Phoenix
SHOHOLIC
Awesome build .
Do you get a sammich flippin that switch?
Do you get a sammich flippin that switch?
Geord MetSHrO Lemons Car
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Crab Spirits
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The 3 switches on the right are redundant controls in case of CCRM failure.
Very cool build! Can't wait to see the end result.
kevinspann
Don't take my advice.
I started looking at the pictures again, and thought "man, that car would be cooler with 4 wheel steering" then I scrolled down and saw this post:
I guess the same mind thinks alike.
I guess the same mind thinks alike.
SHOCH
Tommy Boy
I'm bummed this is the same weekend as St. Louis BBQ
Crab Spirits
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Almost there. Pulled the 163k mile rod bearings out, they are pretty shot. Parts place gave us regular taurus bearings with no oil hole along with a few mopar 2.0 bearings shoved in the box so now we have a crisis. Also found the sides of a cam chain tensioner plastic in the oil pan along with a thick sludge layer. Not sure I'll have time to change it out.
lowc
aka vapah lock
typhoon5000
Ferd Enganear
Nice job so far! I can't wait to see this in person in a few weeks.
I was just at the Gingerman race over last weekend as a spectator and crew member on Team NoHow Racing which was a Putt-Putt themed '99 Audi A4 1.8T FWD (that had been rolled before they got it). That race was pretty competitive, with Pratt & Miller bringing two cars, their old Supra and a mid-eighties Camaro with a fully built "305" in it (http://murileemartin.com/wordpress/?p=243)
I was just at the Gingerman race over last weekend as a spectator and crew member on Team NoHow Racing which was a Putt-Putt themed '99 Audi A4 1.8T FWD (that had been rolled before they got it). That race was pretty competitive, with Pratt & Miller bringing two cars, their old Supra and a mid-eighties Camaro with a fully built "305" in it (http://murileemartin.com/wordpress/?p=243)
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Crab Spirits
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Car actually looks pretty badass, especially with the slicers!
Crab Spirits
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Glad you appreciate it. The coilovers took MORE work than the whole engine swap. Here some more on that.
The things we do to make defective stuff work.
The (WRX?) camber plates bolted right into the geo....with -10* of camber. We flipped it around and used repurposed geo transmission bolts and lugnuts to secure. About -2* now. The decreased caster should help combat the lack of PS.
We can't adjust either of these dampers as the **** is snapped off and turned to rust, the other can only turn 2 clicks. The GR Sport was missing a key bushing, so now the car is held up by a piece of a broken bearing that I'm sure will make cool sounds as it hammers the pillowblock. That thing on the firewall is the stock Geo adj proportioning valve. I'm sure I'll be playing with it later to dial in the Taurii brake package.
Lot of work done in here. Fiero throttle cable is run pretty much the same way as in the Fiero. Geo steering shaft shortened 3" and equipped with sable yoke. The '83 Hijet clutch cable runs along the door bar and joins in a reversed position like everything else.
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Crab Spirits
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We lost our connection we used for machining out the knuckles for the rear coilovers. Since the 52mm GR Sport damper body would nearly fit, I used a precision tool known as a 2" hole saw to hog out the strut mounts. Worked like a charm. The 55mm GR+ needed a little more work to fit....
This is a automated grinder for sharpening reel mowers btw.
The little GR Sport in it's new home.
Rusty GR+ ground down to fit on the other side.
This is a automated grinder for sharpening reel mowers btw.
The little GR Sport in it's new home.
Rusty GR+ ground down to fit on the other side.
jonheese
Used-To-Know-It-All
Crab Spirits
Member
We remembered the spring as well.
I'll just leave this pic here to see if you can figure out what the **** is going on.
I'll just leave this pic here to see if you can figure out what the **** is going on.
jonheese
Used-To-Know-It-All
Welp, without seeing the other end, it looks like you'll be shifting gears backwards... i.e. 1st will be down and to the right, 2nd will be up and to the right, etc.I'll just leave this pic here to see if you can figure out what the **** is going on.
But I know y'all are too smart to make that mistake, so I'm guessing you've got it hooked up "backwards" at the shifter input shaft on the trans as well (considering that the shift cables are coming from the equivalent of the front bumper), so it all works out.
Of course, the shifter handle is cocked the wrong way (isn't it?), so that's gotta be a little odd.
platoribs
Live to Drive
MMMmmmmmmm win!
It is almost too cool to enter into a Lemons race! I would have never thought of this swap, but it has WIN written all over it now!
DJSHO91
SHO Member
This definate proof that Car Guys are crazy. I love it!:woo-hoo: Can't wait to see it on the track. Thanks for all the detail photos. 
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