Thanks for the follows guys!
So I have been busy. Didn't manage to finish paint last week, but hopefully tonight is the night for basecoat and clear. I was sad to miss another drive and BBQ this past weekend so I'll be damned if I miss the IE open house on Saturday.
Part of the delay was that I really dislike bodywork, the other part was that my garage tent ripped
That was a little bit frustrating and kinda killed my mood early last week. Regardless, I managed to spray primer. That was also a little frustrating because somehow when I bought the debilbiss HVLP gun kit, I didn't realize what CFM monsters they are. Big gun 12 CFM @ 30psi, little gun 10 CFM @ 30 psi. So needless to say my 2.5 hp HF 11 gallon air compressor couldn't keep up. Last time I used the bigger gun I didn't really notice it because I was spraying the engine bay which is not a lot of heavy spraying like say a hood. I didn't really find a good technique until after I finished spraying it. Figures right? The most prominent, flat, large surface is the one that I did the worst job on :P At least it's easier to sand. After the hood, I would let the air compressor build pressure, spray a short length, let it catch up, spray etc. and that worked very well, especially for the smaller pieces aka everything but the hood.
I bolted up some of the pieces because I thought it'd be easier to wetsand them this way with them firmly mounted. It wasn't really. Made a mess. But the car looked much better in a matte white/grey than I thought it would!
So I put the parts back in the garage and sanded them there. Made another mess. Now I have to clean up two messes. BUT everything is sanded and ready for paint.
And in other news, some cool parts arrived!
Ferodo brake pads - DS2500. Bought on the advice of another member who had the polymatrix E's like I did and hated how loud they were. These should have good cold bite and relatively low noise. We'll see!
This guy I've been waiting to receive for quite a while. It's a custom hand made catch can by a company called saikou michi. 6-7 week lead time but totally worth it. Price is very reasonable as well. Best FUNCTIONAL catch can I have been able to find so far. And that it is totally customizable is very cool. I had it made with two inlets to support boost. One will go to the valve cover, the other will go to one of the big plugs on the front of the vanos assembly - this is kind of an experimental idea, not sure how well it'll work :) The outlet will be plumbed to the exhaust evac and when it comes time to boost, I will be plumbing an e36 SAP pump inline with a hobbs switch to supplement vacuum when the IM sees boost.
And lastly the fittings and hose arrived for the PS system. Very lovely :D
And lastly lastly, some more annoying shit to deal with.... I slapped a few pieces together on Sunday so I could drive the car and take a visiting friend for a ride. One of the zip ties currently holding my radiator broke and when I went over some section of bumpy road in the mountains the radiator bounced off it's plastic seat on the bottom driver side and contacted the PS pump pulley
which resulted in a tiny hole in one or two fins. It doesn't even leak when cold. I'm hoping a radiator shop could fix that being that the radiator is only a few weeks old :hitler:
I'll probably throw the koyo back in so I can drive on saturday to the IE open house. Speaking of the koyorad radiator... the warranty claim is still pending :(
So I have been busy. Didn't manage to finish paint last week, but hopefully tonight is the night for basecoat and clear. I was sad to miss another drive and BBQ this past weekend so I'll be damned if I miss the IE open house on Saturday.
Part of the delay was that I really dislike bodywork, the other part was that my garage tent ripped
That was a little bit frustrating and kinda killed my mood early last week. Regardless, I managed to spray primer. That was also a little frustrating because somehow when I bought the debilbiss HVLP gun kit, I didn't realize what CFM monsters they are. Big gun 12 CFM @ 30psi, little gun 10 CFM @ 30 psi. So needless to say my 2.5 hp HF 11 gallon air compressor couldn't keep up. Last time I used the bigger gun I didn't really notice it because I was spraying the engine bay which is not a lot of heavy spraying like say a hood. I didn't really find a good technique until after I finished spraying it. Figures right? The most prominent, flat, large surface is the one that I did the worst job on :P At least it's easier to sand. After the hood, I would let the air compressor build pressure, spray a short length, let it catch up, spray etc. and that worked very well, especially for the smaller pieces aka everything but the hood.
I bolted up some of the pieces because I thought it'd be easier to wetsand them this way with them firmly mounted. It wasn't really. Made a mess. But the car looked much better in a matte white/grey than I thought it would!
So I put the parts back in the garage and sanded them there. Made another mess. Now I have to clean up two messes. BUT everything is sanded and ready for paint.
And in other news, some cool parts arrived!
Ferodo brake pads - DS2500. Bought on the advice of another member who had the polymatrix E's like I did and hated how loud they were. These should have good cold bite and relatively low noise. We'll see!
This guy I've been waiting to receive for quite a while. It's a custom hand made catch can by a company called saikou michi. 6-7 week lead time but totally worth it. Price is very reasonable as well. Best FUNCTIONAL catch can I have been able to find so far. And that it is totally customizable is very cool. I had it made with two inlets to support boost. One will go to the valve cover, the other will go to one of the big plugs on the front of the vanos assembly - this is kind of an experimental idea, not sure how well it'll work :) The outlet will be plumbed to the exhaust evac and when it comes time to boost, I will be plumbing an e36 SAP pump inline with a hobbs switch to supplement vacuum when the IM sees boost.
And lastly the fittings and hose arrived for the PS system. Very lovely :D
And lastly lastly, some more annoying shit to deal with.... I slapped a few pieces together on Sunday so I could drive the car and take a visiting friend for a ride. One of the zip ties currently holding my radiator broke and when I went over some section of bumpy road in the mountains the radiator bounced off it's plastic seat on the bottom driver side and contacted the PS pump pulley
which resulted in a tiny hole in one or two fins. It doesn't even leak when cold. I'm hoping a radiator shop could fix that being that the radiator is only a few weeks old :hitler:I'll probably throw the koyo back in so I can drive on saturday to the IE open house. Speaking of the koyorad radiator... the warranty claim is still pending :(
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