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That is the money shot, that looks great. Good job

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Do you have the oem carpet or does that have to come out of an STi too?

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Thanks Aaron!

The carpet I'm putting in is OEM replacement brand new, I chose black (not charcoal) because I think it'll look tits with the blue suede seats. I also opted for the smallest insulation to save weight :D

Just ordered some redline from Bill for the tranny fluid with the help of Hughes, so hopefully that'll be put in tomorrow.

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Looking good dude!

Let me know if you need any extra help this week. I'd love to see her on the cruise!

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Fucking UPS man didn't deliver my carpet because I wasn't there, arggghhh.

The "good" news is I got a Mishimoto aluminum radiator and radiator hoses, the bad news is I spent another $300. But tonight the FMIC should be good and radiator should be good. All that's left is get tires, install exhaust and bleed the brake lines!

Tachyon, I'm always happy for help, if you're bored tonight let me know!

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I'll have to take pics of last night's progress but I have some bad news...

"Sarah" will not be on the cruise. I HATE not making goals, but it's time to swallow my pride and do what's best. Considering the engine wasn't even in until about 2 weeks ago I think I've done pretty good.

At any rate the stuff left to do last night required a lot of grinder work and the neighbors wouldn't have liked that. That's what my main setback was grinding the main bumper beam for the intercooler, would have taken 30 minutes of solid grinder work.

Stuff left to do.
1.) Fully install FMIC and piping (about 40% done)
2.) Bleed the brakes
3.) Put coolant in the car
4.) Put tires on the wheels and align it. (which was planned today)
5.) Install the exhaust.

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Sneak peak of the car with the FMIC :D

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4046/...ce53d7c7_z.jpg

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Ass and titties ass ass and titties.

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Hide yo kids, hide yo wife!

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My looney bun is fine benny lava.

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Hey man I think you should look into flipping your intake manifold around and relocating your alternator. It makes for a really clean engine bay with a FMIC. Less Piping.
Here are some examples I found. Im pretty sure its as simple as Turning it around and flopping the injector rails around.
Just some food for thought.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...7efebe7e_b.jpg
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x...Picture010.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j2...7e003c69_b.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j2...c6d41e9e_b.jpg

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Good point, I will be doing that next Summer. The nice thing about my IM, other than it's plastic and fucking owns at keeping heat out, is my IM is off centered so when I flip it I dont have to relocate anything. I'll be definitely doing that next Summer though.

Other than that, this a video I put up with my current engine problem I think that is caused by a bad front O2 sensor. I talked to Shane @ DB, very helpful and awesome dude, and he agrees with me that's my first step to fix it.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuKGoFUzmF8&hd=1

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Sounds good, hey if you could get some cams to get it to idle like that it would sound means as hell :). Can't wait to see this thing go.

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Just sounds like its got big cams in it yo!

Hopefully you can figure it out buddy! Car looks and sounds great!

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Love it.

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idles like a fricken.. BIG cammed/stroked mopar lol!!
almost as cool sounding as this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQecJs8Mhsk

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Got my MAP sensor today, tactrix cable is on the way (for future carputer in the GC8) and my O2 is set to come tomorrow.

Other than that, I put in my MAP sensor at lunch, got it to idle a few times and it seemed to figure things out and idles now, at least after it's at operating temp.

I'm hoping a tune, the rear O2 sensor and a boost leak test will clear up all my problems. I'll be putting the interior in today and taking some pics and updating.

Thanks for all the kind words guys!

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Got the carpet installed tonight and all the interior back in. Also got my exhaust/muffler on and new driveshaft bushings on. Gonna put the front wheels on tomorrow after bleeding the brakes again one more time and then put the bumper/fenders back on.

After that it's time to patiently wait for my O2 sensor and tactrix cable to come so I can get the car hopefully fully running.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._2313547_n.jpg
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-...56_87188_n.jpg

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That looks amazing, waiting on parts sucks.

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Looks really nice, keep it up!