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Monday, July 16, 2007

Carmageddon!!


So, here's the list of stuff that was done as of October:

Oil change with filter(twice)
New power steering fluid (twice)
New air filter
New hood release cable
New thermostat
New radiator
New auxiliary cooling fan resistor
New fan temperature switch
Removed the A/C compressor and most associated plumbing
New lower oil pan gasket (including R&R of the upper oil pan bolts with Loctite)
Installed Bilstein sport shocks
Installed billet aluminum/polyurethane rear shock mounts
Team Dynamics Pro Race 1 15" wheels (13.7 lbs!!) with Kumho Ecsta SPT tires

And this is the list of stuff we've done since then:
H&R Race springs
New control arms
New tie rod ends
Porterfield R4-S brake pads
ATE PremiumOne brake rotors
New(used) rear brake calipers
Stainless steel brake lines
New hard lines for most of the rear brake system
Speedbleeders for all 4 calipers(these rock)
New clutch
Ground Control camber plates
Ireland Engineering swaybars
Mason Engineering strut and shock tower braces (not on the car yet)


I think that's it. The clutch was a lot of work, but not as bad as I thought it would be. Replacing the brake hard lines was one of the suckiest things we've done. The new lines had to be bent to fit and there are these little short pieces that go between the differential and the body of the car that were hell to get in there. But it's done now and we shouldn't ever have to mess with them again. We've pretty much run out of stuff that we can upgrade/replace at this point. There are still a few rubber bits that can be replaced with urethane, but other than that we need to start saving up for the safety equipment. That stuff's going to be expensive, but it's not the place to skimp. Here's a fairly recent pic of me and the car in action.

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

We both know it's cool, but not as cool as a Miata.

3:13 PM  

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