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Originally Posted by Super Bleeder!!
sounds like a ctrl + V from the fluidampr site.
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ctrl v from extremepsi.
The project is coming along nicely. Last night i got home at around 6 pm and started crankin on it at around 7 until around 1:30. Managed to get the engine bay stripped down to basically the wiring harness and a block and tranny (no head).
This morning i woke up and got right to it. (im worthless in the morning and day.) I got the new throttle cable in, got the head loaded and in (wished i could have used my ARPs from the 6 bolt, oh well). The intake mani is on, Turbo, WG and manifold are on, timing belt is retensioned and on, needed to remake the bracket for the coil packs because there wasnt a hole close enough to the top of the head so i had to use a lower hole and extend the bracket with the trusty ol welder. i made a bead on the ends of all of my ic piping so it can hold more boost, then repainted them black. Got the FPR mounted and hooked up, along with the fuel rail.
Its now 3am so i think im calling it a night and will finish tomorrow.
So far it has gone by really fast. The tear down took almost no time whatsoever. I have been taking lots of pics, and will post them soon.
I finally realised something, lately i have been doing A LOT of side jobs with people that need shit done with their DSMs, (trannys, timing belts, turbo installs, repairs etc) and now that im finally working on my own car again, its actually really fun again. I wasnt having fun with the other cars i was working on for many reasons such as wanting to get them done and out of my garage as fast as possible, and i think the main reason, is that i know that there will be a huge benefit from this build HP wise. It just proves the statement "you cant turn a hobby into a job." Sure working on DSMs helped make rent while i was laid off, but it stopped being fun.