Atomic's wagon build thread

[Escortfan]

Shaggin wagon, wheres the love for these beasts! I love the way yours looks, hopefully mine comes out just as clean! Post some update pictures buddy.

[atomicEGT]

just from that pic i can tell your from an upper class neighborhood with that payphone. hahaha!

speaking of wheels, i need some nice rims bad!

I live in white trash central- classy as ****.

Shaggin wagon, wheres the love for these beasts! I love the way yours looks, hopefully mine comes out just as clean! Post some update pictures buddy.

we're currently stuck trying to find a driver's side transmission mount, so there haven't been any updates due to that. I'll take some more pictures the next time I'm over there.

[high_body]

I think I found the wheels I want for this beast... maybe I'll order them when I get the rest of the money from selling the girl car...

tell me they are ronal teddy bears

[atomicEGT]

dude if I was keeping the Miata I would have put a set of bears on it... I'm getting some Work knockoffs I think.

[wgnths]

works... huh those should set off really nicely

[atomicEGT]

got the mount I'd been looking for, work should start picking up on this soon

took a quick picture of the engine bay while I was over there today:

[nerd racing]

This car is one clean wagon! Saw it this weekend!

[Escortfan]

Big wire tuck :D

[wgnths]

the bay looks like this, i want to see what the outside looks like.

[atomicEGT]

the outside looks about like what you'd expect of a stock 15-year-old wagon that was previously owned by a teenage girl.

[wgnths]

ooooh....

[aliennation95gt]

Lookign good. lov ethe PC work.

Question since you spent all the time PC the motor and stuff. Why not clean and repaint the engine bay while motor was out? or is that later. Wire tuck look great.

[atomicEGT]

Why not clean and repaint the engine bay while motor was out?

because a) it's taking long enough as it is and b) why paint the bay when I have to notch the frame rail next summer when the E153 goes in?

I'm pulling the motor/trans next winter and the bay will get smoothed/painted then.

[Blazin674]

UPDATE:

tonight i did some more sand blasting, almost ready to coat the turbo and put it back together.
here are some pics of the freshly blasted parts,
top part of the trans mount

coolant crossover tube

and the turbine housing




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[Mazda_Powered]

nice looking good. where are you routing the cooling hoses for the turbo?