My Hoopte30 Project Attempt #6 - the painless way to earn cash back every day

[2mAn]

That space looks wonderful. Going full concrete inside and 1 lift? Im guessing you want insulation so you can play in the barn year round?

[AWDBOB]

Hoopty is done! Header V2 is finished up. Once I'm done spending every waking moment moving shops for the next 3mo, I'm going to do a stock exhaust/header dyno comparison to get some data. The primaries are HUGE. They step to 2" before hitting the collector. This is what the data said it wanted, but real life I'm sure will tell a different tale. It's straight piped with a Magnaflow 14815 muffler. Not too loud, sounds glorious.

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The crew has been killing it! The color matches nicely with the house. It's intimidating making such a big decision based on a 1"x1" swatch, but really worked out. Went with a burgundy and a charcoal. Or as we all know it, Malaga.

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[AWDBOB]

barn have roof

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[AWDBOB]

Operation turn my entire backyard into a pole barn is underway

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I also made some more progress on the TXholdem

I used the AFM that came with the car, and had a miss under load. Surprise, that AFM was bad.

I used the radiator that I got with the car, went to bleed the coolant and it leaked through the end tanks. Replaced with a nissens.

New PS lines STILL LEAKED so I ordered alloy crush washers instead of copper. NO MORE PS LEAKS

Got the Ansa Sport aligned a little better.

Tail lights that came with the car looked fine in photos but were all sorts of cracked. Replaced with a good set.

The front valence and trunk lid that came with the car were in awful shape, so I had a straight valence, air ducts, trunk lid, and iS spoiler painted. I did another buyout last weekend, and it came with a genuine alpine II iS lip, so I threw that on the car. Shoutout to E30Bastard for the smoked fogs!!!! What a legend

Installed good fender liners, splash shields, under tray, and air ducts to finish it off.

Blower motor works well, needs resistor which I'll install soon. Wipers work as intended, shockingly. This thing is almost over the finish line!

I'm going to plate it and give it a good shake down once the weather breaks.

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[AWDBOB]

Painless.

painless time removal, cheap rates

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I replaced the sun visor panel with a nicer one, and got the sunroof motor working smoothly.

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PS lines no more leaky

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[moatilliatta]

Painless.

[AWDBOB]

You’re more of a save the hoopties shop now, with that revolving door of hoopties

papa needs a break

[2mAn]

You’re more of a save the hoopties shop now, with that revolving door of hoopties

[AWDBOB]

What's been happening with the 4door?

I got it running/driving well enough and sold it a to a guy just getting into E30s- I am certain I'll regret selling that one, as it had such little rust, but the white car is draining me, so it had to go.

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Texas holdem had 20 year old tint that was baked on by that brutal sun, so I replaced all of the glass but the door glass with nice stuff I had on the shelf instead of spending 12 hours peeling the disintegrating tint and glue off. Glad I did, as the pop out glass/trim/buttons had seen better days. The bottom left corner of the rear window seal was out of shape from the last guy not seating it correctly. Hoping it'll settle in once I get it out in the sun now that the seal is fully seated on the window frame.

I also replaced the cpillar trim clips/gaskets, as well as the a pillar drip moulding clips, as they were all toast.

I also found a nice parcel shelf, so I got that installed with some new Kenwood 5.25" speakers from Crutchfield. Sounds surprisingly good... I always try to use premium sound stuff, but with no sound deadening I was shocked at how well it sounded with some fresh speakers. I did the factory amp delete wiring in the trunk and it worked out well. Need to find some nicer rear speaker grills since everything else is getting shinier around it.

Dr squid wrote me a chip for the 2.7 so I got that in the car as well. So much work, but it's coming along.

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[iXguido]

What's been happening with the 4door?

[AWDBOB]

Interior is coming together! I had to repair both sides of the stereo harness, ripped out a ton of junk aftermarket stereo wiring, ended up installing a TR7412UB-OR, replaced 79% of the trim, put a nice dash in, etc.

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[AWDBOB]

I've been ticking away on texas holdem (white '89 2dr). Got the dash out and windshield out. Found a nice but not perfect dash to install.

Manually opened the powered sunroof carefully to inspect and lubricate the assembly. I am relieved to report that process went well. Also found a good paint guy to fix the valence and trunk lid that needed to be redone.

My current warehouse is being sold come summer, so I got approved to build a 30x50x14 at my house which is pretty slick. It's not going to be a fancy midlife crisis building- more of a nicer storage facility where I can heavily organize/inventory my parts. das warehouse v2.

Would love to do radiant heat and make it all nice and fancy, but we only wanted to be in Indiana for a few more years so it doesn't make sense to go all out on this building, as I will have to build another when we move south, which will get more of the caddy treatment

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[AWDBOB]

Go On!... tell us more. What color is it *supposed* to be? Hard to tell lol

It started its life as a cirrusblau early sedan, and at some point it found its multi colored dream coat and now wears a combination of white, cirrus, and delphin

The Dealer is my friend and the house always wins.


Excited to see what the M20 goodies will do.


I praise a sorted car every day more and more reading this thread :)

hahaha exactly. i wish i was aware of the deal this car had with the house before i placed my bet

[2mAn]

The Dealer is my friend and the house always wins.


Excited to see what the M20 goodies will do.


I praise a sorted car every day more and more reading this thread :)

Is ok, its 2024 and Im making some BIG moves to the DD

[moatilliatta]

The Dealer is my friend and the house always wins.


Excited to see what the M20 goodies will do.


I praise a sorted car every day more and more reading this thread :)