The Delphin Rat

[StereoInstaller1]

Oh yeah...to sweeten the deal...I own a fender roller, and I am not afraid to use it!

[StereoInstaller1]

I really don't care what your damn method is, just let me know when I can come up and do mine!

Looking great so far!

Luke

[Jean]

how the hell did you get the subframe bushings out in one piece?

+1. Post your method please, I am dreading doing mine.

[golde30]

how the hell did you get the subframe bushings out in one piece?

[So Live]

Is that a TMS brake kit i spy? Looks like exactly what i did to my car. keep it up dude

[Hallen]

Just some other pics along the way...

Again, if you want to read all about it and see the pictures in context, then go to my blog. www.griplimit.net.

AKG Bushings all around
H&R Race springs (Bilstein sports already with the car)
AKG shock mounts
New heater core
New timing belt
New water pump
New Control arms
New tie rods
A/C delete
More stuff to do before the end of the month and the first track day for me.

Getting the rear subframe out and back in was a pain. I had a friend's press to do the bushings so that made things easier.



























Still lots of work to be done. It won't be a beauty queen, but she should be functional :)

[Hallen]

Before I tore into it...


The paint isn't as good as it looks in the picture. The clear coat is worn off in most places. No real rust to speak of though. Some small seeps here and there, mostly from the power steering I think.

[delphini]

I'm sure theres not too much we haven't seen around here .
I'm curios what the rest of the car looks like.

[Hallen]

I have a project car I have been working on for over a month now. I have gotten a lot torn apart and a few things put back together.

If you want to read about my stupidity... err.... I mean mechanical prowess, you can go to my blog.

I will post notes when I have updates if anybody is interested, or you can just get an RSS feed for when new posts happen.

Anyway, I had one tonight that kind of ticked me off.

This evening I went out and finished torquing the differential in. I attached a few brake lines and got the driveshaft partially hooked up. I had miss placed two of the nuts so by the time I had found them I was already out from under the car and didn't feel like straining my arms anymore. Torquing the differential didn't help my sore elbows at all.
I decided to do something a bit easier so I went to remove the two rear shocks. I have new shock mounts for them because I had noticed the mounts looked a little ragged when I was taking the covers off the inside of the trunk.

Well, it turns out that one of the mounts was ragged, the other was just fine. This is one of those things that makes you say "what the heck was that guy thinking?"

The right side shock mount...ick!




Conversely, the left side mount looked almost new.

The left side mount... pretty :)


All the red stuff is rust, but it leaked down from the top washer and shock stud. It is supposed to be black rubber like the left side shows.

The PO must have noticed the shock mount looked a little ragged on the left side of the car when he replaced the shocks. So, in true cheapskate fashion, he bought and replaced just one mount. In the mean time, the right mount decided to cut loose. At least that is what looks like how it happened to me.

It is really stupid. You never replace one side of a suspension component without replacing the other side too. They have to be the same age or you will get odd behaviour out of the suspension. It's a good thing I decided to replace the mounts.

Here are some more shots so you can see just how bad it was. The strut is soaking in a bath of PB Blaster tonight so I might be able to get the nut off tomorrow.


You can see just how badly torn up it is in this shot


The good and the bad... ugly is running the camera. Things that make you go "Hmmmm".