What have you done to your MSP today?

[Dpwhitehead1]

horns... how the fricken hell do you get the driver side axle into the trans? that stupid ring clip is FKING ME IN THE ASS. do you hammer the cup in with trans out of the car and manuver it in, rebuild the joint with the cup installed, or is there some magic way to hammer that fker in with trans in the car? was really having a hard time.

put the side in the hub, (keep it unbolted from the strut), line the other side up on the trans and use the hub as your hammer. works every time for me, and avoids potential issue for messing up the axle threads with a hammer/mallet/sledge.

 

[rally2003]

Oil change on the silver car today and start taking unwanted parts off the white car before transferring everything to the other shell I'm getting. Then going to try to make some actual fog deletes instead of fog grills.

 

[323]

i had trouble putting the driver side axle in too. my car was parked by the brick portion of my garage so i just used that as leverage and shoved that s*** in there lol. it took me a while and getting steamed usually makes things work.

in other news, was going to install my windage tray this week but learned i need the rear main seal housing piece while i'm installing it. anyone got a spare one laying around? i may end up creating a thread with the order of building a motor from scratch to help noobs like me in the future.

 

[Preferio]

put the side in the hub, (keep it unbolted from the strut), line the other side up on the trans and use the hub as your hammer. works every time for me, and avoids potential issue for messing up the axle threads with a hammer/mallet/sledge.

Other than that, go ahead and install it into the hub (as long as you have the ball joint bolt out and the spindle free of the lower control arm) to support it on that end while you hammer it in. You can use the weight of the spindle to help force it in also.

lol

 

[Cleverfrog]

Wait, Preferio didn't break anything?

 

[Preferio]

Wait, Preferio didn't break anything?

Don't get too excited, I've only driven it 30-35 miles thus far.

 

[Cleverfrog]

lol

 

[Valk]

Ooooh question. Is the msp fuel system different from the p5 will I need to swap the fuel pump and rail or just plug in msp ecu?

 

[Cleverfrog]

Ooooh question. Is the msp fuel system different from the p5 will I need to swap the fuel pump and rail or just plug in msp ecu?

plug I believe. don't quote me. Maybe different injectors???

 

[Preferio]

plug I believe. don't quote me. Maybe different injectors???

Identical.

 

[Cleverfrog]

Identical.

thought so

 

[Valk]

Wicked. So it really does Not get easier to turbo a car heh. Thays next month maybe. Dropping two trans and putting one back this weekend really took it out of me.
I still have to finish reassembling msp odds this week and prob loosly bolt the p5 trans in just so I can move it around and pull head ect. I was thinking of just dropping the motor.on tje ground but prob wouldn't clear the front end so ill take the head and manifold off of it, drop the short block.
After I've unhooked all the vaccum and electrical, just heatercore lines?

 

[mica.msp]

^^ Hell yeah, i'm very happy with my current stance but my next $1k splurge on my MSP will probably be some BCs.

I didn't even spend half of that...I have yet to have a $1k splurge. haha. I have heard good things about the BC's, but I wasn't even originally going to get coils. I was going to just go with springs, but stumbled on a killer deal with these. If I do ever it will be a disco potato.

 

[rally2003]

LOL I spent $2200 alone on R-comps and RPF1's

 

[hornsfan10609]

i had trouble putting the driver side axle in too. my car was parked by the brick portion of my garage so i just used that as leverage and shoved that s*** in there lol. it took me a while and getting steamed usually makes things work.

in other news, was going to install my windage tray this week but learned i need the rear main seal housing piece while i'm installing it. anyone got a spare one laying around? i may end up creating a thread with the order of building a motor from scratch to help noobs like me in the future.

I've got one! And a bunch of other random stuff I need to get rid off, pay for shipping and you can have it.

 

[hornsfan10609]

Wicked. So it really does Not get easier to turbo a car heh. Thays next month maybe. Dropping two trans and putting one back this weekend really took it out of me.
I still have to finish reassembling msp odds this week and prob loosly bolt the p5 trans in just so I can move it around and pull head ect. I was thinking of just dropping the motor.on tje ground but prob wouldn't clear the front end so ill take the head and manifold off of it, drop the short block.
After I've unhooked all the vaccum and electrical, just heatercore lines?

I dropped the motor out of the bottom of my MSP with the head on it, just removed the manifolds and had the car on jackstands. No need to buy a new headgasket and bolts unless it already needs them.

 

[Valk]

I was hoping to keep the head for custom practice buy would a thrown rod have mangled the head? Both manifolds coming over.once I unbolt the last mount though its gonna fall... doesn't seem safe.

Prev owner put a new timing belt on it then the rod.let go.immediatly after. was gonna swap the timing belt and bearings to the higher milage motor and replace water pump. Taking all.this.out.might be easier with the motor secured to the chassis. Also have to.remove ac pump and alternator.

 

[Valk]

Another consideration... I don't really wanna fish out the msp oil and water lines for turbo. What are people using for oil and water supply to turbo?

 

[hornsfan10609]

The head may be alright may be damaged, all depends on what happened to the piston when the rod let go. I was lucky on the MSP I bought and the head is still in good shape. For water lines you can bypass the TB coolant lines and use them for the turbo, still should swap the oil cooler and metal coolant lines and the oil feed will need to be swapped over as well. Oil return will be the real trouble, need to swap the upper oil pan to run the stock setup or drill and tap the pan on the other engine and make a custom drain setup.

 

[mica.msp]

LOL I spent $2200 alone on R-comps and RPF1's

I wish I could afford RPF1's. I'm in college so I have to wait for deals. haha. The wheels I'll be buying will be off of craigslist, and then selling the Racing Harts to pay for them.