Rear before

Getting work.

Rear After. New stock springs and KYB shocks. All the way around. Remember this is all work before I ever even drove it.

This is from the day I brought it home.

The old engine. That weber setup is for sale.

The new engine.

This one taken 10 minutes ago. Thats my baby about ready to be driven daily.

 

I'm not to thrilled about that spoiler.

Give it to some stupid honda fanboy and get a nice bre spoiler.

 

I dunno. It looks tastefully ricey to me. <-----(thats sarcasm)

 

it gets old. lol. dont get to used to getting excited when hitting boost. after a couple weeks it wont be enough.

 

Dude... I thought you took off the wing???

 

Its still filling holes. Remember the car hasn`t been running to get it to school and weld them shut. Its gonna go. I just really don`t want rust in my almost rust free Z. Specially in the cabin. It will defiantly be gone before it gets painted.

 

Okay took the car for a little drive. Its still issing, and I think I finally figured out why, I think I got an exhaust valve stuck open. Is there a way to fix this without rebuilding the head?

 

Make sure that's the prob first... of all things why do you think it's a stuck valve?

 

I came to that conclusion after going through everything else. My number 4 cylinder has less compression than the rest and if I unplug the spark plug/injector it makes some noticeable differnce in running but not a lot. After school tomorrow I am gonna pull off the rocker cover and check my valve lash/lifters. I am wondering if its got hydraulic lifters and maybe one of them is not collapsing like it should. Theres a lot of ifs involved. I am planning a full rebuild when taxes come, which means I wont be able to go to canadia for shadys meet. Anyways. 3 and 5 are full compression and 4 is weak. Now I`m not getting oil smoke out my exhaust but I am getting raw fuel. Therefore I have concluded (I think) a valve issue with that cylinder.

 

Ok the saga ends today. Aside from running a little rich, My car is running fantastic. It idles a little rough. (see running rich) but other than that it is prime. I am gonna see about getting the stock injectors cleaned and put those back in until I get a bigger turbo and intercooler. I am really pleased with it. Thanks for all your great help guys.

Edit: As for the valve being stuck, it was valve lash on number 4, was not letting that valve close all the way. Thats what happens when you don`t build em yourself.

 

w00t w00t!

 

Congratulations man!

 

Yeah congrats man, glad to hear you got it worked out.

 

congrats, now wheres that vid? does it spin through first when u hit boost? mine does, it rocks. lol

 

Yeah It does. And second and third. Right up until the coil went out. It just got its first tow truck ride. I`m starting to hate this car.

 

nah, my coild went also, and my ignitor. old parts break.

 

Bad coil doesn't deserve a tow home! Replace that biotch on the side of the road!

 

You tell me where to buy one at 1am in Boise Idaho.

 

I know a really pretty girl i that city.

But uhhhh, no clue.

 

No 24hr AutoZones up there? Ah man....

 

theres bound to be one 24hr auto parts store. we got ONE here.

 

Po Dunk Idaho. I hate it here, and nope nothing open past 9pm. With the exception of 3 shari`s one dennys and a truck stop.

 

Denny's... that makes me want an omlet! Oh look IT'S LUNCHTIME!

 

I thought my phone didn`t save this as it went dead as I took this picture. All I have to say is thank god for triple A.

 

Been there... done that... several times actually. Welcome to the club.