Just picked up a 2005 car with a hole in the stock block for a good price. It has the MAP stage 3 EF1 kit and a bunch of other mods. It also has a CF hood painted black, black wing and evo mod in black front bumper (inside the car, lol). Paint is a little faded, but body and interior are good.
Srtmike04 is getting the block together and I'll see what else it needs besides a bottleneck fix, return line for the fuel and a bfmic. It's already tuned on E85 which is good, it just needs a little more fuel. I figure it will be a nice 400whp all day and drive real nice with the BC coilovers and fatter than stock tires.
Joe is backkkk!!!! Happy to see you jump back in it man. I know you have a couple projects going on now. Good luck man car looks good, don't let it drain ya lol. ?
I have to get the rear end in the SS to get that out of the way for the tear down of this thing, lol. Motor is already in work, but I need to see what else it needs.
Ok, finally started the tear down. Holy cow did this car die a gnarly death! It dang near sawed itself in half from the bottom up. It also broke the starter in half as well.
Just a little kiss on the piston that had the rod break off...
It's in good hands now.
Diagnosis: The rod broke off up by the piston (still a little piece of rod in the piston with the wrist pin intact) and flung itself round and round until it came completely off the crank. It took out the balance shaft assembly, the block on both sides, the oil pan, the starter and the bracket next to the starter.
Ok. I just had to get rid of the evo mod front bumper, the black wheels and the wing plastidip.
Before...
During...
After...
Here's the Wheel before...
They weren't too bad, but I kind of liked the way the other side of the car looked...
I guess that was a before of the rear and an after of the front, but here's both...
Here's the wing after...
It was a little bit of a pain, but if you are patient and use a bunch of Goo B Gone, it sprays right off mostly with a power washer, then you do a final wipe down with some more Goo B Gone and a paper towel.