blasphemy.

I liked this build all the way till the ford parts got involved! jk
Looks great, Im planing on picking up a similar car with a blown motor mod later this month this gives me an idea what Ill be up against.

Thanks guys.

Have a replacement stud on the way.

Hoping to have the stud and the head at my house by this weekend so I can torque it down.

Mail isn't running today but I should have some things here tomorrow. Nothing too exciting, but necessary to get her going.

If you need anything from Mitsu hit up JNZ Tuning. That's where I've gotten every bolt and nut for my car and they raped any prices I could find elsewhere. I probably should've mentioned that earlier but he saved me a good chunk of money throughout my build.

Yeah, I've checked there. I always get annoyed with the "small order fee" that they're going to pop on there. I'll probably place an order from them next week, though. I need a lot of dang hardware...

Did you call or order online? I've never had to pay that . Give them a call and ask for Paul. He'll hook you up.

I made a list of gaskets and hardware I need. Geez. I still have a way to go.

I was expecting more in the mail today. Here's what I ended up with:


Installing tonight. Pics later!

Installed my ricer bulbs tonight. They look really good in the dark on the black car!

your transmission is in the wrong place

Are you sure? I thought I could do the transmission bypass mod

Direct drive FTW!

I like the lights!

Your replacement stud will be there Thursday it looks like

Awesome. Hopefully the head will be finished soon and I can torque it down this weekend and assemble the valvetrain. I think that'd make for a fun Saturday project.

Dang Aggie, you are not playing around with this type of progress... as for me, it took me the whole day but I was able to get to my fly wheel this evening. Going to the machine shop in the morning with hopes that they will be finished by noon. I think I might do a post on the whole job and show all the photos I've been taking (Clutch disc "blew up" and there are springs all over the place, even the wedge collar came apart.
*** Where can I get a set of those headlight? How much did they cost? (Don't mean to bite, but they look cool.
Also, about you blocking off your EGR (which I don't know too much about) but my engine light came on a few years back, and the code reader read check EGR... both hoses were off and I plugged them back in and the engine light went away. Sorry for the long comment, just in the state of mind of a newbie gear head!