What did you do to your 2002 today !

[Mike G]

5 hours ago, irdave said:

 

How low is it?

 

About 1.5” lower than stock I think. H&r springs, Bilsteins, fixed camber plates, roll center spacers, 3 dot pads in the rear. 

[grizzlebar]

Finished the carpet installation.

Also cleaned up some wiring and finished sanding the dash. Should be able to bring it to the upholstery guy tomorrow or Tuesday.

[Chris Hosler]

Installed an oil catch can on the firewall above the brake booster bracket.

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[BarneyT]

 First real day working on the car After repaint, installed the fuel pump and the rear subframe...

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[LB72]

The spare rim makes a great stand for my broken BBQ grill


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[Vintagedavid]

2 hours ago, BarneyT said:

 First real day working on the car After repaint, installed the fuel pump and the rear subframe...

 

Barney --- You are my idol.  It's amazing how quickly you can have a car restored.

 

David

[irdave]

19 hours ago, Mike G said:

 

About 1.5” lower than stock I think. H&r springs, Bilsteins, fixed camber plates, roll center spacers, 3 dot pads in the rear. 

 

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but unless they're offset roll center spacers, they will actually decrease negative camber, no?  The lower control arm is fixed length; it will be longest when it's horizontal; as it moves away from horizontal the X component will get shorter, no?  Which will pull the bottom of the tire in towards the center of the chassis, decreasing negative camber?

 

Got a picture of the strut tops / camber plates? 

[Bibm5]

I drove the 2002 to go help my nephew bolt the head onto his replacement m20 engine.

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[d.hitchcock]

Road work! The fun stuff!

Driving and taking pictures ...

[TripE46]

Threw on my OMP clutch and brake pedals.

[Mpower5266]

I torture tested the wipers yesterday. 

 

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[g_force]

10 hours ago, Vintagedavid said:

Barney --- You are my idol.  It's amazing how quickly you can have a car restored.

 

When Barney started this car, I made note of the date to "set the bar" so to speak.

 

My note says he started stripping parts on August 7th.  I'm betting it's back on the road in May.

 

Barney is a 2002 restoring machine.

[Mike G]

5 hours ago, irdave said:

 

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but unless they're offset roll center spacers, they will actually decrease negative camber, no?  The lower control arm is fixed length; it will be longest when it's horizontal; as it moves away from horizontal the X component will get shorter, no?  Which will pull the bottom of the tire in towards the center of the chassis, decreasing negative camber?

 

Got a picture of the strut tops / camber plates? 

 

They’re not the offset style, I thought they were meant to bring the arms back to horizontal on a lowered car but I just measured and my arms are lower at the strut than subframe. 

[Simeon]

6 hours ago, g_force said:

 

When Barney started this car, I made note of the date to "set the bar" so to speak.

 

My note says he started stripping parts on August 7th.  I'm betting it's back on the road in May.

 

Barney is a 2002 restoring machine.

 

Yes, other people (including me) bitch and moan for years. Barney just gets on with it and gets it done. 

 

Such an impressive ‘stable’. 

[grizzlebar]

Parts from Germany have arrived