Andrew

Heck yeah man. I'm gonna start ripping my albums to my computer in my room and start mixing up some tight beats.

Anyway- I just wanted to show you guys kinda what I'm working with here. This is what my shop looks like right now. I've still got to build the table-top-work area, and more storage area, but it's looking pretty good so far.

Sorry for this one being blurry, but this is where my car sits.




Tire station: too bad those new BFG DR's are mounted on some gay 4x114 bolt pattern!!


Compressor station:



And this is where my roommate parks:


Oh, and I also did a little more work today on my EX knuckles/DA front brakes. I got them all disassembled and ready for blasting. I'm taking them to school tomorrow, and might have time to blast 'em.
I set up a station on our beerpong/// I mean ping pong table.






Before I put those front brakes on I'm going to buy/install this control arm kit:


And these SS brake lines:


+ new pads/rotors.

Till then
-Andrew

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daveholiday

my brother has those BFG's on his civic, stick like fucking glue.

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Andrew

Nobody likes mah thred no mo. =(

I washed(kerosene) and sandblasted the DA calipers yesterday-
Heres our setup:


We cut open all of our oil filters here at school to check for excessive metal/crap. I'm gonna start doing it on my car, too


Sand blasting room:







What color should I paint them?

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mac_24_seven

Bright red baby!!!! I like the looks of some sexy red calipers.

Andrew

I was thinking Red or Gold....

Red sounds good. I'll pick up some caliper paint on my way home. =B (lizard tongue thing..)

example of gold: (taken from this thread on h-t.

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how bout black

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I've thought about it. Black, Silver(not flashy, more grey than anything.), Gold or Red are my only colors I would do.

I guess I just think it's a waste to go through all the trouble of blasting them and whutnot and making them look good and hide them with black paint. I think every little thing I do that like that will make the car what I want it to be.
I'm thinking gold. It's growing on me

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I'd do black.
Red is kinda ricey.
Gold looks good.

Andrew

Black or Gold.
I've got plenty of time to decide... so no rush.

Hehe... my buddy just went to the junkyard and found a different type of gold.



Garrett/Airesearch TBO335 (T3 Series)
SPECS:
Garrett model number: TBO335 (T3 series turbo)
OE part#: 466298-7, 466298-4
Compressor Trim: 50
Compressor housing A/R: .42
Turbine Trim: 69
Turbine housing A/R: .48
Horsepower Capabilities: ~275hp
Internal Wastegate: Yes
Water cooled: Yes
Oil cooled: Yes
Wastegate setting: 7 psi

Giggity-Giggity-Gooo
-That and a rebuild kit, and I'll have me a good turbo for at or under $150.
The compressor is a little small, but I think it'll be ok for what I want out of it.

-And I bought a boost gauge, vacuum manifold, and just messaged a guy for a DSM BOV.
-Plus theres a guy here in town with an old school drag log manifold. He's asking $150 shipped, but I might could get him down to $100/120 since I'm an acquaintance of his. PIC I'd just make a blockoff plate for the external WG flange.

-I'm contemplating running w/o an intercooler w/ some "7" range plugs. Any objections? It just crossed my mind.... it would be so much easier...

-As far as injectors, I'll try and find either some NA DSM ones(310cc) or some 450 blue tops. whichever is cheapest.

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i've seen several turbos at junk yards.. are the ones on Probe GTs any good.. if so i'll go and yank them to resell..

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klyph

Probe GT's have a small turbo that isn't very desireable, but I'm sure if you could get em for cheap, you could clean em up and make a quick buck. I think Blaast performance will send you a free rebuilt turbo if you send him enough cores.

Andrew

Junkyard turbo list:
junkyard turbo list

Another
Junkyard Turbo List

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Hey, finally checking out this massive thread. Whew!

I'm dying to know about this shaking problem you're having. It sounds very similar to what I'm dealing w/. I recently had to change my d-side axle and lower ball joint. Since then, the alignments been a little off, but what really irks me is this: If I load the suspension and the axles at the same time, she shakes like an epileptic. The only thing that calms her down is to back off the gas, or straighten the wheel.

I don't want to thread-jack, but I've already got two threads about other problems that no one is reading, so why post a third?

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Oh man..... Sweet....

Call me dude... Gimme the details!

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Andrew

Well, that sounds exactly like what mine is doing. (no load = no shaking) As I'm driving down the road, I can 'jerk' the car left and it's fine; turn it right and it vibrates all the hell. Can't figure it out!?

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my buddy ran with one when he first boosted his z6 swapped 90 hatch, and yeah its tiny, but he was at full boost at around 1k, so there's always that too. It wasn't too bad, definately ate my stock a6, so theres a little food for thought.

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humblegumbo

Hell no. I'm still going through the front suspension over and over...both in my head & in the garage and I can't figure it out to save my life. I thought the control arm was damaged, but after replacement nothing changed.

My big fear is that something inside the tranny is fucked...in which case I'll just have to learn to live w/ it for a while.

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Thats what I'm leaning towards. I wish he hadn't put the traction bar in.. That would eliminate that being a possible problem.. But I don't think thats it.


Andrew, you said you had trouble putting one of the CV axles is.. I suppose it's possible you damaged something :S
I mean, you said you checked yoru alignment and it seemed fine.. You've went over the suspension again and again and everything is checking out.. You're running out of things that it could be.

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daveholiday

what could he have damaged though on a brand new axle beside the spline, and even if he did, he said when he tried putting it in again it popped right in? if the spline were damaged, it wouldn't be in, and even if it were, then I don't think a damaged spline would give him the problem he's having. I mean I'm pretty sure those cv joints can take a lot of abuse as long as your not pulling them apart you know? It's almost kinda ironic that this is happening, when I had my fattys my car did the same thing, as soon as I put any gas on it, she started shaking like an overfucked crackwhore. It was outrageous, and then I'd let off the gas and everything was fine. Over 30mph, she really got bad, but didn't happen till I got those wheels on. I ended but buying these 17's off this kid and the whole problem was fixed, it ended up being something with the wheels themselves, maybe they weren't balanced right or something. Highly doubt thats your problem, you had those before the swap didn't you?

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Andrew

Yeah, these were on there before the swap, but don't think that hasn't crossed my mind. I'd LOVE for that to be the problem!!!

Terrance, I'm agreeing with Dave, because I mean... have you looked at the differentials? What the heck can you do to make this problem? Theres nothing in there but splines.

When it was a pain in the butt to get the drivers side axle in there, I know why... the safety ring/clip on the axle was pretty large, making it just a pain in the rear getting it to slip in, but after I messed with it, and when I went out there a few days later to check it out, it went in with only a little bit of "love".

I've GOT to figure this out!

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I believe that was one of the first things I asked him... If he tightened the lugs properly.. I even went behind him and checked... Everything was fine.


I have no clue how something in the tranny could be messed up.. but when your running out of ideas you've got to look at everything.

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Andrew, why don't you either:
#1: Swap the rear wheels to the front.
#2: Throw those 14's on it (the front at least).
#3: Drive the car off a cliff.

I assume since there aren't any cliffs in Tally and you like your car, #3 is not an option so eliminate the wheels being the problem so you can focus your attention elsewhere. Maybe you lost some weights?

HEY, maybe a broken belt in the tire? and it's just a freak thing that it happened at a bad time.

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Very plausible.
I've been meaning to swap the front/rear anyway... I'll do that today after work.
I SURE hope it's a weight or something.

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The thing is, everything was fine w/ the car. The only changes made were d-side axle & lower ball joint. I'm pretty positive it's not the wheels or tires in any way.

You say you tightened the lugs down right, but what about the spline nut? Chilton lists a specific torque value, and I'm not sure what would happen if you under or over tighten that nut. I used the 'gorilla torque' from an impact gun, so it shouldn't be loose...but if it's too tight... Could that cause the installed length of the axle to change, throwing off the suspension geometry?

I'm about to pull everything apart again because I'm leaving tonight on a five to eight hour road trip and I want to prevent 'bad luck' on the drive.

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Using all the powers of the interweb to figure this one out. So far the best answer I've found (symptoms most similar to ours) is this from: Car Shakes While Driving Questions

Answer: Check the front suspension thoroughly for wear, then check alignment, not enough camber can cause tire isolation (very violent). If that doesn't work you may want to install an aftermarket steering stabilizer. They are available at most off-road parts suppliers. This is especially true if you have oversized tires and rims on your vehicle.

Since there is a camber kit installed on the vehicle, I'm going to check the d-side versus the p-side (which should not have changed) and match them up. I'll let you know.

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So, having carefully measured the location of the top bolt on the camber kit, which looks and operates like this one:


I have found a difference of about 2mm. I think I have corrected this issue. We'll see when I go for a test drive. I'll have to wait while some JBWeld dries on the steering column before I go anywhere, though. Why, you ask? Here is answer: 1stGen into 2ndGen Rex

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Let me know how your test drive goes.
As far as over/undertightening the axle nuts... I've never had any problems with it, and I always impact mine on.

My lower ball joints and tie rod ends are busted, but I've never experienced this problem.
They were busted on my Dseries and have always been fine.
IDK whats up.

I just went out and rotated my tires and it's the same deal, but I found out what was making my right rear tire slowly leak....




The little piece on the bottom was just a piece of a nail... and didn't actually puncture the tire.

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