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

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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.

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

New CMC back in...
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...6/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/b2...6/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/b2...6/17598213.jpg

And strut bar, intake and everything plugged back in!
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...6/53b37a21.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.

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No.

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

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

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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.

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^ Agreed, haha!

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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...

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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.

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Why do you say it will keep breaking? There is no reason my setup shouldn't last for at least 30k at my power levels.

If the tranny/driveline has issues, I could see that, but motor should be good for plenty of miles.

Shit happens in the modding game at these levels. I've accepted that to a degree.

But I am not making extreme power by any means, so I should be able to enjoy it.

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All modified cars are needy and require extra maintenance, simple as that. Every car also has it's unique weak points. If you want something as reliable as stock...keep it stock, no matter what it is.

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/agree

If I did sell and by a vette, I would for sure be modding that too and I am sure I would break it. I would agree that it would prolly break less though haha.

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Well I know modding a car will make it less reliable. But it just seems like YOU keep having shitty luck with this evo. Thats all iam saying. you wrecked one built motor not saying its your fault but you did go thur one built motor. Just hate to see this one blow up to. It seems like its getting fixed more then its being driven. Just saying it sounds like you keep having stupid problems.

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Nice Job Murloski! I wanna see this thing at the Dyno day! No Excuses..
Btw.. Where did you find the midget to work on your car?

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I guess to me theres a point where I wouldnt want to sink any more money into a project like that, regardless of the power it was putting down. Id return it back to stockish and try and get rid of it.

Sure all modded cars can break, but when you are driving it only a few weeks out of the year.. thats not something id consider even fun to deal with.

As B says, to each their own. :)

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I am not disagreeing with you, trust me, I am one more broken piece away from deciding to sell it.

Like I said, I go back and forth on it. If it doesn't run the majority of this summer, its gone. I have decided that already.

It will be there, I have faith :) There was a garage sale nearby selling midgets, picked one up there. Very handy.

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All buttoned up...
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...6/c0827a22.jpg

OMG! IT works again! WOO :)
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...6/a404609f.jpg

Seriously the worst issue I had was the power bleeder for brakes...ugh. Shawn (simulatedwood) was the man and came over to help with it because I am retarded. Once he got it all lined up I finished without issue.

Felt really good to drive it again. For whatever reason, I have this weird feeling while driving that every time I push the clutch in it won't pop back up lol.

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Paranoia doesn't escape the modded.

I still have DSM syndrome where I smell for coolant and oil every time I stop. I always freak out when I hear AC condensation dripping/sizzling on the headers after I get out of the car. It sucks.

Glad to hear you car is back running again!

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Nice work sir! See you saturday? :)