You'll need a friend or 2 to help put that axle in. **** is it a bitch lol

 

That hardcore sway bar is pricey but I love mine. Plus it's easy to install as long as you have both bolt brackets lol

 

Haha yeah I'm just transferring everything I can from the coupe to the sedan, i like it but i think i would prefer a xxx

 

Put gas in it, essentially boosting its value by $ 30.

 

Replaced the short turbo feed line that came with my WR-3 kit with a 2ft Vibrant feed line and re-routed it away from the manifold.

Next up - try to reinstall my 3bar map sensors again (fought the lower TMAP pigtail last time and it wouldn't click into the factory connector)

 

Replaced the straight piped exhaust the sedan had for my turboxs fl catback and it sounds so much better

 

Recharged my AC system and it is blowing nice cold air again. However I started getting a "check charge sys" message on the dash. I had my battery checked yesterday and it is low on cranking amps so I am picking up a new battery today in hopes that that is the issue and I don't have to replace the alternator.

 

Also installed the arm rest on the sedan, changed my hvac controls and black face plate radio as well

 

I did my wheels 2 weeks ago and forgot to post the results...

I do have to find an open empty parking lot to really show off the handy work.

These things were bad though:
Bubbling and peeling and curb rash
Blah


Crap ton of sanding, but it's all in the prep

 

They look really good man!

 

So i finally had time to drop motor n trans to replace clutch.

Discovered a few things i wasnt happy about.

First is someone had put a junkyard trans in this car.
Second whoever did that really didnt care when they did.

The bellhousing bolts were all barely in if even there at all.
I could literally stick a small bic lighter between block and bell.
That would explain the loud clunking and harsh 1st gear. I assumed it was just motor mounts getting weak.

And to boot thats the reason the clutch went to begin with.
Disc wasnt worn at all (makes me feel better being my first manual and all) the friction disc was broken off of the splined centerpiece on 2 of the 4 pins and half of it was pushed up causing me not to be able to disengage clutch.

But fixed that and all done on the road again.

 

Fixed alternator problem. Trying to track down and fix all water/meth push to connect fitting leaks. It's hard to do because the system only pressurizes during a pull and drys so fast. All I can do is do a pull and pull over real quick and look for wet spots. If anyone has a better method my ears are open.

 

Pics?? I still need to do this

 

I'm sure there is a way to "hotwire" the pump to run if you pull the nozzle out and have it spray in a bucket or something.

 

why do you think its leaking?

I noticed that you have your nozzles in vacuum areas. do you have a check valve installed? I know without a check valve it will suck your mix out, and when it is pre blower, it is known to wash the needle bearings (since the mix is just dribbling in and puddling when not at wot). That would make sense since you had dry ass bearings.

 

Kinda hard to see but here you go. Picture is kind of deceiving but it's not touching the AC line.

 

I discovered leak because I saw some dripping out the bottom of my car. There was a leak at a T fitting and one at my check valve. I fixed the leak at the T-fitting by removing the lines, cutting a fresh edge, dabbed a bit of oil on the outside of the line so the oring would slide easier and reinstalled it. The check valve was a different story. I did all of these things and it was still leaking. Got my gf to push womp the gas for me while I looked for leaks and it was sweating through the actual casing somehow, like a micro crack. Luckily Devilsown only takes 2 days to get to me and new check valve arrived on Saturday. No more leaks.

I had the check valve with my old pre-blower setup as well. I think I may have washed the grease out because I have my progressive controller come on at 2psi boost to help prevent spray delay and tip in knock. Full spray above 10 psi. But not that is no issue. Spraying after the blower is working out great.

 

Installed TTR passenger engine mount and Powell front trans mount as well as keyhole spacer. Another awesome mod. Eliminated almost all movement from the Eng/trans and really raised it up nicely. No more axle bind either.

 

Does wonders for wheel hop.

 

Oyeah, feels like I gained atleast 10hp. I can bang through the gears now. The stock mounts are mushy

 

Happiness is an over-driven supercharged well tuned 2.4 that still blows through the stringent Colorado IM240 emissions program.

 

Do you have to go WOT for any part of the testing? Any load or do you just sit there and rev it? Luckily I've never had to do one and I'm curious if I would pass.

 

There are no federal or state regulations beyond 80% throttle opening.

 

you can thank your CAT for that one

 

My STFT and LTFT are very happy with my tune.... LTFT is always less than 5% either way. I was worried that I may be blowing out my cat with the richer WOT runs but it's hanging in there. As long as that post O2 stays steady the cats doing it's job.