beaterX project thread

[scheides]

Well at long last the car is officially back on the road!! Work owned me all week but today I bled the acd (thanks tephra!), finished the brakes, aligned the steering wheel, reassembled the bov, and buttoned up the bumper cover.

35 miles on the clock and no apparent leaks, oil looks good...fingers crossed!

Oh! And look what showed up today :)

http://I.imgur.com/nnKGERLl.jpg

[scheides]

Here's the Girodisc S/S pads:
http://www.scheides.com/albums/evox-motor-take2/Photo_2_006.sized.jpg

Catch can installed:
http://www.scheides.com/albums/evox-motor-take2/Photo_5_001.sized.jpg

Generic mounting bracket that came with it had to make do for now....it ain't too purdy up close:
http://www.scheides.com/albums/evox-motor-take2/Photo_7_002.sized.jpg

But like the rest of the car, from a few feet away it ain't bad (also, here's a shot of the engine bay all buttoned up):
http://www.scheides.com/albums/evox-motor-take2/Photo_8_001.sized.jpg

Car is back on the road! 150 miles on the clock so far...no major leaks. I'm still undecided on break-in procedure....Proving Grounds is 2 weeks away and I want to try and do some WOT tuning before I hit the road up there.

Started car, full warm-up.
Changed oil. 10w30 Fleet Farm oil.
Drove 41 miles, vacuum pulls, vacuum pulls, vacuum pulls.
Changed oil. 2.5x 10w30 Fleet Farm oil, 2x O'Reily 10w40.
150 miles now, do I change to synthetic at 500 miles or...
change oil at 500 miles with some 10w40 dino oil and then go for 1000 before going synthetic....I don't know if I have time.

http://www.scheides.com/albums/evox-motor-take2/Photo_6_001.sized.jpg

http://www.scheides.com/albums/evox-motor-take2/Photo_3_004.sized.jpg

Also need to fix the BCS lead I broke during disassembly, do the rear brakes, bleed them all around, and change the rear diff fluid. So far so good....

[Tachyon]

NICE DUDE!!

[JET]

Nice! 500 miles should be fine to go to synthetic. Ring seating should be all done by then.

[A//// Guy]

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSFuf9d9SMSL7rQRtp0QuxvQvRAl6JNn VyZYJxLDV5PuLp9jQh3

[turbotalon1g]

^x2.

[rose0529]

Looking good!

[goodhart]

Looks like she's ready to rock for proving grounds!


I spy some KV2's :D

[Kracka]

Awesome progress...and quick-like too!

[C3L1CA]

Nice job! Impressive that you can get all that stuff done with how much you seem to work