HB's l28et swap

[Didderson]

yeah by the time the risers came out, my subframe was already up

Your car still wont move until like july at this rate so might as well get em :P As long as hood pins dont destroy this one you can actually enjoy it.

[White Comet]

why woudl i want to spend twice as much as the es bushings and go through the hassle of dropping the subframe again? why would everything take my til july anyways?

[hbpignosePA]

fight nice children!!

haha

[Didderson]

Eh sorry jeff I was just being dumb. By the time you install your t28 turbo you'll have bought something else to install before you drive it. It seems to be an incessant cycle lol.

I was just pointing out my observation. Its nice to see you stick to ur guns w the bushings u bought. Would b nice to compare em.

[White Comet]

yeah i'm curious to see how the risers feel but dropping the subframe more then once is not for me the car would be running in 1-2 weeks if it wasnt for the t28. the front end is painted, the t25 woudl have been installed since the elbow and hot pipe came in. all thats left is get an inline fuse and distro box, pick up my moog endlinks and install front cusco sway bar, install driveshaft and headlights, have bov flange welded on, run vac lines and avcr then get gauges and intake pipe. after that its time to start up then put the dash and seats back in. it seems like a lot cuz i itemized everything but theres not much left to do, the t28 is worth waiting for though, lol i plan on being done in time for the great north american s chassis meet june 7th. sorry for the threadjack josh

[hbpignosePA]

o i dont care, im not sure if ill go to that meet tbh; i dont know if i could get off work for it

[hbpignosePA]

my PBM risers came a day early so they are in the freezer to compress them for tommorow

i got most of the interior done, just need to bolt some of it down, my friend john is gonna transport my subframe to the car tmw morning (gotta have a few friends with SUVs lol)

and then then its just bolt it up and good to go

should have two large updates the two days and be at the alignment shop thursday

stay tuned

[Idahos13]

The car looks good man you have done alot of work on the body, The car will look great when it is done!

[White Comet]

looking forward to seeing the car on the road again. i'm not sure why but the part about the risers in the freezer reminded me that i still have some popsicles in my freezer

[hbpignosePA]

lolz mine are next to the icecream.... they are gonna be TIGHT when i get em in there lol

oo i have pics of my work from sat but i left the camera in the 240 so its at mikes ugh

[hbpignosePA]

update time!!!!!!!

alright so today my friend john stopped by w his mountaineer to take the subframe to the car; and i installed two of my PBM subframe risers.

the back bushings are not in because they slide out till they expand, so ill just install them when i am ready to raise the subframe up.

the arms need to be eyeballed for alignment and torqued down and im good to go.

also i need to install the new rear cailpers, and lines (all stock sorry nothin baller back there) thats all tommorow's project



fake mock up shot

well saturday and today i got alot done on the interior.

180sx seat belts and panels are installed, driver's seat, almost all the trim is in place, and cleaned up.

couple cool features; the o s*** handle on the drivers side (jdm passenger)

its fun to hold on to it getting in and out lol

alright ill shut up now enjoy the clean interior!!

discuss.....

back tommorow after classes (hopefully mike will be around to mount up the subframe and then its time for a spin.

alignment is thursday

that is all for now

[noobdrftr]

wow awesome progress cant wait to see the final product

[Didderson]

Wow thats clean. I like the os*** handle man. I keep wanting to tell u to pull things out of the interior, but its so clean maybe I'm wrong. You'll get a track slut someday that u can do that with.

[hbpignosePA]

yup thats how i feel about it; this one is far too clean to tear apart. sure shes got her bruises but i baby the hell outta it.

i need an actual "project" car

[White Comet]

very nice looking. makes me wish my car was getting on the road soon.

[hbpignosePA]

lots of progress today; but left the camera at home

subframe is up, interior is done; all i gotta do is the rear brakes; oil change, primer the two areas taht are bare metal

supposed to have an alignment at 8AM

not gonna happen

left today rather frusterated that im not done

sorry had to whine a bit

off at 7:20ish to finish before my final at 11

[hbpignosePA]

Great news! im done with stage one, and although i had to rush to finish, i made it to carlise as i planned. saw some of you locals there but hope to see alot more at the great NE meet in june.

due to me rushing i didnt snap step by step pictures but i have some loose ends to tie up that i will most likely get to Wednesday after my last finals before SUMMER and ill get some pictures there.

thanks for all the support to both my lanc friends and all the kind words; and again ill get some finished pictures up this week to show the goodness and finally right a review of my accomplishments

[PHeller]

How much did the stock rear caliper set you back?

I need some of those...

[Didderson]

http://www.frsport.com/Energy-....html

part number Energy_9.8120R

Get that at the autozone down the street and you should be good to go man!

Also, your email addy is hidden and I'd like to add u to my contacts to avoid cluttering the thread with things like this, but I guess this pertains to the build and offers part numbers for others .

[hbpignosePA]

nice... ill send you an email tonight bud.

you comming down sunday to finish up?

the fuel pump should be here thursday so install and update will probably be then

[Ghast]

AHHHHHHHHHH ! ! ! ! !

It looks so beautiful on the inside!

I am so glad you went with the JDM seat belt conversion and JDM headliner! ! ! !

I love it! I actually smiled when i saw it!

With the way it looks, feels and works. DO you think it was money well spent? ( i thought it was) And the Oh shizzz handle is nice as well! It is going to be very convenient when we are low low low ^^

Sorry i have not had any updates but after seeing you do the under coating, I think i can save a few pennies to get that out of the way at least!

Looking good bro, I am loving it!

One Love,

Ghasty

[hbpignosePA]

thanks man! yea it was worth it to me, im an interior whore.

but i havent had a chance to address my fuel issue since didderson has had his car in my garage.

its all good he should be finished in the next visit

[omega8bit]

any updates?

[hbpignosePA]

well didderson is picking his car up today, which is why i havent been able to finish my stuff.

i found my fuel leak, unfortunately its both of the hard lines that are corroded near the back of the car that is the source of the leak, so im going to have to replace the lines.

ill probably have an update tomorrow when i get the car back on jack stands

[hbpignosePA]

alright guys and gals it been a while. So after "finishing" my car i realized i had a fuel leak. i would leave a small puddle everywhere i went and the smell of gasoline was far worse than its ever been. (alot of 240 guys complain about this it seems)

so i checked over my rubber lines and didnt appear to have any cracks. well here was the problem. Water got into the clamps of the hard lines and rusted them out up in the subframe region.

a total pain in the d!ck.

so i looked around a bit at different options, but had a time restraint because my winter daily beater (the cressida) is overheating probably due to a bad waterpump.

i went to NAPA auto parts and bought 4 5ft pieces of brake line that was 5/16th diameter.

bought a cheapo tube bender, and a flaring tool and went to town.



now what you need the flaring tool for is to cut a tiny section of the end off to remove the brass fittings that you would use for the brake line.

unfortunately i had to use two pieces with a small section of soft line connecting the two under the car. I didnt think about it at the time, but i shouldve just cut the section that was rotted and made a small section from what was bad.

the tubes are not exact so remounting it was a b****. It is a bit crooked but securely mounted. i think ill take some measurements next winter and try and make more exact bends.

replaced the fuel pump, and all the rubber lines and have ZERO leaks and no smell



here is the undercarriage that ya'll never got to see finished.

all i need now is to tighten the koni's more since im rubbing tire (its a 60 series tire so next time ill get a shorter sidewall) and a realignment.

then some paint touch ups, wash and wax; and im ready for a great summer

this is the end of the first stage of my build, next winter if money allows ill do a swap and more rust repair in the bay. I probably will update with some cruise and meet pics throughout the summer

thanks for the support nico and enjoy the gorgeous summer weather

[Didderson]

Wow man nice update. Too bad I haven't seen it until now. I'm really glad you decided to cut the threaded nuts off and re-bevel. Looks like you bent them really nicely.

Looking forward to the BBQ!

[PHeller]

Mighty nice work.

BBQ...where?

and who did I see in the gold coupe with the funky decal on the hood?

[White Comet]

the great north america s chassis meet bbq and i have no idea who has that god car, never seen it before

[ILoveMyRHS13]

Looks good, dude. Can't wait to have another hatch to cruise around with!

[hbpignosePA]

haha ummm i havent seen you around forever doug? i might be helpin jeff try and get his s*** done this week so u should stop by