Tech Day at Greg's house - Manual Swap!!!

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Adam - Local wiring GURU!

Big ol' HOLE.

Mmmmmm... Master cylinder!

Getting started

Marc's WRX and Danny's 200rwhp hatch

Brian (WDRacing), Adam and Greg

Bye bye slushbox

Pedal poking through

Quella, Dan's 95 and Perry's B16

Cool pic

OMG HI2U HOTSHOT!!

Adam "adjusting" the clutch

Juan (just being Juan)

Testing, we have SHIFT!

One UGLY mofo.

Greg (not THAT Greg) and Martin

127K on Mobil One - Proof in the pics

Casa De Nissan

MC

Precision cutting

Perry and Mark are JDM to teh max yo

I, however, am not.

QUIT licking the clutch, Adam.

Toro Turbo

New valve cover

NICOmom and Tiffany

Wipers? WTF do I need wipers for?

Marc & Dan, hardcore garage weasels

Old Valve cover

Mo Hotshot

Removing wiper hose (clownin' it up)

Diff swap too!

Out with the old...

Hammertone valve cover

Adam in his office

More testing

TAKUMI!!!!

More Mobil One LOVE

The Master and his ride

My secret is out...

Monster Garage ain't got SHIAT on us.

Dropped the strut, can't remember why...

Danny raids the fridge

Mad convertible drift techniques explained...

Before...

Dan, Greg and Travis

Dan's and NICOmom's rides



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very damn good clean job on the shifter hole man.

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Bahahaha, I'm already thinking up captions.

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looks like fun times!

I remember seeing inside your valve cover before mmmmmm so clean..

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kick butt man! im jealous i want a garage hang out... too many loosers around here, but hey Greg got my Nico card and stickers today thanks dude!! your top notch man!!

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I can't wait to see it when its fast

Oh yeah and:


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its gregs B-day?!?!?!

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awesome pics. Must feel good to rip through the gears yourself.

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You had a hub put on a S13 silvia steering wheel?!?! I am confused i think...

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Great pics and very nice work!!

Can't wait for it to get warm so we can start playing with the cars again.

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ya, we need to move south... whats up with this snow!? ahhhh cold is teh suc

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Wow, a garage!!(no sarcasm, just envy...)

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wish i had that many people to help me work on my car lol

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Way to go Greg! It was only a matter of time, eh? How do you like your Hotshot header? I didn't realize how burly-looking it is. I want one... (N/A Power!11 )

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Greg,

Awesome pics!

Fred..

PS: Your lookign more and more like someone who'd be on Monster Garage

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Great pics, looked like lots of fun.

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2BN_S13 wrote:You had a hub put on a S13 silvia steering wheel?!?! I am confused i think...
Nope. Just bolted it on....

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happy belated b-day and congrats on manual swap. That makes the difference between driving and just steering.

btw. for some odd reason, you remind me of the lead man from anthrax.

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what kind of strut tower/firewall brace is that? Looks nice just like what i want.

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I''m following Jesda in this.

I came up with all sorts of captions on those pics lol

Nice job though Greg wish I could have been there to uh supervise the uh operation.

Ya that's it... *rummages through Greg's fridge*

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M.1.4.Life.

Looks like you guys had lots of fun and actually got something done while at it!

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hopefully we'll be able to do my slushbox swap soon

we always have a blast at the tech days, the rest of u guys are missing out!

-Dan

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your car is looking great!

Greg.. I will be in town on the 17th i think.... put some time aside for me.. I want ot come check out your ride and you can check mine out.. lol

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I don't see the pics, am I blind or are they in the gallery or what...I want to see too, need to get an idea of what kind of ordeal I have looming ahead of me when I go to do my transmission swap later this year.

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AZhitman wrote:Adam "adjusting" the clutch

Precision cutting
What was he drilling on the clutch?

And that second picture! That's straight up PMQ style right there , and you guys always said not having the right tools meant you couldn't do the job right

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Chaotic_Warlord wrote:I don't see the pics, am I blind or are they in the gallery or what...I want to see too, need to get an idea of what kind of ordeal I have looming ahead of me when I go to do my transmission swap later this year.
Thyey are right here in his posts.Go to your control panel (upper right "button) and check your settings for what you can view.

Fred...

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Chaotic_Warlord wrote:I don't see the pics, am I blind or are they in the gallery or what...I want to see too, need to get an idea of what kind of ordeal I have looming ahead of me when I go to do my transmission swap later this year.
I bet that you are using Firefox .

If this is true, then there is a setting that "Enables Outside Linked Pictures". I had the same problem that you are having. Changing this setting to allow linked pictures solved it. Hope that helps, for once.

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Man, another tech day... you guys are spoiled!

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wait, did you guys do a manual swap in YOUR 240?

Are you going to leave us hanging, or are you going to give some information about it?

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Manual swap was into my 240, yes

We WERE using the right tools for the job - there's very little room for anything up in the footwell to cut out the hole for the MC, so we used a dremel (first with a drillbit, then with a carbide wheel).

Clutch holes needed a slight adjustment as one of the dowel pins was "mushroomed" somewhat. Tiny adjustment and we were all buttoned up.

Anand, I'll be off on the 17th, but it's gonna be crazy (getting ready for the meet). Call me, I may have some time.

It wasn't my B-Day, don't know where that came from... My B-day is in June.

Dan's right - Tech Day is something I always look forward to. NICOmom cooks a ton of food (or we order pizza), joke around, work on the cars, and have a great time.

The local 240 crew is top-notch. Good guys.


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