Haven't posted for a while so i figured it was about time.
I have been doing a little clean up in the engine bay shaved the seams and cut all un needed parts out.
Opened up the down pipe area on the subframe then I powder coated it john deer green!
Cut the radiator support out then i welded in brackets for a removable radiator support for easy access.
Made a aluminum dash too drop weight because my girlfriend made me.
Were also rhino lining the floor in place of the carpet that hasn't been there for two years!
Building an aluminum center council.
We are swiss cheese the doors and bumper supports (girls weight-loss plan)
Hopefully get some bride racing seats before spring.
MOTOR
Shot 150 shot of nitrous thought it last race of the season and fried cyl. 1 and 2.
Therefore i am reringing it.
Got the head decked .010
1mm oversized valves
bronze valve guides
titanium retainers
TRANS.
rebuilt the differential with team green insert
replace the springs with 200lb springs
we put two grade 8 bolts locking the diff pin in place
spec stage 5 clutch and pressure plate
I will post pictures of the motor and trans. later but for now all i have is pictures of the engine bay.
let me know what you think!!
Thanks
And this is the brains so she thinks!!
car looks great!
girl's a cutie!
good luck with it all man
trying to camouflage the engine bay?
www.driftnamiperformance.com
Lol thought my phone was messing up looking at the bay lol.
~2014 New Z under the knife, same heart different body~
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wow. balls to the wall I guess. It looks really good.
the lemur wrote:wow. balls to the wall I guess. It looks really good.
I was just listening to that song!
Im digging the paint in the engine bay.
you know my opinion.
my favorite part is the removable radiator support brace.
great pic of you and the 'brains' hahahaha
If it takes forever.... I will die trying. Underdog Racing
I am cool with everything except for the subframe color, LOL!
Jason
99 Z24
LG0/LD9 for Life
10 Year Bash Veteren
subframe was painted to match the tein ss pro coilover control arms are painted gold the match the mounts on the teins.
Isnt the TEIN green darker?
Pretty crazy but I like! lol. Hows that lzm mount holdin up for ya?
teins are just a hair darker not much but i powder coated it for free at work so cant really complain.
mounts working out great.
Cool good to hear pretty sure thats my old mount one of the first ones out and the top plate had started to warp very slightly before they started doing a thicker one.
Lol Brad, at first I was like where the $%#@ is the rad support. Nice mod indeed. Everything els looks great, really diggin the paint scheme in the bay.
Oh and cute girl
"Straight roads are for fast cars, turns are for fast drivers"-Colin McRae
I dunno about the engine bay paint. Aside from that, Im a fan.
Club Teh Jeffie wrote:I would call this win.
THIS
RIP JESSE GERARD.....Youll always be in my thoughts and prayers...
Very cool stuff.
That dash meant for the J-Body? I see a sticker in the lower left hand side.
Great progress man, can't wait to see what it will do!
i built the dash then powdercoated it so yes its kinda for a jbody stickers just from my gauges
Badass!
I want to see what the engine looks like for this thing.
got small update. brad convinced me to take my head to a guy to have the combustion chambers and valves coated and apparently the whole job arnold motor did was @!#$. the valves were not sitting in the seats correctly by a long shot and their heights were way off as well. so he is fixing and coating. i will have pictures of it soon.
he balanced my rods and coated my pistons to. need to find somewhere that sells total seal gapless rings. anybody know a place? still need a clutch, head gasket, rings, bearings and a good cleaning for the engine and i can assemble then drop back in bay.
I am loving the dash work...How much of a PIA was it to fab up ?
2003 Cavalier
Stock 2.2 Liter, 5 speed
" Leave the rice to Uncle Ben's and the wings to KFC..
Go clean or go home. "
