my winter project

[KA-T_240]

^Your not the only one with spray painted items in thier engine bay

However, does the blue on the motor match the blue the car is going to be?

[fdfreak]

no, but I dont care if it matches cause you can barely see the block when all the other sh*t is on it anyway. I guess Im not that picky. its not going to be a show car. mainly just a race car.

[DrifterExtreme]

project looks like it's coming along nicely.

btw fd's are hot

[fdfreak]

just put the engine in tonight. just have to hook up the radiator, driveshaft, and exhaust and it will be ready to fire up. hopefully it wont start on fire this time. I ment to take pics but I forgot my camera. I will post pics tomorrow.

[Parker]

sweet....

shits gunna blow son!!!!!

[gsrEK]

^^ his car was put together nicely. so stfu ha

[fdfreak]

it will blow eventually! but hopefully not for a couple years.

[Parker]

gsrEK;252690 wrote:
^^ his car was put together nicely. so stfu ha
...... i dont remember talking about what you thought in my last post.... hmmm..

[fdfreak]

not that rebuilding an engine was a big enough project, I decided to do a 99 spec tail light conversion as well. Ill post pics tonight

[fdfreak]

here are some before and after pics of what they are supposed to look like

[zbrown]

fdfreak;252932 wrote:
here are some before and after pics of what they are supposed to look like

why in the hell would they go away from that style like the s5 had, and then back again

[weshole]

zbrown;252954 wrote:
why in the hell would they go away from that style like the s5 had, and then back again

So it wouldnt look like a taurus. HAHAHA!!!

[fdfreak]

^lol. true! ive never noticed that before

[fdfreak]

Well, 5 hours and $40 later I was able to do the 99 spec conversion. it was actually easier than I thought. Just extremely tedious! out of the 5 hours, 2 hours were spent getting the circles in the right spot. the painting was a bitch too. I think there is a total of 12 coats. enough explaining, Ill let the pics speak for themselves

[King Ricer]

nice looks good! hope you get them sealed good so they don't get moisture in them!

[Bunique]

Looks good Aaron.

[fdfreak]

Just bought these yesterday at TM and ordered this style hood.

[fdfreak]

here is an update. I got the front bumper fitted and the car is now ready for paint. I did another compression test today and the results are not good. I am not getting the 3 consecutive pulses like i should. I am thinking that is an apex seal or a spring. So Monday I am tearing the engine out and going do tear it apart once again. If anyone is not doing anything on monday, I will have lots of beer, pop, and pizza for those who want to help me tear this thing apart. i got myself a huge shop to work in just east of Dilworth.

[Grr]

I may have to take you up on that, pm me your #

[fdfreak]

Pulled the engine out and tore it down. I was missing the side piece to the apex seal (2nd half of a 2 piece apex seal). The little thing must have popped out when I put it together the first time.