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.

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I forgot to clean the corner before I welded here lol
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Of course some battle wounds lol
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This is the bumper fitted without the crash bar
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This is the conduit mocking up the bends I need
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[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.

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Trimmed the crossmember to fit behind the intercooler.

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

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[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.

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Hacked up the evo power steering reservoir and welded some fittings, 10AN and 6AN.
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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
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More parts arrived for the engine, cometic head gasket and brand new Oem oil pump
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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

[coconut]

Bad thing about living out there with lots of salt on the toad. Rust sucks.

[gtx]

It sure does. I remember looking at the underside of a southern car the first time years and years ago, and I was blown away how new that car looked. (I used to live up north)
Good progress, I'm getting jealous at all of you with your welders! Did you ever consider welding up a new cross member?

[spdracr]

It sure does. I remember looking at the underside of a southern car the first time years and years ago, and I was blown away how new that car looked. (I used to live up north)
Good progress, I'm getting jealous at all of you with your welders! Did you ever consider welding up a new cross member?
Thanks Pete I'll take your jealousy as a compliment lol. I'm not that good at fabrication yet or stirring up ideas for fabbing stuff yet. But why would I need to fab up a new one?? Because I cut my existing one??

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[spdracr]

Started stripping the engine bay. Used an angle grinder then switch to sandblasting. Still lots more to go.

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[gtx]

Thanks Pete I'll take your jealousy as a compliment lol. I'm not that good at fabrication yet or stirring up ideas for fabbing stuff yet. But why would I need to fab up a new one?? Because I cut my existing one??

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Honestly, not sure about "need", but since you are cutting into it already. It's one of those things that I always thought I would try to improve if I had a welder, and see if a stiffer tubular part can be created. I do actually remember denting a brand new factory crashbar just with my jack while lifting the car - always loved stamped parts lol.

[spdracr]

Honestly, not sure about "need", but since you are cutting into it already. It's one of those things that I always thought I would try to improve if I had a welder, and see if a stiffer tubular part can be created. I do actually remember denting a brand new factory crashbar just with my jack while lifting the car - always loved stamped parts lol.
I wouldn't mind making one eventually. Right now with the lack of a garage u don't want to so any extra work I don't have to do. I'm struggling enough with mother nature cuz it's changing the forecast constantly and I wanna finish the car before June.

Once I have a place with a garage then I'll probably make one.

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[spdracr]

Today I finally fitted the oil cooler than I want to use. I am mimicking the oil cooler kit that STM sells.

Welded a piece of angle iron to the car. Here's how it fits

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This shows how close it sits to the fog light
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Here's how the crash bar fits behind the bumper
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[spdracr]

Been busy with my school project and haven't done much in about 10 days to the car. I did more welding and more seam sealing.

In the meantime my friend hit my daily and that went into the shop today to get fixed
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I also happened to buy this right before he hit my daily so I'll be rocking this for a week

Meet Lola it's a 1999 ford f150 XLT 4x4 supercab 4.6 Triton V8
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[spdracr]

Did some work on the bay Friday and today

Deleting more holes

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Closed more holes and laid some filler and spent the day sanding down and doing more welding

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The fiancé bought me a combined gift, test fitted and it needs some spacers. They are ADV.1 AD-20 18x8.5 +33 they are going to be wrapped with nankang 225-40/18

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This is with a 10mm "spacer"
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Got these lug nuts to go with them
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I will do a true test fit on the daily once it comes back from the body shop and decide whether I'm doing 10mm or 15mm spacer.

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[xd_01]

Awesome wheels, are you painting the whole car or just the bay?

[spdracr]

Awesome wheels, are you painting the whole car or just the bay?
Just the bay. Figured since everything was out I wanted to address the rust now I'm doing a partial shave lol

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[spdracr]

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[8thLS6]

Nice job on the bay..and I've seen those wheels a few times but never on a galant and I always wondered what it would look like. Looks like my questions will be answered lol

[spdracr]

Been busy trying to get more work done on it.

Yesterday and today we assembled the block
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Timing belt was installed and pin from auto tensioner was pulled and motor was spun by hand. Realized that I forgot to mount the plate behind the motor mount for the crank sensor wire.

Tomorrow I'll mount the crank sensor and the plate and intake manifold and power steering pump.

Still waiting on my new oil pan to come back from coating.

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[xd_01]

Getting close, did you oil prime the motor?If you didnt it would be a good idea before you put the timing belt on. Nice cam gears too I think Ill go with the AEM's next engine build, hopefully no time soon though.

I really give it to you though, for not having a garage you sure do make the best of it. You go out of your way to make sure you have shelter which is really helpful.

[spdracr]

Getting close, did you oil prime the motor?If you didnt it would be a good idea before you put the timing belt on. Nice cam gears too I think Ill go with the AEM's next engine build, hopefully no time soon though.

I really give it to you though, for not having a garage you sure do make the best of it. You go out of your way to make sure you have shelter which is really helpful.
Haha thanks man. Not having a garage sucks but we make it work.

No i didn't prime the motor. I was planning on adding oil to it and cranking it with the injectors disconnected so I can get oil everywhere and build pressure before firing it up.

You recommend another way??

Timing belt is already on but it's coming off so I can add the crank sensor and its plate.

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[xd_01]

Well the old dsm way is to take the chuck of the a electric drill and tighten it to the nut of the oil pump gear/cog. Make sure its spinning the direction the timming belt is supposed to rotate, block off all the ports that the oil would come out of, remove the valve cover and press the drill trigger. Run it until the oil comes out of the head galleys. Im sure theres lots of youtube videos about this.

It would be best if you did this as close as possible to your start up.

[spdracr]

Well the old dsm way is to take the chuck of the a electric drill and tighten it to the nut of the oil pump gear/cog. Make sure its spinning the direction the timming belt is supposed to rotate, block off all the ports that the oil would come out of, remove the valve cover and press the drill trigger. Run it until the oil comes out of the head galleys. Im sure theres lots of youtube videos about this.

It would be best if you did this as close as possible to your start up.
I'll keep this in mind. Thanks for the heads up.

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[spdracr]

Epoxy primer is laid

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Gun didn't lay the primer right. Did a ton of wet sanding and more primer

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Finally all sprayed. Missed few tight corners, dirt got into the paint (should've laid down a tarp under the car to cover the dirt) and have runs here and there. But it's done and I'm about to assemble it soon. Maybe I'll redo it next year with a full harness tuck.

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Bad pic with bad lighting. I'll get daytime pics soon.

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[spdracr]

And did this.

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Getting into the transmission is easy. One tutorial said to lift the bellhousing off. That apparently doesn't work since my transmission has an input shaft bearing that is secured down with a bracket and 3 bolts. Had to pierce this and order a new one. Waiting on the replacement to get here.

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[4g63lover]

good progress dude!

i have a funny story about that cap off the trans. the first time I had to open it up, I was daily driving the car and I couldnt wait for that little plug. So I took a quarter, rtv, and duct tape. Put some rtv on one side of the quarter, pressed it onto the cap and secured it with duct tape and that mother fucker stayed together for like two years. lol

[spdracr]

good progress dude!

i have a funny story about that cap off the trans. the first time I had to open it up, I was daily driving the car and I couldnt wait for that little plug. So I took a quarter, rtv, and duct tape. Put some rtv on one side of the quarter, pressed it onto the cap and secured it with duct tape and that mother fucker stayed together for like two years. lol
Lol I thought about going and finding a freeze plug that size. Or somehow fix the hole I punched into it. But decided to just wait for the new plug. I ordered two of them and they're coming from Texas or something since my stupid dealer couldn't find it in their system to order it.

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[spdracr]

Now that I sat and thought about it. If I flatten the inside with a hammer so the metal is straight where I poked it with the screw driver then I can use jdweld and fill that hole and be good. There is a jdweld or an epoxy that's made for steel that holds up to heat and everything.

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[spdracr]

Gave it a brief wash and started assembling the front suspension

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Oil pan came back from the powder coater and I installed it.

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[spdracr]

Suspension installed. Brake booster installed, Brakes lines installed. Ac lines installed. It's starting to look like a car again lol.

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[bryanjordan]

Keep up the Good Work!

[spdracr]

Parts got delivered to me on Friday which was my wedding day, I didn't get to open the package till yesterday.

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Manifold is titanium ceramic, wastegate is flat black ceramic bottom and Anodized red top, the bov and power steering reservoir matches the same red. Oil pan and bov clamp is wrinkle black.

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[xd_01]

Nice choice and congrats!

[spdracr]

Nice choice and congrats!
Thanks Bryant.


Back to work. Car is on all 4 wheels. Arp extended wheel studs installed on the front.

Also ordered new brake line clips to replace the rotted ones
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[GP007]

Tedious but definitely worth it. Keep it coming man

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[TD86_]

Woot! Awesome stuff, getting there alright!

[spdracr]

Back on track. Got work done yesterday and today. Installed the clutch and flywheel and then mated engine and trans and dropped them in. Scratched the engine bay but oh well.

Today I mounted the manifold and turbo and ran the power steering lines. Mounted the A/C condenser but going to the yard to get another one tomorrow along with a compressor

Intercooler is also mounted.

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[spdracr]

One step forward and two steps backwards. Found out my Aem Tru time cam gears are bent and sit angled

Aem
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Stock
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Bought them used and never tested them. It's my loss. Ordered two new ones and they'll be here Tuesday.

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[xd_01]

Man that really sucks especially since you just dropped in the motor.

[spdracr]

Man that really sucks especially since you just dropped in the motor.
Well I pulled some strings and got brand new ones delivered to me today

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[spdracr]

Got my evo8 stock fan from BJ today and modified it to fit the evo5 radiator. Cut all 4 tabs and rewelded them in the position I needed.

Here it is installed on my ebay evo5 radiator
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[spdracr]

Ready to fire ur up tonight. Need to wrapped radiators. Add fluids. Finish some more wiring and install a new battery!

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[boosting90]

Yes!!! Video is a must!

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[8thLS6]

Best of luck, bay is looking super clean. I 2nd vid aswell if you can manage lol

[spdracr]

Filled it with fluids and coolant leak happened. Found out I ripped the water pump gasket while installing it.

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[xd_01]

Man thats twice you had do undo the timing belt!

[spdracr]

As requested by everyone, here's the first start-up video!

http://s233.photobucket.com/user/spdracr83/media/Turbo%20Parts/20160717_1736052_zps3ylhsvjm.mp4.html

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[8thLS6]

Gotta be a good feeling, glad it all payed off for ya.

[spdracr]

Gotta be a good feeling, glad it all payed off for ya.
After wanting to set it on fire few times, yeah it's a good feeling.


Have some mysterious coolant leak that I need to find. And I need to bleed the power steering as well then add the fenders, headlights, hood and bumper and button up the interior.

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[xd_01]

congrats and it sounds good, what are you doing for tuning.

[spdracr]

congrats and it sounds good, what are you doing for tuning.
Thanks man. I'm gonna get it remote tune with a tuner from Florida. Same guy that was tuning me before.


I don't have a coolant leak thankfully but I have no power steering. I tried to bleed it and no luck. I'm suspecting bad pump

I have to look for my spare one, i should have one from my last part out

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[Black8GV6]

Nice!!!

[spdracr]

Doing more work.

Changing up the upper radiator hose.

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Also test fitted ets short route uicp and I need a longer coupler in the middle to make it fit. Also since I'm not able to get the tial flange properly welded on there, I ended up ordering an adapter

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That previous mysterious coolant leak is back and I found out it was my heater core. Yay me!

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So just bypassed the heater core for now.


Still fighting power steering. Gonna completely flush the system out from the old fluid and replace it with new fluid. Feed hose from reservoir to pump is leaking so ordered push-lock fittings and line to replace the braided line.

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[spdracr]

small update:

heater core bypassed.

tuner worked on the car more, found out my front o2 sensor is bad, replaced it and retuned again. idles better and drives better (just drove it down the street) still leans out a bit and sputters.

upper radiator hose is done just waiting for t-bolt clamps for it.

Moroso battery box is installed in the trunk, just need to finish the wiring for the battery.

power steering magically bled itself, just need to replace feed hose and flush the old fluid out since its pink which means there is water in the system or massive condensation.

UICP will be installed soon with a Tial adapter for now until im able to properly weld the Tial flange on there

Need to somehow squeeze an intake on the turbo with this fan in the way so i dont suck all the hot air from the fan. Evo fan is SO MUCH better than that stupid universal fan i had on there. i will test it for sure on a hot day driving it. temps at idle is around 200F

[boosting90]

Nice update! Good to hear about u getting closer.

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[spdracr]

Current status of the engine bay. Trimmed the catch can lines to proper length. Ets short route uicp installed, and intake and filter (not too happy about placement of it), mounted oil cooler and made lines for it.

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[spdracr]

Had major issues leaning out. Changed tunes and changed roms and still no luck. Starting poking around and found out my COP harness which failed to lock in the pins, so it barely plugged in and it caused for bad spark which caused the ecu to pull fuel and lean it out.

Wastegate is stuck open. Need to fix that. Adjust my clutch pedal and button her up and drive it.

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[boosting90]

Awesome. Heading the right road look3 like. Tht spool tho!!! Sooocky!!!

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[spdracr]

my final conclusion is that i may have a wiring issue,*

i swapped another set of Toyota denso coils and it didnt make a difference. i changed back to stock coils and the car great. so now i needed to extend the passenger side coil wire to reach the coil properly.*

after extending it and taping the wire back together, started the car and it did the same thing. undid the tape and started it and started wiggling wires around to see if i can cause it to do what it did before and nothing happened. taped the harness again and tested it and she ran fine.*

tested my COP harness for continuity on all pins and they are all fine. so im convinced that my ignition harness has a problem somewhere and i need to pull it all out and remove the tape and inspect it.

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[boosting90]

What size wire are u running? (Electrical guage)

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[spdracr]

On my COP harness?? 18ga

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[boosting90]

My thought is they to small? Do they get hot?

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[spdracr]

Idk but I know all the people that made COP harness used this and gauge. Stock ignition wires are same gauge except one wire

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[boosting90]

Idk but I know all the people that made COP harness used this and gauge. Stock ignition wires are same gauge except one wire

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Sorry was busy at work. Ok. I will use a 16 and even a 14 with cooper wires. Not the chrome looking ones. Is ok for factory to use tht but i will upgrade for cop. U already have them out give it a shot. And not codes on ecu?

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[spdracr]

Sorry was busy at work. Ok. I will use a 16 and even a 14 with cooper wires. Not the chrome looking ones. Is ok for factory to use tht but i will upgrade for cop. U already have them out give it a shot. And not codes on ecu?

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I would have to remake the entire harness with brand new connectors since I can't just unpin those current ones.

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[boosting90]

I would have to remake the entire harness with brand new connectors since I can't just unpin those current ones.

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Yes. In deed. Im planning to do mine. With a quick release plug on firewall. If u havent dont urs will talk. So make another one.

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[spdracr]

So finally got around to working on the car. Swapped the ecu and it made no difference.

Yesterday my friend Matt came over to help me clean up the harness and replace any shady looking connections and it finally idles, runs, and drives.

Here's before:

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Here's after:
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Now just need some wrap around wire sleeving and it should look so much better.

Relocated the ecu for better and easier access. Need to make a mounting plate to keep it sturdy from vibrating or moving around.

Need to fix the fan, welded the brackets to the old radiator so I need to cut and reweld them again. And I need to install a coolant overflow bottle.

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[xd_01]

Glad you got it running right!

[spdracr]

Been a while since I updated this. Didn't get very far but we're getting somewhere.

After the harness cleanup we did. We had an issue with the front oxygen sensor not logging. Found out after some inspection that the wires at the pigtail were stripped
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Got that replaced and then we were good to go. Tuner had been busy and been kinda ignoring me, that's what happens when you overbooked yourself. I also think he got bored with my car never wanting to run properly. Long story short I moved on to another tuner.

New tuner who shall remain unnamed for now until I ask him if I can disclose who he is. Had some trouble with my idle. The afr was being really stupid either running rich or lean and can't get it to hit that sweet spot easily. After few tunes and different adjustment we got it to a good spot.

At this point I decided to either send those injectors out for a cleaning or just buy new ones and try that.

Got a major hook up on ID1000, paid $385 shipped instead of $480. Ordered then Thursday morning, got them Friday afternoon. I ordered PnP adapters for them but those are still on the way. Came with connectors and pins so I salvaged a set of adapters I had for the subaru injectors and made adapters for these.
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And installed them Saturday evening and fired it up on a base map
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The Afr is so much more stable. Fic are great injectors but seems that ID injectors are more stable. Although the base map was a bit on the rich side, it was only fluctuating between 11.8-12.3 now that's very impressive. Tuner said the idle log looked really good and the car sounded so much smoother.

More tuning to come soon and hopefully I can turn up the boost.

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[spdracr]

Did some tuning last night. About an hour and a half worth probably and nailed down the idle Afr to the 14s range with a slight swing. Drove the car and it drives like my daily almost without boost and we haven't even worked on cruise Afr yet.

Here's an idle shot
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[spdracr]

PS don't mind the oil pressure gauge. Need to replace that.

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[boosting90]

Awesome. Glad is running better. I guess i will consider those injectors too. Since is doin better for u. Video soon. Tht spool. Lol

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[spdracr]

Awesome. Glad is running better. I guess i will consider those injectors too. Since is doin better for u. Video soon. Tht spool. Lol

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They are worth every penny I spent.

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[boosting90]

Noted!

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[4g63lover]

You are not planning on using e85 are you? I ask that cause 1000cc injectors max out at around 400whp on e85.

[spdracr]

You are not planning on using e85 are you? I ask that cause 1000cc injectors max out at around 400whp on e85.
Can't buy E85 anywhere around me. I'm sticking to 93

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[spdracr]

Installed the new wheels. Avid.1 Av20 18x8.5 +15 wrapped in Nankang 225/40-18 with 10mm spacers on the front to clear the brembos.

Here's pics before adding negative camber to the front
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Here's a picture after maxing out the camber plates on the coilovers
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Got Ingalls camber kit and ebay camber kit for both cars to add some positive camber on the rear
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Went with evo series prosport gauges
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Boost gauge was acting up. Prosport said they won't replace it, but they want me to send it in and get it tested. So I decided to pull the trigger on Aem gauges instead
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[mko]

looking good bro. Love the aem gauges

[spdracr]

looking good bro. Love the aem gauges
Thanks I think the Aem was a great addition.

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[charris]

That's one nice looking project. Keep up the good work!

[spdracr]

That's one nice looking project. Keep up the good work!
Thank you

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[boosting90]

Too fly! Proper work. Like the ac vent delete. 😆

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[spdracr]

Too fly! Proper work. Like the ac vent delete. 😆

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[bryanjordan]

those rims are straight legit what size are they?

[spdracr]

those rims are straight legit what size are they?
You must have only looked at pics and didn't read my post before it [emoji41]

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[bryanjordan]

I Got it now 18'' How is the suspension system did you change anything? made higher so the tires don't hit the inside? So curious cause The Galant has a wide body and small rims looks funny on them i got 16'' installed due to bad roads here.

[spdracr]

I Got it now 18'' How is the suspension system did you change anything? made higher so the tires don't hit the inside? So curious cause The Galant has a wide body and small rims looks funny on them i got 16'' installed due to bad roads here.
No didn't change my ride height. Left it the same. No rubbing anywherw. Didn't try sharp turns yet but I'm sure it will run on sharp turns.

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[boosting90]

I Got it now 18'' How is the suspension system did you change anything? made higher so the tires don't hit the inside? So curious cause The Galant has a wide body and small rims looks funny on them i got 16'' installed due to bad roads here.
May look wide to you. But it actually isnt. And the wheelbase are very small. Im sure after he gets alignment. Everything will set correctly.

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[spdracr]

May look wide to you. But it actually isnt. And the wheelbase are very small. Im sure after he gets alignment. Everything will set correctly.

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I got an alignment already. Need to adjust my camber on front and back to make it more even on both sides.

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[bryanjordan]

Sounds Good Man Keep that G shining Drive Safe Bro

[spdracr]

Sounds Good Man Keep that G shining Drive Safe Bro
Thank you.

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[spdracr]

Took it out to run some errands yesterday. No heater core sucks. I want to replace it but not now since I don't have a garage yet.

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[coconut]

Ready for takeoff?. Lol..
Nice door panels.

[spdracr]

Ready for takeoff?. Lol..
Nice door panels.
Dude where the hell did u vanish to? U don't use messenger anymore. Send me your number.

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[coconut]

Dude where the hell did u vanish to? U don't use messenger anymore. Send me your number.

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Lol. No not anymore. I will PM my number.

[spdracr]

Did the heater core. 7 hours from beginning to almost everything back in.

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4 hours later half the dash is back in
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This is where I ended Friday evening.
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Went back today and tidied up the alarm wiring under the steering column and behind the stereo. Blew the door lock/radio ignition fuse. Fix that and now the car is buttoned up and starts. But I lost power locks. With the help of stewi I tested the ETACS ECU that is behind the fuse box and also swapped the one from the daily and no go. We believe the driver side switch is fried.

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[boosting90]

Nicely done. U got heat now?

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[spdracr]

Need to add the heater core lines and coolant and burp the system.

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[xd_01]

What does the etacs controll besides the power locks?

[spdracr]

What does the etacs controll besides the power locks?
It has about 20 spots for pins and it plugs behind the fuse box. I'm honestly not sure what exactly it controls since I never had to mess with it.

It also has two connectors that plugs into it which houses about 20-30 wires.

This picture shows the connector that it uses to plug into the back of the fuse box (white connector) and also the black housing on the side where the two connectors plug into it.
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This is the other side
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[xd_01]

Thanks for the pics.

[spdracr]

No problem. I try to document as much stuff as I could so if I ever need to go back and look at stuff then it's there for me and others.

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[spdracr]

Since u asked. I found out that the ETACS ECU is also the brain for the stock remote. When I swapped the ETACS from the daily to the racecar I can unlock it with the stock remote from the daily.

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[spdracr]

I haven't posted in a while. Well the car is running great and we are tuning for more boost. Boost by gear is great. Street tuning is good until you hit high boost and use street tires that font hook when fill boost hits. We were around 400ish hp and then went to 1058hp lol. At 28psi with wot in 4th gear I break traction.
The graph shows a nice smooth curve. The car is making power across the powerband but no traction. Was going to test n tune night Friday but we got rained in. So tomorrow gonna try to mount my drag radials and go try street tuning again and see if we get traction doing 3rd gear pulls. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170508/ed0dbfe6d6bb86b7ff837a904664c49a.jpg

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[spdracr]

Last dyno before this we were around 447whp. Just for reference.

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[xd_01]

Thats alot of power, good to see its still being worked on. Its been a while since the last update.

[spdracr]

Slowly but surely. I'm glad it's holding up to all the pulls so far. Hopefully I can have it on the track running and tweaking my launching for best traction.

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[spdracr]

It's been a while. Not much been happening. Busy with work and moved to a new house.

Finally strapped it to a dyno last weekend. Made 451whp in 4th gear.

https://youtu.be/u10XlD0Tb-o

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[M-Rod]

Solid numbers! Are you still using the FWD trans or have you converted to the Evo trans?

[spdracr]

Solid numbers! Are you still using the FWD trans or have you converted to the Evo trans?Thank you. Still using the fwd trans.

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[spdracr]

Here is the dyno sheet. For some reason the torque had bad resolution. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180427/fe172e3304794739abf7f7474f7bdb66.jpg

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[spdracr]

Pics from east coast mod! https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180829/848b3b8730c435481600a5fa7022eb87.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180829/a71846315ecb14aee1ce885211798805.jpg

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[spdracr]

Damn it's been a year since my last post. I can see that these forums are dying and new comers aren't as dedicated to their galants as the old timers.

I still have mine, she's alive and kicking.

Took her out two weeks ago for the first time since MOD last year. Got her through emissions and went for a small cruise.


Last year I acquired Brian's shell to swap into.

Sunday I went and got this new galant.

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[seanske99]

Nice pick up. both cars are looking good. I'm currently working to get mine back on the road after 6 years of being tucked away in the garage after an accident. Keep it up.