Project Bodega Beige

[spdracr]

lol a lil bird, if you mean Brian then yea Im taking what ever he has left.

I'm sad that u haven't found a solution for our weak transmission issue. Now I'm gonna have to find a solution lol

[spdracr]

Intercooler fitted. Bumper has a small flex but that's not an issue at all. Modified the crash bar to fit with the intercooler but now the bumper won't fit. So going the tubular way with it. Mocked up my bends with some conduit.




I forgot to clean the corner before I welded here lol


Of course some battle wounds lol


This is the bumper fitted without the crash bar


This is the conduit mocking up the bends I need

[xd_01]

Where were you lacking room, front or sides of the crash beam.

As for the tranny I still have one idea for it but it would probaly cost what a whole evo trans and tcase would cost, maybe more. I wish I wouldve started out with an evo 8 turbo instead of a 400 + turbo at least this way I couldve started out with low hp and worked my way up until something broke. Atleast this way I couldve kept it under the limit after the rebuild and stayed with that. Less down time for me = more seat time just not as fast.

[spdracr]

Where were you lacking room, front or sides of the crash beam.

As for the tranny I still have one idea for it but it would probaly cost what a whole evo trans and tcase would cost, maybe more. I wish I wouldve started out with an evo 8 turbo instead of a 400 + turbo at least this way I couldve started out with low hp and worked my way up until something broke. Atleast this way I couldve kept it under the limit after the rebuild and stayed with that. Less down time for me = more seat time just not as fast.

Front. It's too far out.

[TheEternalConflict]

Wow. I'm glad I found this. This is probably the coolest thread I've read yet. Forgive me for jumping in like this, but after all 26 pages of reading in a row, I felt like I just put down a good short book. I love what you've done here. Thank you!

[spdracr]

Wow. I'm glad I found this. This is probably the coolest thread I've read yet. Forgive me for jumping in like this, but after all 26 pages of reading in a row, I felt like I just put down a good short book. I love what you've done here. Thank you!

Not a problem. I'm glad u enjoyed it. I like to document my work as much as possible to help others with information when needed.

[spdracr]

Finally finished the crash bar. It fits perfectly inside the bumper.





Trimmed the crossmember to fit behind the intercooler.

Before


After


Side shot showing the trimmed radiator support and the trimmed crossmember, don't mind the surface rust.


Intercooler and crossmember mounted



Welded a 12AN fitting on the oil pan. My weld isn't all that great. Welding in a circle isn't my greatest skill yet lol

[coconut]

Looking good....

[xd_01]

I like the crash bar design, how did you bend the black pipe. Are you new to welding cause your welds look pretty good for a beginner,,, coming from another beginner lol?

[spdracr]

I like the crash bar design, how did you bend the black pipe. Are you new to welding cause your welds look pretty good for a beginner,,, coming from another beginner lol?

You can thank Brian for the idea on the double beam crash bar. I have a friend who bent them for me after I gave him the conduit I bent to my desired angles.

Thank you, I never welded before. Unless u wanna consider the two times I attempted mig years and years ago. Recently I attempted to reweld the bottom radiator support seats. That held up on but it was terrible lol.

As far as tig, this is my first time trying. Been welding every night for the last two or three weeks. Already finished a full bottle if 125cf argon and I'm on my second one.

[xd_01]

Thats awesome, yea the gas goes quick!

[spdracr]

Thats awesome, yea the gas goes quick!

I was welding for about an hour per night. Some nights even longer. Until the torch got too hot to the touch.

Brian said u were in the market for a tig. For the price and the warranty u can't go wrong with the Eastwood unit. But if u got more cash to blow then a Miller is a good option.

[xd_01]

He must be confused I actually own a Thermal Arc 186 since Sept 15' same model he owns.

[spdracr]

He must be confused I actually own a Thermal Arc 186 since Sept 15' same model he owns.

Haha maybe he was telling me about when u asked him which unit to buy?? I assumed this was a recent thing but it could've been an old story he never told me. Cuz him and I were talking about my welder and he thought the Eastwood unit had a hardwired torch.

[xd_01]

Probably I was gonna go buy a Diversion 180 but he talked me into a TA 186, Im very happy with it.

[spdracr]

Some parts arrived today. No more ebay intercooler and no more overheating. More parts are on the way.




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[xd_01]

Which IC did you get?

[spdracr]

Which IC did you get?

Evo 3" ETS

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[spdracr]

Stripped the rusty area to give them some rust treatment before I dig any deeper. Going to use a cup brush on an angle grinder to strip it down to bare metal then soda blast the hard to teach areas.




Hacked up the evo power steering reservoir and welded some fittings, 10AN and 6AN.





Today I built this to go over the car in case mother nature decided to change the nice weather and rain and didn't wanna worry about the engine bay getting wet whole stripping, prepping and painting


More parts arrived for the engine, cometic head gasket and brand new Oem oil pump



Every seal and gasket I need is here. Time to finish the bay and assemble the engine. Sending out some parts to get powder coated in the mean time.
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[xd_01]

Nice car port/shed