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  1. UConn Husky

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    #26 UConn Husky, Jan 28, 2008
    Passenger side headers are off, and it looks like one tube is starting to burn through. Just the excuse I needed to call Fabspeed :D Pics to follow...
     
  2. ExoticMD

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    #27 ExoticMD, Jan 29, 2008
    Great job Jay,.. Looks like fun & chaos at the same time! You definetly got more balls than I do:) I miss her... I still have some records laying around. If you private me I will mail them out to you.
     
  3. PAP 348

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    #28 PAP 348, Jan 30, 2008
    Nice work Jay. :):)
     
  4. UConn Husky

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    #29 UConn Husky, Jan 30, 2008
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    Hey PAP, good to have you back from the outback!

    Having the headers off I was curious...are my valve guides really steel? All evidence says they should be being a '99 MY but one shop said they found 3 '99's with the older bronze guides. So I took a screwdriver and dremel too to an exposed valve guide (not as scary as it sounds)...and sure enough they're steel. I have a handful of brass / bronze guides from Dave Helms, and those clearly are nice and yellow. So what does this prove?? Nada, I was just curious :D

    Driver side headers look fine...but still going with Fabspeed. We need 4+ for a group buy, I'll start another thread just for this.
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  5. PAP 348

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    #30 PAP 348, Jan 30, 2008

    Cheers mate!! :):)

    Looks like you are having fun. :):)
     
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    #31 ernie, Jan 30, 2008
    +1
     
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    #32 ernie, Jan 30, 2008
    I'm glad to see it's coming right along Jay. Keep up the good work.
     
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    #33 285ferrari, Jan 31, 2008
    Looking great Jay!!
     
  9. UConn Husky

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    #34 UConn Husky, Feb 22, 2008
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    I couldn't resist cleaning up the rear suspension a bit; sent the sway bar out for stripping / powder coating. I was able to find new sway bar bushing from these guys:

    http://www.energysuspension.com/pages/swaybbct.html

    QTY MANUFACTURER PART # DESCRIPTION
    --- ------------------- ---------- ------------------------
    1 ENERGY SUSPN (E12) 95105R 11/16 STAB BUSH SET

    Best part is they cost $13.50 for the set! (plus shipping). The set comes with 2 red bushings, grease, and 2 brackets. I wanted to keep the stock brackets so I had those powder coated gold, somewhat close to the original chromate look. The old bushings were in bad shape - hard as a rock from the heat, discolored, and dry, the bar was getting rusty from the bushings scratching it. Now it's good as new!
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  10. markcoznottz

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    #35 markcoznottz, Feb 23, 2008
    The shock and spring unit on the 355 looks like a 'coil over' design, much like an after market item would with adjustable ride height. Looking at some pictures closely (Iv only seen the rear shock), the bottom section of the body is finely threaded and the lower spring seat platform has those notches cut into it to allow for one of those large C spanners to move the ring up or down on its threads, although usually on an aftermarket coilover there are two rings to lock against each other. Im guess what im asking is it is really a coilover, would be nice to have a car straight of the factory floor that the ride height could be slighty tweaked. After market coilovers used to exist for these cars didnt they? im assuming if you fitted such a set you would lose the stock fancy plug in actuator? system that is part of the standard cars good ride.
     
  11. LARuf

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    #36 LARuf, Feb 23, 2008
    Great post....keep it coming and let us watch the progress. What's a major anyway?....$15k or so? How much do you think you'll save DIY?....and of course its + headers now.
     
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    #37 since15, Feb 25, 2008
    Incredible!!!! You are an inspiration!
     
  13. UConn Husky

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    #38 UConn Husky, Feb 25, 2008
    Well for the hours I'll have into this...I'm losing a fortune! Good thing is I'm learning a ton (with a ton more to learn before I finish this up)...and tending to a bunch of small stuff that a major wouldn't cover.
     
  14. UConn Husky

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    #39 UConn Husky, Feb 25, 2008
    Don't be inspired until I post that it's running. otherwise this may just be good advertising for doing a major at a dealer or ind. shop!
     
  15. 285ferrari

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    #40 285ferrari, Feb 25, 2008
    LOL!! You'll be fine!!!

    Fratelli lives!!!!!!!!!
     
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    #41 ernie, Feb 25, 2008
    AAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!!!

    Any more of that mister and you'll be sucking on a bar of SOAP!
     
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    #42 since15, Feb 27, 2008
    I believe in you.

    My old man used to tell me, "Try it yourself, it's the best way to learn... just make sure you have the money to call someone just in case you screw-up."
     
  18. UConn Husky

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    #43 UConn Husky, Feb 28, 2008
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    #44 trentw, Feb 28, 2008
    This is a great thread.
     
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    #45 bowbells, Feb 28, 2008
    Kudos to you, i am sure that you and many others have learned exactly how much time it takes to do these jobs by these DIY efforts..

    Most reputable garages include thorough cleaning and refinishing of a lot of extra things which do not get charged out fully. Certainly hard to list the numerous hardware items, nuts, bolts etc., all of which are replaced generally. But, we are "evil" guys?
     
  21. UConn Husky

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    #46 UConn Husky, Feb 28, 2008
    Ha, if I include my labor this would be a $30k major! I'm going slow since this is all new to me, but yes it takes a ton of time - especially if you address all the peripheral stuff that isn't necessary, but is good to do while it's apart. Luckily we have a long winter season where it's off the road anyway. I truly enjoy doing this stuff myself, but I have to admit it would've been nice to just drop the car off and have it done by a pro like yourself, Dave Helms, Brian, etc.

    Cheers!
     
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    #47 285ferrari, Feb 28, 2008
    Looking awesome Jay!!!!!! Keep the pics coming
     
  23. UConn Husky

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    #49 UConn Husky, Feb 29, 2008
    Injectors back from cleaning / calibration, cost $24 each from RC Engineering. After 40k miles they ranged from 233 - 246 cc/min, after cleaning they are 249-251 cc/min. Glad I had this done...I might go for this service every 20k miles or so on the 355. They also replace the O-rings to they're ready for install.

    http://www.rceng.com/
     
  25. gothspeed

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    #50 gothspeed, Feb 29, 2008
    That is a great thing to do on injectors.......... :)

    another is to make sure the TBs are sychronized..... :eek:

    Is that an aftermarket 'sway bar' or just new??
     
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