I wonder how light you could get this thing, thow oe replacement shocks on it with aftermarket wheel/tire combo, throw a cone filter on it and kill the cat and gut the fack out of it and auto x ?
Finally some headway! Replaced the filter. Still didn't run. Unplugged the maf, car runs awesome. Gonna grab one and a front seat from the junkyard tomorrow. Fuel gauge doesn't work but I've put 6 or 7 gallons of fuel in it by now. Got the last wheel unseized and drove it around my friends yard a bit lol. No brakes though there is a leak underneath somewhere I think. Still need a good battery. I bought new pads rotors and hardware for 77. Yes. 77 dollars.
Drivers side front brakes done, pass side needs a new caliper.
Picked up a MAF for 20 at the junkyard. There are 3 different cars there in great shape. I found an updated interior, seats carpet and center console for $100 I'll be going back for it later when the car is on the road.
Tried a few different good batteries. None of them supply any power to the vehicle until I attach jumper cables. Going to check grounds and stuff sometime.
Once I sandwiched the ground strap between the plate and terminal, the car came to life on its own. I'm glad I didn't dig into useless shit and tested the easy stuff. I also have the replacement caliper that will be going on shortly.
Yesterday I installed the brake line loop and bled the brakes with Ayla. It stops savagely! Put the airbox / maf in and it's good! Installed the new wheels and tires.
Got it home today. The ride was interesting. The car will need a decent amount of work to pass state inspection, struts / shocks and rear wheel bearings, and better front seat belts at the least. But as of right now it's legal and mobile. The gearing is much lower than I thought, with 2nd topping out at 45ish. That should be decent for autocross at this power level.
Got the front seats at the yard as well as a factory battery tie down and intake tube. Started stripping the interior. Got the carpet and all lower plastics out. It was extremely nasty and I'm not going to run a carpet. Tomorrow I'll bissel up the new seats and leave them out in the sun to dry, wash down the floor and interior that I can and reinstall the seats and take it to the car wash.
Another 20 extremely bad...ass miles or so in her today. Running like a champ fans on and off and got a wash. Started cleaning up the inside of the car and thinking of wrapping all the interior panels with CF vinyl lol
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