HatefulMechanic

well, after nine fucking months, i finally got the wagon back on the road.


it has been along time since i drove her, and damn did it feel good (although it did suck that it is slower then stock.....)

i have been trying to make up my mind as to what and where i was going with the car, and i decided to buy a house instead of the six speed, and get the car to a decent level and sell it.


i hate to see her go, but i have had my fun with it.


i must say too, that the RA spec gears i installed are what they should have installed to start with. not only are they thicker (which, by the way, caused me to have to tear the whole fucker apart after final installation due to a thrust washer that i didnt change, until i looked in the trash to find a new one that was thinner.... :evil:

i spent the morning of sat. putting the tranny together, then spent the rest of the day working on richards SRT4 installing urethane bushings...THAT WAS FUN!
/sarcasm








sat night we had a 5" shell blow up on the ground with us doing the fireworks, and it kept some of us from having our normal fun for the fireworks.....sunday was my cookout at my new house, so i finally got to working on it today.


got there at 10, and had her on road trip by 1230. the front bumper is at the body shop being painted, since i had the other cover that was cut for the FMIC on it earlier, so i should be getting it back this week i hope.

at the moment, i am on 7psi (straight wastegate) till i hook up a boost controller tomorrow.....still have to install my wideband sensor, and tweak a few things on it, but other then that, it drove great. Emily and i went 125 miles in her today, and it drove beatiful!

i figured i would show ya's my ghetto fabulous bumper for the moment...its legal, tag and all!

Marie

lol thats great. I still havent got mine up and running..its been since November. Thats one hell of a little shop you got going on, NICE!!...where were you when my car broke down?

TeayotaSoupra

<--waiting to see the DSM running...

DSM..run..haha.. sorry

Cosmo

Love the yellow bumper beam. Looks almost like the yellow on my car. Hey, wait a second.....

GaRn

damn nice, where do you live in floyd?

I have to tear out/apart my tranny here pretty soon to replace my 5th gear/reverse synchro pack..

a lift would be helpful! lol..

how long does it take to burn out the old bushings? so you burned, pressed, and grinded them out? heard it was a pain.. let me know how the bushings in the srt felt, I was thinkin about going that route..

HatefulMechanic

i now live 10 miles from the shop...it used to be in my backyard....

basically an hour from roanoke, richard, chad, and chris generally make a leisurely drive up the parkway to get there.

as for the ride, you will have to ask richard about that....he left to go to bristol today, test n tune tonight, and race thurs i think. so he hopefully should get some good times, and i hope there aint anything i need to fix.....


yes...they are a pain in ass....and no....i dont do transmissions.


yes, i know i did mine. but no. i dont do them.

GaRn

Oh, no, I was just wondering about possibly using the lift, but thats far away, about 1.5 hours from my house..

I plan on tackling my tranny problems myself, with some help of a guy who has already done it.. seems reverse problems are common for preludes

HatefulMechanic

i am such a fucking ricer.....i got my exhaust and BOV back today, and i promptly removed every washer chris had in it so i could blow off on anything that moved....

hitmanG35

I kinda like the HKS because i have less wastegate flutter than with the RFL but i absolutely HATE the stock cat back. Damn Joey... i kinda feel your pain today driving mine around like that. Oh well.... Ill have the Greddy back on friday but I still want your Tranny

HatefulMechanic

stfu about "wastegate flutter" and turn the damn stereo up....