DaddyBuiltRacing Posted August 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2010 (edited) Alright so I am on a mission to have this thing running and driving by Saturday nights Mopar cruise here in Heath. I have came up with a game plan and hoping to conquer it. Heres what I am thinking: Tonight: Install Radiator Hoses: (Done) Mount Battery Box: (Done) Run Battery Cables: (Done) Wire up Fuel Pumps Sand Fenders: (Done) Sand Bumper: (Done) Wetsand Car: (Done) Paint Car Friday: Install Dash: (Done) Install Gauges/Wire them up: (Done) Install Door Seals: (Done) Install Vacuum Lines: (Done) Install Water Hoses: (Done) Self Align Saturday: Get Tags: (Done) Weld Up Exhaust Start Car Up Tune Check All Bolts Drive Edited August 14, 2010 by DaddyBuiltRacing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffro Posted August 12, 2010 Report Share Posted August 12, 2010 hehe im shooting for saturday evening also. i have way less shit to do than you do, but im also still waiting on parts. providing they come early, ill be on the road by 9pm saturday for the parking lot shuffles. ps, ive got to see this thing sometime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddyBuiltRacing Posted August 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2010 Yeah i'll be in cbus on the weekends once I get it running. Also there is Import Faceoff on the 29th of this month at Trails which i'll be at Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddyBuiltRacing Posted August 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2010 More things checked off, inside taking a break before going outside to start masking car off. Hoping to have it in color before midnight, but we'll see how that goes lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddyBuiltRacing Posted August 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2010 8/14/10: Well my mission has failed lol. Not only did I not get the car painted, I didn't get it running either. There is good excuses on both however, the fuel rail decided it wants to leak so I am going to have to replace it. We have tried teflon tape, tried using a liquid sealer... The car isn't painted because point blank it was way too hot out (heat index above 100) and I would rather put it inside my dads booth instead of risking it in my garage and getting dirt and bugs in it. Most of my time last night and today was wasted on trips back and forth to various auto part stores lol. Now I did make some progress haha. Let me start by giving a big thanks to my Dad, Brent and Nick for coming over and helping me these last 2 days. My dad was a wiring machine, he extended my chassis harness so it would reach my engine harness (about 40 wires). While he was working on that me and Brent decided to mount the battery box. I then descovered that my battery cable from previous car in which I had the battery kit in was too short. This started one of the many adventures haha. I went to every parts store only to find that either they didnt sell cable long enough or they wanted $120 dollars for a 20ft piece. I ended up getting the cable from Home Depot for $1.36 a ft, so fuck you Napa, Autozone, Advance and Car Quest. The one big thing I did manage to get done was re-installing my dash and all the remaining interior I had taken out. Also got the gauges ran and wired up. I also went and sat for over an hr waiting to get tags for it. I also got alot of other small things done but too tired to list them all. So for now heres a few pics... Battery Box Mounted: http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p81/alittlelessordinary/Car%20Pics/4dr%20GSR/101_0752.jpg Dash Re-Installed: http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p81/alittlelessordinary/Car%20Pics/4dr%20GSR/101_0753.jpg http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p81/alittlelessordinary/Car%20Pics/4dr%20GSR/101_0754.jpg Tomorrow I plan on painting the part of the fender that bolts on under the hood. Getting the bumper and fenders in primer. Get fenders back on the car. I also have to go pick up a crank pulley from a friend and then re-check the timing and valves to make sure they are good to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddyBuiltRacing Posted August 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 Whew whoo!!!! No more leaks!!!! Big thanks to my buddy AJ for tig welding the fitting to the rail for me Tomorrow I am going to reset the timing just to make sure its 100% right, recheck valve clearance, get crank pulley and alt belt on. Then I am going to pull the plugs and crank it over for 30 seconds to prime the oil pump. After that its a waiting game on my buddy to come tune it on initial startup. Gives me some time to double check all my AN fittings, all bolts and stuff like that. Cross your fingers cause I just might get this thing running and painted by this Sunday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddyBuiltRacing Posted August 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2010 8/17/10: Its alive!!! Well kind of haha. After checking the timing and valves to make sure they were in spec, I disconected my dizzy, pulled the plugs and rolled the motor over with the ignition. From the 20 seconds or so I heard it sounds healthy as all get out. My dad had his finger in the plug tubes to see how much compression it had and it was pulling his finger in and pushing it back out. He was pretty impressed with the compression the motor makes. Tomorrow I am going to come home and bolt the header back up, had to redrill and tap all the holes. Then I am going to cut and weld the exhaust up, clamp a few things up, put a OHM meter on the TPS, get that dialed in and try starting it up for a few mins to check for leaks and such and allow the rings to seat. I'll have a vid up tomorrow hopefully Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddyBuiltRacing Posted August 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2010 (edited) 8/18/10: 355 days after getting the motor back from Laskey, I can finally say this: It is finally alive and breating!! Start up video will be posted later Edited August 19, 2010 by DaddyBuiltRacing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddyBuiltRacing Posted August 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2010 Start Up Vid: http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p81/alittlelessordinary/th_101_0755.jpg Before anyone ask, that is my dad under the hood, me in the car and gf recording. You hear my dad at the end telling me I have a leaky hose lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak03 Posted August 20, 2010 Report Share Posted August 20, 2010 ITS ALIVE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddyBuiltRacing Posted August 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2010 Yes it is, getting tuned tomorrow after noon and then I can finally drive this damn thing again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRTurbo04 Posted August 20, 2010 Report Share Posted August 20, 2010 Yes it is, getting tuned tomorrow after noon and then I can finally drive this damn thing again wanna race a neon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddyBuiltRacing Posted August 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2010 nope, wont be any racing from me this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddyBuiltRacing Posted August 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2010 8/21/10" Well today I finally got to drive my teg!! My buddy Steve Wilson came over to street tune the car. After hooking up the wideband we were ready to go. I didnt realize how low the car sat after putting the new motor/trans in, I am guessing the extra weight of the LSD is the culprit, but it was a paint to drive due to scraping on everything even flat roads. So after a couple pulls I raised the front end up lol. We got the low cam fuel map pretty much done and Steve is coming back this week to finish tuning the car. I did discover tonight that my manual rack is fucked so I will have to replace that asap. Anyways heres some pics and a vid of its maiden voyage: Vid: http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p81/alittlelessordinary/Car%20Pics/4dr%20GSR/th_101_0760.jpg Pics of before and during tuning: http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p81/alittlelessordinary/Car%20Pics/4dr%20GSR/101_0756.jpg http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p81/alittlelessordinary/Car%20Pics/4dr%20GSR/101_0759.jpg http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p81/alittlelessordinary/Car%20Pics/4dr%20GSR/101_0758.jpg http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p81/alittlelessordinary/Car%20Pics/4dr%20GSR/101_0757.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak03 Posted August 23, 2010 Report Share Posted August 23, 2010 Lol fuck the paint job, keep it like that to embarress people even more after you beat them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddyBuiltRacing Posted August 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2010 Haha you should see peoples faces locally when I pull up in this thing. Kids kinda look at it and then walk away, then someone I know will ask me to pop the hood and those same kids are right back over like WTF!!!? It is getting painted this week hopefully, I have all the stuff sitting here to do it, just gotta find the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddyBuiltRacing Posted August 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2010 (edited) 8/23/10: Tired of my Benen fuel rail leaking I finally got some cash flow in to go buy a new rail. I found an Edelbrock Pro Flo locally for a good price and snatched it up. I need to run to Jegs today and pick up a couple new -8 fittings so I can get this thing back on the car and drive it again. http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p81/alittlelessordinary/Car%20Pics/4dr%20GSR/101_0763.jpg Edited August 25, 2010 by DaddyBuiltRacing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffro Posted August 24, 2010 Report Share Posted August 24, 2010 wanna race a neon? fag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixdarican Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 that engine bay looks clean as hell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddyBuiltRacing Posted August 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 Thanks, theres a couple things id do differently, but overall I am pretty happy with how it came out. It'll look even better once I get it boosted lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_pound Posted August 29, 2010 Report Share Posted August 29, 2010 last time I saw ur car was when we dropped the motor in, you need to bring it out sometime when I'm out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddyBuiltRacing Posted August 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2010 yeah man its been a minute lol. I am usually in bed by 10 since I gotta be at work at either 6 or 7 depending on the day. I was out last night for a little bit and i'll be at import faceoff today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddyBuiltRacing Posted September 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 Been forever since I updated this, lets get up to speed: 9/4/10: Well its been forever it seems since I have updated this thing. I got the entire car in primer finally including the front end, so no more green and primer look for me. I was going to paint it this weekend but I am short on thinner and flat broke so it'll have to wait another week. I'll get a pic up later tonight Make sure your flywheel bolts are tight...last night I was driving the car around putting miles on it when the wierdest sound came out of nowhere. I quickly pulled the car over in a parking lot and popped the hood to see what was going on. My brother in law was cruising around with me and we started listening to see if we could figure it out. It sounded like a loose crank pulley, but the pulley wasn't wiggling. We finally determined that it was something inside the trans, so I limped the car home with my bro in law and my dad following me incase it broke down. Got up this morning and pulled the transmission out with help from my dad. Low and behold 7 flywheel bolts were loose as hell, I'm talking you could pull em out by hand Got those tighened up with loc tite on em for extra security. Got the trans back in and everything hooked up, sound is gone and back to driving fine...whew thank god!! http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p81/alittlelessordinary/Car%20Pics/4dr%20GSR/101_0834.jpg http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p81/alittlelessordinary/Car%20Pics/4dr%20GSR/101_0833.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddyBuiltRacing Posted September 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 9/14/10: Paint time!!! After a couple months of having the paint just sitting around and the car in primer I finally decided that today was the day to put it in color. Pretty happy with how it turned out, I have to wetsand and buff it tomorrow and ill post more pics then. For now here is a couple pics, my cell phone camera doesn't really do the color any justice as it will not pick up the metallic http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p81/alittlelessordinary/Car%20Pics/4dr%20GSR/teg2-3.jpg http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p81/alittlelessordinary/Car%20Pics/4dr%20GSR/teg-4.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ef8sirJunkie Posted September 17, 2010 Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 cant wait to see it next saturday :thumbup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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