It's running good. Just loud, I need to add a cat and then redo the piping. Other than that it's perfect. Just oil changes and enjoy it.

12/23/2022


Some mods since the last exhaust update.


Added new hood





Added new roll bar:




Added Recaro Jersey Red. Also added NDF Steering wheel with Works Bell hub and Boss:

Up for lower price.

True duals for spoolin headers for the FD.

Kevin doe made the exhaust which went to halfspec and then ended up on this car. Now is your chance to own a piece of history.

Located in the bay area.
$600obo
Shipping available. You just need to pay FedEx lol.

Sounds like:

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Back with another update: Added power steering to this beast so it doesn't feel heavy anymore. I also added the newer style bumper steer kit that fixed sambergs problems. Also got the car realigned with everything done. We also took off the valve cover for the left side head. There is a ticking under there but not the right side. There doesn't seem to be any premature wear on the rockers or anything. The sound comes and goes. Maybe time to seafoam it to see if its a sticking lifter. Car drives fine but, it is something and is not normal.

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Well that should cause much less unplanned drama.

Yeah, something so simple caused soo much worries. Now, I just have to fix the steering issue, bump steer, power steering, exhaust into the cabin and I should be home free lol.

Back with a new update after driving the car a bit more. I've been having issues with exhaust fumes getting into the cabin even with the windows up. Usually exhaust smells are from what I would assume is the exhaust or headers. There was exhaust wrap around the exhaust itself and I finally got a chance to put the car on a lift.

We noticed some black soot around the white areas of the exhaust wrap and we figured we should take most of the wrap off to see if there is a crack or pin sized hole. And voila, there are black rings on the white exhaust wrap from what seems like a crack all the way around. I'm assuming this is what is leaking into the cabin since its directly right under it. I noticed also some black pin hole spots. I might get the whole exhaust rewelded.

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I also have been encountering a new problem that could be very bad. I was doing some hard mountain driving and came to a left hand sweeper that went downhill which put a ton of load onto the car. The wheel seem to hit something and would not allow anymore angle to turn. I stopped doing mountain driving with this car instantly.

We found out that the inner wheel is rubbing on the lower control arm. I'm not sure if this issue is there with the stock power steering rack but, I have a chips manual converted rack. It seems that the tie rods are too long and it allows some drifter angles that allows the wheel to rub. Even with 10mm spacers, it'll still rub. We took the wheel completely off and turned it all the way, it leaves maybe 1/4" from caliper to lower control arm lol. So, no way to even fit a wheel with 50mm spacers. I'm planning to put power steering back into the car with the stock power steering rack and bumpsteer kit with a correct alignment. Just small issues with a modified car.

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The hardline is stock routed, the boot is what got into contact with it. So, if your boot is clamped down really good, it shouldn't compress enough to expand and hit the line.