust. Then I started to lay things out and take inventory on where exactly I am with this car. With all that was going on in my personal life I forgot where I left off. So this post is really just a starting point for me to re-group and get in the game.
First order of business will be getting the engine harness cleaned up and re-taped. Then i can start putting the long block back together. I started on that this past weekend. I never did get the throttle body and alternator put back together after the power coating. I'm jumping on the harness next.
Exactly like I left her about two months ago. So obviously never got to finishing the paint before I had to move out. So the drivers fender needs to be buffed and paint the burn out bumper. That's the last bit of exterior work to do.
Re-assembled the alternator and the throttle body.
About to jump on the engine harness later today. I would like to get the engine back together and dropped in within the week.
01-10-15, 02:42 PM
#441
I'll be updating later this week or next weekend. I retaped one of the two engine harnesses that I had. Then I found one for sale in the classifieds with around 28k miles on it. So I ended up buying that as well as the coils and harness.
I'll have lots of parts to sell at some point since I have changed my mind so many times on this stuff and the parts keep piling up.
I have koyo, Greddy FMIC, some Knightsports mirrors, JDM center console, two engine harnesses, some interior plastics etc all just taking up space.
I'll have lots of parts to sell at some point since I have changed my mind so many times on this stuff and the parts keep piling up.
I have koyo, Greddy FMIC, some Knightsports mirrors, JDM center console, two engine harnesses, some interior plastics etc all just taking up space.
Then I see it turned into a For sale Thread 
