Project: Budget Beater

[Digitalwave]

He couldn't do that himself, and he is paying a shop to do it? Yet he is keeping his mods under $50? Seems like a paradox.

[Dave]

He couldn't do that himself, and he is paying a shop to do it? Yet he is keeping his mods under $50? Seems like a paradox.

[Schniddy]

^Agreed

He's probably doing the "budget project" to prove a point and show it can be done, not to save money.. as it seems

[Budget Beater]

now, i've doing all that crap before. theres no honor or extra knowledge gained by doing a fluid change, you just waste alot more time and get alot dirtier for only saving a few bucks. Time is money in the business world. i dont have time to waste. plus i have sponsorship so i can do all that crap for cheaper than most of yall can do DIY, so theres no point in wasting my time.

[Digitalwave]

The budget beater has a sponsor too? It gets better.

[kowalski]

The budget beater has a sponsor too? It gets better.

hahaha

[MR 325]

I vote you really should have done that stuff yourself, it's quite easy

Oh well

[Budget Beater]

i know its easy... its just pointless dirty stuff, i've done all that crap before and its honestly no fun, i'd rather just have my shop do it for pennies on the dollar (alot of it was done free). no point in wasting time over it when i dont have access to a lift here in AZ away from home. all my good tools and etc are back home inTX.

[zandi]

You could change one shock.

[motorprestige]

BUMP! c'mon man don't crap out on us after all this hype.

[Budget Beater]

hey guys, the car is up and running. the good news its starting to run better, the bad news is fuel pump is whinning making me think the secondary pump is dead. Also i will replace the clogged stock injectors and fuel rail with an extra set that I have. I dont want to do M50 injectors yet b/c i want a 100% baseline dyno. I did adjust my valves today and it did help the car run cooler but it still gets a tad bit hot. the valve adjustment was actually fairly straight forward. car still needs work.

turns out my brake rotors are totally warped so great time to upgrade those. Also i bought the momo hub for my 350mm steering wheel and i found an awesome deal on ebay for two true 2.5" diameter resonators so now i can run 1 cat, two resonators and the ebay exhaust with mandrel bent piping.

The car is still extremely underpowered though making me think the fuel pump and clogged injectors/fuel rail are to blame. once i replace those items i should be able to get a good legitimate dyno (130-140range). anyways i'll keeo yall updated. its taking a while but its finally coming along

[kowalski]

good to hear, i thought after all this hype it died off. lots of guys come here saying they're building this beast and then they stop posting after about a week... there better be pics sooN:)

[asubimmer]

yeah we NEED pics

[motorprestige]

yeah we NEED pics

NEED!!! as in " I need to eat everyday in order to live" need...:shock:

[BahnE30]

probably manned up and realized ebay parts arent going to make a lick of difference in his car as everyone has been saying since he started this thread....