Day 31 Ok – I got the blue thread locker that’s meant to be removable, and of course its in a red tube. I mean really…whats up with that ?!?!?!? Maybe its a sneaky way to double their sales. Marketing was all like – hey guys lets sell the permanentContinue Reading
My Guardian Angel was watching over me today !!!!!!!!!!!! Day 27 Lets start with the very very very bad and then end with the good. While I was installing the belts I wanted to spin the engine, so I got about 1/4 turn then it stopped. I went the otherContinue Reading
Day 26 Maannn. So all in all, I was just really missing the primary fuel rail spacer, still good thing it was missing because it prompted me to do some further investigation. I looked a little closer into the pri fuel ports and low and behold the diffusers were inContinue Reading
soo…uhhhhh While looking for my fuel fittings online I noticed that there is a plastic fuel spacer under the primary fuel rail. Now I know why there was some resistance. I did not have fuel rails on this engine and the stock blown motor I sold I left the fuelContinue Reading
Day 25 The little rust on the old pulleys were bugging me so I painted the AC Pulley, Main Pulley and the Tensioner Pulley with Rustolium sating black. I’m letting it dry over night before I even try to touch them. I also installed the PS pulley. I got theContinue Reading
Day 24 Installed the front water pump assembly, AC and PS pumps. New thermostat with gasket, made sure the relief pin is on top. Installed the new turbo coolant hoses. I tried to use those clamps I got off ebay but they just were not tight enough. I was ableContinue Reading
Day 23 To re-cap – I am so glad that I put a heli-coil for the 8×1.25 mm because anything bigger would affect the gasket clearance in between the low and upper turbo manifold and the bolt hole clearance on the upper turbo manifold. You can see what I meanContinue Reading
After I painted the LIM and the other pieces I noticed they were darker with more glitter. I thought I could deal with it but after working all night on the job all I could think about was the glitter difference. The ones with less glitter look more light –Continue Reading
Iron Trap Garage, confronts the big question, “Whats the difference?” Matt gives us a rundown of the biggest 5 differences between a hot rod and a custom car. From stance to trim to body mods you’ll learn how to fit your project car into the right category. It can beContinue Reading
Day 21 I painted the other pieces today, they are a tiny bit darker because I put a thinker layer of glitter. At this point I am not going to re-paint the other pieces – Im tired and want to move on…lol I also got in a lot of partsContinue Reading