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    rallycar gets some TLC

    First pic is what the engine bay used to look like. The rest show a bit of whatall got done by Tim Baldini. I spent all day yesterday and today buttoning things up. All that's left is installing the IC watermist, dunno if I'll have time for that or not. Thursday, the plan is to get an hour or so dyno time and see what's what...
    All the intake plumbing has been replaced. The motor mounts are filled with UHMW. The oilcooer and trans cooler, pump, ig. coil, have all been relocated and remounted on aluminum slabs. He decided that the pwr steering cooler line was inconvenient, and so he made a new one, that sits up right behind the grille and is outta the way, holy cow. Oh yeah and he made a cold air box. Woo freakin hoo, man.
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    Last edited by jay; 09-23-2008, 08:58 PM.
    '90 AWD Protege, full GTR drivetrain swap, ~320 whp daily driver, RIP, and
    '90 AWD Protege, yet another GTR swap, Open class rallycar with a Toyota GT4 gearbox swap, thus crossing the line between hobby and mental illness. And a Brabus E55 K8, removing all doubt.
    http://www.wihandyman.com/forum/vbpi...?do=view&g=110
    http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2599486
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    Looking really good Jay. A cleaned up, tidy engine bay is certainly easier to service. I'm one to speak, since I still have CC and A/C on my car. The work looks like it might have cost a few pennies. I know when that kind of work was done on the GTi I built, it cost the owner a shocking amount, not unreasonable, just shocking...

    Good luck at WW, Jon R.

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      I paid for parts. Still wasn't cheap, but I almost feel, like, sponsored, man. The car is getting "Timmybuilt" stickers on it. It'll wear 'em proudly!
      '90 AWD Protege, full GTR drivetrain swap, ~320 whp daily driver, RIP, and
      '90 AWD Protege, yet another GTR swap, Open class rallycar with a Toyota GT4 gearbox swap, thus crossing the line between hobby and mental illness. And a Brabus E55 K8, removing all doubt.
      http://www.wihandyman.com/forum/vbpi...?do=view&g=110
      http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2599486

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        #4
        Tim does awesome work. I remember meeting up at the Baldini house one night to check out a GTX shell that I needed.... Saw a lot of nice work.

        1988 White GTX - #1 parts
        1988 Black GTX - #2 reliably broken touge monstar (294,000 miles no rebuilds) - dead
        1988 Blue GTX - #3 in progress (view here)
        1988 Blue GTX - #4 BPT swapped weekend warrior.
        1988 White GTX - #5 Rally car

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          #5
          nice dude. gonna get hella dirty in a couple days. but it's all good. should get pics of the cold air box
          1992 Ultra Blue Metallic EGT - The 'scort with no name - crap>reliable daily>rallycross prep>stage rally
          Featured in Rally Gearbox Magazine 3/1/11
          "There's a hierarchy of insanity in motor sports. Normal people think all racers are crazy. Folks who race sedans think people in open-wheel cars are nuts. People who race cars of any kind think motorcycle racers are absolutely off theirs meds. But there's one group that everyone agrees is made up of the most extreme, the most daring, and absolutely craziest people in racing - rally racers."

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