I am NOT going to spill anything in this thread

[oakrdrs187]

Loving those arm bushings pressed out.

What polyurethane kit did you go with?

[mrg7243]

Loving those arm bushings pressed out.

What polyurethane kit did you go with?

Combo of energy and prothane. Since neither one offers a complete kit that icludeds the knuckle.

[mrg7243]

Calling it a night. More updates in the AM

20150603_012118 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

[bryanjordan]

Good work

[spdracr]

Combo of energy and prothane. Since neither one offers a complete kit that icludeds the knuckle.

prothane sells the knuckle bushings separately in a set of two so u would need to order 3 sets to cover bot sides since we need 3 per side.

[mrg7243]

prothane sells the knuckle bushings separately in a set of two so u would need to order 3 sets to cover bot sides since we need 3 per side.

Yeap thats what I did. BTW the upper 1 is a different part number, the only different is a 2mm outer lip thickness.

Coilovers came in
20150603_202855 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

BC Extreme Low with swift spring upgrade, and shock inserts to match the swift. 12k Front, 10k Rear. Hoping to tune out a little bit of understeer.

[99galantES]

So with this set you wont have that issue where the shock almost hits the axle boot?

[spdracr]

I don't think this resolves that issue.

[mrg7243]

It will do to the extreme low struts being 25mm shorter. Giving me the same ride height with .5 inch more to go I believe.

[boosting90]

I personally cant wait engine updates. (Since im have same block setup).

Maybe i missed it. But ur galant is for road/circuit racing or street car?

[mrg7243]

Been a busy last week. The car is now on the ground.

I cut the area I needed to cut for the awd swap when that happens
20150615_134634 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

While working on the rear I found that somehow sand sat in the fender wells from the truck and held water so there is some rot that needs to be tended to by the end of summer.

20150615_164556 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

20150615_164600 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

Dynamated the interior

20150616_213111 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

Random suspension parts

20150622_180519 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

20150620_154242 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

Bead action on the tophats from the ceramic pro

20150621_002703 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

The brembos barely clear the 16 inch gst wheels which will become my winter wheels.
20150622_211655 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

20150629_101135 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

Now onto the good stuff
20150629_101330 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

20150629_160513 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

20150629_172120 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

[boosting90]

Massive fmic....

Like suspension parts. Clean

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[mrg7243]

Been a long couple weeks since my last post. The car has been such a huge stress. The machinist who has the bottom end keeps postponing a week. I call him every week saying the same thing.



He has pretty much put this project on a standstill.




Sent out the head for a surface and a valve job, got it back in 3 days.

20150709_163543 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

20150709_163530 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

20150711_224928 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

Had me feeling like



Finished all of the ports up. Forgot to take pictures of the exhaust side.

20150702_213900 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

My biggest fear of this build is that all the time and effort I am putting in there will be something dirty or dingy looking on the car. Because of that I have spent the extra bit of effort cleaning up the head to a better than new finish. The head and all the attached parts will be finished like this. Then protected in ceramic pro.

20150710_235610 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

Its is very hard to see the finish because of the rough cast, but trust me its icey.



Ported other miscellaneous parts

20150708_173337 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

This is the o2 housing, opened it up and smoothed it because the wastegate merge was made by a blind tweak with a sawzall



20150708_173322 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

Goodridge brake lines, balance shaft delete kit(since I lost mine), Oil cooler plugs(temporary), and GM IAT

20150701_203426 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

But most importantly



20150701_102718 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

[boosting90]

Well so far u dont have to worry... everything is looking fresh!!! For sure u r doing a proper build.
What turbo u r using?
Where she off to?

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[gtx]

How did I miss this thread. Do you have a pic of the spring adaptors for those BC's and info where to get them? I could really use them, as I'm running 65mm springs as well.

[mrg7243]

So been some time since I updated but it will be running soon. So prepare for a massive update.

Heres the head fully assembled
20150812_002203 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

Quick test fit with turbo
20150813_220238 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

20150814_123008 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

All the pieces to the puzzle
20150816_211153 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

My dogs
20150817_111017 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

20150817_174157 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

Painted the block a kind of sparkly black, cleared, then ceramic coated. So it looks so wet.
20150817_182348 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

Sanded, polished and cleared. This is the original block to the car.
20150819_235802 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

After having huge issues with my machinist I got my shit back and tore into it. Find the crank that was supposed to be ultrasonic cleaned was dirty.
20150822_143016 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

20150822_143038 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

20150822_155455 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

20150825_231405 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

First piston installed.
20150826_161109 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

All installed but not on crank.
20150826_180528 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

Shaved VC letters
20150831_005642 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

Current interior status.
20150831_152458 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

Evo non abs master cylinder and the new color of the bay.
20150902_150617 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

Tried to add many little touches
20150904_010238 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

Here are the lines I custom bent for the new master since the proportioning valve is located withing the master not external.
20150907_000430 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

Going IN!!!!
20150907_182958 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

20150907_183007 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

Inching it down ever so slowly trying not to hit the paint.
20150907_184413 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

All in
20150907_200113 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

And this is it.
035 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

Been a royal pain in the ass but will be done soon. I will be at h2o with it.

[boosting90]

Very good to see u made some great progress. I like all of it. VC looks great color is a plus. Ur dogs are beautiful. Everything is falling into place. Is tht an evo 10.5 turbo? Anxious to see what power u get. Thumbs up

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[xd_01]

I like the fact you used longer bolts instead of studs for the spacer on the ex manifold. Also what made you go with the evo non-abs master?

[spdracr]

I like the fact you used longer bolts instead of studs for the spacer on the ex manifold. Also what made you go with the evo non-abs master?

No he used studs for the exhaust manifold.

[xd_01]

ahhh I see what your saying now. You know what if the nuts look like bolt heads (which Ill be honest I thought they were) the studs may be to short if there torqued down in the pic ending in 010238