Rescue Dog

[KamakaziX]

Good work, sir!

[2mAn]

so awesome. your work on the front lip gives me hope for mine. was yours cracked at all? mins has two small cracks that i want to fix prior to paint. i wasnt sure what paint to use also for mine, but now i know! good work, keep it up

[Wishno87]

Where did you get the blue car from?

[Vivek]

Thanks. The swap was pretty straightforward. There is plenty of information out there.
Having a parts car in the driveway was a big plus. The donor car had a 173,000 on the clock but the transmission felt tight and the fluid was clean so I am optimistic.
After I put it back on the ground I took a test drive around the block which ended up being about 50 miles. The car drove and shifted perfectly, the transmission is smooth and quiet. Now I have to learn how to drive it, I only killed it once and missed two shifts.

Wait I must have misunderstood this...you can do a whole transmission swap, but you can't drive stick??

[Hick]

one way to learn

[Farwest92]

Lip Repair

Mine was torn off the car when I got it. I don't think the previous owners missed any curbs if they could help it. The guy I bought it from said he put over a parking curb and then backed up and finally had to get out of the car and finish it off hand.
Both corners were torn at the lower edge and looked like it was working its way up. I repaired it by first sanding it on the inside with coarse paper to rough it up then clamped a piece of 1/8" aluminum stock ( also roughed up ) over the crack and drilled some 1/8" holes for rivets and a few more holes for the JB weld to attach to. I then removed the clamps and metal and applied a liberal amount of JB weld to the area and then attached the metal bracing with pop rivets. It seems to holding up and it stiffened the whole lip considerably.

so awesome. your work on the front lip gives me hope for mine. was yours cracked at all? mins has two small cracks that i want to fix prior to paint. i wasnt sure what paint to use also for mine, but now i know! good work, keep it up

[Farwest92]

I can drive a stick, I just can't drive like this....yet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M81ZY8S9AXo&feature=related

Wait I must have misunderstood this...you can do a whole transmission swap, but you can't drive stick??

[Brezzi]

just saw this. Great thread I need to a 5speed swap as well.

[TimKninja]

Sad you killed the blue car, it looked saveable :( Im gonna PM you bout some parts.

But your doin a fine ass job! I was the same way, i did a 5 speed swap and learned how to drive stick on it.

[Mlarsen]

I can drive a stick, I just can't drive like this....yet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M81ZY...eature=related

..........What? He crashes the car.

[Wishno87]

Just realized you live about a block away from my GF. She drives by your place in her cosmos blue eta almost every day.

[e30austin]

Very nice work. I'm glad you took off the Mazda lip! Looks better without it, IMO.

Car looks awesome. You should come down to one of our meets sometime!