Demond0d5 Daily Driven Project

[demond0d5]

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Year/Make/Model
2000 Mitsubishi Galant

Performance:
6g72
f5m51 manual swap - done
OBX short tube headers - done
custom exhaust with Pypes electric cutout - done and tucked
6g74 ported upper manifold - done
6g72 ported lower manifold - done
Poly motor mounts - done
Brembo brake swap - rears done, front needs wider fenders and spacers
Fidanza light weight flywheel - purchased
Quaife LSD - purchased
Walbro 255 fuel pump - eventually
440cc injectors - eventually
3sx fuel rail - eventually
Ripp Modifications Vortech V-2 supercharger - long term goal

Gauges:
dual volt meter - custom made
innovate wideband - installed and working for over a year
oil pressure - coming soon
boost gauge - eventually
spot for 1 more, maybe cylinder head temp idk yet...

Interior
Interior neon lighting, rose airbrushing, fiberglass kick panel speaker mounts, custom steering wheel

Ice
Powermaxusa high output alternator, duel Optima battery conversion, Jensen slide out head unit, 10 speaker MB Quart system including (4) tweeters, (4) 6.5” midrange speakers and (2) 4” speakers, custom trunk layout with (1) JL Audio 13w7 subwoofer, Bass Inferno BI3000DX 3000w monoblock amp, (2) Rockford Fosgate P2D2 8” subwoofers, airbag suspension with 6 switch custom panel, Street Glow blue underglow neon kit

Wheels/Tires
Front: 235/450/17
Rear: 215/45/17

Ok so I’ve seen everyone else has a build thread and decided I might as well give it a go. Firstly I bought the car 2 years and a few months ago after totally my last one (1996 passat).
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/IMG_0228.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/IMG_0228.jpg.html)

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http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/IMG_1638.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/IMG_1638.jpg.html)

I was starting to get into cars more and looking for something that would stand out. After not getting the Supra I was looking at I went with the Galant. It was a really pretty silver color with some nice 18” chrome rims on it but the thing that really drew me in was the airbag suspension. At the time fast and the furious, need for speed, and midnight club were the extent of my knowledge on cars so you can imagine why I wanted it so much XD

http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/3.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/3.jpg.html)
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/2.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/2.jpg.html)
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http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/4.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/4.jpg.html)
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/5.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/5.jpg.html)
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/6.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/6.jpg.html)

so one of the things I first did, having been a huge gamer car guy I started buying vinyls!
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/vinyl1.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/vinyl1.jpg.html)

and I loved the look of the RX-7 from NFS Carbon so I tried making a plan for the galant's future (on a skyline in midnight club) no worries, I don't wanna go with that idea any more!!!
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/vinyl2.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/vinyl2.jpg.html)

a buddy of mine and I sat down in a waffle house till like 4am one day talking cars and girls and future stuff and came up with a plan for a new hood a few years back
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/hood1.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/hood1.jpg.html)http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/hood2.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/hood2.jpg.html)
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/hood4.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/hood4.jpg.html)
(that's the good hood in the background)
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/hood6.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/hood6.jpg.html)
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/hood3.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/hood3.jpg.html)
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/hood7.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/hood7.jpg.html)
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/hood8.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/hood8.jpg.html)
still pretty rough when I left it last but not going with the split hood idea any more...wanted to be unique but can't figure out a good way to make the middle work with a way im happy with. gonna grab another one and keep the same design, just a solid hood

picked up a spoiler on ebay, not sure if I like it yet or not. may sell it and go with an evo style one later. its not on the car yet, sitting with a crap ton of other parts in my room
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/spoiler1.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/spoiler1.jpg.html)
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/spoiler2.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/spoiler2.jpg.html)

I came across this picture a few months ago and instantly fell in love!
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/bumper1.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/bumper1.jpg.html)
after a lot of searching found one other car with a similar style and started that project
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/bumper2.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/bumper2.jpg.html)
picked up a lancer bumper online for pretty cheap, evo bumpers were running like $600+ and im not about to spend that much $ on a project that I may or may not f@%k up
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/bumper3.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/bumper3.jpg.html)
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/bumper4.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/bumper4.jpg.html)

was def. too wide and tall so start the fabricating
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/bumper5.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/bumper5.jpg.html)
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/Bumper6.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/Bumper6.jpg.html)
just went and got another oe galant bumper to mount the lancer one on. gonna use the oe bumper for mounting points, fiberglass the lancer one onto it then cut out anything that doesn't look right and such.

over winter break (Dec/Jan) I decided it would be a GREAT idea to install a HO alternator, new batteries, big 3 upgrade, etc.
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/Battery1.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/Battery1.jpg.html)
first had to move the nitrous solenoids
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/battery2.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/battery2.jpg.html)
now for all the parts that are going in:
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and what project wouldn't be complete without donating your blood to the car gods!
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/battery7.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/battery7.jpg.html)
test fitting for the new location
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/battery3.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/battery3.jpg.html)
couple welds and some mounting stuff later and
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/battery4.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/battery4.jpg.html)
voiala! no clue how to spell that word lol
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/battery5.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/battery5.jpg.html)
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/battery6.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/battery6.jpg.html)

now of course the reason for all the electrical, on the left my buddies fosgate P1, middle my old P3, and the new big boy 13w7
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/subs5.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/subs5.jpg.html)
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/subs3.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/subs3.jpg.html)
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/subs4.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/subs4.jpg.html)
had some boss subs for a bit and initially started with some polk audio 8" too
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/subs1.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/subs1.jpg.html)
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/subs6.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/subs6.jpg.html)
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/subs7.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/subs7.jpg.html)
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/subs8.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/subs8.jpg.html)
going for a built in look, not even close to finishing as that was a year ago XD put it on hold during school

made a dual volt meter in case I ever wanna swap to deep cycle down the road, not like it hurts with them wired together now anyway
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/battery9.png (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/battery9.png.html)
two of these and an old gauge cut apart
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since im running two amps and don't always want all 3 subs at all times I put in a nifty switch that lets you toggle between 1/2/both/off
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http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/av2.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/av2.jpg.html)
and added in the avi plugs for my aux cable/xbox setup (used to be ps2)
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/av3.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/av3.jpg.html)
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/av4.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/av4.jpg.html)
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/ps2.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/ps2.jpg.html)
and yes that is absolutely NFS underground 2! forgot how crap the graphics were though!!!
very very first thing I ever did with the damn car upkeep/engine wise was change the damn spark plugs...not a good first project thing when you haven't done much stuff like that but got it handled just fine...except I found out after it was all back together we pulled a wire for one of the injectors and then spent the next 3 hours trying to solder it back together (way too long but had never done anything like that before!)
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/TGC%20Performance/plugs2.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/TGC%20Performance/plugs2.jpg.html)
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/TGC%20Performance/plugs1.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/TGC%20Performance/plugs1.jpg.html)
had a psi gauge that went bad and confused the shit out of me
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/TGC%20Performance/airbags1.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/TGC%20Performance/airbags1.jpg.html)
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/TGC%20Performance/airbags2.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/TGC%20Performance/airbags2.jpg.html)
then I saw this little bastard!
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/TGC%20Performance/airbags3.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/TGC%20Performance/airbags3.jpg.html)
open highways are the best
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/TGC%20Performance/120.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/TGC%20Performance/120.jpg.html)
that was before the nitrous though
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/TGC%20Performance/nitrous1.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/TGC%20Performance/nitrous1.jpg.html)
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/TGC%20Performance/nitrous2.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/TGC%20Performance/nitrous2.jpg.html)
again fast and furious influence here...
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/TGC%20Performance/nitrous3.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/TGC%20Performance/nitrous3.jpg.html)
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/TGC%20Performance/nitrous4.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/TGC%20Performance/nitrous4.jpg.html)
cut out the cruise for it for those wondering how that works with clockspring
realized I never used the nitrous and stumbled across this on ebay after searching forever on possible FI setups...what perfect timing ^.^
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/TGC%20Performance/ripp1.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/TGC%20Performance/ripp1.jpg.html)
still cheaper than any vortech v5 ive ever found too
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/TGC%20Performance/ripp2.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/TGC%20Performance/ripp2.jpg.html)
felt like Christmas that night
cooling mist methanol injection because there is no space for an intercooler anywhere -.-
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/TGC%20Performance/ripp9.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/TGC%20Performance/ripp9.jpg.html)
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/TGC%20Performance/controlarm1.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/TGC%20Performance/controlarm1.jpg.html)
tried to do an alignment and broke the toe adjustment bolt...had to cut the control arm out and replace it to get her running again

started making a new gauge holder after an idea I saw on an eclipse
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/TGC%20Performance/ripp6.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/TGC%20Performance/ripp6.jpg.html)
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/TGC%20Performance/ripp3.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/TGC%20Performance/ripp3.jpg.html)
testing the visibility
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/TGC%20Performance/ripp4.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/TGC%20Performance/ripp4.jpg.html)
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/TGC%20Performance/ripp5.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/TGC%20Performance/ripp5.jpg.html)
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/TGC%20Performance/ripp7.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/TGC%20Performance/ripp7.jpg.html)
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/TGC%20Performance/ripp8.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/TGC%20Performance/ripp8.jpg.html)
few extra gauges lying around I put in just to test em out...still gotta buy the gauges later though (oil pressure and fuel pressure) for when I go FI
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/TGC%20Performance/PSIGauge.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/TGC%20Performance/PSIGauge.jpg.html)
recently discovered this is why my airbags leak...the psi kill switch is like cracked or something in the back so I have a new one on the way


I know this is in no order exactly but, being as I did this post all at once with pictures scattered across several files and devices, I hope this at least catches anyone interested up on what I've got going on :icon_cool:

and here are the new rims I threw on just today! only on the back because the front wears something terrible...fixing the airbag leak then I can get an alignment done elsewhere
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/rims1.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/rims1.jpg.html)
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/Rims2.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/Rims2.jpg.html)
I think they are a little small 205/50/16 but I have a lot more tread now than I did with the 18's so it will do for a while
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/Rims3.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/Rims3.jpg.html)
repainted the stealies too and I think they look kick nasty :044:

[Black8GV6]

DANG, you have done alot. You say it's a GTZ, GTZ had a color match grill and 8 piece cladding/trim on the outside that I don't see.
What happen to cause all that blood?
Did you finish the hood? and did you finish the EVO X bumper?
Liking what you have done, can't wait to see the supercharger installed.

[demond0d5]

DANG, you have done alot. You say it's a GTZ, GTZ had a color match grill and 8 piece cladding/trim on the outside that I don't see.
What happen to cause all that blood?
Did you finish the hood? and did you finish the EVO X bumper?
Liking what you have done, can't wait to see the supercharger installed.

I honestly have no idea if it is a GTZ, that's just what I was told when I picked it up. I've tried to find an exact description of GTZ vs. LS but so far the only thing I've really found is that the trim is removable and the grill is interchangeable...I do know that the first owners had it for like 5+ years and all it they did was go to shows with it. I'd imagine that they would have done a bit to make it look better in their image. any way you can tell me exactly what to look for?

I sliced my hand open somehow...massive scar on my left pinkie from in between the two knuckles...the (ex) girlfriend was freaking out at the time but its no biggie :)

naaa I haven't finished the hood. I decided I didn't want the split hood design but I will pick up a new one and start again sometime or another. the evo x bumper is a work in progress...will be graphing it onto an oe bumper hopefully later this week

and thanks, I cant wait to see it either XD the problem is my hours at work just got cut and the only time I work is during school breaks...I am probably gonna pick up a part time job next year to save up and get some stuff done over winter break

[demond0d5]

oh and a future project, going along with the evo x bumper, will be some new side skirts off a lancer/evo
http://www.ebay.com/itm/171321285447?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
those are only like .5"-1" longer so it shouldn't be too bad...especially after the bumper ^.^

only thing is im trying to put other projects on hold until I save enough to do a 5 spd swap

[6G72gearhead]

I still got Greg looking for a gearbox for you. I told him the one off a GTS has better ratio's then the GT, so we'll see what they find. He's got access to them from all over the country so hopefully one turns up.

If they get it soon it will give them instructions to not cut the shifter cables or clutch hydraulics and to save them and send them with the transmission.

[demond0d5]

ok, right now I'm not sure that I will get the $ for it by the next 2 months...boss cut my hours next week clear down to 20 and if that doesn't get corrected ASAP then it may not happen...I've had a hit on my nitrous system and if that gets sold I should be alright =] I will keep you updated, thanks man!

[Chevelle71_05]

I remember seeing this ad on Craigslist. Nice G! Glad to see it on here now

[demond0d5]

yeah I picked it up in warrensburg just over 2 years ago then just over a year ago I was sooo done with having air ride suspension and all the problems it kept causing I was trying to sell her...thankfully I got over that and, just this afternoon actually, have almost all the suspension bugs worked out. still a slight leak on front driver but overall I am way happier with it :023:

[demond0d5]

waiting for some fiberglass to dry on the bumper I decided to give my valve cover another make over. I'm gonna replace that stupid intake eventually and perhaps paint the manifold black as well, haven't decided yet...
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/Valve1.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/Valve1.jpg.html)
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/valve2.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/valve2.jpg.html)
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/valve3.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/valve3.jpg.html)

[2002BlackDragon]

Looks awesome!

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[Black8GV6]

I honestly have no idea if it is a GTZ, that's just what I was told when I picked it up. I've tried to find an exact description of GTZ vs. LS but so far the only thing I've really found is that the trim is removable and the grill is interchangeable...I do know that the first owners had it for like 5+ years and all it they did was go to shows with it. I'd imagine that they would have done a bit to make it look better in their image. any way you can tell me exactly what to look for?

All GTZs exterior had a color match grill (which previous owner could've replace with a "chrome" grill), color match trunk trim, and 8 piece additional trim (see the pic below) which i doubt they removed and put the plan trim on like your car. Also 99-01 GTZs had white face gauges but your's looks aftermarket


https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5110/13808697623_8b6fb2065b_z.jpg

[demond0d5]

where does all that stuff go? ever since you've said that I've been trying to locate the differences and can not for the life of me figure out what the difference is...or specifically where these things go

thanks for the info though!

near as I can tell they are the reverse glow gauges I've seen on here before but were there before I got it

[demond0d5]

waiting on more stuff to dry right now -_- seems like that's what takes the longest with body work :(
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/bumper12.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/bumper12.jpg.html)

got the middle melted together and starting to smooth it out

http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/bumper14.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/bumper14.jpg.html)

edges melted together and smoothing out

http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/bumper15.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/bumper15.jpg.html)

then to make a nice transition under the headlamps I put some of this spray foam in the hole so I can cut it down in the shape I want before glassing

http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/bumper13.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/bumper13.jpg.html)

[2002BlackDragon]

Interested to see how that turns out. I like the way the lancer bumper cuts into the headlights. And except for the split down the middle, I think the hood was pretty decent. Good work man.

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[demond0d5]

i want to remake the hood the exact same (for the most part) but as a solid one...we/i wanted something that would stand out at a meet and everyone knows split hoods from the NFS games =] didn't like how it was gonna turn out any way i did it so im gonna scrap the whole thing

i have a day or two tomorrow i can work on it, next step is test fitting the bumper and making sure everything lines up right ^.^

[2002BlackDragon]

Awesome... make sure to shoot us son pics

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[demond0d5]

Yeah I will keep this thread updated with pics :) I am leaving town tomorrow so I may not get anything done tomorrow


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[wetamup2k3g]

Lots of stuff done! I think it's an ES-V6, because even the LS-V6 came with the cladding on the side, only the ES-V6 and LS 4-cyl (02-03 years only) came with the same side trim as the other 4-cyl models (ES and DE). Not that that matters. Anyhow, keep the progress coming.

[demond0d5]

Gonna make any difference for insurance and stuff like that?


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[Galantman03]

No it won't

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[demond0d5]

Ight well that's good and bad lol good cuz I don't have to change anything, bad cuz I don't get to pay less for full coverage XD


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[8thLS6]

Clean installs, look fwd to the hood and bumper

[demond0d5]

First look at the bumper *sorta* on the car...obviously there is a lot to go but this will give ya a general idea of were it is headed http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/06/12/agazumyt.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/06/12/nezyrage.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/06/12/ra3y5e4y.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/06/12/u3yga6u2.jpg


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[SNWFLK]

Looks pretty cool, I'm sure it'll be more appealing to myself when it's completed hood and all. Just my opinion though. Keep it up tho man !

[2002BlackDragon]

Really, that's not bad. Keep up the work! Love when people do more original things!

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[Black8GV6]

I like it, can't wait to see when you're done with it

[demond0d5]

I don't like how the upper portion (where oe grill goes) matches up with the hood...it just looks off :/ im going to end up extending the hood whenever I make my new one (maybe December-ish) so that the hood sits right above it and looks something like this:
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/663D0E18-7DE7-41D7-B02F-91A7C7E9C8D3.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/663D0E18-7DE7-41D7-B02F-91A7C7E9C8D3.jpg.html)

but the hood is going to be a while off with the 5 speed coming so i'll just have to deal with it for a bit...still gonna be pretty unique as I can only find like 3 8g's with this style of bumper...im sure there are more than that but I have only seen 3

[2002BlackDragon]

Honestly, from those pics it doesn't look that bad. Is there any way we can get a profile pic so we can see how far it sticks out? And I'd say your pretty close on your estimate... there isn't a lot of galant rolling like this. And from what I have seen of the ones that are, they are all a bit differ too.

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[demond0d5]

These are the only 3 I could find:
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/06/13/yzave7eg.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/06/13/e3epu5u4.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/06/13/qy6ypupe.jpg

And all 3 of them are different lol. I will get another pic if it's still on the car, not sure if I put the oe one back ok yesterday since I work tonight


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[2002BlackDragon]

That first pic is hella sexy!

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[demond0d5]

I like it better with the other headlights they had:
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/06/13/7ytuqasy.jpg


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[demond0d5]

A company in Germany did that one and there was talk of havin another one custom made on here to get a mold made in the US and then plan a group buy but it never went anywhere that I can find


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[demond0d5]

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/06/13/jyratygu.jpg


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[2002BlackDragon]

Yeah, I remember that group buy. Its a shame that it fell through. I think its pretty nice.

Profile isn't too bad. For a custom one of a kind bumper, I think you should be extremely proud of what you got going on here.

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[demond0d5]

Agreed, I would have jumped on that in a heartbeat!

Thanks mate, I'm pretty happy with it so far and when I do the hood it'll be even better! I just gotta put in the time and get it done :p


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[demond0d5]

Got my new intake in the mail today, now I can sell my nitrous system ^.^

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/06/13/a2a9a4up.jpg


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[2002BlackDragon]

Nice

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[demond0d5]

They sent the wrong couplers (sposed to be red) so this is what it's gonna look like when I get it together correctly
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/06/13/qa4adevu.jpg


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[2002BlackDragon]

That will look good.

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[demond0d5]

So...taking about my nitrous stuff earlier I found 3 of these little fuckers under my back seat...I've heard of rodents and stuff in the engine bay area (mainly air filter box) but never really INSIDE the passenger compartment. Is this "common" and I just haven't heard it before?http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/06/13/nu5unede.jpg
All 3 were VERY dead and shriveled up btw


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[demond0d5]

In case it's not clear from the picture it's a mouse


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[2002BlackDragon]

Lol... I'd say it probably more common than what people would think.

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[8thLS6]

I had to pull the rear of my carpet once, and all I found was change lol. Bumper looks cool btw

[Galantman03]

There is a trunk relief valve and it is common for those to fall out but still be in the area as the bumper keeps it from falling out. Its right rear btw

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[demond0d5]

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/06/16/7ydudu6u.jpg

Couldn't find any 3.0 manual eclipse at the 3 pick n pulls around here but did find a 2.4 so we got the pedals and shift tower out of the way =D


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[Black8GV6]

Nice

[Celph Concepts]

this whole build is awesome! as if i need to say it, freakin awesome on the custom bumper! can't wait to see it painted. i'll be following this thread for sure!

[demond0d5]

Haha thanks :) most of what's done is pretty easy stuff (with the right tools) and I am by no means a guy with any experience when it comes to this stuff...just sorta get an idea and try to make it work ^.^

My goal is to have the bumper done with body work in the next 2 weeks, then ready for paint by July. Will keep updating as I go


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[demond0d5]

got the clutch and flywheel in the post today! gearbox should be here in the next couple of days, sucks cuz I have to go pick it up at the fedex place whenever it does get here though...woulda cost too much to have it shipped to the door apparently

[4g63lover]

Being both a Galant and Lancer owner, I am not so sure about combining the two. Though, I give you mad props for trying something different. Keep it up I am very curious as to how it will turn out painted.

[demond0d5]

I'm just going for something WAY different than the normal :)


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[Black8GV6]

got the clutch and flywheel in the post today! gearbox should be here in the next couple of days, sucks cuz I have to go pick it up at the fedex place whenever it does get here though...woulda cost too much to have it shipped to the door apparently

Your first take off with the 5 speed is going to smile like the first time you touched a pair of tits

[demond0d5]

Haha it's gonna be a way bigger smile than that let's face it!


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[DEADEYES]

^ Depends on the tits.

[Silvertune]

Just don't make the mistake every galant owner seems to make in thinking they're 5 speed swapped galant is a race car. Remember, even with the five speed it's still more turdly than a 3g is bone stock.

If it lights you up more than a pair of double D's you have a problem!

[demond0d5]

Yeah I drive pretty modestly anyway

And her tits were just sorta eh...but my ex's were fucking perfect


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[6G72gearhead]

I talked him into it because my experience with the auto says that with the supercharger his box is going to blow up in a month, especially since his isn't doing too well in the first place.

To be fair though, it is a huge improvement, I went from a 17 flat to a 15.3 with just the swap, 15 second quarter times still aren't very fast, but for not adding any power or dropping significant weight its a huge drop in time.

[demond0d5]

Gearbox and starter plate came today!!! Had a date tonight so didn't get a chance to give it the once over but will update later

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/06/19/6u3a9yma.jpg


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[Black8GV6]

A drill with a soft wire wheel and then sprayed some WD40 rust prevention on it, one of their new products with the yellow cap, and it can look like this


http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3698/11179992043_fff12786e9_b.jpg

[demond0d5]

That's pretty!!! May just have to do that


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[demond0d5]

picked up my clutch master and slave today =]
will probably take some time this weekend and get the pedals pre-installed...don't see any reason not too, get used to the feeling again :bouncy:

and just posted something up but does anyone know if the 2.4 intermediate will work (doubtful but IDK) or the linkages (possibly?)

[Armycoug]

Your build is sweet, that is some serious work.

[6G72gearhead]

There is no intermediate on a 2.4, the 3.0 is the only one with factory equal length axles.

[demond0d5]

Ight thanks! Guess I woulda figured that out when I crawled under there but that's good to know!

I was reading somewhere that nobody knows how to get them really except used, you know if the dealership might be able to get one?


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[Black8GV6]

I remember someone on here said to drill out the holes of the auto one and it will fit since there is a 3mm difference I think. Don't know how safe it will be though.

[demond0d5]

One of the yards just got a new eclipse in like last week so I'm gonna start by looking at it..,maybe just maybe I'll get licky


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[demond0d5]

of course the new car was a 2.4 auto but was still is good productive day!

picked up the cables, cable bracket mount thing, fluid reservoir, fluid lines, and a few other odds and end :) stopped by the dealership today but parts was closed on sundays so that'll a task for later this week

[6G72gearhead]

I'm gonna bug Greg about the intermediate shaft again tomorrow. I need pricing on the fenders for my car anyways.

When I did my swap I got the shaft from the dealer, its pn MR357370, it would be best to find one used since the shaft has to be pressed into the bearing, I usually have a press I can go use though, so its not out of the question.

[demond0d5]

the press is no issue...I have one out back that I could use. if I got used i would probably replace all that stuff anyway (and im hopefully gonna swing some new cv shaft boots too). I heard they are kinda a bitch to get just right though...too much and they leak, too little and the leak =[

[6G72gearhead]

I don't mess with CV boots, usually because the shafts break on mine before anything, the axles are too cheap to totally replace for me to bother.

[demond0d5]

$50 each at orielly with lifetime warranty ^.^


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[demond0d5]

so with the 5 speed swap coming up (hopefully in the next month) I started thinking about shift lights and of course I cant go with something plain and simple so...
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/ShiftLight1.png (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/ShiftLight1.png.html)
link to youtube (starts at 30sec) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGr74GoBlbw


I'm going to attempt something like this (with a mitsu emblem of course!) I just have no idea where to start so...maybe Wednesday or Thursday when I'm not at work I will start tearing apart my cluster to get a few ideas :023:


found a vid on youtube where some guys just took apart the shift light and put the LED in behind the cluster (but that doesn't give any "shape") and have been looking up threads on the various gauges here too...idk what im going to do to make it work yet but who knows, should be a fun experience anyway :)

[demond0d5]

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/07/02/ezazequ4.jpg
Practicing my master Yoga poses!!!

Got the pedal hung though:
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/07/02/3e5u4ahy.jpg

The clutch/brake are pretty close together so I'm going to get under there and adjust it Friday. My foot hits the clutch when braking sometimes, although I could learn to live with it if that's the best it'll get. Found myself "using" the clutch when driving to work and back today :p


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[demond0d5]

Finally getting back to the bumper last Friday since the trans stuff was all in order
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/07/08/y4u5apaz.jpg

Then this weekend got this hunk-o-shit out of here
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/07/08/amuqy2ag.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/07/08/sunyda7e.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/07/08/qu2ave6a.jpg

Idk why but I love this pic
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/07/08/paquty5u.jpg

Easiest way we found to solve this little deal
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/07/08/ytany7y6.jpg

And viola! The only two 5spd 8g's in this area sitting all tall and mighty (except not really tall because well you know...lowered)
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/07/08/7e7a9ase.jpg



A huge special thanks to 6g72gearhead and his buddy for the massive amounts of patience, teaching, sweating, bleeding, cussing, and bullshitin that went along with this! Met some great guys and got some serious work done!


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[Black8GV6]

NICE, sooo...how was the first drive?

[demond0d5]

First drive was awesome, after rebleeding the fluid line at least...then I noticed after a few times later that it was hanging up going into gear :(
I swapped the brake pedal to the manual one today which shifted it more toward the gas pedal making it possible for me to unshim the clutch pedal. With that clutch unshimmed it moved right and up meaning I now have a longer movement and the clutch is disengaging more so all is perfect now!


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[Black8GV6]

totally worth it right? My clutch pedal got stiffer after driving it for a few days, keep your eye on the reservoir cup, I think I only had to add fluid once. Oh and I love how easy it is to do a burn out.

[demond0d5]

Haha thanks for the heads up

I haven't tried lol, although I did smile like an idiot when I scratched second ^.^


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[keith6110]

Lol looks like you are having some fun! Nice to see one big update so I'm not wondering if you finished what you started lol. Very interested to see what the lancer bumper looks like on the G.

[demond0d5]

I do have a habit of starting something and loosing interest but not this time!

As far as the bumper, it's coming along. Idk that I will get it finished before school but it's almost all body work now and getting it smoothed over =D when I get a little closer I will put a picture up for an "overall" look before paint/final body work


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[demond0d5]

brembos came in the mail today...will hopefully get them painted this weekend although I know my wheels wont clear them...talking to a buddy about getting some new ones so we'll see ^.^ depends if he will do some trading for them or not

on a side note...will be cutting the bumpers apart this weekend so should get a really good idea of what it will look like when done! although this is my last weekend at home so will remain incomplete till winter time (damn school -_- )

[demond0d5]

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[Black8GV6]

need moar pics!

[demond0d5]

This is how I started the summer off...
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/08/03/pyhyge5e.jpg


And now the end of another summer so this is how she'll be for a little while...
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/08/03/aqajazeb.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/08/03/ega4yraj.jpg




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[demond0d5]

ok for a real quick update:
1) shift light is a work in progress...will post pics when it's actually done but getting close!
2) picked up a new grill that's gonna get cut apart and put together courtesy of black8gv6
3) ported/blasted upper and lower manifold courtesy of silvertune
4) decided the SDS will be ran with a 20psi pulley and waste gated down to around 7psi, working on finding parts for that

[Silvertune]

You won't want to overdrive the SDS with a 20psi pulley and wastegate it down. The parasitic loss of spinning the SDS (which is really really heavy so it takes a ton of power to spin it) will literally be more than 7 psi will gain you in power. Especially since you're using power to compress all that air to 20 psi then venting it off, you'd literally be throwing power away. A guy on club3g way back in the day measured parasitic loss with nothing more than a stage 1 with the small V5 compressor at like 25whp. The loss raises exponentially the higher you pulley it.

For what it's worth a pampered 6g75 will outrun any form of stock block 3.0 and be way more reliable/simple. If that isn't your cup of tea and you're still set on doing a supercharger just run a stage 2 pulley on the blower with the factory crank pulley and you'll see all the boost your stock motor can handle.

Be warned though. Ripp does not service those superchargers anymore and the bearings do not last especially if the car is daily driven and or pulleyed way up. Any SDS units out there now have an expiration date and it would suck to go through the effort of putting one in only to have the bearings fail making all your work go to waste.

[demond0d5]

I/we hadn't thought about that part of overdriving it...thanks for bringing that up! has anyone ever looked into replacing parts on them with lighter/more efficient stuff that you know of?

I don't want to attempt an engine swap, not at my level of knowledge and being a DD...during the summers I get away with borrowing a vehicle to work and back for a few days max so a full swap would require taking off and that just cant happen =/

as far as getting it looked at I know a guy that works with blowers for a living, he offered to take a look and figure out what it takes to get it back to 100% and with this new knowledge I may see what we can do as far as throwing some lighter stuff in it too...pending what we turn up



I am not going to be doing the 20psi and waste gate right off the bat, that's sorta the end goal though...I know there is a lot between now and then. first I wanna get the thing in and running like 5psi just to make sure everything is working right then start going through and really working it over (probably once im out of school) and build something...probably talk with gearhead about the head work he did, looking up and talking with guys that have boosted 6g72, and maybe trying out my own stuff. g-spot said he hadn't heard of any successful gallants with the SDS in like 10 years so I'm bringing it back! I may not know much or be experienced yet but I am determined :023:

[6G72gearhead]

That is why they haven't gated an SDS, 25 hp to drive what, 5 psi? How can you reduce the efficiency so bad with just a driveshaft? There are a few LS/Mod V8's around here running the procharger set ups and wastegating them down a few psi so they actually have an effective powerband, thus why I suggested it.

As for the bearings, I can't imagine they are a proprietary bearing, knowing ripp its an off the shelf piece from the cheapest supplier. Of course who knows if the supplier is still around.

Of course I think a 75 would make for a pretty effective daily set up for you man, a 75 and a little boost would go a long way.

[Silvertune]

That is why they haven't gated an SDS, 25 hp to drive what, 5 psi? How can you reduce the efficiency so bad with just a driveshaft? There are a few LS/Mod V8's around here running the procharger set ups and wastegating them down a few psi so they actually have an effective powerband, thus why I suggested it.

As for the bearings, I can't imagine they are a proprietary bearing, knowing ripp its an off the shelf piece from the cheapest supplier. Of course who knows if the supplier is still around.

Of course I think a 75 would make for a pretty effective daily set up for you man, a 75 and a little boost would go a long way.

You've never had an SDS shaft in your hands. The blower/shaft with the puny V5 on it weighs 52 pounds. It takes more to spin it than an Eaton M112. Why do you think people whine about belt slip problems even with proprietary tensioners that covered 80% of the pulley with belt when they're running all of 12 pounds? It's ridiculous. TRD makes a few superchargers that follow the same pattern as the SDS but they're hollow tube and much shorter and that's why those work compared to the SDS.

The highest output boosted stock block 3.8 made 300whp before it blew up. Nothing like a giant waste.

Really, supercharging a car is fifty times the headache of doing an engine swap. Sure the SDS mounts with three bolts but if you don't have to know how to get a motor in you don't have the know how to get an SDS to run correctly. Heck not a single V6 galant in history runs a rom capable of tuning for boost and enough 3g guys failed with stock ECU's and emanage in the past to make it a pretty bleak future. You can at least make 280whp with a 3.8 on the stock ECU, why make 250 with an SDS?

[demond0d5]

happened across this thread not long ago:
https://www.thegalantcenter.org/showthread.php?25681-My-High-Boost-Engine-Build-6G72&highlight=6g74+manifold
haven't been too deep into it but sounds like after everything went in he was shooting for like 21psi or something on the blower before going turbo...will keep reading thru it and see what all he ran into.

I didn't think the sds was that heavy, although I haven't had it in my hands for like 6+ months so...anyway about this whole "stock block" talk...I am only stock for now, eventually I will start building once I'm out of school and have the time/money. I understand that an engine swap would be as beneficial, if not more in the long run, but I wanna give this a shot. it may not be a super crazy build, or something even worth it to the guys like you, but to me its something I think I can tackle and start making headway in. im not after the best and badest thing out there, just getting a foot hold into the world =D but I am glad you guys are giving input and pointing out the stuff people have gone wrong with in the past, itll help once I start working it over :023:

[Voodoo]

You've never had an SDS shaft in your hands.

I've had a lot of shafts in my hands :orangewink:

[demond0d5]

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/10/14/upuqama5.jpg

Grill is done. Happy I was able to keep the chrome look


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[6G72gearhead]

If you have funds I could have StradaFab make that drive shaft out of Ti, plenty strong, plenty light, but you are looking at 400-500 bucks for a Ti driveshaft for it. Might have potential to really make that thing perform.

[demond0d5]

I will make a note of it and get ahold of ya once things start rolling on it. Will probably be tax time / sprig break / summer before I can do any huge purchases though. Plus I wanna take a look and see what exactly is soooo heavy about it ya know.

Think aluminum would be worth considering? Obviously titanium would be stronger but how strong does it really NEED to be??? If aluminum is half the cost and 80% as effective ya know...just gotta get around to looking into stuff. Going home this weekend so I'm gonna bring it back with me (and the rest of my stuff) so I can get a better idea of what all I have and need and etc


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[6G72gearhead]

There is probably a good reason aluminum isn't used. If its steel there might be a gear machined into one end that will make this entirely more difficult. Also if there is any thick end that will need to be CNC'd or run on a lathe and internally threaded prices could rise dramatically. The cold rolled tubing is around $30 a foot, but when he makes frames things like the CNC'd head tube for the front forks, or the hub the swing arm attaches too get expensive. I'm talking $8000 for the 7 inch long 2.75" diameter bar stalk machined to fit.

[demond0d5]

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/11/06/24532776d2616e5388292a155a43bfcd.jpghttp://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/11/06/8f2a3143026da78d9dd067323e107b7f.jpg
Snapshot at the "new" cluster

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/11/06/755169da83f15bcb8ce77731d7cf9f15.jpg
Painted the manifolds and getting prepped for install in a few weeks


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[juicejax]

Nice cluster

[demond0d5]

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/11/17/a0bb9b0ce49f0e4075eae273985619a9.jpg
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/11/17/0284ed6373c71d4012ffb958a61aa09d.jpg
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/11/17/65cba54739b94cc63bbaa8616d404b9c.jpg

Got the headers in, immediately started taking sandpaper to my nice shiny new headers and painted them with a ceramic/silicon based paint to help with just prevention...now I'm working on getting them wrapped up, found a method that that covers almost everything and gets it pretty tight on there. Will end up spraying them with the same stuff again outside of the wrap to help hold it together and keep the heat in.

Here is a picture of everything I'm going to be starting next weekend:
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/11/17/8ce5e841974ea0f47c3cd4e6f5ee4b4f.jpg


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[coconut]

Nice blanket.

Ps. Im waiting for gauge cluster. Lol. Jk
Looks good. Man

[demond0d5]

Check the pics above, doesn't look too bad, just gotta do a little more work to block off the light from the rest of the gauge. Thinking something similar to what a camera lens cap looks like should work...it got put on hold since I need the car drivable next weekend XD may end up grabbing another cluster entirely at a pick n pull sometime if I can and doing it at my leisure


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[M-Rod]

Obx's? Just curious, have you started looking into correcting the fitment issues yet?

[demond0d5]

Some say they fit without any issues (recently installed by someone on here) and others say they don't (like justin) but that was a while ago...I'm hoping they fit fine and if they don't I have everything it takes to weld stainless at the house so if I have to do some modifying I can...

What exactly is it that doesn't mount up right? All justin would say is they are crap and never gave any real examples


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[M-Rod]

Well, if you check out the link I'll share at the end of this post, you'll see a good example of a set of obx's that I purchased about 2 months ago. Justin does a write-up on them that you may find informative, and quite frankly, it shows the personality that he posseses in real life. It's a good read and I hope it helps.

http://www.club3g.com/forum/3g-eclipse-gt-gts-specific/216410-buy-obxs-your-v6-they-said-itll-fun-they-said.html

[demond0d5]

read thru the review and a few things stuck out at me...do not get me wrong, I am not saying he is wrong by any means. I have not even had them near the car yet but I will be sure to take lots of pics when I do get working on it next week
1) the set I have looks different than the one he had on top (yes I know it's the "old" ones but still, several things look different, not much but a little bit)
2) the picture he has of the first section not lining up with the bottom section looks like the flex pipes could take care of that...there is a LOT of play with them

Thankfully I am going to be hacking away at that entire section anyway. I will be relocating the cat and everything right there for my valve...and IIRC the mig still has stainless in it anyway =D

edit: and BTW thank you very much for posting that, now I will have an idea if I do need to adjust stuff :023:

[demond0d5]

Little update on Rose:

Friday night - drive over some railroad tracks and the exhaust decided to break all to hell. Broke in half right before the cat, right before my valve, right after the valve, and completely sheared a section before the axle upturn.
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/11/23/04eb306739f0f39878581d9f09bdf829.jpg
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/11/23/762157da1b418ec69ccf4628f21233c2.jpg
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/11/23/fc42a1b5e145dd4fc3b5138d5a65de6a.jpg

Buddy of mine brought out a jack the next morning so we could get the hangers hooked back up and used a ton of baling wire to secure it so I could get home.

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/11/23/c3ec34ae7a9d5c45b089449db7b19daa.jpg

Today - started undoing all the broke exhaust stuff and unbolting the exhaust manifolds. Here's my little setup since the sky was looking nasty

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/11/23/528ad210fb18f5f3efb55cbd5e3aa8c5.jpg

A comparison of the obx and oem piping; I will be doing my own review in a separate thread when it's all said and done.

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/11/23/964cc453e234209b6b34a6dac61f9171.jpg
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/11/23/a563723c6c342dd19e0c82b888f22f7f.jpg


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[Black8GV6]

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/11/23/528ad210fb18f5f3efb55cbd5e3aa8c5.jpg

I got to my bolts from underneath and from up top, with that HUGE jack stand though I can see where getting the bolts from underneath will be a stretch for you. Get those heat shields off first, and be careful, I think they have sharp edges.

[demond0d5]

went out today and got the rear manifold off in about 45 minutes...the PB blaster I hit the heat shield bolts with yesterday must have done something cuz it came off like she was new. Lost a nut for the headers so had to wait for a ride to the parts store. also got a good amount of the exhaust welded up in the basement, just gotta wait till tomorrow when I can finish it and put it all together! should be finishing mid afternoon =D

I will also be doing a review of the OBX headers once I'm done...but so far they really aren't nearly as bad as everyone makes them out to be...more to come on that in another thread at a later date/time though.

[6G72gearhead]

Looking good man, pb blast works wonders! PB blast with a few heat cycles works even better.

Also the fact that you are only at 90 some thousand miles helps as well.

How did things with the POR 15 working out for you? Also I know your lateral support beam is pretty thrashed, I might be able to get you one for really cheap if you want to replace it.

Good luck with getting it together man.

[demond0d5]

If I get the time gonna por a bunch more stuff too...strut looks good though

Hopefully getting the final welds tonight for the exhaust system and be running tomorrow


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[demond0d5]

Got the headers on, exhaust valve welded in, and fixing a few scattered leaks now!

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/12/01/80c1653477799e19b6fd142b25d29003.jpg

I even happened to throw the supercharger in just for shits and giggles (didn't actually bolt it up) but damn is it tight in there! Rotated the outlet and I think I can run a FMIC pretty effectively =D

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/12/01/a1acaaa6fcc82ec273c625728a2a6c6c.jpg

And I def think it looks good sitting in there


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[Black8GV6]

Sweet

[demond0d5]

Update on the bumper now that in back home:
Got the white oem bumper cut out from inside the lancer one:
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/12/16/1f25fc4f41d9da7265d2fac6ae371789.jpg
Before:
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/12/16/d228e055cc258af8dd14bd2e05c39159.jpg
After:
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/12/16/a34f74abe2608dc2ab38cdfbf7539ebd.jpg

And started graphing them together on the I side to help add integrity:
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/12/16/8310d6ce3686f64e6c6ef07eb3fde6f8.jpg


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[demond0d5]

Then another update towards the brembos...got the 17s for the rear on:
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/12/16/17a77b779e56df371b46356640a92a0b.jpg

But little did I realize the 235's were too wide at my ride height and rubbed a hole in the airbags :,(
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/12/16/4e22cb5c3ee1cd3fa89b1826e5fcfeaf.jpg

Gotta replace those and get smaller tires...I was running 215/50R16 before which is a diameter of 24.5 and a width of 8.46 so I am going to replace the tires with either a 215/40R17 d=23.8 w=8.46 or a 205/40R17 d=23.5 w=8.07 so that doesn't happen again...offset isn't printed on the 17's so I will have to measure it up when I get a chance and make sure those will work first


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[oakrdrs187]

215 45 17 sir

[demond0d5]

Picked up some shiny new stuff...fix my toe issue now
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/12/18/9fe8d09794ffedbcf2f0be291701b9dd.jpg


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[coconut]

Nice dood , where did you pick those up from?

[demond0d5]

Megan racing rear control arms

Grabbed em off eBay cuz it's the easiest to find atuffb


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[demond0d5]

As I recall there was some discussion about them a while back comparing them to oem...iirc they don't offer much advantage over the oem ones except the adjustments are on the arms instead of the eccentric washers...which I fucked all to hell a while back when the bolt froze in the arm and we had to try everything to get them out before just cutting it...

[coconut]

I will have to get a set of those, it was a pain for me to do the alignment last time. Had to do some major pulling and pushing to get my toe dead on. Guess thats what happens when you do major suspension mods.

[demond0d5]

Will update whenever I get it in I will update and letcha y'all know how it goes =D


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[coconut]

Cool.

[demond0d5]

got the bags/struts out today which was fun considering there is no way to get to that bolt that holds them on the bottom with anything other than a ratchet...and when you put any torque on it to break it loose the whole damn assembly moves...ended up putting the jack under the hub so it wouldn't move. also got the drivers control arm out, passenger's has to be cut of course cuz the bolt is rusted in tight...battery on the sawsall died before I could get it out...should be getting everything put back in on the 26th, gotta wait for the bags to get here from cali =/

[demond0d5]

Laid a bit more fiberglass today since I was able to get more resin earlier...not much else I can do without getting it on the car...but thankfully I should be putting the bags/control arms back in on Christmas Day =D
Pending the arrival of my parts of course...

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/12/23/4efeab0e68f668cdb90eecfef65e532c.jpg


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[demond0d5]

New bags:
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/12/25/81986d87bc9642b32b397ef3213a8502.jpg
Compared to old:
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/12/25/3913f3616da364f6d14d78235e24fe5c.jpg

Control arms and bags in:
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/12/25/4227d2d72db30b730ba01d96b6025d08.jpg

And the newest addition, getting bolts tomorrow to do the shortest throw option:
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/12/25/ebd031cd3501b113f7e2d80f87143787.jpg


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[coconut]

Nice dood.

[Palmz]

looks good

[demond0d5]

Was having issues with the cable on the passenger side jumping out going into 2nd and 4th so I hot glued it down...hopefully that'll hold it in place because I don't want to use anything stronger so it's still easily removable.

Got the car back on the ground and my buddy at dodge is gonna help me run an alignment tonight once they close =D

Next step is to find some new tires for the 17's that are a little narrower so I can get those back on!


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[demond0d5]

Sneak peek at grill idea
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/12/30/2473b488bddc6e8e879ad9caf69acb31.jpg


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[IVORY_G]

WarmSCSI spent over $50k IIRC trying to get the supercharger 6G72 to work. He went through multiple engines blowing and numerous headaches. I believe he finally went turbo and never looked back. I remember because I was here to see it all, IMO don't even waste your time with it. Go turbo if you want to keep your 6G72, or do the 6G75 swap. You'll be happier in the end.

[demond0d5]

What's the issues with running 5psi...I'm not trying to be the fastest, hell I'm not even trying to be fast. I just want to get it in and make it work, even if the performance gains aren't "worth it" or the most optimal for the money. To me it's more about saying "I have this and I did it"

I want something I can play around with from time to time and work on in a few years. If I start getting the itch for a serious build it would be a 4cyl turbo setup...possibly AWD swap and a lot of fab for a 2 door...idk

I just can't see what the issues with the sds are that are so crazy you can't have a modest setup. The air coming in is going to be the same if it's from a supercharger or a turbo, so the engine is a constant variable. Only difference is how you make the boost as far as I see...sds will have the parasitic loss as Justin talked about but also "no" lag...


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[demond0d5]

If everything goes right I should be doing the ported lower 72 mani and ported upper 74 with the ported/rebuilt 74 TB this weekend =D


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[Palmz]

Say ported one more time !!! i dare you i double dare u mutherfukker XD

[demond0d5]

They are lol justin gave em a real good work over XD actually look real nice and you can def tell where he widened everything up a bit


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[Black8GV6]

^sweet, show us some pics for now, don't tease us

[coconut]

What a tease!

[demond0d5]

Ight here ya go...everything before she went under the knife at around 11:00:
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/01/03/92cb85a287bdb7ebbc7ba466e89f5a10.jpg
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/01/03/8c8fc1d4ba4e7950baa3bbd3b51c34ca.jpg

Upper out at 12:00:
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/01/03/ce86179d072db08af76d0758d222f35c.jpg

Comparing the throttle bodies:
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/01/03/5b560e5f9ad7594a134743c4fa9eb52b.jpg
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/01/03/7618b8f92058b246761577dae997da6a.jpg
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/01/03/3a94516d225c05aed58fc584e8ce46e8.jpg
(Will get a more precise measurement before the new one goes in)

Lower out at 12:15:
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/01/03/b731485b6edeb768f7b3a320ab4bc9a2.jpg
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/01/03/bb6b4b5c35d776d288148f13cecfa307.jpg
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/01/03/615fc709ac73914560b4f8e1f5ce0151.jpg

And the lower back in just in time for lunch:
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/01/03/0ed61fa7dfba8974ec7969912c386136.jpg
(Yes I took all the tape off before putting it in, left the top on to prevent contamination)


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[demond0d5]

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/01/04/ce54d51932671c0ec68f166ef78eeeb8.jpg
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/01/04/e0577b67f4cd80ff1af04ccd228818b6.jpg

Still not the best but couldn't find the micrometer...anyway, you can see there is a big difference though. Here is the upper:
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/01/04/101c9ef20a03d90126bce534b06bddb5.jpg
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/01/04/c1f3a3b7e20449adfd881e826347b6c5.jpg

And my fab job for the egr:
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/01/04/2741dc15803f3d02844b40fb4e3d0140.jpg

Last but not least:
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/01/04/8c94c2cdc09c22fc50838b4848e1698a.jpg
^makes me want to go back to a chrome intake though :/


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[Palmz]

i just noticed that ure runnin 2 batterys... why?

[demond0d5]

Because I have a 5000watt system and 2 air compressors...I have a high amp alternator that does the job just fine but if I ever need a little extra juice for the subs when cruising around (say the headlights, AC, air compressors, etc are all on) then I have it.


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[coconut]

I also run two batteries for the same reason. Where did you get your alternator? You have a link?

[demond0d5]

It's a powermaxusa one, 180 amp iirc that I got off of eBay last year


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[coconut]

Right on. Thanks.

[oakrdrs187]

You should really think about switch to yellow tops. Red tops are not deep cycle for high demand applications. Really they're just regular starting batteries in gel form.

[demond0d5]

Nooooooo...the "hype" over using deep cycle batteries for audio is all wrong. I did a big explanation somewhere but the short basics are this:
A deep cycle absolutely has to be cycled 12.6->0->12.6 in order to prolong it's life. If you don't cycle it you actually harm the battery (unless it's lithium ion). I never, repeat never, use anything with the vehicle off thus almost all the time I am running off the alternator anyway. The only time my batteries are used would be with very very very high amp draw. So compare the subs, a very high amp draw for a short amount of time, on purely an electrical level to...a starter! They follow the same electrical "pattern" more or less...one quick high amp load

All the nonsense over deep cycles is for using audio with the car off OR alternators that don't keep up...I am neither.

If I did anything it would be switching to blue tops, yes the marine ones, because they are starting batteries that are able to be cycled...


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[oakrdrs187]

Makes sense if you dont run your audio with engine off. And I was gonna say blue too but left it at yellow.

[Galantman03]

I have blue top. Same blue top since 08? Fricken love it

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[demond0d5]

I was thinking about them but they were a little more than the reds and just out of my budget :/

Think I may try to sell the reds, do a trunk mount for 2 blue tops...only issue with that is the batteries would go next to my air compressors and I'm wondering if the heat from them would damage the batteries


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[coconut]

Using two blue tops since 06 and haven't had any issues.
And still running strong.

[oakrdrs187]

I was thinking about them but they were a little more than the reds and just out of my budget :/

Think I may try to sell the reds, do a trunk mount for 2 blue tops...only issue with that is the batteries would go next to my air compressors and I'm wondering if the heat from them would damage the batteries


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If they can hold up to temps under the hood they'll be fine next to some air compressors.

[demond0d5]

Oh yeah...hadn't thought about that XD


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[Galantman03]

Why 2? I can run my sound system for like a good 8 hrs blaribg with one

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[demond0d5]

Because my system is 3-4000w RMS on top of all that other stuff mentioned earlier...
I have a solenoid to disconnect one of them so it's not always running 2


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[6G72gearhead]

Your battery set up is pretty sweet, not gonna lie. Did you ever get the tie down for the second battery cleaned up, I think that was all that needed any attention because the wiring looked nice!

I know true deep cycles don't like staying charged all the time, but I'm not so sure the Optima Yellow top isn't the same as a marine. I mean the one in my Volvo came out of a rig I had a winch on, so it got used for that, but now in the Volvo its just a starting battery and I haven't had any issue's out of it. Again, I may be wrong, but I think I remember something that they where designed as a deep cycle starting instead of just a deep cycle.

[demond0d5]

No, I haven't done anything to it yet :/ what I've been thinking is leaving a red top in the front and moving the other to the trunk BUT I am also considering redoing my entire sub setup so basically right now I'm at a total standstill on the electrical project...it works, and works well, so I'm not gonna dick with it for now...plus it takes FOREVER to rerun all the damn wires if I do make a change :(

There are 2 types of blue top iirc, dark grey and light grey case. Dark grey is the one I wanted but don't remember why (this was all like 1.5years ago) but I think those are the deep cycle starting...may be wrong though idk...and iirc from what Dell/Elder always used to say a deep cycle will work for a while without any issues but it shaves years off the end of it's life. So if optimas are good for 10 years and you use a yellow as a starting for the entire life maybe it lasts 8 or 9, but it's still gonna last a while...the are different than trying to cycle a starting battery; that will kill it in like 10 cycles

Thanks btw


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[demond0d5]

I've been having an issue since I did the manifolds with running extremely lean and idling very poorly...we determined it was probably something to do with the EGR system and sounded like it was just getting stuck wide open at idle (car ran fine and normal under throttle). Went out and swapped the EGR valve out for a different one and cut a little more off the bracket that was right there; I think it was resting on it and causing issues too. Now she is back to normal =D next step is to look into the IAC stuff because I have never had a perfect idle before :/
Massive shoutout to M-Rod for helping me out with this, dude pinned the problem right off the bat and provided me with some pointers too


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[6G72gearhead]

Again, I know the issue with regular deep cycles, but I want to say optima kind of anticipated the yellow top being misused and had the deep cycle marine starting battery the same as a yellow top, I can't find anywhere that says that, but I remember it vividly for some reason. You want the dark grey cased one because it has the post terminals as well as the threaded studs, as opposed to just the threaded studs.

If you are ever back this way I could make you a sweet battery tray to even mount it under the frame rail to at least make changing that headlight easier. I've got a press brake and a company that does waterjet, so we could make it look a lot like the one in my car.

[demond0d5]

You may be right, I didn't dig too much into the yellow tops...and i want to get back down there around summer time, if I do I will def hook up with you!
I thought yours was mounted where my second one is, only a tiny battery instead?


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[6G72gearhead]

It was there for awhile, but I got that box built and over the trans using the mounts for the factory battery tray, only at like 1/20th of the weight. Pretty sure I had that done when we swapped your gearbox. Hopefully when you come down we can play around with your suspension a little and see if we can make it perform better with the airbags so you don't get so much toe change as the suspension height changes.

[demond0d5]

My buddy and I just did an alignment a week ago to get everything close but I still need to tweak it a little...I will put up the after printout if I remember later but here is the before:
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/01/07/b98f4e00a75b5c3e75063873b82979d9.jpg


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[demond0d5]

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/01/07/d9e811913f6bb13b9231fa55ece41c6c.jpg

Here is the after...couldnt get the front camber adjustment broke loose so we left them alone...I want to adjust everything again for drivability because it's a little "jumpy" right now but at least everything is in spec now


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[demond0d5]

Got the rear 17's back on with some 215/45 tires...about a finger of clearance now so I'm happy with that

Last night the guys an I went out having some fun...racing around the lake and some back roads in a "track" we made up...lots of fun I tell ya what! But after all was said and done I wanted to see just where I stacked up in our group after the new mods...last I cred was still with the auto. Lined up with a civic EF (old light weight boxy thing) with a few mods here and there...neither of us get traction and spun all the way through 1st, neck n neck in 2nd, started to pull on him in 3rd, and when we hit 4th I pulled away from him...he claimed to miss shift so we lined up again and when I went into 3rd all hell broke loose. The bushings holding my shift tower down got pulled through so my entire tower was loose.

How it's supposed to be:
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/01/10/95d877102c9e8c06f0385d7c014eecf0.jpg

How it was:
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/01/10/297eb6c67572180aa2e53e7a4b5c04cd.jpg

To fix it I just went to the hardware store and got some fender washers. Put them on the bushings so that they can't get pulled through again...


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[oakrdrs187]

I think you could use the hardware and the 12mm bolts. Looking at those bolts it looks iffy.


I say this because when I went 5spd the hardware amd bushings looked very similar.

[M-Rod]

Either use the oem bolts or find washers to recreate the oem setup as closely as possible.

OEM bolt:
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u215/Rodrigoflip/20150111_102258_zps9b5spanc.jpg (http://s169.photobucket.com/user/Rodrigoflip/media/20150111_102258_zps9b5spanc.jpg.html)

[demond0d5]

I'm using oem stuff from the yard but the washers I got weren't that big, they are same size as the lock washer...so just replaced them with 1 1/4 washers


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[M-Rod]

That's odd. Every 8G/3G I've worked on had the bolts like I posted.

[demond0d5]

Hardware came from the 2.4 eclipse I pulled the tower out of, not my galant...literally used all the exact bolts we pulled

The rear 2 bolts are new because I had to extend them with the short throw kit, I ran the super short setting, but i initially set it up just like what it had...now it's all fixed though


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[demond0d5]

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/01/24/281d564cf310c088186a2bd214bafeb9.jpg

Starting trying to get logging stuff working with the wideband today...still having complications getting the LC-1 to hook up properly. It won't register any sort of readings at all from it...but when I was messing with it I started to get a good reading for about 30 seconds...not sure if it's a problem with the LC-1, Evoscan, or the cable I'm using to hook up to the computer...


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[demond0d5]

Thanks to some help from Alex I was able to figure out what was going on with the LC-1...now it logs but my computer crashes after about 30 seconds :/
I think I just need to new USB/Serial cable so fingers crossed!


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[demond0d5]

Still having issues with the wideband...probably gonna get ahold of innovate to see what the think could be the problem :/

Good news is I got the rom/XML from silvertune now. And I have an eclipse ecu to put it in!!! Just have to get the harness for it though...so if anyone is going to a yard with an 02 manual V6 let me know!!! (Or any other vehicle with the same PCM harness)
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/09/c9f9679cf3f6dc54d6a99dcf4818d120.jpg


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[demond0d5]

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/26/da4d68a2c404efd2a22974da27295b1c.jpg
Got the brembos labeled up...once I move some product around I'm shopping for lines and rotors...then get those sexy things on the car =D

Also did a 2nd and 3rd gear pull the other day, gotta upload those graphs =D


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[demond0d5]

3rd gear pull:
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/TGC%20Performance/3rd%20Gear%20Pull.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/TGC%20Exterior/TGC%20Interior/TGC%20New/TGC%20Passat/TGC%20Performance/3rd%20Gear%20Pull.jpg.html)

If anyone has any comments on it lemme know! I can also do the actual log too...only thing that really stood out to me was some knock in a few places (not on graph) but had up to 3 counts and several 1 or 2 counts :103: which I hear 1 isn't that big a deal but at 3 you should start to get worried right?

[mysticj]

If you are boosted, then 3+ knock counts aren't good.

[demond0d5]

Still n/a for now...once the weather gets its shit together I'm gonna log more to see if it's consistent or not but going WOT in the snow probably isn't the best idea :/


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[demond0d5]

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/03/04/d76be4a9ec5fe660ca9a02de11a2e7a2.jpg

Rotors got in today =D once it warms up i get to upgrade to brembos!!!!!!

And got everything for the ecu swap now. Bought a galant ecu from BJ over a month ago and he still hasn't shipped it so I bought another one...still pretty sour about that whole situation. But conversion harness is gonna start being made soon!


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[Techn0Nut1996]

Nice!! I bet those Brembos will make a world of difference!

[coconut]

Yes they do. Makes the car stop on a dime..

[Techn0Nut1996]

My dad has a set of upgraded brakes on his 91 Miata and that thing stops so fast my eyeballs almost come out of their sockets. I can't imagine what real Brembos will do.

[demond0d5]

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/03/07/683824f5bd9a4abdbb34bfb81b63402f.jpg
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/03/07/e31db6733909ff55fb062e92e5d95eac.jpg

Got the rears on with plenty of room to spare (still gotta bleed them but my girls at work)........



the fronts however.........
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/03/07/c98711bee3bcb2328548543ea772f6e8.jpg

Look nice and pretty there but:
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/03/07/27162a385036a69ab033c1eb6befe217.jpg


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[6G72gearhead]

You need so much tire to make the brembo's really work, but overkill is never a bad thing on the brakes.

[demond0d5]

Mainly for show, let's be honest here...the hardest part is going to be finding something to stretch over them, that I like, and still sit in enough when I lower the car that the fender isn't torn to shit


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[6G72gearhead]

Uh, oh, that looks like a bit more than a small overlap. The Brembo's are picky about wheels due to the size of the caliper.

[demond0d5]

I was more concerned about the rear wheels not fitting than the fronts too! There is miles of space from the oem calipers :/

So it's gonna stay mixed until I summer after I can park the car for a while :,( Gotta pick up a DD in a month or two


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[oakrdrs187]

I was more concerned about the rear wheels not fitting than the fronts too! There is miles of space from the oem calipers :/

So it's gonna stay mixed until I summer after I can park the car for a while :,( Gotta pick up a DD in a month or two


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Funny how most of us buy our Gs as dailys and somewhere in the modding process we need to buy a daily to be the daily while the once DD is awaiting parts, avoiding road salt, or just sitting so it stays pretty. Lol/

[demond0d5]

Funny how most of us buy our Gs as dailys and somewhere in the modding process we need to buy a daily to be the daily while the once DD is awaiting parts, avoiding road salt, or just sitting so it stays pretty. Lol/

This. Exactly this right here!


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[6G72gearhead]

Mine flat out isn't safe to drive daily lol. I have another daily and a back up daily, since the back up (truck) is horrible to drive.

[demond0d5]

I can't stand how rough the bags ride now with the new rears. I want to replace them bad...but that's not a "need" so it's not gonna happen for a while.


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[6G72gearhead]

What are you planning on replacing them with?

[coconut]

He needs to set it up like my bag set up. Night and day difference.

[demond0d5]

honestly coco I was about to call you up a week ago and see what it would take for you to duplicate your rears for me! Although when I looked at your thread again I really don't understand what's going on with it...but we should talk about that sometime

I will probably start with looking into spacers, and I am seriously considering flares when I get the bumper on; might be able to get a sick look with that (something like that red galant from finland)
if not, I start searching for some wheels that other users have so I know they fit =/

[coconut]

I will be making a set for thatfreshkids so I will make a third for you but its going to be a while though.

[demond0d5]

Ight, let me know whenever you do...I may just take you up on that depending on when and if I have money.


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[demond0d5]

Ok so I suppose I should update a little......

Got my ecu in and "working"
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/03/31/24a85c9ca5a13bac5f24b02457d068e7.jpg

But messing with getting it running right has been giving me fits...jacked with the MAF scaling a lot so that the AFR is close but I feel like it is WAY off from what it should be. Everything is at least running better now, used to be super lean at idle and super rich under load. Someone mentioned maybe the injector stuff is messed up but idk anything about that so this'll work for now.....

Getting some cel codes that I am confused on trying to hide (like egr and o2) so gonna rewatch those YouTube vids and figure that out

Ordered an EGR delete for 3sx so that'll hopefully help smooth out some stuff, won't have to worry about it changing and throwing off all the numbers

Also took my heads out, the light just couldn't keep up with how fast she is:
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/03/31/e09af78da4af62090ad66986841288b9.jpg

Ok so let's be honest, that's a lie. Just replaced with angel eyes I got from sinshine which look good. Gotta aim them later this week
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/03/31/2fd427ee22a2b7dde7d1776203f8201b.jpg


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[demond0d5]

I think that running the black heads with the lancer bumper will look sick. nice black accent to the car ^.^

[Techn0Nut1996]

It does look good! Did my heads make it yet?

[demond0d5]

Oh yes, sorry I forgot to text you! They will probably get worked over for a retro fit at some point but that'll have to wait till sunmer


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[Techn0Nut1996]

No problem! Im just glad they made it and hopefully in one piece!

[kylecanthurdle]

im sorry but that wiring job just looks wrong. clean that baby up and make some solders in line! other than that its coming along great!

[demond0d5]

Oh that's not a final picture of it, that's just the only one I had! It's all soldered and inside of an old ecu case for protection.


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[coconut]

We need proof.. lol

[demond0d5]

OK here ya go coco.....
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/demond0d5/Proof%20of%20Big%20Maps.png (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/demond0d5/media/Proof%20of%20Big%20Maps.png.html)

Im working with Andrew to get the tune set up right...logging has been giving me issues but it's going well enough to continue =D
So far Andrew is doin a pretty good job I guess (not really sure what he's doing lol) but the car hasn't blown up yet so that's a positive!!!

other updates are a lot more fun though:
1) working with a guy from back home (don't think he is on here yet) to do a 5spd swap in his 8g v6
2) got the stuff to make a SS clutch line, thanks to alex/jared for helping to get through to me on that lol
3) got a center console from an evo to make my shift boot stuff look a lot cleaner

on to the more exciting stuff though
4) got some new poly engine mounts for this summer
5) picked up a Fidanza flywheel from Aaron - gotta get a new contact plate but for the price I couldn't pass it up
6) picked up a Quaife LSD

next
im looking for a clutch kit, just gotta figure out a decent brand and all that without spending another 400 =(
the bumper will be getting done once I get back home
also gonna be doing some wheel spacers to clear the front brembos and probably widening the arches a bit when I do the bumper too
thinking about picking up some side skirts to do with the body work too but that's another 200



probably a couple other things I cant think of right now but I am super stoked for summer to come around for all this! may not even go back to work for a month or two so that I can spend day and night on it lol

[coconut]

Nice progress. Good to here she is running again. Hope your 5 speed doesn't give that much trouble.

[M-Rod]

Damn you! My brother was supposed to buy that LSD.

(It's all good though. If you're getting that reaction out of me, it means you're going in the right direction.)

[demond0d5]

Haha thanks coco :) we are up to doing WOT pulls, near the end of modeling airflow. Pulling power out comes next (I think) =D

The swap shouldn't be hard, we have been double checking that he has all the parts for the last month or so. Getting the gearbox has been the hardest part of the whole thing honestly! He bought one, then found out the housing was cracked. He's paranoid with just fixing it so he was gonna buy jigz tranny and the shipping was outrageous...now he is driving 3hrs away to get one from some place

Haha sorry/not sorry Matt! I jumped all over it when I saw it pop up on c3g...never seen a used one come up and with the milage I couldn't pass it up ^.^ tbh I didn't have the money to buy it either but paypal credit is a wondrous thing =D glad to see I'm headed in the right direction too!

Unfortunately with the extra expense, I'm probably putting off the supercharger yet again. Sounds like I'm not gonna have a job when I go back home so it's either bills or toys with what I've got saved up :/ may pick up a part time somewhere idk yet


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[demond0d5]

Oh and I guess I should spill about another purchase I came across a few months ago...
Found a ripp kit with a V2 swapped onto it so...little mix and match here and there...came up with a small diameter pulley (2.75?) and the V2 so that's exciting =D

Means I may end up going all at once with forged pistons and doing a full build all at once


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[demond0d5]

Alright update time again.....been working on the bumper some and that's coming along well, but I'm not sharing pictures yet!

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/05/22/52a98cd57ea63dad44a39ff202dded76.jpg



Also just finished the 3rd Kansas v6 manual tonight so that's exciting!
https://vimeo.com/128658039


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[coconut]

The suspense!!!

Congrats on the swap..

[demond0d5]

Thanks man :)

So this was my room a few days ago:
http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/05/23/eb04d7603385293f34fb438033f3ac2f.jpg


Parts include:
Fidanza 9lb flywheel
Quaife LSD
Poly motor mounts
Braided clutch line (already in)
Evo console for a better shifter bezel
Electronics for independent fogs

I've got side skirts being made and should be here in a few weeks to compliment the bumper. And if I can find some at pick n pull I'm gonna grab some fenders for a wider setup; nothing crazy, just about an inch, so I can put some spacers on to clear the brembos =D

I also need to grab another hood to work on but I need to finish a few other projects first


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[demond0d5]

Typed that up a few days ago but my app shutdown and I thought I lost it all...glad I didn't have to re-do it =D

Anyway, on to funner things. Got my shifter bezel in and working. Still looking for a way to clean it up without loosing the airbrushing but coco and I talked about it...may just have to suck it up. I'm gonna work with it in the next few days and see what happens, if I screw it up anyway then I just glass over it and be done. Took a massive amount of pictures if anyone needs a "how to"

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/05/26/092a97399a1a3a278c0135f2c8dfa146.jpg
(That's not the most up to date but I'd gets the idea across)

Also got the fogs up and ready...except it's not for fogs, my fog switch runs the halo rings on the headlights instead. I never use fogs and won't have any on the new bumper so that was an easy solution and keeps me from adding another damn switch.


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[coconut]

You might be able to save the air brushing. Clean your edges up some more and paint it to match (the evo bezel) and follow through with some of the brush work to hide the seams. Just throwing it out there.

[demond0d5]

I will probably notch in between them with a fine tip dremel then fill with some stuff if I can. Idk, I'll see what happens tomorrow (if that's when I get to it)


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[demond0d5]

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/06/10/a04baf5ba4b420f4a8f20643e8e7c616.jpg

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/06/10/797ef9a5ac020a4d732038be99ea243e.jpg

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/06/10/eaf1db7b64d981358ba20dd1a490d5f9.jpg


Today I started getting the grill melted into the bumper and smoothed out a little...gotta pull the entire thing off, cut out the grill, and melt in the other side too at some point. And of course body filler


http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/06/10/7cc34d830642585a8c2db249a5cf92af.jpg

Been working on pulling the nose down so it doesn't look so odd too. Getting a shape I'm happier with but it still needs work


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[demond0d5]

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/10/68a7f0ffe66dd0296bbe4702e2d4c635.jpg

Got some side skirts, but they were crazy too tall!
http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/10/9554173f578a517e95d3abd7fddd94fe.jpg

Cut em down so that they worked better
http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/10/4ae3bc167f89051b8f777850e202c4e5.jpg
http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/10/b066ecf719e8abb0381a029b163dab32.jpg


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[demond0d5]

Also did poly mounts:

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/10/6c58cf5bcda0954445f5fa438111d8c3.jpg

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/10/1312c44a8ad2afd29a8ad336bb44a8c0.jpg

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/10/25f8d3a7d92076c7a0a50b68c78641e3.jpg

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/10/ab79bdd913bd2748040e4f9585b123dd.jpg


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[demond0d5]

Extended lugs and spacers mean...

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/10/71317b8c07e904eb5697b1f7da3185c9.jpg

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/10/02436099bdbbb250452a5ce256a5926b.jpg
(That's two spacers to suck in the lugs, not to use that way)

BREMBOS!

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/10/38ec610866be6cc6031eb836b9921035.jpg

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/10/09c462b8566896509c7793af74ffd3c8.jpg

They barely, barely, clear. These are 15mm spacers (about .6in)
http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/10/1708cc7376f1753c8e82c66ef7165ef8.jpg



But the problem I think I'm going to run into is my fenders...I feel like when I lower the bags down its doing to hit :/
two possible solutions I can think of:
1) get a real fender roller and see if I can push em out enough to clear (no more phonebooks)
2) cut and extend a set of scrap fenders like jared did

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[Techn0Nut1996]

^^^ It would be sweet to see some custom fab work! Especially based on the rest of your G, one of my favorites by far! Those Brembos are freaking massive, fills in nicely. Looks kickass dude.

[demond0d5]

The plan is eventually to build the bumper into the fenders and those into the skirts...possibly a rear bumper from (Quentin?)

But honestly I am so tired of fab work right now...the bumper is close enough I *could* leave it on full time but it needs all of the hard long hours to look good still...and no way could I be one of those shitty half a body kit cars lol

Oh and thanks for the compliment :)


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[Techn0Nut1996]

Understandable, you probably have more hours into the front bumper than I do in my whole car haha and it shows too, that thing is gonna be so sweet!

[demond0d5]

Damn it's been a while since I've updated...honestly Rose hasn't done much, I've been away at school and she's been in the garage back home. I do have a new surprise but I'll keep that to myself for a little while :p

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Few weeks back I snapped all 5 lug studs on the FR corner so now that I'm back I got those swapped out (and the other side for good measure) with ARP Evo studs:

Compared to the 2.5" ones that broke...the new 3" evo ones:

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/12/16/06f09c91349ae53c9fac6dc253693b1f.jpg

And getting them set:

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/12/16/8bafd45eda146bdc0c0cb9073be554fb.jpg

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/12/16/75479375ad675d2ebb455d2a1e47d080.jpg

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Turns out when the studs snapped the wheel was banging against the caliper and stripped part of the bolt holes so I used some Helicoils to re-thread it. Very happy with these things and only $27! Just drill out the hole, tap it with the included tap:

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/12/16/8801f7823391d639a6191d7e5889a1b3.jpg

Thread in a new set of threads:
http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/12/16/7e1b8151b95395ed6dc664607376add1.jpg

And presto! Only damage done was the threads and some paint:

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/12/16/45231e7217f6eaf574ef95ec93d9a1e2.jpg

No official test drive yet, waiting till daytime, but she made it around the neighborhood at 10mph and back to the driveway lol

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[coconut]

Welcome back. Lol