engine and drivetrain Project

[Doug Riparetti]

Phase 1; 195/45/17's with 7" wide rims for the front, 205/45/17's with 8.5" rims for the rear is complete

 

Phase 2; Wiring for the power windows, power door locks and power trunk release will be completed tomorrow

 

Phase 3; 5-speed conversion will be begin when I receive my driveline back from Ireland Engineering, should be here by the middle of next week

Edited May 21, 2014 by Doug Riparetti

[zinz]

Those are some wide meats under those fenders... hard to believe they fit. I'm assuming the lips are rolled flat and pulled a bit?

As for those window actuators... very cool. What I want to see is an actuators on the vent windows... annnnd then some on the rear windows! I've seen minivans with similar rear windows that have power feature. Always thought it would be an easy mod...

[dcmackintosh]

The light weight is what makes an '02 so great to drive, but power rear vent windows would be cool, since those are the ones that aren't really easy to actuate while driving.  My 2004 Toyota Sienna van has them, but they regressed to manual levers in the new ones.

[ray_]

Those are some wide meats under those fenders... hard to believe they fit. I'm assuming the lips are rolled flat and pulled a bit?

As for those window actuators... very cool. What I want to see is an actuators on the vent windows... annnnd then some on the rear windows! I've seen minivans with similar rear windows that have power feature. Always thought it would be an easy mod...

 

 

AndyS did the rear window auto-mod once.

 

;-)

[Doug Riparetti]

The ET's are 25. All I did was roll the lips flat, I did not pull on the quarter panels. And there's still room between the tire and the lip.

 

I did complete the power window wiring today, I did struggle for about an hour an a half. My buddy looked at it and figured it out in less than 5-minutes of his time, bad ground. It's the little things that can piss one off. Lesson learned 

[zinz]

Build thread..!!!!! With Part #s

Good job! ..those are some wide meats not to rub... Jus' sayin'.

[Doug Riparetti]

Off ebay;

Spal Universal Electric Power Window Kit                               $129.95

Spal 3 Rocker 5 Wire Switch Kit Door LockPower Windows   $44.75

 

 

Napa Autp Parts  (3) 40a 5 Post Relay part # AR272              $17.87ea

Napa Auto Parts  (2) 25a inline fuse part #782-3127               $6.17ea

Napa Auto Parts  (3) 5 Post Relay Sockets part #?                 $14.95ea                                $

[Doug Riparetti]

Finished the power door lock/power window installation today, cut-out new door cards and completed the transfer. Door panels are back on, everything is functioning well.

 

 I struggled with the door actuators not having the power to unlock/lock. I sprayed the door mechanism with a graphite lube,  it was still binding up. I thought it had to do with how the rod from the actuator was attached to the arm for the door lock. I decided to weld an extension onto the existing arm, drill a hole through a bolt, put a nut on it, on run the actuator rod through it. After all the, still binding up, sprayed the door lock mechanism with WD-40, works PERFECT now. Back sore, but that's behind me now.

 

Next;

 

5-speed conversion (still waiting on the driveline from "IE", hoping to get it this week)

Replace front passenger side floor pan (rust)

Install front swaybar

Lower seats

Install rear spoiler

Install power trunk release

Edited May 27, 2014 by Doug Riparetti