Nicks m50 swap and restoration project

[gofredo50]

LOL 5 mins after i came inside i got a knock on the door... its the police. Didnt get any citations but she said they got 2 noise complants lol.. she let me off and said dont want to hear it again out of the driveway. ohhwellll

Just watched the video and two thoughts:

1. Your neighbors would HATE me. None of my neighbors have said anything but I gun it in the parking garage every day.

2. If I didn't think it'd come right back to you I'd say we should form the first annual "Nick's Neighborhood Drive". There would be a full APB out for us, especially if Phaedon's RX8 gets put back together and Jeff brings the S50.

[dnick]

Just watched the video and two thoughts:

1. Your neighbors would HATE me. None of my neighbors have said anything but I gun it in the parking garage every day.

2. If I didn't think it'd come right back to you I'd say we should form the first annual "Nick's Neighborhood Drive". There would be a full APB out for us, especially if Phaedon's RX8 gets put back together and Jeff brings the S50.

HAHAHA i think thatd be true if we did that.. its a shame I cant go to the swap meet this weekend!!

[irish44j]

tuck those diving boards, son!

[dnick]

tuck those diving boards, son!

already done ;)

did it today! haha drilled em out and backed up on to my garage lol!

[dnick]

ordering exhaust tubing tomorrow!! from mandrel bending solutions.

[irish44j]

already done ;)

did it today! haha drilled em out and backed up on to my garage lol!

damn, I was able to push mine in by hand, bracing myself against my workbench. Convenient since you find you'll want to pull them out again to access various things here and there. You can pull them out by hand to, just use your body weight.

[dnick]

damn, I was able to push mine in by hand, bracing myself against my workbench. Convenient since you find you'll want to pull them out again to access various things here and there. You can pull them out by hand to, just use your body weight.

lol yeah i found that out.. one side didnt go in all the way so i just pushed it hahah, didnt need to push it against the garage hahaha. Ive heard you can do that! Just pull em out and use them for like a bench or something

[irish44j]

lol yeah i found that out.. one side didnt go in all the way so i just pushed it hahah, didnt need to push it against the garage hahaha. Ive heard you can do that! Just pull em out and use them for like a bench or something

I drilled through mine and have some pins in there to hold them compressed (just in case they want to pop out for some reason)

[SamE30e]

When you do the valve cover, make sure you replace the valve cover gasket if you haven't yet.

And when you re-assemble it, put some gasket maker on the corners and around the spark plug tubes. When the valve cover leaks into the spark plug tubes they fill with oil, this can cause misfires.

As for exhaust, when I had my car, I went Y-pipe - 2.5" high flow cat - single 2.5" pipe - 2.5" resonator - 2.5" inch straight through single in dual out muffler.

Sounded pretty good, not too loud, but noticeable when you got on it.

[dnick]

thats smart! ill have to do that if the bumper slides out at all

[dnick]

When you do the valve cover, make sure you replace the valve cover gasket if you haven't yet.

And when you re-assemble it, put some gasket maker on the corners and around the spark plug tubes. When the valve cover leaks into the spark plug tubes they fill with oil, this can cause misfires.

As for exhaust, when I had my car, I went Y-pipe - 2.5" high flow cat - single 2.5" pipe - 2.5" resonator - 2.5" inch straight through single in dual out muffler.

Sounded pretty good, not too loud, but noticeable when you got on it.

yeah, lol thats the problem im having now! gasket marker?? I was just going to order
http://www.blunttech.com/ShopByVehic...%20Set&mode=PA THAT lol.... thatll be ok right? and im not doing any cats, prob just a resonator and muffler. 2.5"

[dnick]

found some pics my dad took haha..
came in prety hot here, actually got sideways after he snapped the pic!!

[FunfGan]

No air filter? What a badass.

[dnick]

lol you knowww

[FunfGan]

So the driveway drift was not caught on camera? That would have been an awesome first drive picture.