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[Ryan]

Decided rather than work around the koyo and not be able to do the frontend the way I want it, ordered an Afco with dimensions that better suit what I'm going for. So while that's on hold I got the hood/fenders/bumper fitted back up. Started working on the bash bar for the front as well. Pulling the trigger tonight on some more goodies for the car.

[SHREDDER]

dang that big concrete slab is gonna be much nicer to work on than the original sized one!  any upgrades going on the VH or pretty much stock?

[Ryan]

you have no idea. It rocks to have 3+ cars on jacks and still have TONS of room to work around them. Mostly stock for now. I've got a supercharger for it that we've been playing around with manifold ideas but I don't wanna rush it.

[Ryan]

So looking over the car I decided to freshen it up a bit more.

First was the steering and suspension. I broke a tie rod and bent another at round one. Used ksports and crappy mismatched parts arent gonna cut it. I picked up some driftworks knuckles, moog ball joints, reman steering rack. Decided to snag a sikky swaybar vs shimming my oe one down to clear front edge of pan. Its also adjustable so thats cool. Sometime this week I'd like to make it up to Austin to have spl heims put on my flcas and replace my used rear arms with spl goodies as well as solid subframe bushings. Still need to pull the trigger on some BCs or stance coils. Haven't decided.

Next was the handbrake. It sucks. Cable is stretched. ASD brake arrives thursday. Not sure when my dual caliper bracket gets here. Already have two sets of z rear calipers to compliment my q45 fronts.

Wiring. I hate wiring. This car isnt going to be a street car anytime soon so I pulled the wiring out and picked up a Moroso relayed switch panel to clean things up a bit and run only what I need to run the car.

My radiator should be here by the weekend and I can get the core support done, prep and paint the bay, and get the swap in.

I know I kinda went in reverse but there was no way the car was going to be reliable the way it was. Just didn't have enough time to do it right. I feel like I can get this accomplished before lsb/rd2. No way I'm gonna miss it.

[Deedilus]

Hell yeah!! So stoked Ryan this thing is going to be badass.

[Surge]

getting shit done!

[steve-0]

so is this the coupe or the q?

[Ryan]

Brock's old green hatch.

[Ryan]

Put the motor in this evening! All down hill from here, hopefully.

[Ryan]

Car is wired. Cranking it tomorrow. Need to do subframe bushings, dual caliper bracket, mount handbrake, bend lines, make an airbox, double check everything is secure and it's off to the garage for driveshaft and exhaust. You can follow the shenanigans on instagram. Ryan2750

[Ryan]

So the pink car is rad. Working the kinks out little by little. Blew it up after rd4. Will be dropping in another motor to make rd5.

On another note. Scored a 6.0 ls and Borg Warner t10/Lakewood scatter shield today for free. Probably pick up some l92 heads/l76 intake and start deciding on a cam.

[steve-0]

Nice find!