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trunks11
06-06-2010, 04:57 PM
I got the engine in Friday night. Started at 9 and got done at 3 in the morning. Damn passenger mount gave me some trouble. Car has a fidanza flywheel and competition stage 4 clutch on. I also got the fmic and shock/strut assemblies back on.

Starting to see light at the end of the tunnel. Aniel at FP isn't really responding to emails or calls on that turbo, but I guess 2 months is the norm for their turbos. Tomorrow I'm going to call and bitch a little.
trunks11
06-27-2010, 07:28 PM
Been busy working on the car. Most everything is wired in. HIDs were pretty straight forward. The '93 headlights look great on there. I put the wideband in the driver's cub compartment since I really didn't want to do another A pillar pod job. I made a bracket for the coil pack and that other thing so all set there as well.

Making my own exhaust went pretty well. Much to my surprise it fit the first time. It's not straight in the pics as I haven't attached all the hangers yet. My noob welds aren't the prettiest but should do the job. I'm going to add one more muffler to the two resonators and magnaflow muffler to hopefully keep it quiet

Hopefully in two weeks it should be on the road. FP is still waiting for the mitsu housings so I'm just going to bolt on the 16g for now until it comes.
trunks11
07-09-2010, 10:43 AM
Just an update - wetsanded and buffed it. I put all new chrome molding on it as well that I'm pretty happy with. My turbo showed up yesterday so I took it straight to db for ceramic coating along with the evo III mani and o2 housing.

Can't wait to drive :drive1:
goodhart
07-09-2010, 10:48 AM
Since when does DB do ceramic coating? Do you mean MAP?
trunks11
07-09-2010, 10:56 AM
DB outsources it (I asked and it's not MAP), but they do it.
goodhart
07-09-2010, 11:02 AM
hmm, didn't know that ;)
turbotalon1g
07-09-2010, 11:14 AM
Are you really getting an 86hta? or 68hta? the only 86 i know is the 3586hta
trunks11
07-09-2010, 11:34 AM
Yeah, opps - 68hta.
goodhart
07-09-2010, 12:00 PM
Yeah, opps - 68hta.

Nice! I'm not sure I have seen anyone with a 68HTA on style yet. Or anywhere in MN for that matter.
turbotalon1g
07-09-2010, 12:03 PM
There are a few nationally and i'm liking the results so far I think that I could of come damn close to 470whp+ with it.