my new project - Page 25

carltalon · 06-30-2013

That's awesome that it runs good. I hope it works out for you.

**goodhart** · 06-30-2013

Sounds like you made it out of that lucky!

**4seasons69** · 06-30-2013

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Originally Posted by turbotalon1g

Nice!!
Come by my place in the afternoon!

I just got up. I'll shoot you a text if I take the car out today.

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Originally Posted by carltalon

That's awesome that it runs good. I hope it works out for you.

Thanks!

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Originally Posted by goodhart

Sounds like you made it out of that lucky!

Yeah very lucky! I guess we're not completely out of it yet. I gotta put a few miles on it to make sure all is well then get it back on the dyno. If they're are any issues I'msure tthey'll make themselves apparent on the dyno.

**4seasons69** · 06-30-2013

Well took the car out today with. It runs pretty dang good. Put almost 100 miles on it. Of course they were not trouble free mile. My lower control arm bushings on the right side are shot. And I think my drivers side front axle is toast too. But keeping things positive these are easy fixes and the car seems to run good so over all its been a successful weekend I think

**CornFed2.4** · 06-30-2013

Yeah buddy!

turbotalon1g · 07-01-2013

Motor runs good time for boost!!

**4seasons69** · 07-01-2013

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Originally Posted by turbotalon1g

Motor runs good time for boost!!

Boost will come as soon as I can afford to get it back on the dyno!

**4seasons69** · 07-01-2013

Alrighty so I already have a new axle and I ordered control arm bushings that should be here wednesday. So I will replace those parts wednesday at my work and just check the car over again. Then it's just putting some miles on it and making sure all is good to go.

Tentatively I'm trying to get a tune scheduled for the 15th or 16th so we'll see what happens. Otherwise they're booked out till like the 28th :-/

**4seasons69** · 07-02-2013

Alrighty round 4 on the dyno is set for the 16th. Hopefully some of this luck I've had recently will continue on!

**Tachyon** · 07-02-2013

Nice, now don't blow it up!

93gtpeater · 07-01-2013

So back on the dyno or just drive it?

**4seasons69** · 07-01-2013

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Originally Posted by 93gtpeater

So back on the dyno or just drive it?

It definitely needs to go back on the dyno. It's still pretty much untuned. Even if it doesn't do what I want I would still rather play it safe than sorry

**CornFed2.4** · 07-02-2013

Sweet glad to see it going back on.

Mark Leasure · 07-03-2013

Sometimes you get a little lucky with these cars! Good luck on the tuning, did you get your fuel issue all sorted out?

**4seasons69** · 07-03-2013

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Originally Posted by Mark Leasure

Sometimes you get a little lucky with these cars! Good luck on the tuning, did you get your fuel issue all sorted out?

Yes sir I did get the fuel issues figured out. It was one of the rubber lines in the tank had ruptured. Last time it was on the dyno we seemed to get all the bugs sorted out and were finally able to get to the actual tuning

**4seasons69** · 07-05-2013

Well with the exception of losing my hood today was a relatively successful day. I replaced the control arm bushings, drained the oil, then hooked up our engine flush machine and flushed the sucker out so if there was any metal in any of the oil galleys there shouldn't be any more. I changed the oil filter, changed the inline filter for the turbo oil feed.

I put new plugs in it, shortened the coil boots, put bolts in places that were missing bolts, (fenders, t-case, flywheel inspection cover, etc) and just cleaned up as much stuff as I could.

Also I removed the rear crash bumper should be about 32lbs removed from the car. Which will bring my total weight savings since the got the car to around 47lbs.

turbotalon1g · 07-05-2013

Nice!!

So it doesn't make any weird noises anymore?

**4seasons69** · 07-05-2013

Kinda. Sounds like something in the drivetrain might be clunking at times. But i think Ihad one of my carrier bbearings on upside down so I flipped it around. we'll see if that helps. Plus my carrier bearing bushings are definitely shot. They will have to be replaced eventually. I'll know more after I drive it back to its parking place

turbotalon1g · 07-05-2013

Remember what I said about replacing those, its not a simple swap job.

**4seasons69** · 07-05-2013

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Originally Posted by turbotalon1g

Remember what I said about replacing those, its not a simple swap job.

Oh I remember! The car seems better than before. No more weird wobble on the highway. Less noises. There are a few things that seem off. There a noise like a vibration on decel. Sometimes when starting out Ithink I hear something in the driveline clunk. 3rd gear felt funny shifting into sometimes. Idk I could be overly paranoid right now ha