My build thread (Gnar Gnar 2.0)

[mr_miles]

Update.

http://www.microimageonline.com/foru...4256#post84256

[b20vteg]

yikes, sorry to hear. :(

[mr_miles]

copy pasta from MI :p

so lets say I put the car on jack stands. I dislike how I was not able to do that, as they're at a friends house.....but that's neither here nor there now :p

Step one: Drain oil. I'll pull the filter off later.

Step two: start removing oil pan bolts. Easy enough, except for one stud (there are two studs with nuts on them, I'm assuming for "make this job easier" when you put a new pan on. that stud had hit the center divider and bent. pulled the whole stud out, replaced with bolt.



start moving around to the other bolts, easy easy easy....until these two.



Doesn't look so bad...right? How about this angle.



Hmm......Cant get a wrench on it. cant get a socket on it. it's steel, so I cant force the socket on to bend it. My best decided course of action is to try and bend the lip of the pan and then get a wrench on the end. about two hours of that and I gave up on that idea - working upside down on the ground slows me down, okay?!

Hammer mode = engaged. if i cant get a wrench on it the only way to do it is to bend the pan back. All I had was a regular nail hammer, way to light. Luckily I was given a gift card to NAPA, so I ran down there and picked up a 2.5 pound sledge, and some gasket maker while I was there in case I couldn't find my tube I already had.

THOR MODE ENGAGED. Even the almighty hammer of THOR is no match for this dreadful oil pan. I ponder what to do momentarily. tried using a drift to no avail as well. Ponder more.

Drill time. went out on a limb and drilled a few holes around the area that was folded over the bolts to weaken it, still wasnt working to well, tried pliers, more drifts and more Thor, but wasn't working. ended up damaging the bolts so I backed off.

Last ditch effort - bend the entire pan around the bolts. slowly I start pulling on the pan after draining the remaining oil. lucky me, it started bending exactly where I had hoped! In case anyone is wondering why I would do that, if you bend metal back and forth enough it'll crack and tear.

few minutes of that and I heard a scary *POP*. one of the bolt holes an the pan ripped! YAY. then it was easy from there. just spun it to get the last one off. Everything up in the engine looks great. the oil pickup tube didn't get touched. Dry it all off, and put some RTV on the new pan. slapped that beauty back on and tomorrow after it's dry i'll fill it up with oil!




Here's my favorite picture.



Next step, alignment.

[mr_miles]

Oh look, I didn't die. I just took a nap.





225 50 15. Somehow, this will fit. Somehow. Couldn't do the valve stems on the inside. no matter where I put them they hit something. Sad day lol. These would have been done a while ago but I was trying to paint them when I painted the Z. But the Z is still just primer haha.

I've also been working on both of my friends S2000's, did a complete bushing install on one, and the other one suddenly got a bad knock from a connecting rod bearing and had copper in the oil pan. so unfortunately both of my projects are on hold. which is upsetting as I'm trying to get the Z's bushings done so I can garage Gnar for winter. lol. Poor Z needs her bushings bad.

[b20vteg]

mr miles, what happened with your car???

[mr_miles]

I went on a 4 month long working spree. So much overtime. Haven't really done too much to the car as of late, which makes me sad. Rolling the rotiforms for now. Gotta get back in the game soon!

[b20vteg]

Originally Posted by mr_miles

I went on a 4 month long working spree. So much overtime. Haven't really done too much to the car as of late, which makes me sad. Rolling the rotiforms for now. Gotta get back in the game soon!

sweet, glad to know you're still around!

[mr_miles]

Yeah.....worked my entire summer away. It's great for the wallet and the car, bad for me lol. Maybe here soon I'll have more time off and I can start working on her again. I did manage a wax the other day, so the car looks happy :p

[mr_miles]

figured I'd work on the exhaust a little before work, as I got the OBX setup. turns out the flange on the end of the midpipe is rotated 45 degrees so you HAVE to use the OBX muffler with it. Well I refuse. lol. I like my megan. So I put the stock midpipe back in, and I will go to a exhaust shop and have them rotate that flange, and do any more required work to make it fit right. I want stainless steel all the way, but I want it my way :p I also screwed up my donut gasket on the header (also megan) trying to get it to fit, lol. this is gunna' be a pain.

[mr_miles]

So slow season at work never started. It's finally now just "slowing" down....I've been working overtime since well...since I stopped updating this. Yaris work has been....slow. Haven't put the exhaust on yet because the mid pipe doesn't fit. It's not bent right. and OBX wouldn't respond to calls or emails regarding the issue. >:( So I have a useless exhaust sitting in my garage. Going to have to bring it to a shop and have them hack it up to make it fit, but finding a shop that will mess with catalytic converter free exhaust is not easy, because they can lose their jobs, etc. List of things to do:
Put rotiforms back on for summer
get exhaust done
finish re-installing interior
get window tint fixed
have fun and take pictures

So hopefully I'll update more frequently. I miss playing with that car.

[mr_miles]

Rotiforms are back on! hopefully the weather stays fair, lol.

[yarisugi]

Was looking forward to post #188...

[mr_miles]

I was too...I had to sell those a while ago, dental bills slapped me in the face (pun intended) and I needed some quick cash lol.

I also sold the 280z a few months back, I got offered more money than I paid for it so I had a hard time saying no. So I bought my 300zx tt because apparently I have to have a z at all times.

[ucsmfu]

Originally Posted by mr_miles

I wish i had a 5 door.

Well, to start off, here's the ugly chrome piece, a little less ugly, and more carbon fibery.



Rolled the rear fenders today, and removed the collars. Looks much better me thinks. all these pics are right after messing with the front so it needs to settle. :p I'll snap better pics tomorrow of the entire car. I was hungry.





Lowered the front a bit more but it needs to settle I think, doesn't seem to have gotten much lower lol.



Exhaust is less than an inch from the ground now. yey.

how did you remove the rear chrome piece ?

[mr_miles]

Take off the interior panel on the decklid, and there's 4 or 5 nuts you take off and it pops right out :D

[ucsmfu]

Originally Posted by mr_miles

Take off the interior panel on the decklid, and there's 4 or 5 nuts you take off and it pops right out :D

thnx