it held up all right for me, i beat the shit out of it for 3 yrs, putting about 145k on it

i think i washed the paint off of the corners, though

12/16/2012 7:24:39 PM

What class are y'all going for, Quinn? E Prepared? Or is it mostly just for lulz?

12/17/2012 9:00:49 AM

I think GS.

Stripping interior to patch holes in the floor....

12/17/2012 1:17:38 PM

You can't strip out the interior and still expect to compete in a stock class

12/17/2012 2:29:59 PM

Read : "Stripping interior to patch holes."

Cant weld in new floor when its covered in 25 year old carpet.

12/17/2012 2:39:06 PM

hehe, well I didn't expect you to put it back!

12/17/2012 2:55:42 PM

I don't want to trust me.. ...

12/17/2012 3:08:21 PM

Yeah. GS will be fine.

http://www.stockinteriors.com/AutoCarpet.asp?Itemid=8064&MakeId=10&ModelId=232

Complete carpeting. Way too expensive though! It's more than half what you paid for the car quinn!!!

We can remove the sound deadening between the carpet and the floor board and maybe rent a rug/carpet steam cleaner to give the carpet a good ol' once over. Plus a worn out carpet will weigh less than a brand new one

The plastic trim in the hatch area don't weigh much at all. Putting them back to make it look stock will be much more appealing to the eye with negligible penalty to weight, and keep us in the stock class to boot.


[Edited on December 17, 2012 at 7:39 PM. Reason : .]

12/17/2012 7:31:46 PM

(Paging TKE-Teg)

Started swapping out pads and rotors on the M3 today. The front went fine, because I'd already had the rotors off for other things.

The rear is being a huge pain in the ass, the freaking rotor mounting screw stripped out (just like happened on the left front the first time I took the rotor off). They're hex bolts on BMW's and they strip so easy, argh

I know the left rear is going to be the same way too, raaage. Drilling them out is taking forever.

12/29/2012 10:55:38 PM

filled it up, twice, back to 93 octane, again

so worth it

12/30/2012 2:10:02 AM

Pulled head, dropped short block, dismantled trans

Demo is complete!!!!

12/30/2012 1:45:34 PM

Dropped it from the bottom. That was pretty fun! Hard to decide to keep the ol' setup or go with a newer one... Something to be said for keepin it original, but there's so much fun potential with a newer motor that's actually in the 3 digit HPs!!!

12/30/2012 6:27:40 PM

I hate to abandon anything that sailed across the sea together :-(

12/30/2012 7:05:54 PM

I blew up the diff in my Z06.

I think I'm gonna go from stock 3.42 up to 3.73 on the repair.

1/3/2013 11:17:50 PM

Damn. That's sad to hear. How did you manage that duke? I remember when the transaxle blew in the 944.... That wasn't pleasant

1/4/2013 1:44:40 AM

I was merging on to a highway, and gave it maybe 2/3 throttle in 3rd or 4th gear. Just routine driving.

1/4/2013 9:54:02 AM

you think it just wasn't set right from the factory or something??

i mean a properly setup rear-end on a stock engine should last forever.

1/4/2013 9:55:12 AM

Eh, it's 10+ years old and has 145k miles. You'd think if that was the case, it would have failed at an autocross, or a track day, or during any of the times I've been a whole lot more aggressive with it on the street. My guess is just wear and tear, although it is kinda shitty to break a rear diff on a stock-engined Z06, with still pretty reasonable mileage. As far as I know, it's never worn slicks or been drag raced, either (I never have, and the original owner was an anesthesiologist, not a dumb redneck).

I had the fluid changed about a year ago when I had a local shop specializing in Corvettes service/repair some stuff. I can't imagine they would have put the wrong shit in it, though...I mean, Corvettes are what they do (hell, the owner has about a half dozen C4 ZR1s sitting in the showroom, haha).

1/5/2013 12:54:56 AM

the usual.

1/5/2013 9:58:57 PM

Spent $60 on wipers

1/6/2013 10:02:11 AM

NOS sunvisors in the Valiant, fixed heater.

Fixed dome light.

More tape on the seats

New battery cables, rebuilt carb.

Next will be heater vents and trunk pad. Radio cutout around the delete plate is pretty beat up... Probably going to fix that as well.

Also began rebuilding that Ford 260 V8 I was advertising in the classifieds thread. Probably have a better chance of selling after its at least clean and painted. One rocker/pushrod/valve is weird too.

Duke reminded me of C4 ZR1's in his post, man those were badass. I've had multiple chances in the past to buy those with low miles at decent prices. The nature of the engine always convinced me to avoid them.

Unrelated... What the hell kind of potmetal are the contacts on a battery cable / terminals on a battery made of? I swear I can ding one with my bare hands... More malleable than pure lead it seems!

I hear changing the shocks and struts in a 1994 BMW 325 is a pain in the ass? You have to remove the speakers and CD changer in the trunk? What the hell!

1/6/2013 6:09:39 PM

Didn't have to remove anything on my 1997, but I guess maybe they had a different speaker setup on the earlier ones
Planning on upgrading the mounts? I used the JT Designs mounts with Z3 shock plates.

1/6/2013 6:55:53 PM

they're lead with some other shit mixed in, but the other shit makes up a pretty small percentage

1/6/2013 6:56:04 PM

dear duke.....


keep the c5

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190768727198&ih=009&category=6161&ssPageName=WDVW&rd=1#ht_2390wt_708

blow up more rear ends.

1/8/2013 6:25:57 PM

ugh, unbolted the exhaust manifold only from the head - now i can't get the fucker back on (can only pull it within half an inch of the studs) - going to turn into a few hour job because I have to break the fucking bolts on the rest of the exhaust

[Edited on January 9, 2013 at 9:25 AM. Reason : ]

1/9/2013 9:25:19 AM

New brakes, ball joints, swaybar end links and now tires on the efff one fiddy.

1/11/2013 2:28:49 PM

^^would jacking up the exhaust up help? that's what I always have to do. It's especially helpful when someone is there to sit at the muffler end and twist the whole thing

Quote :

"the usual."

are there parts that you break regularly? like once or twice a year? My engine setup used to be in a dedicated drift car (~300whp) and that guy was going through transmissions like nothing. He's no noob drifter either


[Edited on January 11, 2013 at 4:59 PM. Reason : ]

1/11/2013 4:56:29 PM

^ haha, yep. Wound up getting a friend to help position it while I jacked up the exhaust and started loosening bolts just in front of the cat and the sucker slid right in

1/11/2013 7:54:49 PM

Quote :

"are there parts that you break regularly? like once or twice a year? My engine setup used to be in a dedicated drift car (~300whp) and that guy was going through transmissions like nothing. He's no noob drifter either"

nah, i rarely break anything. in fact, i usually DD that car. issues are never engine/trans related. usually just miscellaneous things to be expected from an unreasonably low 20-some-year-old car. tie rods, rear toe rods, ball joints, that sort of stuff.

1/11/2013 7:59:25 PM

drove it home...

1/13/2013 8:43:26 PM

It looks completely restored already????

1/14/2013 7:18:33 AM

nahh dude she's all original....

it needs some work but not too much rust repair.

she's a manual drums power steering factory A/C car with a 2v 352 big block (220hp) and a Cruise-o-matic tranny

has all the weird stuff i want without having any desirable options i'd kick to the curb like decent tranny, engine with any serious power, or half ass 1961 disk brakes.

Now since i got a big block car that's significantly larger than originally planned... do i go big block or swap it to a modern ford v8 ?

picked it up for ~5700

[Edited on January 14, 2013 at 7:28 AM. Reason : .]

1/14/2013 7:28:01 AM

...hhmmmm big block?

Is this a 'im going to build it damn well how I please' build, or an attempt to do some type of themed modification?

1/14/2013 7:46:36 AM

this is gonna be... i wanna drive it a lot...

HP is nice so is reliability and some efficiency

but yeah i'm gonna build it how i damned well please.

1/14/2013 8:37:54 AM

front brake pads and wear sensor.

1/14/2013 1:27:53 PM

FINALLY had the time to put the s2000 back together

Cranked it, fucker ran smooth and sounded great - then after idling for about 2 minutes, the idle would jump up as if I blipped the throttle every second or so with a check engine

*sigh* can't pull the codes until tomorrow

[Edited on January 14, 2013 at 7:54 PM. Reason : ]

1/14/2013 7:54:15 PM

Changed the battery last month, using coupon of AAP.

1/14/2013 8:31:03 PM

Tore down transmission number two. I have two now to hopefully build one...

1/15/2013 8:20:03 AM

^Any interest in a B17A/YS1 drivetrain?

1/15/2013 10:02:14 AM

Galaxy is tagged... just need license and theft guy for the title. w00t

1/15/2013 10:12:25 AM

ok, i'm a noob

found a vacuum line I hadn't hooked up then had to reset the ecu - now the s2000 runs better than when I got the damn thing

only problem is the computer has yet to cycle through so I can't get the shit inspected - illegally drove that fucker around for an hour and it still hadn't cycled.

1/15/2013 7:58:02 PM

Made myself a homemade intake setup. Beats paying a couple hundred for basically the same thing in a kit.

http://youtu.be/foP9bGrl5Kc

1/20/2013 4:24:54 PM

got everything working on the car on friday & sat,

(brake lights, high beams, turn signals, heat, a/c etc....)

then drove the crap outta her all weekend

i love the ole' gal.

1/21/2013 8:37:55 AM

Quote :

"Any interest in a B17A/YS1 drivetrain?"

Quinn and I were talking about offerin' you somethin somethin for it... lol...

1/21/2013 6:59:13 PM

installed extended FLCAs.

but now the front tires rub the flares.

no front end it is. fuggem.



technically still legal since i have all my blinker/corner lights in place?

1/21/2013 9:13:43 PM

that looks badass

i kinda like it

what size tires are those?

1/21/2013 9:26:26 PM

Hell, you might as well take the hood off at that point too.

1/21/2013 9:45:18 PM

^ i meannnnn, i have a garage now to keep it out of the rain. i might. lol

^^ 17x10.5, 255/40. i need to step the front back to a 245/40. but i'm also lazy and meaty tires look rad.

1/21/2013 9:58:38 PM

I've got some 17x10.5's also, but I'm running 315's on 'em

I cut and welded the fenders to fit, kind of like that 380sx up there (on a subaru though)

I need to get back on that

Meaty tires FTW

1/21/2013 10:09:18 PM

I've always enjoyed the no bumper, no fenders look myself

except not with the headlights up

[Edited on January 21, 2013 at 10:25 PM. Reason : wtf did you lop off the middle of your bumper support and keep the ends? hah]

1/21/2013 10:24:59 PM