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

[2mAn]

That’s awesome, how tall is the mezzanine?

[AWDBOB]

Wow , great updates as always bob! had to catch up for the new place you build and all the upgrades on the hoptes!

white one is looking amazing , i'm still debating if getting a new undertray or buy a used one , don't want to put the air ducts and everything without that hahaha

keep it coming !

Thanks man, trying to do my part to keep r3v alive with the updates.

If you can find a good used under tray locally I'd go that route. If they're still present, they're usually in fine shape. It's the splash shields and fender liners that I find cracked/damaged on almost every car. I have a tall pile of good under trays, but maybe one good set of splash shields.

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More news in r3v's worst building journal- the mezzanine is done! Just waiting on the terribly slow city engineer to respond about electrical and I'll be running romex and moving stuff in.

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[QuiqueUy]

Wow , great updates as always bob! had to catch up for the new place you build and all the upgrades on the hoptes!

white one is looking amazing , i'm still debating if getting a new undertray or buy a used one , don't want to put the air ducts and everything without that hahaha

keep it coming !

[AWDBOB]

Looking back on my records, the fuel line in the last pic was a CRP line that I replaced when I got the car 2yrs ago. Safe to say, I wouldn't recommend the CRP lines that everyone seems to have stopped selling (likely for obvious reasons). Meanwhile my amazon Marine 300psi fuel hose still looks perfect after the same length of time.

I fixed the rest of the needed maintenance on hoopty and took it out for a cruise with a few car buddies. I should've fixed my drivers seat a LONG time ago. Also having a working ebrake for the first time in years is a plus. IDK what let go, but something was very unhappy. I still need to redo the oil cooler mounting and replace the wiper motor, but those things can wait.

The new 2.7 is feeling great after a relash of the valves and a proper break in drive. I'm going to convert it to standalone and do an A/B dyno of the header once I'm done moving shops in a few months. The magnaflow 14815 sounds good full throttle, but not so much around town, so I'm going to add a vibrant ultra quiet resonator like what I had on Linda. Hoopty really needs a supercharger.

The burgundy hatch on the right is an 800hp awd car, and the guy DRIVES it. The green hatch is my buddies hoopty equivalent. We both have 300ish miles on new engines in hoopty chassis. His is a k swap that he built up using spare parts.

ebrake carnage:

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Fuel lines (going to miss my lift for jobs like this):

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All done:

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Hondas:


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[AWDBOB]

You've created space for me!

I'll start filling it up. Be there soon.

There may not even be standing room by the time I'm done

Dang, that looks great!

Thanks man! The amish did a killer job and were $35k cheaper than the fancy truck crew guys


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I dropped Texas Holdem off today for the rest of the paint work, and picked up hoopty finally!

Hoopty had a long list of needs that I forgot about since the car was gone for a while. I threw it on the lift tonight and got right to work.

I had to relash the valves which quieted the head down, change the break in oil, inspect an exploded ebrake assembly, nut and bolt check the car again, etc.

I still need to fix the drivers seat mechanicals, change fuel filter and lines, swap the failed wiper motor, redo the oil cooler mount, and drive it.

The car runs substantially better with the header and new exhaust setup. Now that I'm driving it, I think the car is too loud, so I'll likely throw on a Vibrant ultra quiet like I did on Linda. It sounds good, but not good enough to justify the noise.

The header is coloring up nicely.

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..... I guess I should change these lol

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[2mAn]

Dang, that looks great!

[twright]

You've created space for me!

I'll start filling it up. Be there soon.

[AWDBOB]

I love the white e30!!

Thank you- it turned out better than it should have!

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Barn is coming right along. They hung the garage door today and finished up the concrete. Waiting on the miserably slow city engineer for electric. Once the concrete cures a bit, the mezzanine build will begin. I am feeling quite blessed I was able to build this at my house.

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[e30m3s54turbo]

I love the white e30!!

[AWDBOB]

Royal Flush.

Building is exciting.

Concrete this week!

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Cluster time..... I polished a lens, installed a set of my bro's trim rings, replaced a main board due to a cold solder joint making the gas gauge go wild, and replaced the odometer gears preventatively (somehow they hadn't failed yet).

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[moatilliatta]

Royal Flush.

Building is exciting.

[AWDBOB]

Thats too nice, must sell to retain hooptie title

I’ll sell it, but only if you change the title under my username to something hooptie related

[2mAn]

Thats too nice, must sell to retain hooptie title

[AWDBOB]

maaaaan the stoke is high today. I drove the white car for the first time a few hours ago and it feels fantastic. Apparently replacing everything mechanical on a car will cause it to drive quite well.

I have to get it aligned and then have the paint guy finish going over a few things and I'll start driving the car!

It's also disgustingly dirty, but can't really fix that with all the construction at my house so it'll have to wait.

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[AWDBOB]

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?

Thank you!! I am very happy with how it sits on the property and how the color matches the house/garage.

Yep, doing concrete hopefully next week- trying to land a nice day so it sets up nice.

I am going to run wiring for my lift, but idk if I'm going to have the space or not since I am condensing from a large space to a way less large but still substantial space. My normal garage is insulated and has heat/AC so my thought was that I will use that as my workshop, and then use the barn for storage. But if I can squeeze the lift in there, it's going in, especially considering I only bought it a few years ago.

I'm hopefully going to spray foam the walls, but I'm not closing in the ceiling and really don't want to spray foam the under side of the roof, so still trying to figure out what to do there since I can't blow in insulation.

Likely going to build a 7' mezzanine as well to take advantage of the 14' walls