MedigoFlame
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Cleaned the Lexus up. Also made the headlights nice and clear again. 
What have you done to your car today?
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ND4SPD
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I don't know what Corvettes come with.
And on the subject of diffs I got my LSD fitted todayIt's transformed the car under acceleration at low speed and out of corners
Right on, and yes the Corvette does come with a limited slip diff. I wouldn't want a something with that much power going to one wheel!
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- GTP_Cyborg
^ The current Camaros do have LSDs.
First, I picked this up in the junkyard. A valve cover for the H22 build (the one I have was done up all stealthy and the timing belt cover was cut off, so I want something to use more often that protects the belt from dirt) and a Prelude's donut for the 5-lug conversion that will come after the engine's done. I'm wanting to paint this one in Mugen racing colors. I'd have picked up the head to have as a spare, but the cover was the only thing left in the bay, lol.
I think I'm finally ready, financially, to start the project in earnest. The first thing I ordered was this exhaust temp gauge to add to my wideband; I read those two were most useful for engine tuning. Fuel and oil pressure gauges will come down the line. To anyone with tuning or general 'I have a built engine' experience, would having an oil temp gauge be of any real value? Would it react when my oil's starting to break down from time/mileage? That would be a cool thing to keep a more accurate eye on...
First, I picked this up in the junkyard. A valve cover for the H22 build (the one I have was done up all stealthy and the timing belt cover was cut off, so I want something to use more often that protects the belt from dirt) and a Prelude's donut for the 5-lug conversion that will come after the engine's done. I'm wanting to paint this one in Mugen racing colors. I'd have picked up the head to have as a spare, but the cover was the only thing left in the bay, lol.
I think I'm finally ready, financially, to start the project in earnest. The first thing I ordered was this exhaust temp gauge to add to my wideband; I read those two were most useful for engine tuning. Fuel and oil pressure gauges will come down the line. To anyone with tuning or general 'I have a built engine' experience, would having an oil temp gauge be of any real value? Would it react when my oil's starting to break down from time/mileage? That would be a cool thing to keep a more accurate eye on...
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- Ferraridude308
My engine isn't exactly "built" but I do have an oil gauge.^ The current Camaros do have LSDs.
First, I picked this up in the junkyard. A valve cover for the H22 build (the one I have was done up all stealthy and the timing belt cover was cut off, so I want something to use more often that protects the belt from dirt) and a Prelude's donut for the 5-lug conversion that will come after the engine's done. I'm wanting to paint this one in Mugen racing colors. I'd have picked up the head to have as a spare, but the cover was the only thing left in the bay, lol.
I think I'm finally ready, financially, to start the project in earnest. The first thing I ordered was this exhaust temp gauge to add to my wideband; I read those two were most useful for engine tuning. Fuel and oil pressure gauges will come down the line. To anyone with tuning or general 'I have a built engine' experience, would having an oil temp gauge be of any real value? Would it react when my oil's starting to break down from time/mileage? That would be a cool thing to keep a more accurate eye on...
It's really nice to have on the track, since you can watch it slowly climb while you're doing laps, and then reach a point where you should let the car cool down.
I also really like it in the winter, since my car will burn oil under hard acceleration, until it warms up to a certain point. The oil gauge tells me when the car is ready to really run.
MedigoFlame
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Blurry cell phone photo... But I finally got a plate frame! As you can tell from earlier photos, I didn't have one.
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- Houston, TX
- ryandude2448
Got a Euro-spec left mirror off eBay last week, shipping from... somewhere in central/south/east Europe, and it arrived today. Replacement was simple but of course I make it harder than needed 
After a 10 minute night drive it was doing its job. The awesome convex-ity of it is cool but will need a little adjusting to. I'll put a old/new pic in my thread tomorrow morning...
After a 10 minute night drive it was doing its job. The awesome convex-ity of it is cool but will need a little adjusting to. I'll put a old/new pic in my thread tomorrow morning...
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I have a 2003 Taurus (woohoo) and so far things have been interesting with it lately. It wasn't today but last week that i swapped out my ac compressor and all lines to and fro and the hvac or whatever it is (which was a two day excursion.... look up on yt how to and you will see the torture i went through). Air wasn't really that cold but it didn't change much. Today the rear view fell off and that was just a nuisance because tomorrow i will try to completely redo my rear brake assembly. Drums, shoes and springs...
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- GTP_Cyborg
Got an RSX Type-S intake manifold for the H22 project. Going to compare it to one from an Accord Euro-R. Would've gone for an 8th-gen Civic Si manifold (on a K-series engine, it's about a 19hp difference on the top-end, although the RSX-S's gives slightly better low- and mid-range), but that would require having a custom rear engine mount and bracket made. Here, I should only have to notch the bracket.
Spent a couple hours scrubbing this thing clean with Simple Green.
Spent a couple hours scrubbing this thing clean with Simple Green.
GTP_Ingram
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- NowtDaft
A friend of a friend resprayed my 205 a year-and-a-half ago. For reasons that were never clear until a couple of days ago, he didn't bother to paint the front grill. So whilst the car was brought back to its original Cherry Red lovliness, the front end has let the side down, being all orange and stone-chipped.
Potato photo, which (hopefully) illustrates how faded it looked:
Well the reason why the grill was never sprayed seems to be that it's a nightmare to mask up After a little sanding to remove the worst of the chips and scratches - and much fiddling and swearing at the tape - I had this:
Then I layered on copious coats of Cherry Red:
Then after letting the paint dry fully overnight, I flatted it back before the lacquer. Taking off the many layers of masking I was left with the end result:
Pretty chuffed with the end result! It's the first time I've given painting a serious go, and after a little polishing it'll really look spot on Here it is back on the car. The colour match is great!
Potato photo, which (hopefully) illustrates how faded it looked:
Well the reason why the grill was never sprayed seems to be that it's a nightmare to mask up
After a little sanding to remove the worst of the chips and scratches - and much fiddling and swearing at the tape - I had this:
Then I layered on copious coats of Cherry Red:
Then after letting the paint dry fully overnight, I flatted it back before the lacquer. Taking off the many layers of masking I was left with the end result:
Pretty chuffed with the end result! It's the first time I've given painting a serious go, and after a little polishing it'll really look spot on
Here it is back on the car. The colour match is great!
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- GTP_Cyborg
> Checked my front brake pads after feeling vibes and hearing a grumbling... they're cracked. I'm going to replace the current EBC Green Stuff to try out Hawk HPS. Hopefully they don't dust so much; Green Stuff are terrible on slotted discs.
> Ordered/received some ARP head studs for project H22.
> A few weeks ago I ordered replacement DEPO headlights for the RSX, to transfer my projectors over to, and they arrived broken. They've been exchanged and finally arrived yesterday in one piece. Gotta order some more sealant before doing the work. I can't wait to finally fix that sagging and vibrating passenger-side projector.
> Went to Automezzi, an Italians-only car show on Sunday (photos will be up in the DYSAGT Events thread in a bit here), and on the way back I noticed my A/C starting blowing warm.
> Ordered/received some ARP head studs for project H22.
> A few weeks ago I ordered replacement DEPO headlights for the RSX, to transfer my projectors over to, and they arrived broken. They've been exchanged and finally arrived yesterday in one piece. Gotta order some more sealant before doing the work. I can't wait to finally fix that sagging and vibrating passenger-side projector.
> Went to Automezzi, an Italians-only car show on Sunday (photos will be up in the DYSAGT Events thread in a bit here), and on the way back I noticed my A/C starting blowing warm.
CAMAROBOY69
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- CAMAROBOY69
Havent had a chance to do much of anything with the cars this year. However I found the reason I have had a slow leak in my WRX summer tire. No surprise with all the house and garage work I have been doing lately. Nails, nails everywhere.
Will get it plugged tomorrow. These summer tires should have at least 2 more years in them.
Will get it plugged tomorrow. These summer tires should have at least 2 more years in them.
MedigoFlame
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Got some stance now.
Kidding obviously, for those who can actually see the lug nuts.
Wheels were a little out of balance. So I had my friends who worked at a tire/wheel shop help out.
Kidding obviously, for those who can actually see the lug nuts.
Wheels were a little out of balance. So I had my friends who worked at a tire/wheel shop help out.
Removed the gasoline filter. Going to install a new one next monday, if the local dealer has ordered the correct one.
I had to unpressurize the fuel system first. I looked and looked for this air valve and finally found it.
Photos for you as requested @Slash
See red arrow.
Temporary replaced the air valve thing because gasoline was pouring out.
Again, see red arrow.
I had to unpressurize the fuel system first. I looked and looked for this air valve and finally found it.
Photos for you as requested @Slash
See red arrow.
Temporary replaced the air valve thing because gasoline was pouring out.
Again, see red arrow.
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Update
The problem was not the gasoline filter. The engine still stutters at low rpm from time to time. Car performs normally except for the ocassionaly stutter.
OBD II analysis:
* B 1681 PATS signal tranceivermodule not received. Possible cause: damaged PCM
* B1676 battery voltage out of reach (translated literally from Dutch into English).
The problem was not the gasoline filter. The engine still stutters at low rpm from time to time. Car performs normally except for the ocassionaly stutter.
OBD II analysis:
* B 1681 PATS signal tranceivermodule not received. Possible cause: damaged PCM
* B1676 battery voltage out of reach (translated literally from Dutch into English).
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