Carl's 98 auto AWD project Black Magic

[carltalon]

Good to know. My dad was just asking about the HF flux core MIG, everything I read said it was a good unit.

My dads is setup with gas so the weld looks cleaner when your done. The welder its self works really good. the only complaint I have it the gun is kinda chinsy. But for the price its great.

[carltalon]

i got my evo 3 intake, intake pipe, fuel rail, and coil bracket back from powdercoating. I spent most of the afternoon putting the parts back on. I started by plumbing my vaccume pump to the brake booster and would have finished wireing it if I hadn't misplaced my relay and bought the wrong size spade terminal ends. then when pulling the harness out of the way so I could get the intake on I found that the wires that go to the knock sensor were broken off and twisted together some time in the cars past so I spent some time fixing them up right with solder and heat shrink tubeing. After I got the intake back on I ran the wireing harness under it to hide most of the wires. it is kinda a pain in the ass but should make it look alot cleaner. I am still undecided if I want to keep the rewd plug wires and coupler or go all black. I really want to stop spending money on parts that don't make it faster so I am leaning twards keeping the red.

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Black plug wires
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[GsXtUrBo98]

Looks really good man! Keep up the good work

[CornFed2.4]

I like the blacked out look for sure. What size black coupler do to need? I believe I have a 3" to 2.5" you could have to help you not spend money non-go fast parts

It's also a straight black coupler so looking at it again it may not work.

Also I seen you bought the same nittos 555Rs I'm currently looking at have you test fit them yet? Just wondering how they fill the wheel wells.

[carltalon]

I will need a 45 deg coupler. I havent gotten the nitto's mounted yetprobly in the next couple weeeks

[turbotalon1g]

I have a bunch of black 2.5" straight couplers.

[carltalon]

The car has been running good for the last month or so. I even drove it to Brainard lastwweekend and it was a smooth trip. Yesterday it desired to remind me that it was a DSM. It took. It into town and on the way back it started to misfire. After looking at it for a few hours I found that it threw a rocker on one of the intake valves. I think the lifter collapsed and allowed the rocker to eject during a pull I made right before the misfiring started. There is a slight scratch on the cam lobe, but no other real damage I am planning on replacing the lifter and and putting the rocker back in, and hoping for the best.

[CornFed2.4]

I got a set of 3G lifters if you need one.

[carltalon]

I got a set of 3G lifters if you need one.

I will probly take you up on the offer.

[CornFed2.4]

You have my #