sooooooooooo. took a tig class at the community college and met another local owner john (johnnyquestions) a ride in his actually running car finially got me off my *** and working on her.

last mock up before ripping her apart.

 

and now

no more abs/ps/ac/windshield wipers.


motor mock up to start running lines ect.



borrowed parts washer to clean everything before welding. will be welding everything on the rack for a full manual conversion. all the nipples on the uim and adding 4 an fittings. all vacuum lines will be an lines and fittings. i will also weld the blockoff plates- no leaks!



fittings and lines for oil coolers. oil pan brace and aero stealth 340. picked up a hyperion (sp?) in-tank sump kit. need to rewire for the new pump. going to run dual feeds using the factory hard lines to the rails for a full parallel setup. rotorsports sec rail with id2000s and tapped factory primary with stock 550s. also picked up a aeromotive reg to finish up the fuel side. yhanks to crispy on the rail and reg also my sweet purple mr gasket hose sleeve for the lines near the turbo.

 

new to me exedy twin. egay steel short shifter, moddiction ti shift ****.



f14s mounted going to be a tight fit but picked up a eastwood fender roller to make a bit more room till i can budget some shine feed fenders.
275/35/18 all around.

 

some recent work completed on the m3

new ccws 9.5 19/10 19. 295/30/19 in the rear now-more work for the fender roller



some dinoc work to pretty up the retro


agency power exhaust


also picked up a 09 sti and did a dp/tune. i get sidetracked way to easy. at least i have something turbo and running for now.

 

so you have a 7, m3, and sti!!?!?!

 

and my new favorite harbor freight buy.

thing is a beast- low, long, and raises absurdly high.
i have also accumulated a ton of scrap aluminum bar, plate and sheet metal for brackets and ducting for the vmic and oil coolers.

as soon as the rack is welded the bay will get scrubbed all clean and then i can start reinstalling everything. due to budget the stock port reman will go back in for now. plan is to run 1 bar on pump to get it back on the street. after that will be ai and more boost. doing to do some mods to the wp housing to clean it up and get rid of the ugly air pump bracket. lots on the to do list but at least there is finally a little progress. i cant wait to get more hours welding under my belt and start making my own parts. a new turbo mani is high on the list, renesisfd's manifold has me infatuated. sorry for the lack of coherency, i had a very long work day and possibly a drink or three

 

yes and a bleeding wallet to match after loosing my old house the new tiny mortgage has allowed a bit more room for car payments. i have always wanted one and it makes a great parts hauler

funny story after 7stock a friend and i ate with john at a horse race book place? well either way a wrong turn trying to leave the parking lot later we ended up in the empty stables, all nice soft dirt. a locked center dif and tc off made for a fun dusty time till we found our way out awd very different to get used to get used to. a whole new kind of sliding

 

also managed to pick up a twin power, avcr, excessive lim, and abs delete from the forum classified adds. i would be no where near this far without the people here making parts available for prices i cant refuse.

 

well said sti spun a rod bearing and the dealer battles have hurt motivation but a little progress has happened

soon as my rack bushings show up it goes back in,bay gets pressure washed, and everything goes back together. finally.

 

haha noice, my parts hauler is my beat up 2001 2 seater mpv mini van. yes, 2 seater mini van. for more pparts hauling!@!!!

 

hah well you win cause the subi is not hauling anything for the time being. oil consumption went from nill to 4 quarts in 2500 miles . war is about to happen at the local subaru. at this rate the 7 will be running first. plenty of room in back for a flat 4

 

a bit more today. after getting cats back in the m3 so it will smog i got a few hours in on the fd. flywheel nut was fun


but allowed this


and finally tore the rack apart and cut the seal out. going to put it back together tonite and it will be ready to go in once those damn bushings show.


bit by bit