From LX to MSP- my build.

[Dpwhitehead1]

way to stay with it, thats awesome it will definitley be worth it in the end.. can't wait to see the finished product.

thanks man.

 

[DiscreetSpeed]

i must say man i feel the same way with my car....if anybody knows some what how you feel i would be one of them....cause my car has been to hell and back more than once. She was down for quite sometime a couple times but i can assure you in the end the s**** all worth it.

way to hang in there. (first)

 

[Dpwhitehead1]

i must say man i feel the same way with my car....if anybody knows some what how you feel i would be one of them....cause my car has been to hell and back more than once. She was down for quite sometime a couple times but i can assure you in the end the s**** all worth it.

way to hang in there. (first)

heh. i'm hoping so. i go to work on it a bit more this weekend, putting a grounding kit in, taking out cruise control, fixing things here and there..you know. then i await more money to come my way so i can get Kooldino down to my place to get it running.

 

[Alejo_NIN]

you must be about the most unlucky guy i know

bending the valves because of a sproket bolt?
damn....first time i've ever heard that

aren't our engines non interference?

 

[Dpwhitehead1]

you must be about the most unlucky guy i know

bending the valves because of a sproket bolt?
damn....first time i've ever heard that

aren't our engines non interference?

i dunno if they are or not. but it jumped timing b/c of the cam gear bolt being loose.

and yes, i am the most unlucky guy.lol. this is only Really HALF of the total s*** the car's been through. if i ever get around to scanning the other pictures..well, you'll get the idea...thanks for the post!!

 

[Alejo_NIN]

easy way to find out if you had bent the valve would had been trying again!!

i dunno how many times ive done a bad timing in the MSP...but i never hit a valve
with stock pistons and all

 

[Dpwhitehead1]

easy way to find out if you had bent the valve would had been trying again!!

i dunno how many times ive done a bad timing in the MSP...but i never hit a valve
with stock pistons and all

well.. took it to the machine shop and they re-worked it
and we did try to fire it again. didn't work.

 

[Alejo_NIN]

ahh, well
it just might be that it did happen...prolly for the built block?
makes no sense tho...but possible

 

[vindication]

yes our motors are non interference.
damn that is a lot of work. I would say you have a lot of patience but it looks more like stubborness. hope you getted all sorted out. Ohh, you paid 21k for the LX??? WTF?

 

[Dpwhitehead1]

yes our motors are non interference.
damn that is a lot of work. I would say you have a lot of patience but it looks more like stubborness. hope you getted all sorted out. Ohh, you paid 21k for the LX??? WTF?

dunno what it is. yes, it's part stubbornnes. and patience. and yes, brand new i did too much. but what can you do at 18 w/ no help from parents? i could afford it and i liked it. so w/e.. i'm happy.it'll all get working sometime.

 

[MSpeed2397]

I wish I had money like that...damn

 

[Dpwhitehead1]

I wish I had money like that...damn

bwahahaha so do i. but it dwindles away very quickly.

 

[Dpwhitehead1]

i'll be posting pictures soon, i just got my auto EXE lip from forum member BOSTON5761


it's yellow, but looks great. drilled holes for side skirts, and they match great. i am about to order a HUGE amount of stuff from JMbaggie, and get Kooldino to come down here to get my car running. and I"m getting the MPI from him, and some GT spec stuff,well all of it that i can. And maybe a 3 point strut bar from a buddy..

 

[Coolhand]

yes our motors are non interference.

Not calling you out, but this is incorrect... The FS-DE is an INTERFERENCE Engine. Timing belt slips or breaks, and it's bye-bye pistons and valves, if not the whole motor. That's why I've been keeping my fingers crossed with mine, cuz' I'm 30k miles over the recommended timing belt life. Do a search and you can verify that our engines are indeed interfernece engines.

 

[Jeph]

21k for a LX is terrible. I paid 14k out the door for my ES

 

[Dpwhitehead1]

Not calling you out, but this is incorrect... The FS-DE is an INTERFERENCE Engine. Timing belt slips or breaks, and it's bye-bye pistons and valves, if not the whole motor. That's why I've been keeping my fingers crossed with mine, cuz' I'm 30k miles over the recommended timing belt life. Do a search and you can verify that our engines are indeed interfernece engines.

that's just what i thought.

 

[Dpwhitehead1]

21k for a LX is terrible. I paid 14k out the door for my ES

i know it's terrible. but what can you do at 18, with no help from parents and an APR of 15.5%? yea....no credit sucked..now it's gotten me far.

 

[ChopstickHero]

15.5% APR? holy crap... .lol

 

[Dpwhitehead1]

15.5% APR? holy crap... .lol

yeah. that's what i said. glad i paid it off...anyways. now i'm getting into serious work on the car, and i'm quite excited...it'll be great. can't wait to post more pictures.

 

[Jeph]

wow 15.5% is ridiculous... I bought mine at 18 as well, but i had credit estab lished so i was able to get a decent rate. I can't remember what it was, but i paid mine off in a year so it didn't even matter.