Project Lela: a 4wd, Turbo, Porn-star in the making.

[imwhyteyo]

Big old mess after my wiring frenzy.. lol


Finally put in my euro markers. Wired to stay lit during running, and switched ground so they will flash as indicators as well! Not too hard and better than solid state!






powers back on in the other half of my shop so I can finish sandblasting my strut tube and get the front suspension back together. So pumped! Will post pics tomorrow. Thanks for the support guys.. your comments and suggestions are always welcome.

[imwhyteyo]

Onto the suspension stuff for a little bit. Lots of sandblasting and rebuilding things.

Before.


Rusty gross oldness.


More crap. Frozen caliper, frozen slider on the other. Well fix that in a snap!


Skipped a lot of pics here but struts in, new abs sensors in, everything greased, anti seized, and new HD endlinks


Re coated with por15


Sandblasting for powder coating.


Nasty piston guts.


That dreadful rust!


100% new rebuild on the brakes.


Again I missed a few pics during installs, but here we are for the night.


I'll get more pics on the rebuild of the brakes, bearings etc. Tomorrow. Stay tuned.

[imwhyteyo]

More stuff today.






Test fitting my new wheels, though they are going to have to be filled and re-drilled. I got these for an unspeakable trade. So lucky to come across them as they were EXACTLY the wheels I was looking for. It appear ls they will fit with this setup, although I might have trouble when going to coils. I could get adapters but I am not looking to exceed the fender line.






Back to the drive train to complete the passengers side fully.
Nasty axles, but cleaned up and restored they will do the job just fine.


Had to steal an outer joint off this one as the main one I built was clicking.


Prepping and sorting things for cleaning and blasting. It all has to go back together very particular.



Here's the damaged clicking outer joint:


All cleaned, new parts put together.


Important to distinguish where the ball bearings go back into.


Blasted and painted



Fill up the new grease!

Reassemble. Crimped, make sure there's no grease in your grooves (try to avoid it)








Until tomorrow. I'll be onto the passengers side. I just want to get back into the engine!!... got an intercooler and radiator to install darn it!

[imwhyteyo]

Wire assorting. Cleaning, tucking, routed modified brake vooster lines (someone verify this setup will work?) And finally finished my intercooler piping. Mocked up for the meantime until I finish the wiring, fuel lines, alternator, and power steering. Have a look! Share your thoughts!.














Originally intended for the intake filter to mount directly onto the turbo, but I might make a 45 bend and have it alittle further from the turbo itself. Want to keep the heat away from it, although I dont think ill make a heat sheild box, I might have the passengers side brake duct shoot some fresh air up into it from the hole in the frame rail panel, heres a quick idea of what I mean.. anybosy suggest anything else..?

[imwhyteyo]

At least with this design I can have some cooler air entering the engine bay, and I will make a baffle and drain of some sort so no water or dirt/dust reaches up in there, only outside air. My plan anyway, is to have the brake duct mounted solid, and put a temperature sensor there so I can read ambient intake air temps.. and have a second sensor right before the turbo so its actually in the engine bay reading engine ambient temps. The lcd discplay I have monitors up to 4 different outputs, so I might put one on the throttle body side as well somewhere close to where the throttle butterfly is. Monitoring the teansitions of air will be a good peice of mind, but I know it wont be necessary. Also I find this design beneficial to the extent it will allow me to properly mount a diverting valve instead of an atmospheric blow off valve. Help eliminate stalls, and keep that turbo moving! (To a certain degree. ;) ) heres what Im trying to acheive anyways.. :

Plain jane boring turbo mounted intake:



Better idea:





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[imwhyteyo]

Didnt get a whole lot done today, I had to start working on the 91 coupe quattro project alittle bit. But I got some simple wiring things done, also finished something extra special! Ill let pics do the talking.


So these are the starter wires, theyre in good shape, but they just wouldn't stay connected to the starter. So, I cleaned up the terminals, added a few new bits.. professional style, and routed the wiring as tidy as possible.
Heres the old:


Snipped back for clean wires.


Crimped, soldered, and heatshrinked, these will NEVER go bad.



These bolts dont have to be torqued incredibly tight folks, alot of you guys are really slamming these things in there causing the studs to strip out, making it almost impossible to remove. A good trick to avoid this is to double stack two nuts prior to adding the ring terminals and tightening with a third with a wave or lock washer. This way if the contacts get corroded or rusted tight, or if you overtighten youll be able to fit a small wrench behind it to hold thimgs in place. But of course a tiny dash of anti seize makes all the difference in the world.

[imwhyteyo]

And some of you might be wondering what happened with this mess:




Well. Heres what happened
1: sandblasted every peice inside and out, all internals of rust, debris, amd corrosion.
2: removed all solder from original locations and heavy duty wiring.
3: shortened internal heavy wiring contacts and resoldered everything heavily with fresh clean solder.
4. Reglazed all necessary areas with a special anti electric coating, except contact points.
5. Dielectric greased contacting points except the brushes.
6. Installed new brushes, refurbished copper brush surfaces.
7. Sandblasted and powdercoated shell, fan, and pulley according to engine theme.
8. Assembled with as much new hardware as I had on hand.

*DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DO THIS IM THE EVENT YOU WISH TO TRY PAINTING YOUR ALTERNATOR. REMOVAL OF THE SHELL DAMAGES YOUR INTERNALS AND UNLESS REPAIRED PROFESSIONALLY WILL MAKE A FAULTY, OR UNUSEABLE ALTERNATOR WITH AN EXTREME POTENTIAL TO CREATE A DANGEROUS FIRE HAZARD!!! Do not try unless you know what youre doing, otherwise - ask me! I offer the service to rebuild and beef up, and or paint your alternator. Just PM. me please. I didnt take pictures of the process specifically for this reason. I dont mind people following other things ive done, but I dont want to see you guys burning up your cars trying this on your own.

Anyways.. heres the aftermath.






And the test results are in!.. all good baby girl!

[imwhyteyo]

More stuff.

New guage cluster for the vent to rid of that cheapo thin plastic heap.





Finally got my completed set of rear trailing arm bushings. Akg originally was missing an outer busbing from the seT(7 of 8pcs.)


Finished my fuel line setup, although I think I will be welding permanent threaded fittings for all the lines, so I may wrench on and off the lines as needed for testing. This setup is only temporary so I can have it running. Realized now that 4an just wont cut it, and will make sure the lines work for 6an and will adapt appropriate fittings as such. Welded, and the threaded, not clamped.



I also got to get back to alittle luxury stuff.. I turned this:..






Into this! With some extra parts :)





Of course I need to get a few extra led bulbs to match the interior lights. These halogens dont do much for fully illuminated trunk space, although the extra bulb housing does help substantially.

Stay tuned for my mext retrofit I started after the trunk.. im adding e36 vanity mirror lights into the rear passengers area for lighting in the back seat! Fit and flush and lots of lights for passenger convenience. The position is perfect, ill also be completing my rear component speaker setup as well in preparation for the trunk false floor setup for the stereo. This speaker system will be a force to be reckoned!!... prepare for ear bleeding, chest pounding, organ disorienting action!!


I have a fetish for lights, stereo, and cleanliness.

My goals are oem+... all my mods I feel not to be too extravagant, though, instead the way a "fully loaded" E30 should have been.


Also scored a clean new custom center console idea, ready to go to go along with the e36 seat install. Definitely stay tuned!!. You wont want to miss this.

[imwhyteyo]

Guages


Getting this thing pieced together and ready for fab work


Another little pickup.


Test fittings

[imwhyteyo]

These are just temporary wheels until the o.z. fitipaldi fitistars get filled and redrilled. But I found the exact look I wanted the car to look like in the meantime. Maybe just a half inch lower would be better.. but im hoping as I drive the new springs will settle down a bit. Is this just a myth? (H+r sports). Coils could not come any sooner!!







I also started putting together my project list for lelas sister "mila"
Here she was last season before I removed the head. A couple pics of her good angles.. lol

[TheTacoMan]

Attention to detail here is amazing. What boost was the car running with the auto?

[imwhyteyo]

10psi. The auto can handle more. I would reccomend shifting it yourself though. Rev hang tends to keep the engine up high befpre shifts. Not safe for boosted motors.

[TheTacoMan]

10psi. The auto can handle more. I would reccomend shifting it yourself though. Rev hang tends to keep the engine up high befpre shifts. Not safe for boosted motors.

I Was around 10-12 psi when my auto got sloppy and started losing gears, I had to shift through the gears as well.
Good to see this going to a 5 speed.

[imwhyteyo]

Yeah with the stage 3 clutch and lw flywheel it should be a great step up. Very excited to start driving it. Ive already started peicing together another engine to build a low comp 2.8, going to build a better head as well. Heavy duty rockers , valve work, better springs and valve grind.

[Lake]

Wow wow wow amazing keep up the work!!!