What's Crackle Lackin?
 

Whats up? I stumbled across this place on google and figured I would check it out. From the looks it appears most of you are in Minnesota.
Anyway, short and sweet intro; I'm Tim, I drive a 91 Galant VR4 1350/2000 and for a living I'm in the navy working on Turboprop motors on aircraft up here in Oak Harbor, WA.

1991 Belize Green Galant VR-4 #1350/2000
The specs:

Engine bay
Stock motor at 170k
Evo3 Exhaust Manifold
Evo3 Ported o2 Housing
MHI Big 16g running at 13psi till I get bigger injectors
SD conversion - Tuning with DS-MAP
3" Exhaust - Megan Racing downpipe, high flow cat, and Vibrant 3"x3" dual outlet oval muffler
PS removed
Mesh screen intake
catch can
Aeromotive FPR
LC-1 Wbo2
Ostrich 2.0 Eprom Emulator
GM 3 Bar MAP sensor
GM IAT Sensor
Fullthrottle speed Speed density plug and play harness to connect IAT & MAP sensors to MAF plug
ETS Anodized Black FMIC 24x10x3 core and 2.5" piping
Non Cruise cable installed
EGR blocked off
Emissions crap all removed and unnecessary vaccum lines plugged.



Suspension, wheels and brakes
94' dsm rear subframe - old one was rusted out
3 bolt LSD
4WS removed
AMG Galant type 1 Wheels
Rear Trailing Arms Replaced - rusty and on the left one, the shock mount started shearing off from rust
Left Rear Lower Control Arm replace - old one was warped.
Rear calipers and rotors Replaced - originals rusted
Front Right caliper Replaced - original rusted and one stuck piston
Evo 8 Suspension
SS Braided lines Front/Rear


Interior/Exterior, and whatever else
Symbroski shift kit w/ 1g shifter
Custom two gauge din plate w/ Prosport (White/Green) Boost and Water temp gauges
Cracked Windshield mod
JDM Front bumper
JDM Facelift projector foglights
JDM Clear Corners converted to turn signals
Usual clear coat gone on roof, now starting on hood
89' Underdash with pocket

Not installed yet
New rust free gas tank with Walboro 255lph HP fuel pump.
New E-brake Cables
New Front rotors
Right Rear Dogleg

Future plans
Build new motor
Rebuild transmission
Rebuild Driveshaft
Replace Windshield
Find a Roof Rack
Upgrade to a Scoobie Alternator
JDM RS vented Hood
JDM Rear bumper
Fresh paint job


a few pics
In complete stock form at the dsm shootout 08'
http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...e0522dec5f.jpg

Before new front bumper and wheels installed
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k2...r/IMG_0889.jpg
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k2...r/IMG_0893.jpg

With AMG wheels on
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k2...r/IMG_0911.jpg

With JDM front bumper and fogs installed, inner fogs are wired up to the parking lights, Projectors to stock foglight switch.FMIC totally hidden from view now.
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k2...r/IMG_1054.jpg

With High beams on,
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k2...r/IMG_1052.jpg

Re: What's Crackle Lackin?
 

Nice

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Welcome! Funny choice of a screen name, given some local history, but if you work on f22's I suppose that's fine! lol.

Nice car, that's a huge mod list.

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Nah, Navy doesn't have F-22s, it was just a nickname I picked up at my first command back in 05' and I just flowed with it since. Good try though.

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Welcome to the board!

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Welcome! always good to have another military man here

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Wasn't really trying. I have no idea what branches have what equipment.

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Yeah but if that A-Hole ever showed up on the "scene" again, I doubt he would go by Raptor.

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Welcome new guy! Nice looking G-VR4.

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nice! good to see another gvr4 owner on here. welcome and enjoy!

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Thanks for all the welcomes. The car has been running strong and through a lot, swapped rear subframes out 3 days prior to the 08' shootout, had it on the road by 1pm that friday and in Norwalk, OH at 11pm. Also made a non-stop cross country trip a few months back when I transferred from VA to here in WA with only a couple problems, one that worked itself and the other involved a flat tire in the middle of Montana. Replaced the whole left rear trailing arm, shock, rotors&calipers, a week prior to the cross country trip.
It appears my left rear wheel bearing is growling at me, so that's next and getting some skateboard bearings for the shifter cables (trans side).


Belize Green seems to be the dominant color for GVR4s out here.

Re: What's Crackle Lackin?
 

belize green is the fastest color that's why. :D

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You wish. Nile Black is far superior, as it is the color of the fastest stock turbo GVR4.

P.S. GVR4 FTW, welcome to the site!

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Nope, Kensington Grey is the Rarest and most sleeper, White is the dirtiest, Green is the Fastest - the Bonneville GVR4 (Yellow now, but originally Green) @ 215mph, and Nile Black we can all agree is the slowpoke.

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Ryan (MustGoFaster) was, or possible is the holder of the fastest stock turbo powered galant vr4, which was the black. He set that record years ago and has since sold the car.

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What is that record?

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This makes me want one :)

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I think it was 13.5 @ 102mph. Yeah, definitely.