What did you do to your BG(part 8)

[bomdoutscort]

Not a bad price, esp for the fogs. But word of advice on the headlights. If they use halogen bulbs, using hid bulbs wont net the best results, but it will still work non the less.

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Why would you say that? My dad has a 2011 hyundai sonata and I recently put in hid lights into his projectors. Still has the amazing cut off and the bright light output as any other car with stock hids.

[deadly_sleeper]

Was all excited to get my blast cabinet setup, started blasting my hood latch and t-bar, and discovered a need a MUCH BIGGER compressor and my water filter is bad. Started to clog up my gun, so I stopped for the night.

[bogaut]

You still gonna try and make it up to Washington next month?

[irishkev90]

Why would you say that? My dad has a 2011 hyundai sonata and I recently put in hid lights into his projectors. Still has the amazing cut off and the bright light output as any other car with stock hids.

If it came with stock HIDs, then putting upgraded HIDs in won't make a difference. If it came with stock halogen bulbs, then the projector isn't built to accurately place the light where it needs to be. It has to do with the different ways halogen and HID bulbs are built. If you put a flashlight behind the projector, it will still work, but not properly.

[93BlkOnGreenPro]

Why would you say that? My dad has a 2011 hyundai sonata and I recently put in hid lights into his projectors. Still has the amazing cut off and the bright light output as any other car with stock hids.

If they use halogen bulbs, using hid bulbs wont net the best results, but it will still work non the less

It's the way its engineered. You can stick a bp head on a b8 block, and it'll work, but not as good as a bp head on a bp block. Same thing with halogen projectors and hid bulbs. Sure, it'll work, but it wouldnt be as bright, as focused or as wide as a projector engineered to disperse the brighter light properly and keep the glare down.

[deadly_sleeper]

You still gonna try and make it up to Washington next month?

Oh yeah. I'm gonna forget about putting in my valve seals and a few other parts in my motor since I can't get the tools and just install it so I can make the meet. Hopefully that doesn't come back to bite me in the ass.

[bomdoutscort]

If it came with stock HIDs, then putting upgraded HIDs in won't make a difference. If it came with stock halogen bulbs, then the projector isn't built to accurately place the light where it needs to be. It has to do with the different ways halogen and HID bulbs are built. If you put a flashlight behind the projector, it will still work, but not properly.

To me this doesnt make sense.

[93BlkOnGreenPro]

My interpretation of the anti drop bracket; weld-less style.



And while I was down there, it seems as if my 3rd link on my shifter linkage loss its bushing, as well as my stabilizer bar.

[irishkev90]

To me this doesnt make sense.

Which part doesn't make sense? How they're built or the flashlight part?

[SgtRauksauff]

Was all excited to get my blast cabinet setup, started blasting my hood latch and t-bar, and discovered a need a MUCH BIGGER compressor and my water filter is bad. Started to clog up my gun, so I stopped for the night.

What do you have for a water separator? Google something called the Franzinator. Cheap to build, and it works phenomenally well. I've got a dual-column setup on my compressor (5hp). My tire changer uses 12+ cfm @ 145psi. I didn't want to get a bunch of water in the pneumatic motor and valves, so I built the Franzinator, and it seriously removed any noticeable water at all. A tiny dessicant filter on the end might not even catch any.

What did I do to my BG? Well, on Sunday, this happened:



The Escort Wagon could no longer contain the power of the BPT.

--sarge

[Mazda_Powered]

what's up with the engine pull Sarge?

[FE3-323]

Excellent sarge!!!

[MD323]

@sarge: is it going in the 323???

[deadly_sleeper]

What do you have for a water separator? Google something called the Franzinator. Cheap to build, and it works phenomenally well. I've got a dual-column setup on my compressor (5hp). My tire changer uses 12+ cfm @ 145psi. I didn't want to get a bunch of water in the pneumatic motor and valves, so I built the Franzinator, and it seriously removed any noticeable water at all. A tiny dessicant filter on the end might not even catch any.

--sarge

Thanks for the info Sarge. Gonna look into making one of those.

[SgtRauksauff]

I've had some parts sitting around for far too long, and I need to use them: GTR intake manifold, SS tubular exhaust mani, ported VF10, Walboro 255, billet fuel rail, Aeromotive FPR, 550cc injectors, Boundary Engineering oil pump gears.

What am I mis-rememberiing... oh yeah, the Haltech E6K and the '98 ST205 trans, front axles, shifter, cables, driveshaft, rear axles, rear diff (all with only 26K miles). FRS (Ford Racing Suspension) and Cusco front/rear camber plates (for Tarmac) and/or Bilstein 40mm inverted dampers with JVAB bodies (for rally/rallyX/iceX), probably a few other things here and there.

I'm actually doing a bit of a juggling act. The engine from the Protege 4WD that I got from Craig in Montana in '09 was a fresh build. That came out a few weeks ago. I'm going to do a quick refresh on it, and it's going into the 323. But the transmission w/LSD that just came out of the wagon is going to get the diff machined and speedo gear replaced, and go onto the Montana engine, so I have the freshest, most efficient engine in the 323, and I'll be able have cruise control, Air conditioning, and ~40mpg, as well as handle awesomely.

The BPT that was in the Wagon will get a refresh, and parts added, and get mated to the E153, and shoehorned into the Protege, so I can go whoop up on some EVOs and STi's.

The engine/trans currently in the 323 will get a good refresh, and go into the wagon, which I will then be selling. I love that car, and every time I see it, I want to keep it and make it faster/better/stronger, but since I've got the 323 for FWD goodness, and the '98 OBS for wagon-ness, it got the short straw.

That's not even including the bone-stock blue 4WD protege, or the '92 MX3 GS shell sitting around, or the '85 Volvo, or the '85 AE86, or the '81 Suzuki cafe/bobber project, or the turbo diesel tow rig I want to build, or the '79 or newer vehicle I need to find/build for a hillclimb coming up in September (Possibly a '79 Regal, with circle-track bolt-on suspension bits, with a 408 chevy (400 bored .040), with a matching TH350)......or the lawn that needs mowing, landscaping that needs maintenance, house that needs cleaning, food that needs eating, money that needs earning by spending too much time working....

so yeah, I've got approximately 463 years of work to do asap.

Maybe I should just sell everything and buy an EVO.

Thanks for the info Sarge. Gonna look into making one of those.

no prob! I was at first contemplating making a big water-bath cooler with copper pipe, but then ran across the mention of this one, and it works amazingly well.



--sarge