haven't heard from Shane yet, i get about 20-30 calls from solicitors(refinance solicitors, i refinanced my home last month yet they don't listen now i just yell at them and hang up, easy to tell when they call since there is a 3 second delay before they say anything) per day so i screen a fair amount of my calls until i bother to sign up for the no call list. tell him if i don't pick up to leave a message or he can call my cell #530-701-8488.


sure Chue, i'll be around most of the weekend but only part of the day Saturday.

thanks for the referrals guys.

 

and Zach, there is a GXL at Anderson's auto wreckers on Feather River Blvd outside of Olivehurst. it has the stock clutch type posi rearend with 5 lugs all around, go rape it!

 

I went to andersons but there wasn't much I could use. The hatches there were about the same as mine...but I dunno if theirs leak like mine :X

 

I have a brand new hatch on my FC If you want i'll make you a pretty fair deal, it cost me close to 600 just for the glass, just to put you in the price area i'm looking for. Obviously not going to get what I paid, but would like to get something fair.

 

you paid $600 for the hatch glass Jake?

ugh! you know you can pick those up at pick-n-pull for ~$100?

 

except all the ones at pick n pull were ****** broken and or rusting..... Some ******* went on a pellet gun riot in modesto bout two years ago shot over 500 windows out. Wasn't my fault! I couldn't go without a car so I just got a new one.

 

ooohhh... that sucks. hate it when people mess stuff that i need at pnp. btw, the one in rancho cordova is half off this weekend if anybody is interested.

 

Sorry that last post made it sound like he shot the windows at PnP. NO, he went around town and shot out cars on the side of the street, mine was one of them.

 

anyone want to give me a ride to milpitas tomorrow? lol i'm screwed. car needs a few things put back on and would get 12 mpg highway..

 

dont know which is worse, window massacre or gas hog. hahaha... sorry... cant help you today, it's spend time with girl day for me.

 

Hey Ben, what should I offer the guy for the rear end out of that GXL?

Zach

 

Ok i'm sick of trying to make the stock temp gauge work and I wanted an aftermarket one anyways, so I'm getting one, damnit. Are they hard to install?

 

Survey says...... NO!! It shouldn't be that bad to install.

Zach

 

pics of the rotor housing porting. left obviously stock and right ported. anything much more than this will affect emissions and requires sleeve modifications or omition.








the turbo is ported also but i need to finish cleaning it up and welding on the new wastegate flapper. the irons i still need to finish, i had a few emergency calls from old customers to fix their cars...the parts will be in tomorrow so all i need to do is finish up the turbo and irons and slap it back together and toss it in the car.

also Bert, the sales dept. at rotaryaviation is closed for the week so you are getting Atkins apex seals and gaskets. a little easier to work with but cost about $50 more which i will take care of.

 

the happy flying doritos of fury!

the haze looking stuff is cleaner from the parts cleaner, it will be wiped off before reassembly. i managed to save almost all of the zinc plating on the rotors, this protects them from corrosion and it is rare to find rotors that still have it on them. also to note, the turbo has minimal shaft play, least i've ever felt on a turbo so it should be good for another 100k unless it gets abused, which it might...

 

Zach, Anderson's is an auto wrecker, look em up in the yellow pages. probably $60 for the rear end and $10-15 per axle hub is my guesstimate, they are reasonable with their prices(especially with posi since their prices are generic for everything on the lot..).

 

Ahh good job ben. When are you reassembling the engine? I forgot to stop by to check out your progress.

 

hopefully i will reassemble the short block tomorrow night, if not then it will go back together and start going back into the car on Wednesday.

 

wow, you guys (at least ben is) are getting some serious elbow grease flowing. alas, my brain is cramped of all the studying i'm doing.

 

temp gauge is a pretty straight forward install, it just depends where you want to put your temp sensor. i drilled and tapped mine into the thermostat housing (one of the best locations).

 

When: May 28th
Where: San Joaquin Fairgrounds (Stockton)
Time: First car out is 9 am but showing up anytime before noon is cool.
Why: To cheer on fellow club members who are competing.

It's AutoX time again!!!! Here's the start of the list of people who are coming. Not everyone on here is going to compete, this is just the list of people who are coming.
1. Boostedrex ----Barry? maybe?
2. Live2Drive15 - Jake
3. Karack --------- Ben
4. 209FD-----------Dan
5. Keivi
6. SmogSUX-----Nick
7. rtry-turboII---Bert
8. Gen3RX7-------Bob
9. ProjectRE-------Kenji
10.Civic-----------Kaiba
11.rx7(1stg)-------------John
12. Josh Franco
13. Snub Disphenoid- Kevin
14. oni-dori--------Jan(i'll try again)
15.

 

Cool. If you do it tomorrow night can you call me? I wanna see it go back together now that I've seen it getting torn apart.

 

awesome Ben, thanks a lot for the rebuild, whenever you're done just hit me up on the phone. Don't wanna rush you, so if you need more time it's cool, but I can't wait to get it back without worrying about my engine.
-Bert

 

Theres already places to put the temp gauge i'm going to see which one works the best tomorrow. Otherwise i'll have to do what you did. Got the gauge from autozone for like 17 bucks. Wasn't about to spend 120 for a greddy gauge.

 

Ben, the engine looks GREAT!! I wish I could've come by to help out. Hopefully Shane will get a hold of you for a rebuild too.

SURPRISE, SURPRISE!!!!!!! The idiot that promised me he would buy the motor out of my TII has backed out!! Damn I hate flakey people!! It looks like I am just going to keep the engine I have now until I blow it. But I am still going to do everything else I was talking about. I just really didn't want to use an S4 TII motor for this project. I'M PISSED!!!!!!! I guess that's how it goes though.

On a good note, I have a guy that has spent the last decade as a machinest and he is going to start making custom exhaust manifolds for us. The price will be between $600 and $800 starting out. They will all be hand made stainless steel manifolds. I have seen his work on other things and he has some of the cleanest welds I've ever seen!! If anyone is interested, let me know and we'll get the ball rolling on this.

Zach