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Ill take your advice, I just love the look of the SMIM vs a stock intake manifold. Ill take some pics and put it up for sale. Thanks

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I think I still have matching rear floor mats for this also. If I find them, you can have them.

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Awesome! let me know if you find them. Thanks

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Sweet car man! I can't wait to see this thing back on the road. Nice simple setup is nice, hopefully it does well for you!

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Found them. They are here in isanti if you wanted to pick them up, otherwise I work in lino lakes

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Thanks, Im hoping simple is somewhat reliable.

Cool, Ill contact you soon.

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So with the motor out of the car, I decided to clean up the stock motor a little bit.
Freshly painted block and oil pan
Balance shafts eliminated
New front case gasket, oil pan gasket, front and rear crank seals.

Next thing is a new water pump, head gasket and head studs. As funds become available I'll get the clutch, injectors, wideband and eventually Ecmlink V3

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New water pump, OEM composite head gasket, ARP head studs, 100 miles on the timing belt and components so I reused them. Painted the valve cover black. All new turbo gaskets, intake/exhaust gaskets.

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Next, I buy the clutch so I can bolt this baby on the motor and drop them in the car :nod:

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Nice!

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Apexi Exhaust pics. Full 3" with 2.5" down pipe

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Ebay FMIC w/2.5" piping

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Nice progress, motor looks good! Keep it up!

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Thanks!

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Bought this 1gb bumper today, didnt take long to cut it up for the FMIC install (thanks to an oxy-acetylene torch).

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Installed FMIC, took some pics with the hood and bumper on. Going to be buying the clutch soon.

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Looking great! Made a lot of progress. Can't wait to get the clutch and get that motor in.

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I dont know how long this thing has been sitting, Ill be bringing these parts to work so I can resurface the rotors, press in new lower ball joints, and press in new front wheel bearings. The ball joints both had a lot of play, and the bearings felt very rough.

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The rotors should be fine, they have probably 5k miles at most on pads and rotors on all 4 corners. As soon as you step on the brakes the rusty film will get knocked off them.

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Good looking build man, i sure hope you have something else supporting the car other than the floor jack like in the above picture...i'd hate to see a car come down and sqaush a mofo