I promised this thread a looooong time ago, but I didn't have money or the will-power to put money/time into this car, but now I got my life a lot more straightened out, I'm ready. I'll post pics when I get home later today or tomorrow.
Goals with this car:
My number one goal, is to have a 'Tokyo drift' style sleeper. Basically, a ****ty looking car on the outside, but under the hood is an absolute MONSTER.
Story behind the car: My uncle got this baby from a close family friend at 33,000 miles. The previous owner didn't take care of the interior, but serviced the engine as he was supposed to. My uncle tore the car's interior down to nothing and cleaned it up and made it look nice, and drove it to around 140k miles. His ex-wife took the car in the divorce and TORE it up BAD. In the 50k miles she had it, she only had the oil changed once. I'll post detailed pics soon, but it's pretty bad. The car leaks oil if it sits at an angle (oil pan gasket? Idk). But other then that and the recent smog pump seize, which is a common failure the car is in good mechanical shape.
Stuff that will be done eventually.
Replace windshield (giant crack).
Bouncing speedometer.
Steering wheel. (extremely worn).
Rims are bent. (curb strikes).
Brakes are severely worn.
Low braking power, I think this is related to worn brakes but not sure.
Smog pump seized.
Entire interior replaced (except seats).
New doors (one is bent from a robbery, other is just FUBAR).
Drop down dome light causes fuse to instantly pop.
Both headlights and tail lights need to be replaced.
A/C needs recharged (R-12).
Alignment.
Transmission flush/refill.
Compression check.
Replace master cylinder.
Things done thus far:
Cleaned interior of makup/dirt. Must have gotten 10LBS of makeup off the steering wheel, climate control, door, etc etc.
Power steering pump was making a god awful noise when turning, and the fluid was as thick as mud and black as used oil, so I changed that and it's still making noise, but sounds much better.
Spark plug change.
Replaced headlight/DRL switch, was stuck in the 'on' position.
Cap and rotor change.
MAF sensor cleaning.
Throttle body cleaning (was super bad).
New air filter.
Replaced hatch. Was rusted through at the bottom of the windshield between the windshield and wing. It's red now.
Passenger side exhaust replaced. Had a hole from hitting a speed bump way too hard.
Rear brakes adjusted.
Replaced broken tail light. Was backed into a pole (not me). Caused no damage to bumper.
Immediate mods/repairs that I'll be doing in the next 2 months.
4.10 rear end.
KYB shocks in the rear and springs in the rear and front.
Front struts (unsure what I'm going to go with).
Eldebrock manifold.
70MM throttle body.
CAI/K&N air filter.
Injectors cleaned (I seriously think one is running lean) by mrinjector.us
Electric fan conversion.
Subframe connectors.
Rear control arms.
New 4-lug pony rims.
Power steering pump.
AOD 'hold' Valve body for better AOD trans/launch control.
New speedometer cable.
Stuff that I'll be doing that doesn't cost alot of money in the next few weeks.
Remove interior and give it a good scrubbing to try and save the carpet.
Install and paint new doors. They are currently white.
Install new door panels along with the doors.
Clean up the engine bay.
Change brakes (already have them).
Future mods that I will get done (probably 1-2 years out):
Vortech intercoolerless supercharger.
42LB injectors (might only go 36 we will see).
MSD ignition box.
On the fly Boost controller/timing retard advance/rev limiter box.
Rebuilt AOD transmission.
Transmission temperature/A,F ratio/Boost/Oil temp gauges.
Pics: They are old, but I'll take some sooner or later.
