My 2002.5 P5 AwesomeSauce build thread

I have bicycles in the house and have baked headlights in the oven but have never rebuilt and engine in my breakfast room. That's bitchin.
 
I have bicycles in the house and have baked headlights in the oven but have never rebuilt and engine in my breakfast room. That's bitchin.

Haha! I have no space in the garage and that room is currently not being used so I've temporarily taken over it.

Few more updates. Finally finished the new gauge mounts! Just need to order the last gauge.

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New Battery terminals along with 0 gauge power and ground wire, 4 gauge wire, and a fused distribution block for my battery relocation.

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Went ahead and prepped the engine bay for paint. Degreased, sanded, degreased again, wax and grease remover, base coat, then clear. Love the way it came out! Not perfect but 10 times better than before.

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First coat

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Second coat

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And final clear coat

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Front end is starting to be put back together. Just about all the nasty bolts and nuts were changed out for new ones. Battery relocation sorted out. A lot of soldering was done for the battery relocation, glad all that's out of the way now. Still need to get a battery hold down figured out. Did some headlight harness tucking. Hid the aftermarket car alarm next the ballast on the driver side.

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Front end is starting to be put back together. Just about all the nasty bolts and nuts were changed out for new ones. Battery relocation sorted out. A lot of soldering was done for the battery relocation, glad all that's out of the way now. Still need to get a battery hold down figured out. Did some headlight harness tucking. Hid the aftermarket car alarm next the ballast on the driver side.

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So you clear coated the engine bay. No color.

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Really.?.? It matches the car body so perfectly. That's awesome!

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yep lol. Bought 2 cans of color matched paint and did a pretty good job of masking the fenders off. Can barely notice where I masked off. Almost flows perfectly from inside the fender to the outside.
 
yep lol. Bought 2 cans of color matched paint and did a pretty good job of masking the fenders off. Can barely notice where I masked off. Almost flows perfectly from inside the fender to the outside.
I don't think they can color match laser blue 🙁

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It looks so good I'm definitely going to touch up my bay before I put it back together. Thanks for the link and pro tip

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Thanks! haha sure thing man. Going to be dropping the engine back in next week. Almost ready to get this car back on the road!
 
Whats up everyone, decided to create a build thread for my car as it is going to be undergoing some major changes. Everything was completely stock on the car when I first got it besides the lowering springs which gave it a sporty look and I loved it. The car roughly had about ~112K miles when I purchased it for 2k.

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Engine/Drivetrain:
-Haltech Sprint 500 ECU
-MSP turbo setup
-Downward clocked turbo
-10 PSI on Stock Internals
-Ebay 2.5" intercooler piping
-Mishimoto Z-line intercooler
-3" Straight pipe exhaust
-Corksport CAI
-ATP Wastegate
-Relocated MAF
-Ralco RZ STS
-WeaponR Coolant Overflow Tank
-Deleted Cruise Control
-Deleted Windshield Washer Tank
-Semi Wire Tuck
-VCTS deleted
-VICS deleted
-Lightly ported and polished Intake Manifold
-Painted Valve Cover
-Hydra VC Dress Up Kit
-AC and PS Delete

Suspension/Wheels:
-BC Coilovers
-MSP Racing Harts
-Dunlop Direzza DZ101
-AutoZone Lug Nuts
-Gorilla Lock Nuts
-MX6 Rear Strut Tower Bar
-Corksport Front Strut Tower Bar

Interior:
-Gloss Aluminum Bezels
-Custom Cluster Bezel Gauge Pods
-AEM Boost/Wideband Gauges
-Hydra Gauge Rings
-LED Interior Lights
-Ebay Shift Knob
-Pioneer FH-X721 Bluetooth Radio
-Stock Door Speakers and Tweeters
-AudioPipe 4k watt Amp for Door Speakers

Exterior:
-MSP Lip
-STI Lip W/O Canards
-DG MotorSports Fiberglass Grill
-Deleted Rear Wiper
-Deleted Door Molding
-Roof Rack Rail Delete Strips
-DDM 5k HID's
-Retrofit Headlights
-EDM Tails (3 bulbs)

Things Coming Soon:
-SideSkirt Extension
-Forged Motor with bigger turbo


Dop
 
you are too funny lol. i also type dop instead of dope to a lot of my friends. was a typo but became our thing.
 
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