Real NICE!

 

Definitely. I already have a set of BC coilovers and as soon as the car is stable enough to drive on a daily basis I will sell my 01 VW Golf and get some rims/tires. I have a few in mind but I am still doing research on how wide I can go in the back since traction will certainly be an issue.

 

Simply amazing.

 

Holyyyy mollyyyy congrats !!!

 

Absolutely beautiful

 

10.5" with a 275/30/19 can fit no problem. Once you get into 11" and wider you'll need to pull or widen the rear. MAYBE a 285 with rolling the rear quarters. Good luck.

 

You should check out the ISF forum for tire ideas and user experience. I'm running the Bridgestone S-04 Pole Position in the 245/35/19 and 285/30/19 sizes on my stock 8" and 9" wide stock wheels without issues.

Lou

 

Thanks for the advise. I have seen the thread you are talking about and it will definitely be a big help. 285 is a nice size rear tire, do you have a link to some pics?

 

so I have a few pics of the work that I didn't document from a few nights ago. First of all here is the top radiator hose.



This is the first item on the list to redo once I get the car running. The fill neck completely gets in the way of where the intake elbow needs to go. My plan is to run a remote fill neck that will sit further to the drivers side of the engine bay and out of the way. This will be done very soon so I can get a filter on.

Here is a shot of the engine right before the first fire.



I'm guessing you all saw the first start video. Well it turns out I had a bad IAC valve and once I replaced it the engine idled at a normal RPM. Actually, it was probably a little low but I'll fix that with the computer. Here is the new video:


I'm still waiting on my steering parts form the machine shop so in the mean time I decided to work on a few other tasks that need to be completed before my first drive. I had some brake cables made for the ABS bypass. I tried to make something with off the shelf parts but it is hard to find a good selection of 10mm inverted flare brake fittings. So a hose and tube shop in town made these up for me that convert the 10mm to a 3/16" which then splits with a tee and then convert back to 10mm. they fit perfect so hopefully they wont spring any leaks.



Here's a shot of them installed. I still need to come up with a bracket to keep all the brake lines secured.



That's it for right now. Hopefully I'll get my steering parts back tomorrow and have a drivable car by this weekend.

 

Holy crap you're awesome.

 

man i am sure jealous for you great white.....






fridge you got in the corner over there...





just kidding. doing great with the car wish i had one or better yet i wish i could be that mechanically inclined

Night

 

It's....ALIVE!!

 

This is so awesome! I can't believe at how fast it's coming along! You're making such great progress! Keep up the good work!

 

Only mine. The first one is the front tire, the second and third are the rear tire.

Lou

 

Jaw-dropping. Very nice job!! All the blood, sweat and dollars are finally about to pay off!