I went to the county fair this past weekend, had some good food, and got mildly ill this week. I managed to get one driveshaft on before I had to call it quits, but it fit perfectly.

Q: How do you fit a 5-foot driveshaft in a 4-foot trunk?

A: You don't...



Before I got it lengthened, it just barely fit in my trunk. Now, being about 5 inches longer, it needed some more room. Oh, and this isn't the biggest, dumbest load I've hauled with my car.

This weekend, I want to get it driving. I have the parts, I have the tools, I have motivation. Let's do this!

 

WOOHOO!!! years in the making!!

 

I'll be live today and tomorrow:

https://go.twitch.tv/irab88

http://www.irab88.com

 

Left to do:
-driveshafts
-interior
-speedometer wiring

more pics later

 

In the meantime, I'm printing some new front grill clips:



edit: final result:



Made from ABS, fully functional

 

Pics from yesterday:

 

i might have missed it, but where did you get the expanded nylon wire loom at?

 

I think McMaster, but not 100% sure. I got the expanding for a few reasons: First, it can fit may different size wires and bundles. Second, it offers good abrasion resistance (main reason). And finally, because it's mesh, it won't trap moisture or dirt. I ordered a couple dozen feet, so I have plenty more for when I re-do the battery setup.

Similar loom can be found on eBay. I find that a lot of good companies have eBay stores to reach customers easier, and often include free shipping.

When cutting it, I needed to cut about 2 inches longer than I needed because the ends would come unraveled a bit when feeding the wire through.


edit: I'm a little bummed this week. They moved me to another location without prior notice, so I've been stressed with longer days. I REALLY want to get this done. Exhaust and interior... that's it.

 

Pics from last week:

Adjustment of the tach: I still need to actually adjust it, but I think I got it figured out.





Driveshaft in:



And the grill clips in action

 

thanks for the info on the loom, and nice job on the clips!

 

Is it running yet?! I missed the last 3 months of updates. I'm really excited for you.

 

I'll let you all know when it's on the road. The pics and vids won't stop.

I had a family event this weekend, and I think I'll be helping with another car this week.

 

That was pretty bad-A printing those clips. A while back some one else printed an intake/afm adapter.

I must admit, you've probably pushed me over to doing a 3.4 now. And I needed more procrastination excuses.

Getting antsy waiting here though.

 

I saw the AFM Adapter... unfortunately, I didn't have the printer back when I needed one.

I'm getting antsy myself. I got moved for work, more responsibility piled on, and other car maintenance.

I hope to work on the exhaust some this weekend.

 

This weekend I didn't have anything planned! Woo! So I got some work done on cleaning the shop, finishing the exhaust, tweaking the tachometer, and making an ECM bracket.





Added a resistor in series with the potentiometer. This is a 47K ohm, which works for the higher adjustment (117.6), but not the lower (29.4). I need to replace the resistor with a 20k-22k ohm.







And one of the things we're working on at work...

 

I'm gonna try to pick up oil, coolant, and PS fluid this evening.

 

done.

 

Pics or it didn't happen

 

Boom! Sounds like a throw down to me!!

 

RB, you know where I'm at; come and check it out



Besides, I wouldn't buy the good stuff for just any old car...