IT'S ALIVE!!!!! - Subaru Enthusiasts Car Club of the Sierras

MPREZIV · 2006-06-21, 09:35 AM

For those of you who have heard, or have been by the shop to see this piece of shit, I have news!

The black 300zx I've been working on for nearly a YEAR now finally runs!!!

Tested fuel pressure and oil pressure, and everything checked out okay, so I crossed my fingers and turned the key... Vroom! Fired right up!

I found a little oil leak at the turbo feed line on the passenger side, nothing too difficult to fix, but the DP has to come off to get to it.

Sorry if nobody is too interested in this, but I am FUCKING ELATED, so I had to share!

sybir · 2006-06-21, 09:38 AM

Sweet, man. This going to be your new project car?

MPREZIV · 2006-06-21, 09:41 AM

No, it belongs to some asshat here in town. It's a racecar he commissioned our shop to build. The guy who WAS working on it, quit, and left me with a car with no engine in it, and an engine on a stand, utterly disassembled! It's been a nightmare!!!

It made about 650 to 700 hp at the flywheel before the rebuild, and Jim Wolfe Engineering says it should be 950-1050hp with the current tune/boost...

JonnydaJibba · 2006-06-21, 09:47 AM

WOW! Test drive that bitch?

MPREZIV · 2006-06-21, 09:49 AM

Hell no! I'm not driving something that's supposed to make 1,000 horsepower, that's got probably $50,000 into it, that doesn't belong to me!

Libila · 2006-06-21, 09:53 AM

Dude, just do it so you can say, "I drove a 1,000+hp car." The only way you will regret it is if you put it through another car, which would have a fifth of the power

cody · 2006-06-21, 10:51 AM

I think you need to Autocross it this weekend.

Kevin M · 2006-06-21, 10:52 AM

That would be a lot like watching the ESX drag car do "hot laps" at Buttonwillow a couple years ago.

rumble rumble rumble VROOOOM rumble rumble rumble

MPREZIV · 2006-06-21, 11:04 AM

The stinkin thing doesn't have enough brakes to slow it down from the speeds it would get between corners! There's now way I'm driving it, even down the street!

I'll take my helmet one day with him to Fallon, and ride along on a 1/4 pass, but I want nothing to do with the driver's seat. Hell, I might just PUSH it out into the lot for him to come pick up...

MPREZIV · 2006-06-21, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Libila

Dude, just do it so you can say, "I drove a 1,000+hp car." The only way you will regret it is if you put it through another car, which would have a fifth of the power

Eh, I'm pretty good with "I BUILT a 1,000+hp car!"

cody · 2006-06-21, 11:05 AM

Yah, brakes are a waste of money. They only slow you down anyway.

MPREZIV · 2006-06-21, 11:13 AM

Yeah, it's kinda scary how this dude has spent SO much money making this thing a MONSTER accellerating, but has put nothing but stock size cross-drilled rotors on for slowing it down... Not even better pads!

Dean · 2006-06-21, 11:19 AM

No way... Your flat space will be empty... How will we ever find your work area now? that car was the landmark I used for my turn in.

It is really cool that you got it done though.

I agree with you though. In your position, I wouldn't want to do anything other than start it, say, look, it idles, and get the hell away from it.

Anything making that much out of so little is a failure looking for a place to happen. I'd just want it out of the shop when it does.

MPREZIV · 2006-06-21, 11:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dean

No way... Your flat space will be empty... How will we ever find your work area now? that car was the landmark I used for my turn in.

It is really cool that you got it done though.

I agree with you though. In your position, I wouldn't want to do anything other than start it, say, look, it idles, and get the hell away from it.

Anything making that much out of so little is a failure looking for a place to happen. I'd just want it out of the shop when it does.

No Kidding! I had to cut the ROOTS under the tires before I could put it back up on the lift!!

Basically, that's what I'm doing. I fixed the little oil leak, and I'm gonna put a new upper rad. hose on, as it's leaking too. Other than that, he can come get this pig!

GC8.Love · 2006-06-21, 12:33 PM

Whaaats? You have to test it out to make sure everything's done proper, Cory. ^.^

Not even down the street 5 under the speed limit?

Kevin M · 2006-06-21, 12:42 PM

You know how some high-powered cars have clutches that are basically on/off switches? Well, that's how the throttle is on a car like that, except it has a variable delay.

ShawnS · 2006-06-21, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by MPREZIV

The guy who WAS working on it, quit, and left me with a car with no engine in it, and an engine on a stand, utterly disassembled! It's been a nightmare!

Casey quit?

MPREZIV · 2006-06-21, 01:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BAN SUVS

You know how some high-powered cars have clutches that are basically on/off switches? Well, that's how the throttle is on a car like that, except it has a variable delay.

Yeah, this thing has that clutch too! Twin plate, carbon surface. It's son-of-a-bitch just to move it around the shop! I'm just gonna make the owner come down and I'll ride with him on the initial drive!

Shawn: Yeah dude! Casey quit a WHILE ago now! Like 6 months or so! I figured Rob would have told you! Essentially, he quit because he got into a little argument with Steve (the Z's owner) and didn't want to work on it anymore...

MPREZIV · 2006-06-21, 02:40 PM

Well, I just got kicked in the nuts...

There's little oil passages in the cylinder heads that have simple little plugs in them to keep oil from coming out. They hold back full oil pressure. Well, when the heads were assembled at the machine shop, these were NOT SEALED! They are pissing out oil whenever the car's running. Basically, it looks like I may have to pull off the entire upper plenum, and the turbo boost pipes, to get to these things and seal them up. About another 5 or 6 hours worth of work...

dammit

Dean · 2006-06-21, 02:47 PM

Bummer... Sounds like the machine shop should be paying for those hours...

Bob Danger · 2006-06-21, 04:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MPREZIV

Well, I just got kicked in the nuts...

There's little oil passages in the cylinder heads that have simple little plugs in them to keep oil from coming out. They hold back full oil pressure. Well, when the heads were assembled at the machine shop, these were NOT SEALED! They are pissing out oil whenever the car's running. Basically, it looks like I may have to pull off the entire upper plenum, and the turbo boost pipes, to get to these things and seal them up. About another 5 or 6 hours worth of work...

dammit

Six hours compared to six months, that's not that long.

ShawnS · 2006-06-21, 04:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MPREZIV

Shawn: Yeah dude! Casey quit a WHILE ago now! Like 6 months or so! I figured Rob would have told you! Essentially, he quit because he got into a little argument with Steve (the Z's owner) and didn't want to work on it anymore...

My Dad doesnt bring up Casey anymore around me. Casey and I got into a nasty little fight about a year ago. I figured he was still there.

MPREZIV · 2006-06-22, 06:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShawnS

My Dad doesnt bring up Casey anymore around me. Casey and I got into a nasty little fight about a year ago. I figured he was still there.

Don't worry dude, I didn't like that little red-headed bastard either!

The machine shop will likely be paying for the labor to fix their f* up, but I'm still pretty pissed that they screwed me in the first place. I hate when someone else can't do their job right, and I end up being the one to repair it properly...

MPREZIV · 2006-06-22, 11:03 AM

OK, again if no-one has any interest in this, that's alright, because I'm really just venting...

Now, the oil leaking pressure plug in the right cylinder head is *relatively* accessable. It's behind the header pipe, but above the flange. If I grind down an allen wrench, and heat it with a torch so I can bend it to an angle greater than 90*, I can get the plug out and seal it up. The other head is a different story...

The left cylinder head plug that's leaking is behind the header flange, between the first two exhaust outlets. I put florescent dye in the oil, and can see the bright orange oil coming out of the bottom of the header flange, between the cylinders, but it does not appear at the top of the flange. Basically, the header pipe has to come off to fix it. Here's the problem: In order to take the header off, you have to remove the turbocharger. Doesn't sound too bad huh? Well, in order to remove the turbo, you have to REMOVE THE ENGINE!!!!! Yes, the whole thing has to come back out...

I have essentially told my boss that I am NOT removing the engine from this car. He agrees with my standpoint, and frankly, just wants the car out of the shop. Looks like this guy may be pulling this thing down to Cali. to Z-performance and having THEM pull it back out.

I'm so pissed off at this whole thing that I can barely maintain myself...

MikeK · 2006-06-22, 11:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MPREZIV

I put florescent dye in the oil...

That's so rice

2006-06-21, 09:35 AM	#1
MPREZIV Token Real Name: Le Stig Afrique? Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: sitting next to a big yellow box Posts: 3,589 Car: 2001 Impreza 2.5 RS Class: 05 TDSP No, I won't work on your car. F your car*	IT'S ALIVE!!!!! For those of you who have heard, or have been by the shop to see this piece of shit, I have news! The black 300zx I've been working on for nearly a YEAR now finally runs!!! Tested fuel pressure and oil pressure, and everything checked out okay, so I crossed my fingers and turned the key... Vroom! Fired right up! I found a little oil leak at the turbo feed line on the passenger side, nothing too difficult to fix, but the DP has to come off to get to it. Sorry if nobody is too interested in this, but I am FUCKING ELATED, so I had to share! __________________ "...these condoms have a topical anesthetic to reduce sensitivity, so you can last longer. What a paradox. You can't feel a thing, but you can f*ck for HOURS..."

2006-06-21, 09:38 AM	#2
sybir The Don Real Name: Aaron Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Sacramento Posts: 3,097 Car: '97 Legacy / '05 FXT Class: low	Sweet, man. This going to be your new project car? __________________ Tact is for people who aren't witty enough to be sarcastic.

2006-06-21, 09:41 AM	#3
MPREZIV Token Real Name: Le Stig Afrique? Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: sitting next to a big yellow box Posts: 3,589 Car: 2001 Impreza 2.5 RS Class: 05 TDSP No, I won't work on your car. F your car*	No, it belongs to some asshat here in town. It's a racecar he commissioned our shop to build. The guy who WAS working on it, quit, and left me with a car with no engine in it, and an engine on a stand, utterly disassembled! It's been a nightmare!!! It made about 650 to 700 hp at the flywheel before the rebuild, and Jim Wolfe Engineering says it should be 950-1050hp with the current tune/boost... __________________ "...these condoms have a topical anesthetic to reduce sensitivity, so you can last longer. What a paradox. You can't feel a thing, but you can f*ck for HOURS..."

2006-06-21, 09:47 AM	#4
JonnydaJibba EJ207 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Reno/Sparks, Nevada Posts: 3,482 Car: 2000 2.5RS Class: RestNPeace Master Slurper.	WOW! Test drive that bitch? __________________ "Why do chicks tell you to call and then not answer....so gay." "Cuz girls are fags I dunno"

2006-06-21, 09:49 AM	#5
MPREZIV Token Real Name: Le Stig Afrique? Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: sitting next to a big yellow box Posts: 3,589 Car: 2001 Impreza 2.5 RS Class: 05 TDSP No, I won't work on your car. F your car*	Hell no! I'm not driving something that's supposed to make 1,000 horsepower, that's got probably $50,000 into it, that doesn't belong to me! __________________ "...these condoms have a topical anesthetic to reduce sensitivity, so you can last longer. What a paradox. You can't feel a thing, but you can f*ck for HOURS..."

2006-06-21, 09:53 AM	#6
Libila EJ205 Real Name: Tim Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 1,384 Car: '94 L	Dude, just do it so you can say, "I drove a 1,000+hp car." The only way you will regret it is if you put it through another car, which would have a fifth of the power

2006-06-21, 10:51 AM	#7
cody Candy Mountain Real Name: Cody Join Date: May 2005 Location: Californication Posts: 7,751 Car: 03 Pussy Wagon, now with more pink! Class: TESP OMG Internet!	I think you need to Autocross it this weekend. __________________ Slow and low, that is the tempo.

2006-06-21, 10:52 AM	#8
Kevin M EJ22T Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Reno Posts: 9,445 Car: '93/'01 GF6, mostly red Class: 19 FP	That would be a lot like watching the ESX drag car do "hot laps" at Buttonwillow a couple years ago. rumble rumble rumble VROOOOM rumble rumble rumble __________________ FWD is the new AWD

2006-06-21, 11:04 AM	#9
MPREZIV Token Real Name: Le Stig Afrique? Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: sitting next to a big yellow box Posts: 3,589 Car: 2001 Impreza 2.5 RS Class: 05 TDSP No, I won't work on your car. F your car*	The stinkin thing doesn't have enough brakes to slow it down from the speeds it would get between corners! There's now way I'm driving it, even down the street! I'll take my helmet one day with him to Fallon, and ride along on a 1/4 pass, but I want nothing to do with the driver's seat. Hell, I might just PUSH it out into the lot for him to come pick up... __________________ "...these condoms have a topical anesthetic to reduce sensitivity, so you can last longer. What a paradox. You can't feel a thing, but you can f*ck for HOURS..."

2006-06-21, 11:05 AM	#11
cody Candy Mountain Real Name: Cody Join Date: May 2005 Location: Californication Posts: 7,751 Car: 03 Pussy Wagon, now with more pink! Class: TESP OMG Internet!	Yah, brakes are a waste of money. They only slow you down anyway. __________________ Slow and low, that is the tempo.

2006-06-21, 11:13 AM	#12
MPREZIV Token Real Name: Le Stig Afrique? Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: sitting next to a big yellow box Posts: 3,589 Car: 2001 Impreza 2.5 RS Class: 05 TDSP No, I won't work on your car. F your car*	Yeah, it's kinda scary how this dude has spent SO much money making this thing a MONSTER accellerating, but has put nothing but stock size cross-drilled rotors on for slowing it down... Not even better pads! __________________ "...these condoms have a topical anesthetic to reduce sensitivity, so you can last longer. What a paradox. You can't feel a thing, but you can f*ck for HOURS..."

2006-06-21, 11:19 AM	#13
Dean Señor Cheap Bastarde Real Name: Dean Join Date: May 2003 Location: $99 Tire Store Posts: 9,294 Car: $.04 STI Class: Fast,Cheap & Reliable=STI Deal, did somebody say Deal? Oh, Dean, yeah that's me.	No way... Your flat space will be empty... How will we ever find your work area now? that car was the landmark I used for my turn in. It is really cool that you got it done though. I agree with you though. In your position, I wouldn't want to do anything other than start it, say, look, it idles, and get the hell away from it. Anything making that much out of so little is a failure looking for a place to happen. I'd just want it out of the shop when it does. __________________ I am a Commodore PET --- Now get off my lawn you kids...

2006-06-21, 12:33 PM	#15
GC8.Love EJ22 Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 339 Car: '01 STM Impreza 2.5 RS ; '96 "Junior Mints" colored Impreza Brighton - "Bowl of Wet Spaghetti" Class: We got classes?	Whaaats? You have to test it out to make sure everything's done proper, Cory. ^.^ Not even down the street 5 under the speed limit? __________________ "Lemon curry?!"

2006-06-21, 12:42 PM	#16
Kevin M EJ22T Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Reno Posts: 9,445 Car: '93/'01 GF6, mostly red Class: 19 FP	You know how some high-powered cars have clutches that are basically on/off switches? Well, that's how the throttle is on a car like that, except it has a variable delay. __________________ FWD is the new AWD

2006-06-21, 02:40 PM	#19
MPREZIV Token Real Name: Le Stig Afrique? Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: sitting next to a big yellow box Posts: 3,589 Car: 2001 Impreza 2.5 RS Class: 05 TDSP No, I won't work on your car. F your car*	Well, I just got kicked in the nuts... There's little oil passages in the cylinder heads that have simple little plugs in them to keep oil from coming out. They hold back full oil pressure. Well, when the heads were assembled at the machine shop, these were NOT SEALED! They are pissing out oil whenever the car's running. Basically, it looks like I may have to pull off the entire upper plenum, and the turbo boost pipes, to get to these things and seal them up. About another 5 or 6 hours worth of work... dammit __________________ "...these condoms have a topical anesthetic to reduce sensitivity, so you can last longer. What a paradox. You can't feel a thing, but you can f*ck for HOURS..."

2006-06-21, 02:47 PM	#20
Dean Señor Cheap Bastarde Real Name: Dean Join Date: May 2003 Location: $99 Tire Store Posts: 9,294 Car: $.04 STI Class: Fast,Cheap & Reliable=STI Deal, did somebody say Deal? Oh, Dean, yeah that's me.	Bummer... Sounds like the machine shop should be paying for those hours... __________________ I am a Commodore PET --- Now get off my lawn you kids...

2006-06-22, 11:03 AM	#24
MPREZIV Token Real Name: Le Stig Afrique? Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: sitting next to a big yellow box Posts: 3,589 Car: 2001 Impreza 2.5 RS Class: 05 TDSP No, I won't work on your car. F your car*	OK, again if no-one has any interest in this, that's alright, because I'm really just venting... Now, the oil leaking pressure plug in the right cylinder head is relatively accessable. It's behind the header pipe, but above the flange. If I grind down an allen wrench, and heat it with a torch so I can bend it to an angle greater than 90, I can get the plug out and seal it up. The other head is a different story... The left cylinder head plug that's leaking is behind the header flange, between the first two exhaust outlets. I put florescent dye in the oil, and can see the bright orange oil coming out of the bottom of the header flange, between the cylinders, but it does not appear at the top of the flange. Basically, the header pipe has to come off to fix it. Here's the problem: In order to take the header off, you have to remove the turbocharger. Doesn't sound too bad huh? Well, in order to remove the turbo, you have to REMOVE THE ENGINE!!!!! Yes, the whole thing has to come back out... I have essentially told my boss that I am NOT removing the engine from this car. He agrees with my standpoint, and frankly, just wants the car out of the shop. Looks like this guy may be pulling this thing down to Cali. to Z-performance and having THEM pull it back out. I'm so pissed off at this whole thing that I can barely maintain myself... __________________ "...these condoms have a topical anesthetic to reduce sensitivity, so you can last longer. What a paradox. You can't feel a thing, but you can fck for HOURS..."

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