Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog

[Kracka]

He was sitting in the driveway shaving the rotors down with a Bic :D

[Murlo26]

He was sitting in the driveway shaving the rotors down with a Bic :D

All hand tools and never having done anything on that type of car I thought I did an alright job. I wasn't in any rush either, shit was rusted on which took a while to break it all free.

I don't pretend to know what the fuck I am doing, thats why I pay people to do my shit.

Sorry I am not pro like you guys.

And Scheides has had plenty of problems himself...he tinkers more than I do. He just knows what he is doing more than I do so he has less stupid problems.

[Murlo26]

I am feeling good right now...I just hope it lasts until I test drive.

New CMC back in...
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b252/Murlo26/d81f248a.jpg

One of the bolts absolutely blows to put back in, like you need midget hands.

Booster, brackets, ECU all back in..
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b252/Murlo26/ed7f7d8a.jpg

Installed my new spark plug cover while I was in there...I think it looks pretty damn good, my shitty iphone4 pics don't do it justice...I did scratch the shit out of my powder coat on the valve cover though :(
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b252/Murlo26/17598213.jpg

And strut bar, intake and everything plugged back in!
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b252/Murlo26/53b37a21.jpg

All I need to do is bleed the shit tomorrow and its time to drive it. I also bought a few cans of degreaser, my engine bay needs it. So I am going to pressure wash that shit this week hopefully assuming my new CMC works. With my luck I am so thinking I am fucked.

PS. the brake booster still sucked absolute balls to get back in, like worst thing ever. I wanted to kill kittens.

[evotuner]

I wanted to kill kittens.

No.

[scheides]

Good work man! Get it bled and back on the road, I'm sure it'll be good to go!

[turbotalon1g]

Nice work dude, rusty cars blow and will def. slow your progress down.

[93gtpeater]

Get this thing done and sell it. Buy vette and be done. I cant believe you havent burned this thing to ground yet. Shit I would of set on fire and take the insurance check and buy a vette. some that doesnt break everytime you try to drive it.

[A//// Guy]

^ Agreed, haha!

[Murlo26]

I am very stubborn.

When you invest 25k into a car and it has issues it just doesn't make financial sense to sell it.

It's an endless loop really. I go back and forth on it whether I should sell it.

To get another car to the speed/fun of my car I will still need to spend more money. I could realistically get like $30kish I think. So then to get a nice vette I will need to spend more money, then I have a stockish vette not as fast as my car.

If the car keeps breaking obviously it would make sense to sell it but obviously I don't have a time machine. I always assume my bad luck will end with this car and I will get to drive it. So far this year hasn't been that bad though, its just little shit. It all adds up but nothing serious yet.

It's so tough to sell something you have spent this much time/money on when you haven't gotten to enjoy it yet. If I was bored of it that would be another story.

Now Im rambling...

[93gtpeater]

If it keeps breaking? It will keep breaking with the power you are making it will wont be long till something stopped breaks again. I think sell it now before something big breaks again.