I have been checking this thread every day since I stumbled upon it. I am all hot and bothered and want to get going on my work. Thanks for the inspiration!!!!

 

Anyone know whats up with Marshall and his car he hasn't been on an a while?

 

He is probably out having a good time....

 

thanks doughboy, and sorry i've been away for a while, i HAVE NOT been out having fun..

for all you guys who don't know, i violated my probation by violating the restrictions of my business only license when i bought this gold car on the way driving it home, i think i told y'all about that a while back when i first bought it....... sucks.... and i got arrested for violating my probation, just got out of my 24 day vacation in the Alachua County Jail... like less than 3-4 hours ago...

I'm now under 2 years house arrest, with a potential to downgrade to regular probation after one year if no violations... yes it sucks, no i can't drive (state of Florida took my hardship away), till April of 2010 (revoked)

BUT HAVE NO FEAR!!!!! i have recieved my new motor, and i WILL be proceding with this build... after i get the motor in, and get the car running... a few test pulls with someone else driving, i'm going to tear THE WHOLE CAR DOWN to the bare frame, and building the sickest damn 240 in the southeast over the next year and half... motor goes in this weekend, so stay tuned!!!!

 

if only it didn't suck so much for you i'd say that was the funniest thing i've heard all day.
hopefully this will cheer you up.

 

**** dude. Way to stay positive.

 

jram, you are the man, love the song!!!!

i try to stay positive about everything....

just found out my license isn't suspended till the 02/09/09.... so i have little over a week left to drive... time to get cranking on getting this motor in... starting tomorrow....

stay tuned for updates, with pics or course

 

well guys, first update in 24 days, and within 24 hours of getting home from my vacation at the alachua county jail....

like always here's the pics and captions...

here's a shot of the "new" motor, my long block from JDM online... a few discrepancies but nothing major...

the old motor, polished VC sitting on top to make it look pretty...

the motors, side by side, ready for parts transplants.... time to DO MORE WORK!!!

cleaned and transferred the pulleys and alternator...

there's some caramelized oil in the head, nothing major.... polished VC FTW!!!

gotta do some work back here... gotta get the pilot bushing out, modify the coolant hoses so i can have heat in my car...clean up unneeded brackets etc..

no i don't have the luxury of a motor stand, so i leaned it over on the intake plenum... when i had it on the other side for the oil PSI sending unit, oil leaked out all over my carport... damn shippers, thought they had to drain that out for hazmat reasons...

getting this on was a bit of a PITA (afro engineered oil lines etc)... but she's there, and sexy.... my bad *** T28...

FINISHED!!!!! woot woot... got EVERYTHING swapped over, all accesories, no cams or RAS yet, cause i'll be pulling it back out after they take my license and tearing it all down... i just want to drive it a few days... now all it needs is to bolt the tranny up, drop it in the car, hook up the harness and fire it up... and fluids of course....

just an after shot to kinda match the one up top...



not much guys, but it's coming along... motor will be going in either tomorrow or Sunday.... it WILL be on the road by Monday... i have till the 9th of this month till i loose my license and i will be driving it before it's gone.... and i'll tell you, working on this after 24 days in jail was AWESOME.... my hands got too soft in there.... not enough grease under my nails....

stay tuned guys.....

 

Dude, jail sucks. Good to see you are out brotha, good luck on the build too man. So was the license you had like a red license? Thats what they call it here where you can only commute to and from work. Did you get pulled over on the way back to the crib after picking up goldie?

 

yeah, it had a shattered wind shield, the kid i bought it from drove off without the hood pins in and the hoof flew up and shattered it, got pulled for the window, and a notice to appear in court for the hardship license violation... new charge on probation=violation...

sucks, but now i'm out, and get to do more work.... this car will be running by Monday, oh yes, it will run....

 

well another update, got all my clutch stuff on, then my back started hurting (being laid up for 24 days in the jail with no physical activity will make your endurance go to ****), i also cleared out 2/3 of my back yard which hasn't been maintained in over 4 years, overgrown and like a jungle on the real... i think i heard Tarzan back there....

all i did was the clutch, which was kind of a pain in the *** with the flywheel bolts... all i had was a ratchet wrench to get the 8 bolts on and it didn't want to seat right till the very end... at least now all i have to do is bolt the tranny up, install fuel rail, coil packs and she's ready to be dropped in the car tomorrow...

anyways, on with pics and captions...

everything ready, bearing puller, ACT 6 puck unsprung clutch, fidanza flywheel, and F1 pressure plate...

got the flywheel on, man it was a pain in the ***.... i wish i had more tools, it would have been a breeze then... took me almost 20-25 minutes to get it tightened down right...

ACT 6 puck unsprung FTMFW!!!! get your left leg strong like bull for doriftos... gotz more grip than my lady on my mushroom tip son....

cheap busted *** F1 pressure plate... lets hope it's up to par with the ACT and the Fidanza....


not much, but it's all downhill from here..... motor goes in tomorrow... hopefully get a start up by night fall.....

stay tuned....

 

well guys, i've done massive amounts of work today.....

pics and captions.... AND START UP VIDEO!!! as bad as the start up was... will fill in at the end....

starting for the day.... first step, tranny.... wasn't too too bad to put on... could have been worse....

so i decided to rock the rocker arm stoppers, no value on engine insurance...


for ****s and giggles, i want to show you guys the difference in my heads...
here's the "new" motor....

here's the head on the old motor.... AMAZING, all new hardware, the timing chain guides on the tensioners don't even have scrape marks from the chain yet, and it seemingly has all new hardware... will let y'all know bout this later..

everything's on, looking good....

up up and away!!! lot easier to work on the smaller things when it's in the air like this.....

my neighbors must LOVE me.....

getting her on in there.... my buddy Ryan on the left.... no replacement for awesome friends.... we worked right on through the super bowl and he didn't care.... "gotta do work and get it in, i came here to see this car run and wont leave till i do".... he left at 2:30am....

DO WORK!!!

motors in... all that's left at this point is the grounds, and the hotpipe, intake, and fluids....

ran out of light, so i put the hoist, and my singe halogen lamp to work.... awesome... lemons guys.... lemons....

come on..... **** is HOT....

FINISHED!!!!! all that's left is start up!!!


and for those who are interested, here's the youtube link for the video.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpyTz7xYl5s

motor sounds SICK, and as unhealthy... and no, thats not an exhaust leak.....hence what i was saying earlier about the CLEAN head on the old motor.... i'll be yoking the motor back out on Tuesday, and swapping the good clean head on it, and hell while it's out, i'll go ahead and drop the HKS cams in there.... new chain, tensioners, freshly machined, no scoring on the cam journals.... can't go wrong with it....

i bought this motor from JDM online, and so far, besides customer service, i'm not very pleased with it, to say the least....

more work on Tuesday..... stay tuned....

 

hhhaha good stuff.. red tranny.. who idea was it lol

 

my idea, and it's actually hot pink!!!! FTW!!!!!

any ideas on the video???

 

Welcome back dude. The trans stands out like a **** bro but it is def hotness. I can't give any help on the vid sorry. Goodluck on completing the headswap though.