wired in a fan switch that will be able to hold the current of my 2 fans. Fixed my bov. put a oil temp guage in the dash. Now need to swap out trans fluid. This Lucas fluid makes my trans whine.

Car is all in all running great. Should be ready for tune Friday.

11/20/2012 12:44:01 PM

You should probably be using a relay for the fans.

11/21/2012 1:11:49 PM

All issues fixed, Getting dyno tuned tomorrow.

11/22/2012 6:29:37 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2axC7pukIs&sns=em

11/23/2012 8:20:48 PM

Numbers ??

Sounds good I love a smooth inline roar.

11/23/2012 9:11:05 PM

i dont know what numbers the valiant is running, but it will barely go 65mph.

11/23/2012 9:38:17 PM

some dickbag hit my car in a parking lot and ran today

I only have liability insurance, so soon I will be attempting real body work for the first time.

11/23/2012 10:40:11 PM

The numbers were crap. Right when the turbo and power were ramping up, the Intern wastegate would bleed off to 10psi. I'm looking into a stronger wastegate now so I can spool to 16.

All in all it was a fun day and my car didnt blow up.

[Edited on November 23, 2012 at 11:49 PM. Reason : .]

11/23/2012 11:49:06 PM

Got the rail grab adaptors for my Yakima junk for the Land Cruiser. Installed them today and got the Christmas tree. I also figured out how to properly install the 3rd row seats - turns out you don't need to beat on them with a hammer.

11/24/2012 10:02:08 PM

^6 how well does that turbo bearing oil on a tilt like that?

11/25/2012 8:12:45 AM

Even jb Turbos can be tilted up to 20* with no adverse affects per Garrett

11/25/2012 8:23:03 AM

Works just fine, thanks for the knowledge drop sumfoo1. Going to acquire a HKS wastegate to handle more boost!

[Edited on November 25, 2012 at 10:24 AM. Reason : .]

11/25/2012 10:23:20 AM

15* sorry, double checked.

11/25/2012 10:44:35 AM

Made a clone...

Before & After

11/30/2012 11:20:37 PM

That's genuinely adorable. Shrink it by scale one more time and you really could wear it as a clown shoe...

wait

guys

DO THEY ACTUALLY MAKE VIPER BEDROOM SLIPPERS?

12/1/2012 12:16:12 AM

On Saturday I decided to change out the S2000's front brake pads. At almost 58,000 miles 1 of the 4 pads was down to almost the mounting plate. Job was a piece of cake. Next up to do...replace stud on the front passenger wheel hub of the Integra. Done this several times before, no biggie until....

The rotor mounting screws (flush mount) decided to seemingly fuse to the rotor. I can't get these bitches off to save my life. These screws suck to begin with so I started with my impact driver. Screws didn't budge and I broke the head attachment I was using (philips head). Next up I hosed the screws down with PB Blaster then tried using the impact driver again. No luck, just stripped the heads.

Next up...screw extractor and drill. Got the bit on there good and tight, and then discovered (as it started to smoke) that my 12V cordless drill wasn't up to the task (dur).

Today I brought home a corded 120V drill from my office. Again, no luck. The drill is not strong enough. Tomorrow I'm going to bring home a more powerful one and try again. If that doesn't work I'm not sure what other option I have...try to drill out the entire screw?

Does anyone have any advice to offer? This is driving me nuts over here

12/3/2012 6:41:44 PM

Quote :

"The rotor mounting screws (flush mount) decided to seemingly fuse to the rotor"

Quote :

"This is driving me nuts over here "

i lol'd

[Edited on December 3, 2012 at 7:05 PM. Reason : .]

12/3/2012 7:05:16 PM

Designed a sub box for the maxima.
Now to sell toys so I can buy another toy.

12/3/2012 7:24:24 PM

^^^no more screws next time

12/3/2012 8:34:13 PM

Thanks....that was helpful.

12/3/2012 10:49:46 PM

Impact hammer driver (or whatever, you put a bit in it, hit with a hammer and it backs the fastener out)

12/4/2012 7:37:05 AM

^thanks. But that was the very first thing I did.

12/4/2012 8:18:36 AM

^oh, ohhhhhh. misread the post

12/4/2012 8:53:49 AM

12/4/2012 9:20:15 AM

just drill them out and don't put any back

12/4/2012 10:01:36 AM

Armed myself today with a more powerful drill and a heat gun. If this doesn't work then yes I will drill them out. And no I won't be replacing these screws.

Hell, I should probably remove all of them from the car while I've got this equipment.

12/4/2012 10:32:47 AM

use a torch instead of a heat gun.

i had one fight me a while back.. ended up welding a short bolt to it and using a wrench to get it out.

12/4/2012 11:07:21 AM

I would use a torch if I had one

12/4/2012 12:58:26 PM

They are like $15 for a cheap one at lowes you don't need any oxy or mixing valves for this.

12/4/2012 1:25:00 PM

Changed the oil, removed the 3rd row seats, roof rack cross bars, sunroof and rear window wind deflectors and inflated my tires to 36psi. Hoping for just a little better mileage. I'm also looking for decent AT pizza cutters.

12/4/2012 1:39:19 PM

just drill them out and don't put any back

12/4/2012 4:15:06 PM

^&^^^Thanks

12/4/2012 4:23:53 PM

Hey, don't put any back in there after you drill those out

12/4/2012 5:35:33 PM

Teg, one last thing, IMHO - I'd leave out those screws.


I cracked a civic rotor one time trying to pull it off with those screws (drive screw in against hub)

12/5/2012 8:48:52 AM

pat, i have a torch, welder, drills, etc if you're in raleigh still and need a hand.

but, honestly, i heard that you might not want to put another screw back in there once you get that one out.

12/5/2012 9:31:13 AM

thanks for the offer Kev

12/5/2012 12:41:19 PM

run the lug nuts up on the rotor and then try your method. every honda ive worked on has always had the hold screws sieze. always got them off with pb blaster and using the impact driver correctly.

dont choke up on the hammer either. hit it it like it ows you money

12/5/2012 5:00:12 PM

drilled out the motherfuckers last night, then got the rotor off only to discover that I can't replace a stud without...removing the hub, with a hydraulic press. FML.

Apparently the last time I did this was on a rear wheel, where the hub has no such obstacles

12/6/2012 12:30:09 PM

new headlights in the mustang (i can actually see the road now ) but the damn adjusters are stuck.

12/6/2012 4:11:53 PM

Not really car related, but I practiced laying down gasket maker to make sure I wouldn't fuck up terribly on my car...then I got hooked

Now I put liquid gasket on everything around the house

^^ eww, that sucks man

[Edited on December 6, 2012 at 8:00 PM. Reason : ]

12/6/2012 8:00:10 PM

I missed the part on how the stud got f ed up

12/7/2012 2:03:02 AM

I honestly don't know. The wheel was making a funny noise so I pulled up the jack and was going to remove the wheel when I discovered, upon looking at the wheel, that one of the studs had sheared off. It, and the lug nut, were just gone.

On a related (I guess) note, just 2 days prior to that I had driven the Integra off road for about 3 miles on a rough trail (well, as rough as a lowered Integra can easily traverse )

[Edited on December 7, 2012 at 8:37 AM. Reason : k]

12/7/2012 8:36:38 AM

new headlight adjusters! now properly prepared to provide new years eve wedding get-away car services, haha.

12/14/2012 10:19:35 AM

Fully stripped interior. Going to drop the gas tank next

12/16/2012 11:31:39 AM

what are you stripping, Quinn?

12/16/2012 4:14:00 PM

I picked up an 87 Crx si for four bills that Hiro and I are rebuilding to autocross. Its.....real old hahah

12/16/2012 5:22:45 PM

Nice, I had an 86 Si

12/16/2012 5:35:17 PM

Was it any good? I've never driven one...more than a few blocks

12/16/2012 7:04:16 PM

put a firewall behind the front seats and make it mid engine/rwd with a remote mount turbo in the front engine bay

12/16/2012 7:16:34 PM

The demo for installing a firewall is complete thanks to rust

12/16/2012 7:23:31 PM