I dont like her dirty! I like her nice and clean haha.

 

Washed it in the dark in front of my garage because i'm working late nowadays.

 

i kicked it,.. cus of the stupid Idle control issue which never goes away,,

 

Snapped a screw that holds the ICV to the TB. Snapped flush of course.

Right now I got a few tiny dents fixed, and getting the faded body panels fixed.

 

Don't kick it,just:

Replace the iacv
or
Clean the carbon deposit inside the throttle body
or
Tighten the screws that hold the butterfly to the shaft.

Whatever you do you have to open it up and check it out.Mine was very dirty so i cleaned it out.I also had to replace the iacv,and it fixed the low idleing when cold.

Sorry,i got a bit carried away here...

 

Yesterday and today: installed Swift Spec R's, Bayson R fq lip, bled the brakes, fixed my sagging front bumper, had alignment done.

 

i watched it sit on a trailer and cried a little inside

 

finished last night, Got my Carbon fiber hood installed, new front bumper (old one was busted up). Then in morning gonna put my walbro fuel pump in. Should be pretty quick. lol

 

Uploaded a new AEM stage 2 map to my COBB AP, and replaced the old map I had, and then drove......very fast!

 

install dba 4000 t3, ferodo ds2500 and change brake fluid to motul RBF 600.

 

Ordered new tires.

 

Installed a "whiteline" front engine mount.Feels good now.

 

Tuesday: Bought taillights that I'd been eyeballing on the Internet from a random SSgt who was out running Monday. Installed them.

Wednesday: Sprayed the center trunk lights black to better match the tails.

Today: With some help, I managed to swap an ABS sensor onto my wheel hub without breaking it. So FINALLY the ABS light is off. I had originally planned to just replace the whole hub and shaft. Working all this out took hours. Then I swapped in the Tein coilovers (also from my parts car). Despite their ridiculously low ride height and my too-large tires (I should have bought 210's and rolled my fenders when I upgraded to the 17" wheels....I bought 215's and haven't rolled them yet) the car feels nice and tight and seems to rub the fenders LESS than it did before.

 

I have been stocking up on some new parts for a while now (still have more suspension and a turbo kit to install sometime). I have had the same FMIC on the car since I got it, had different people fab up parts to make it work better then stock. I decided to get a larger FMIC for future mods and to fix some issues I was having with the HKS BOV. It is a Extream Turbo Systems FMIC that measures 24"x11.5"x3.5" and is a bar and plate Core along with a Synapse BOV.

Before, it fills the opening quite well here.


Front end apart


Old vs New


My new Shop security system, macro would not work well enough and he was not sitting around for me to take his pics
Shop Pet
shop pet 2

Had a leak on the new BOV and its flange, tore 3 different gaskets and had to call it a night (3am) due to not being able to seal the bov. Also Spray paint can lids do not like 35psi...


New Smile with all new pipes and Bov

 

took pictures of it at a meet