what did you do to your non-Protege today?

[CODY004WD]

Yeah, none of that. LOL, It's the principal. True street cars run as they come.

[atomicEGT]

not wrecking your **** >>>>> bull**** "street cred" though.

[CODY004WD]

True. I'll just take it even easier in the rain. Once I got off the highway, it was well behaved, There are two non-highway routes I can take home that will be fine.

Anyway, Here's a vid of my first run, where I led an SRT4 pretty well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPNwj0_Qrao

[atomicEGT]

that makes a good noise.

[CODY004WD]

Thanks Matt! I built the exhaust on it last fall. Turned out nice, dual 2.5" stainless with an x-pipe and magnaflows. The fact that the boat anchor of a 390 builds as much power and revs as high as it does is a miracle. I don't have a tach, I just shift when it feels right, so I'm not sure exactly what I'm revving to... My dad built the motor about 5 years ago when the car was my Grandpa's, and he built it for bottom 14's at this altitude. Right after the exhaust I went from 14.20's to 13.70's, but I attribute part of that to actually being able to hear the car, which helps the tach-less shifting. I think today I'll install a tach finally, and possibly If I can find a hidden but accessible spot to mount it without modifying the car, a modern stereo... something with an aux port so I can listen to something other than AM radio.

[atomicEGT]

burned out the old subframe bushings, hammered in the new risers, installed the RUCAs and toe rods, and ruined two of the eccentric bolts so now I need to order some $65 SPL bull**** to put the subframe back in the car.

[CODY004WD]

Got the top off the white car, and onto the red car, not a job I want to do again anytime soon. Also figured out how to make the radiator from my probe work in the miata, it's gonna be slick! I don't want to spend the money on a new radiator, and that's the only spare that I have that's even close to working. Mega tilt since its like 5" too tall, but it's gonna work nice!

Also took the Torino out and went to see furious 6, and ran it out of fuel 10 blocks from the gas station I was headed to... That was fun.

[atomicEGT]

installed a Blitz air filter, replaced the dash lights with LEDs (only to discover that they don't actually work and I have to put the stock ones back in), and left myself a message to drive better:

[CODY004WD]

Don't ****ing lift!!

Edit: Wtf? I wrote that in all caps, and it posted in normal one cap followed by lowercase. Buck dis chit.

[atomicEGT]

Yea, vbulletin has an anti-caps option.

Debating doing more work on the ****box tomorrow or taking the day off. Next event is the 22nd so I probably can't waste too much more time.

[jay]

I've been spending time getting our old maxima to run again. It hasn't been very good at that lately but now I'm on the incentive program to get it going and not have to DD the White Van Penalty Box. So the problem was random intermittent engine failure that started a couple years ago. Replace coolant temp sender, it ran fine for a couple days then right back at it, test the CAS and TPS and replace both, same result, coils were already new so leave em be, replace fuel filter, nothing solves the problem so park it.. who cares. But now I gotta get it running so do some more looking, replace the fuel pump relay and that solved a piece of it. Then yesterday the last of the issue went away when I started tracing vacuum lines. Damn, what a lotta leaks. Fix all those and now it purrs... as well as anything can that has 330k miles anyway. Now to give it a much needed inside and out bath, then get it back on the ins. policy, then go get tabs for the silly thing..

[CODY004WD]

Swapped my clutch pedal box as well as the 5 speed brake and throttle pedal box into the red miata. Also installed the clutch hydraulics, and removed the front 2/3rds of the chassis harness from the white car. Tomorrows plan is to finish the electrical on the red car, then it's onto mechanical and finding a hood for it.

[SPENONE]

replaced my right rear caliper yesterday.

today I did this:

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so I can install my PBM subframe risers and toe arms/RUCAs. that'll happen Friday, with the subframe/diff hopefully going back in by Sunday. with any luck the car will be on the street next week.

IM about to do the same to my POS, she also threw up the alternator belt the other day....****ing A man...

[atomicEGT]

Risers or arms too? Getting the SPL eccentric eliminator kit is a good idea if you're doing the arms...

I dig the car, and I'm guessing you have something planned to fix the battleship stance?

[CODY004WD]

Got the red car wired. Everything except the charging/starting harness. Then I started the assembly of the interior.