Fuck this has been to long......................
Oh well time for a update, its been a long time but a lot has happen since I last updated this. Crx took a bit of a back burner for a while, I finally finish my Masters, changed jobs, had a ton of other projects, built a few motors, and finally relax a bit.
Anyways onto the pic's.
This is how the car sat from last year.
Driver side mount was trash so a replacement innovative took its place.
New 1/4" longer valve cover bolts (ended up being slightly to long)
For sometime I was highly annoyed with the super small battery. It was also in a hard to jump spot under the ic piping. I also did not want to move the battery to the truck, with that I new the best spot would be up front. To move it up front I need to change my IC and piping.
Next up on the list of stuff to fab was a brace to tie the motor/ trans to the front cross member to prevent it from moving under load.
Broken bisi level X, I had got a great deal on it. I sent the cam off to Rocket to see if their cam was bigger and to confirm the spec of the level X. Needs to say it was a good bit smaller then the RM level 5. Robert from RM gave me a great deal I couldnt pass up. Despite packing the cams well, ups really fuck up the box hard core. The RM cam almost fell out and took a major hit. Nothing happen to the RM cam, yet the bisi cam broke.........
I needed a scatter shield and a drip pan if I wanted to run. I took a drive to DP, Rolando treated me like family and I drove off with some new parts.
Joey wasnt amused and wanted to be in the picture.
I made the mistake when I got the scatter shield, I had forgot there is a major difference from a hydro and cable trans. This force me to make a new lower section for the scatter shield. You can also see the down pipe coming in.
The old oil pan had to go, and I had came on a great deal on a old school canton
3" down pipe to 3" exhaust
This beer kickass!
Add some more bracing to the home made traction bar. I notice the bar was moving under load, could see it in the paint it had rip off ahahah
One of my bigger pains for some time had been the degrading factory harness so I pick up a new obd1 converted harness.
Some jump post to avoid any announces
Joey loves watching people work.
Pulled the intake manifold to remove all the old wiring and check things out.
Found that the thermostat housing had broke into a few parts..... one of the last original parts still left......
120 shot ready to do work!!!
Clutch bushings were shot so some brass replacements. I can say the clutch has never been this smooth before!
Dash back in after all the wiring changes.
Con rod tow hook
Thats it for now, looking to hit the track soon!
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Topic: Project Phoenix update 12/5/2014 (Read 108848 times)