My name is Earl, and I have a Stainless Steel bolt fetish =)
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I got a little done on Saturday, but it doesn't look like much.
I started off by painting the other side of the block. Both sides turned out really well.
The color came out brighter and more silver than what I wanted, but it will work well with the rest of the colors.
Most of the rest of the day was spent with a propane torch and wire brush. I still have a lot of seam sealer to get out of little nooks and crannys. I'm really hoping I can get it out soon so that I can weld the seams up, grind them flat, and then smooth out the whole bay. I really want to be done with that so that I can just fit the wheels, and then send the car off for paint.
I'll hopefully be ordering a ton of parts this week so I can slowly cross things off of my list. I also need to replace a wheel bearing in the rear so that I can put the subframe back in.
Last thing I got done was a little cleaning on the steering rack. I ran out of brake cleaner=(
I'm hoping some more exciting updates will come sooner than later.
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earl it was fun watching you flip out at the gas pump on saturday. hahahahaĀ
oh and this...
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funniest part was when i was outside and you said "hey john, can you take a picture of me planking?" i had a confused look on my face, but then iĀ realizedĀ that it was earl who asked the question.
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I got another little chunk of work done yesterday. I wanted to smooth out all of the old bracket mounting points. I grabbed a 120 grit flap wheel and went to town.
I then got most of the seam sealer finally removed from the corners. Some of it is still in that very tight corner. I think I'll need to use a pick to get that out.
I then put the subframe bushings in.
I went to put the trailing arm bushings in and ran into a snag. I got the end with the sleeve pressed in with the help of a hammer, but I could not get the other end to come in any farther than pictured=( I didn't happen to have a c clamp handy, so I will be using one today to get them fully seated.
I will be going to the shop today after work, and also on Sunday. I'll post the updates Monday=)
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nice!
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excited to see this thing in one piece!
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comfort and performance can co-exist. Just because something stiffer exists doesn't necessarily make it better Ā or higher performance. The main goal is to keep the trailing arms from going toe-out under braking and decel. You would have to be tracking the car pretty hard / competitively to complain about toe-out problems with good stock bushings.
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