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soundman98 · 10-23-2022, 05:29 PM

And the wheel well lips. 90's Chrysler taught me if I let the crud collect there, there will be no fender to care about later!

DarkPira7e · 10-23-2022, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by soundman98

And the wheel well lips. 90's Chrysler taught me if I let the crud collect there, there will be no fender to care about later!

How are you supposed to get to upgrade anything if you take such good care of the existing things?! Sometimes you need to invest in the future.

"Ah yeah sweetie, look, the car won't pass inspection because of the rust

Guess I need to get carbon fiber fenders.."

villainous_frx · 10-23-2022, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Teseo

Make the habit to "flush" the car underside after driving it

Do people not do this already? And if I were to wash it every time I drove it, that would be 3-4 times a day!

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Originally Posted by soundman98

And the wheel well lips. 90's Chrysler taught me if I let the crud collect there, there will be no fender to care about later!

Those get so nasty so quickly, every time I have the car in the air I peel back the fender liner and clean them.

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Originally Posted by DarkPira7e

How are you supposed to get to upgrade anything if you take such good care of the existing things?! Sometimes you need to invest in the future.

"Ah yeah sweetie, look, the car won't pass inspection because of the rust

Guess I need to get carbon fiber fenders.."

Carbon fenders aren't my style, but I like your thinking

DarkPira7e · 10-23-2022, 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by villainous_frx

Carbon fenders aren't my style, but I like your thinking

I want the Chargespeed front bumper and fenders so bad. It's a good thing I don't like painting anything

DarkPira7e · 10-25-2022, 04:50 PM

Replaced some crusty bolts with zinc plated bolts or fresher looking ones (if I didn't have the right size in zinc).

Mostly chassis hardware that wasn't touched when doing the engine. Zinc bolts I got from the AdamLZ drift kit (overpriced, you can get directly from boltsandnuts.com) most other bolts are spares from who knows where/ when

WildCard600 · 10-25-2022, 10:38 PM

Did some bracing. (I don't care if they don't "do anything". I think they help.)

humfrz · 10-26-2022, 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by WildCard600

Did some bracing. (I don't care if they don't "do anything". I think they help.)

Welp, they sure are perty -

strat61caster · 10-26-2022, 12:58 AM

I started it.

This is what it looked like about 5 hours before I drove it.

Taking bets on number of oil leaks by the 1,000 mile mark.

DarkPira7e · 10-26-2022, 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by strat61caster

I started it.

This is what it looked like about 5 hours before I drove it.

Jesus, quick work. Awesome job!

strat61caster · 10-26-2022, 01:28 AM

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Originally Posted by DarkPira7e

Jesus, quick work. Awesome job!

I had practice, I had it all together Sunday night and it wouldn’t start, did the timing wrong the first time, turned clockwise instead of counter clockwise. Lesson learned, all the timing marks should line up at the same time at least once.

Tcoat · 10-26-2022, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by villainous_frx

Do people not do this already? And if I were to wash it every time I drove it, that would be 3-4 times a day!

Those get so nasty so quickly, every time I have the car in the air I peel back the fender liner and clean them.

Carbon fenders aren't my style, but I like your thinking

I used to get a season pass for a touchless wash and do it two or three times a week. Didn't help much for the lightly painted parts (as you know) but no doubt made a difference overall.
Mind you it would be just as bad again after 45 minutes on the 401 but I felt better about it!
I see that the big chip in the front fender remains about the same after 8 years of exposure so unlike the roof that will rust at .001% humidity the lower body stands up really well!

Teseo · 10-26-2022, 02:08 PM

Don't ruin your engine with silicone

strat61caster · 10-26-2022, 02:30 PM

I just remembered, I had a really loud ticking on start up, seemed to go away after 3-4 minutes, right now my assumption is that the valvetrain wasn’t lubricated well enough and it took awhile for oil to find its way into the lifters and roller rockers. Maybe I’m too tight on the valve lash, we ended up on the low end of the spec, will see when I cold start it later today.

DarkPira7e · 10-26-2022, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by strat61caster

I just remembered, I had a really loud ticking on start up, seemed to go away after 3-4 minutes, right now my assumption is that the valvetrain wasn’t lubricated well enough and it took awhile for oil to find its way into the lifters and roller rockers. Maybe I’m too tight on the valve lash, we ended up on the low end of the spec, will see when I cold start it later today.

Maybe the cam gears were finding their homes. You'll let us know in either case, I'm sure

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