i should check build threads more often.

i used to love to drive this car.
seems like it fell into good hands.

looks great so far man. LOVE that hood
if i may make a couple suggestions.
1) relocate the battery to the passenger compartment. not too much work, and definitely worth it
2) remote mount the oil filter. even on an n/a, the benefits are unquestionably worth the price
besides that, i cant think of anything you missed or otherwise disagree with
i hope my vert ends up as nice as yours is on its way to being

Lloyd

Thanks, yeah really happy I ended up paying to ship this one over, cleanest chassis I've had unlike all the east coast rust shit we have.

Glad to be finally making some progress now that the weather cleared up.


Thanks, yeah the battery will def get moved over. I didnt want to bother with it now because the next project is to rip out the interior, insulate and sound deaden a bunch of stuff and also run all the wiring for the wideband and the 5 gauges and at which point the battery will get moved back over to the trunk. It was definetely a bitch with it being there lol, we had to move the primary coil to in front of the rad lol.

Yeah oil relocation kit is a must, as of now I have the fuel system there, the intercooler piping plus my oil filter pedestal with 2 senders there and its a mess. I will definetely moved the oil filter over to I think the other side or maybe where the battery used to be once I moved it and then redo the lines on the fuel system and probably run them across the firewall and mout the frp on the other side as the theres just way too much stuff on one side.

And pick up a koyo rad and efan. Then the only stuff to be cleaned up is the stock harness when do a haltech later on after I'm done with the suspension and the body.

Hmmmmm subscribed. Just drove a 91 vert back from Cali to Seattle, starting my T2 build very soon....

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s...4-18182713.jpg


Dash and carpets out.
Going over some stuff with por15, throwing down herculiner and sound deading over it.
Cleaning up all the wiring, installing newly sprayed black turboII seats.
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s...4-08190802.jpg

Spraying the carpets and the rear panels black. Installing the cf gauge pod in the center and installing the oil temp, fuel pressure and water temp gauge. Mounting the wideband. Relocating the battery to trunk and covering a bunch of crap in suede.

Got new wheels for it too. Rays Ggames. Redid the front struts, the driver side one was mangled to shit. Need to figure out why the rear struts are all loose and moving around.

Great progress!

awesome. you're adding/fixing all the things I wanted to do with it.

with the dash out use some deodorizer on the heater core and blower. I cleaned the best I could, but still thought it was a little stinky.

Holy Build Thread with massive pics! Looking good!

Yup yup, I told you it was going to good hands lol. And note taken on the heater core and blower.

did your dash make lots of rattles when going over bumps? i'm assuming i have the same problem as you..this is my #1 problem with my car.

how hard was it to remove the dash? my car is my daily soo....i cant really go without the dash there. i like the idea of the closed cell foam.

also, does your oil pedistal leak? i cant get mine to stop leaking. i dont know wtf it is. it leaks at the base...my oil pressure peaks at about 95psi. (builder did the smash regulator thing)

Holy extensive batman!
Well done on all the work and well documented
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Let us know how that epoxy holds up on all the little clips.

Ya it was pretty bad as far as the rattles.

Dash is fairly easy to remove. All the center stuff comes out, cluster comes out. Side panels off 2 bolts on each side in the back. 3 bolts on the top under the long heater panel. 2 bolts on the sides near the center of the dash and out. I've ripped out a few dashes prior but have not done it for forever. I'd say taking it all takes maybe an hour or so working at a medium pace.

But doing all the foam stuff and in general takes time. Just because you measure, you cut, you spray the glue, you let it start to dry then you apply and repeat and repeat. I'd say this is a weekend project as certain little stuff just takes too long. I think my car has been down atleast 2 weeks but I'm literally redoing everything lol.

Surprisingly the pedestal does not leak, I've heard a few mention leaks but I'm good. Do you have the same pedestal? Maybe try some RTV or Hondabond or whatever, that what people use instead of gaskets when doing oil pans. I doubt that will ever leak.


Thankies will do. I've tried to put pressure on the epoxied parts, they honestly seem stronger than the dash plastic lol which after taking the skeleton out is pretty slim in thickness.

The pedestal leaks probably because the o-ring doesn't fit right. RTV may not work because the oil at the pedestal is pressurized. Try a new o-ring.

i might try the rtv. i got a new gasket from prosport and it still leaked. i think i might need to put teflon tape on the extra fittings but that makes no sense because it is a tapered fit.

your thread is very inspirational to me!

super jelly. I want a black interior now.

Car looks great! let me know how the dash sound now. If you see a big improvement I will definitely have to make this a summer project.


On a side note, I remember seeing a craigslist ad of the white car you have posted in the OP. i believe you were listing it with a blown coolant seal?

Dash is def better, but the one front strut I swapped out seems like its pretty much blown which is teh gay as it makes things looser lol. So I'm doing coilovers and all the bushings next lol.

Nah the white car had a bad tranny. Someone off the forum bought it, brought me a trans, I threw it in and they drove it away lol. Still pissed that I had to sell it lol as I I redid everything in that car as far as the brakes and the all the suspension bushings went.