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The road to Phoenix (Updated 5.15.09 - Massive Brake work)


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Man I'm pissed.

I was looking forward to getting a full three days of work in on the car. Subframe ready to go in, struts finally re-assembled, brakes (sort of) ready for the front, pedalbox waiting to go in, booster assembly set to go...

And I get called into my office at 3pm on Saturday afternoon. 12 hour day on Sunday, another 12 hour day Monday. Did I mention I'm salary, and I dont get any overtime or bonus because of this?

Yeah. Pissed.

Subframe is currently sitting on some jackstands, about 3" below the frame rails. Struts are in the car, currently hanging by the strut bearings (I hope this won't have an adverse effect on the bearings sitting this way for a week or so)

I'll have my usual array of half-assed pics in a bit. Man, I hate my job...

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Follow-up to the Memorial Day weekend:

I have gotten a lot more work finished (front brakes, finding out my wheels don't fit....) but here's some shots of things I was working on during memorial day weekend...

I realize its a rattle-can engine bay, but some of the cracks in the paint here (done at the body shop, not by me) were really starting to tick me off. So i sanded out everything in here flat and started over. Most of this is hidden under decals and the like anyways, but at least there's a flat surface to work with now.

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So, here are my springs. "JAMEX" brand. Who knows? they fit, and drop the car waaaaay low, so i'm all for it!

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Jamex + Billy's = Fresh, VERY stiff struts!

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Subframe install...This is how I left things on Memorial day before I went in to work. Its all in and buttoned up (except for the safety wire on the struts) so as soon as I figure out how to get my damn wheels to fit, we'll be ground-ward bound!

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Yes, its krinkle red. It actually looks pretty cool with the krinkle black valvecover. I'm undecided whether or not i'll keep this though...

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More to come, I just need to take more pictures of all this stuff i'm doing.

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Odered today:

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1 x GM Closed Element CLT / IAT Sensor with Pigtail (CLTIATwPiggy) = $16.50

1 x MegaSquirt Relay Board - UnAssembled Kit (MSRelay-K) = $64.00

1 x GM Open Element IAT Sensor with Pigtail (IATwPiggy) = $21.00

1 x MegaSquirt Stimulator v2.2 - UnAssembled Kit (MSStim22-K) = $45.00

1 x MegaSquirt-I or II Relay Cable (MSRelayCable) = $70.00

1 x MegaSquirt-II Programmable EFI System PCB3.0 - Kit w/ BLACK CASE (MS230-K_BL) = $253.00

4 x Fuel Injector Pigtails - Bosch (InjPiggy-Bos) = $22.00

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& also some 24# injectors and a TPS off eBay

Many thanks to Finkbuilt, Zenon & johnhup for the extensive documentation on their builds. The info provided there was a huge help in deciding what components to purchase.

I cant wait to start soldering this stuff together!

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Ebay link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&viewitem=&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ebay.com%3A80%2Fsearch%2Fsearch.dll%3Ffrom%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dm37%26satitle%3D250136809064%26category0%3D%26fvi%3D1&item=250136809064

It appears to be (at least visually) the same one that was used on finkbuilt's car. It fits the shaft on the 325 throttle body too, which is nice.

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So, since my OZs won't fit (dammit) i've been looking at other alternatives.

I don't want to go the BBS route... a big hell-no to bottlecaps (no offense to those that have them)... Can't go back to 13" stocks because of the Volvo brakes.

I found these while wandering around online:

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15x7, et 35. I'm going to be running some pretty short springs, but nothing like bent struts or coil-overs. If I went with a 195 tire and possibly a 5mm spacer, I'm thinking these could fit pretty well. They're available in Gold, Red and Silver (above) which is what I'll probaly go with.

Not to mention they're only $150/wheel!

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They're called "OG-San" - a wheel made by Axis:

http://www.axiswheels.com/

This is the best price i've found on them. They seem to sell everywhere for about $150-ish, with tire & wheel packages going for around $800. Not a bad price.

http://wheelstudio.com/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/1_3/products_id/11849?osCsid=19f5124039a5129fe97b186bdf7de7ac

There's also another wheel, ET 35 (i think) but only available in 15x8. Would be good for people w/ Turbo flares. They're called the "Oldskool" 4x100 bolt pattern, 3" lip! These come in gold, white, and black/polished. Pretty neat rims, and everything I've read about them says they're good quality for the price.

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I think once I scrounge up $600, I'll pick up a set. They sure look badass, and as per regulation with any cool wheel, will definately be a bitch to clean.

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Another Holiday weekend... Why do I always feel like I didn't get shit done when I look at my pictures? Probably because I always forget to take pics...

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- Finished assembling my Megasquirt, Stim board, and Relay board

- Installed Heater box, and got REALLY pissed off when I immediately dropped a screw inside the damn thing no more than 5 minutes of it being in the car. Per regulations, this became lodged into the vent flaps, completley immobilizing them. Horray.

- Took out heaterbox agression on my Escort EDIS pulley. The wood-wedge and sledge-hammer did the trick, and now my 36-1 wheel is free of its Ford counterpart.

- Stripped Gastank (outside) and flushed inside with MEK. I have a re-sealant kit coming from POR-15, so that will get wrapped up this weekend.

- Ran 318i rear battery cable to trunk

And now the (few) pictures I did take:

What would you do if you found this on a car? Call it ghetto? Laugh uncontrollably? Yeah, probably me too... but my old bypass pipe was rusted beyond belief, and I didn't feel like buying a new one or play roulette with the scrapyard. Yes, thats 3/4" household copper pipe. New water bypass pipe = $4

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With possible Intercooler piping as well as Oil Cooler piping in my future, I took the opportunity with the engine out to open the nose up a little bit. Of course, this means more painting.

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Pedalbox/booster mounted. You can see here the flex that my steering guibo is under, which is the suspected cause of my steering box leakage...

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Of course, brakes are in the car, minus new lines and brake pads. Oh, and wheels that fit. I'm still ticked about that.

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TPS Adapter plate made from Aluminum plate. Works well, looks... well, decent. The TPS hides the clamp-scars fairly well... I'm using a 325i throttle body with a variable-resistance TPS I bought off Ebay.

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Oh, after my genius idea with the copper pipe, I decided to try another homebrew concoction. A spray-paint cap looks like its just about the right size to fit over the heaterbox blower motos and keep out rain moisture. Sounds like a great idea, right?

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Hell, that almost looks factory, doesn't it? Suuuuuure it does. Then you get the thing in the car, bolt it up, and find out it hits the hood lock-down bar right in the middle and makes turning the lever feel like an arm-wrestling competetion.

But you dont want to take the heaterbox back out, so you get an x-acto and cut away the cap while the box is still in the car. No problem. Then you go and remove that little 8mm nut there at the top... and THATs when you get to take the box out again, since its now blocking the vent flaps, because your dumb ass dropped it right into the heaterbox. Man, i felt like a winner when that happened.

Finally, an obligatory shot of my engine, since it seems to change in every single post I do.

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Thanks Esty. I'm glad you'll be getting the use out of that 38. I've just finished testing all the parameters with my Megasquirt, and its some seriously confusing stuff the first time you read through it. Part of me is a little worried about buggering it all up, since I really only know carbs - and only slightly at that!

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It is a good feeling when all the little bits go together and you see all the lights blinking. I know I've got a crap-ton of programming and configuring ahead of me.

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Oh, I'm also under a deadline now. I'm shooting for completion the first week of November, since I have an event to make by the end of the month... This could get interesting...

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