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Old 07-14-13, 11:34 AM
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stainless clutch line, throw out bearing, shift fork boot, competition trans mount and seal kit...
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Old 07-14-13, 11:35 AM
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this little bastard.......... this is where the tee fitting is for the coolant under the oil mount. i couldn't yank it out so i cut it off now i'm trying to get it out of the motor so i can plug the whole up and install the motor. which IS happening tomorrow lol. i also have a new pitman arm and a full energy suspension kit with an aftermarket alt. tensioner to install as well

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Old 07-14-13, 04:50 PM
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after much cussing and thoughts of selling the car the motor and trans have been installed! i've gotten the clutch line hooked up and intake bolted up. i did however find another issue...... the stainless oil lines i got from racing beat are not long enough to reach the oil cooler. :roll: at the moment i'm modifying the aftermarket alt tensioner to fit with my gilmer drive.
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couldn't get the piece out so i taped it in and drilled out the hole and plugged it with a rubber expansion plug.
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Old 07-14-13, 07:03 PM
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the way i mounted the clamp for the wires i had to get a longer bolt and tap out the hole for the starter.
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almost ready!
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Old 07-14-13, 07:10 PM
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got an aftermarket alt. tensionor from Bonzie racing, but had to modify it to fit with the gilmer belt drive

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after cutting it down and drilling a new hole the factory mounting spot would not work. it would hit the dizzy so i mounted it a little farther in and it works great.

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still a long way to go, but it's in!

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Old 07-16-13, 08:41 PM
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header and racing beat hoses installed

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Old 07-17-13, 09:28 PM
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So this morning I woke up to a message from my buddy saying that they are porting out my car and included a Craigslist link. So I looked it up and it turned out to be the guy who I traded y old widebody to. I texted him and found out that the car was gone, but he kept a lot of the parts like the rims, pulleys and much much more....... I ended up getting it all back for free . I also scored an SA front bumper and a light wight flywheel.... Things are looking up!
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Picked up a 3 piece racing beat 10lb flywheel today for $40!
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very nice
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Originally Posted by BoostedRotary13b
very nice
Thanks!
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Well it looks as though I will have to do some crazy mods to my car....... Seeing how respeed has crapped out and I cannot get a big brake kit anymore. Not really sure what to do about suspension now either.
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Old 07-30-13, 05:12 PM
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Coming along nicely I see.
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So has anyone came up with a good solution for coilovers on the fb?
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Modified the oil cooler today to make it fit. Then started hacking up my $150 racing beat oil lines to make them fit as well. Also ordered a 3 row radiator today.

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Old 08-11-13, 09:13 PM
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Got some work done on the car this weekend...... And spent a good amount of money! New 3 row radiator. Name:  e09e3f9b7d872dad3d433fbdec59a454_zps68849ef9.jpg
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Man! Somehow I got the pics all out of order...... You guys get the idea lol I had forgotten about hooking up the fuel return hose so the look of it will change next week. I spent about $200 on just AN fittings and hose this weekend! This car is getting very expensive and I have a lot more to do!!!!!!
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I'm beginning to think that I'm the only one looking at my thread lol
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Well it looks as though I will have to do some crazy mods to my car....... Seeing how respeed has crapped out and I cannot get a big brake kit anymore. Not really sure what to do about suspension now either.
Yep, I was in the same boat. Best bet I've seen is just to do the FC front sub-frame swap. You get the better brakes spindles and rack and pinion steering, FC coil-overs are easy to find as well. From what I've seen on build threads it's not really all that hard of a swap.
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Originally Posted by GySgtFrank

Yep, I was in the same boat. Best bet I've seen is just to do the FC front sub-frame swap. You get the better brakes spindles and rack and pinion steering, FC coil-overs are easy to find as well. From what I've seen on build threads it's not really all that hard of a swap.
Yes it's fairly easy to do, however in my case I'm using the 12a so it's a pain to try and mount the motor with the FC rack. I almost thought about making a tubed subframe, but for now I'm goin to run the gslse setup.
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Some nice looking work being done on your car! Looking forward to seeing this updated in the future
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Originally Posted by JSmall
Some nice looking work being done on your car! Looking forward to seeing this updated in the future
Thanks man!

I've got a decent amount of money in it so far but it's coming out good so far. I still have a lot of research to do as well


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