dhallilama
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- Joined
- Mar 25, 2005
- Location
- Portland, OR
Edit: things change. Going for less hood rat, more booost... Update on pg.4...
have had very little free time lately, and most of that was spent working on the house. managed to squeeze a wee bit of work into the 142, though...
5" x 8" 500lb/in springs in the front... put the front springs -1 coil, with 240 spring cups in the back. 1" front anti-sway, urethane sway bushes. nylon (don't expect them to last) upper control arm bushes.
junkyard 240 14" steelies and beauty rings... sandblasted the wheels and shot with SEM urethane... quick polish of the beauty rings. they're junkyard 185/70/14s, too. they'll work for a little while.
pulled the bumpers off and tossed 'em on a shelf. rebuilt all the calipers. got a smokin' deal on closeout rebuild kits... grand total of $16. flushed and pressure bled the brakes with ATE blue fluid.
massaged the grill back into shape, shot it with some SEM urethane spray paint that was laying around the shop.
mid 80s audi quattro sport seats were dirt cheap at the u-pull-it. welded up some quick brackets, done deal.
wire brushed out what little rust was on the floor, and painted with 'POR-7.5'... about half as good as POR-15... rustoleum hammer finish...
also made a full 3" exhaust. merged the factory down pipe into a 3" collector, bunch of mandrel bends, a Pypes stainless muffler... follows the factory routing and exits at the rear left. if i didn't already have all the stuff laying around other than the muffler just sitting here, i'd have gone 2.5", or possibly paired 2" at least to the axle. 3" was a TIGHT F-ING FIT. sounds nice, though... and if/when the car gets turbo'd, the exhaust is ready. (don't wanna hear anything about 'loss of torque' or any of those old wives tails about oversized exhaust)
i'll get pics next time the car is in the air (read: on crappy jackstands in my equally crappy gravel driveway).
runs smooth, pulls nicely. compression test was good, all cylinders pretty even. leakdown was fair... good enough, at least. pulls good vacuum at idle. i'm reasonably sure the cam is somewhat flat, though... and it gets way rich at WOT past 5k rpm (11.2:1, on the wideband).
fun little car in a "god damn, it's slow" kinda way. handles much better than i'd expect with the tall tires and crap shocks. stops exceptionally well, also.
in all, including purchase and towing the car home... i've got about $400 into it.
have had very little free time lately, and most of that was spent working on the house. managed to squeeze a wee bit of work into the 142, though...
5" x 8" 500lb/in springs in the front... put the front springs -1 coil, with 240 spring cups in the back. 1" front anti-sway, urethane sway bushes. nylon (don't expect them to last) upper control arm bushes.
junkyard 240 14" steelies and beauty rings... sandblasted the wheels and shot with SEM urethane... quick polish of the beauty rings. they're junkyard 185/70/14s, too. they'll work for a little while.
pulled the bumpers off and tossed 'em on a shelf. rebuilt all the calipers. got a smokin' deal on closeout rebuild kits... grand total of $16. flushed and pressure bled the brakes with ATE blue fluid.
massaged the grill back into shape, shot it with some SEM urethane spray paint that was laying around the shop.
mid 80s audi quattro sport seats were dirt cheap at the u-pull-it. welded up some quick brackets, done deal.
wire brushed out what little rust was on the floor, and painted with 'POR-7.5'... about half as good as POR-15... rustoleum hammer finish...
also made a full 3" exhaust. merged the factory down pipe into a 3" collector, bunch of mandrel bends, a Pypes stainless muffler... follows the factory routing and exits at the rear left. if i didn't already have all the stuff laying around other than the muffler just sitting here, i'd have gone 2.5", or possibly paired 2" at least to the axle. 3" was a TIGHT F-ING FIT. sounds nice, though... and if/when the car gets turbo'd, the exhaust is ready. (don't wanna hear anything about 'loss of torque' or any of those old wives tails about oversized exhaust)
i'll get pics next time the car is in the air (read: on crappy jackstands in my equally crappy gravel driveway).
runs smooth, pulls nicely. compression test was good, all cylinders pretty even. leakdown was fair... good enough, at least. pulls good vacuum at idle. i'm reasonably sure the cam is somewhat flat, though... and it gets way rich at WOT past 5k rpm (11.2:1, on the wideband).
fun little car in a "god damn, it's slow" kinda way. handles much better than i'd expect with the tall tires and crap shocks. stops exceptionally well, also.
in all, including purchase and towing the car home... i've got about $400 into it.
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