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New FE5 Struts and shocks
All new spring seats, boots and bump stops
ZZP Lowered Front and rear springs
Made steel spacers for the steering rack on the lathe based on Powell's Toe measuring guide.
New strut mounts with a touch of Mirror red "Melted Plastic"
FE5 sway bar with new MOOG bushings
Cleaned up the engine bay and wrapped heat sensitive pipes
i neutered my car today, i took the ls4 throttle body off and put the original back on. it was fun to drive when it was dry out, on the open road, but in the rain it was a little aggressive, and that gets tiring in traffic. i only put it on cause i was convinced the cold start issues i was having was caused by a bad throttle body, so i figured i may as well upgrade. later i discovering the canned tune i bought way back had messed with the min/max idle airflow settings causing the issues. now putting the stocker back on i confirmed that was the problem all along.
New FE5 Struts and shocks
All new spring seats, boots and bump stops
ZZP Lowered Front and rear springs
Made steel spacers for the steering rack on the lathe based Powell's Toe measuring guide.
New strut mounts with a touch of Mirror red "Melted Plastic"
FE5 sway bar with new MOOG bushings
Cleaned up the engine bay and wrapped heat sensitive pipes
Changed out lower CAB's. Of course the passenger side CAB bolt was rusted into the caged nut which broke free from the cage, which sent me in a fit of rage, and wondering who the @#!! came up with that design?!?!
Nope... 10:5.1 Pistons. Also used the standard thickness head gasket with a total of .020" off between the deck and head. Almost finished... Just need to put on the front end and go break in the rings.
Engine is all together and installed. Hooking up all the wiring tomorrow.
The stuff you post literally looks brand freaking new. Its the cleanest parts and engine bay Ive ever seen. And when I say clean I mean theres not a spec of dirt to be seen
That's OCD level clean. It is awesome. You must wrap all your tools in rubber prior to using them on this thing. If I tried to do this level of detail I would have burst a vain in about 10 minutes of reassembly scratching parts or spilling lubricant on them. Hell my transmission was somewhat clean not that long ago with fresh paintjob and I've already had ATF burp out of the breather and soil the whole thing. It's just so damn hard to keep it that way.
That's OCD level clean. It is awesome. You must wrap all your tools in rubber prior to using them on this thing. If I tried to do this level of detail I would have burst a vain in about 10 minutes of reassembly scratching parts or spilling lubricant on them. Hell my transmission was somewhat clean not that long ago with fresh paintjob and I've already had ATF burp out of the breather and soil the whole thing. It's just so damn hard to keep it that way.
I agree, it would take me years to do anything if i had to be that careful. It looks great though.
06-27-2018, 11:49 AM
