I got a little done yesterday. The carbon was CAKED on. I had to let the alcohol soak in multiple times. I ran out of scotch brite pads so I will be finishing up Saturday.



Before:

http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...psa698b30f.jpg



After an Hour:

http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps13e1eec1.jpg

http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...psb852526c.jpg



I'm trying to think of an easy way how to get the rest of the carbon out of the reliefs.



Here is how I had to leave off yesterday:

http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps8fd4362a.jpg



It was way too cold and rainy to try and paint anything on my rear subframe too=/



In excellent news, the wheels got their first coat of powder yesterday. They would be done, but Shaun ran out of clear. Not a problem. They should be all done next week.

http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...psd947b57e.jpg

http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps310a4448.jpg

Wow, those wheels are going to be spectacular!

It will definitely be hard to find a replacement when the time comes=) With them being a very flat monoblock style face, and adding large lips, they will be almost perfect to my tastes.

I am lurking around lol sorry I never got back to your text messages, been super busy and working a lot. Getting ready for first round of Formula D tomorrow! Shaun's car :DROOL: thats what wet dreams are made of lol.

Our cars are going to be very similar yet different due to both running Breytons at the same fitment. He is a great guy too. His powdercoating is excellent.

Not a problem bud. I understand life. I'll text you later.

I was just looking through old pictures yesterday and found a few that I don't think I ever posted. I cannot wait for the car to have a fresh coat of black=) I should have also cut my bumpstops way back when. It definitely sat too high. Definitely needed spacers too. Oh well=)

http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...pse2c0d8b1.jpg
http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps43d5cb2c.jpg
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I finally got my rear subframe parts all painted up=) I didn't take any final pictures like I thought though=/ I also realised that one of the wheel bearings is really bad and needs to be changed.

I ended up getting all of the carbon off of the pistons, but yet again I didn't take any pictures. Here are the only pictures that I took:



Before clearcoat:

http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps5c198793.jpg



Sprayed the brake shields and hubs:

http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps04ca92da.jpg



Painted the diff black:

http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...psc2f34606.jpg



Wednesday I will take pictures of them all finished. I will be pressing in the new bushings too hopefully. It is supposed to be warm for once, so I should be able to get some primer and paint on the block finally.

I got a little bit done yesterday.
I started by taping off the block. I ended up running out of tape so I could only one side=/

http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps12b36372.jpg

I then laid down some primer:

http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps4a80162e.jpg

I then had to wait for that to dry, so I started working on the bay again. I busted out a propane torch, wire brush, and pallet knife.

Passenger side:

http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps77df314e.jpg
http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps28afeebf.jpg
http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps2b4e3456.jpg

Driver side:

http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps62f9db4a.jpg
http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps85834953.jpg

I ended up having to quit that for the day because my brush bit the dust:

http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps9782b50a.jpg
http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps991c4a9a.jpg

By this time the primer was dry, so I laid down the paint:

http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...psdffb53a1.jpg
http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...psa51beacd.jpg
http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps8dd8102c.jpg

It was supposed to have more of a champagne tint to it, but it definitely looks good=) It looks like liquid mercury. Hopefully Saturday I will get the other side painted, as well as removing the crank bolt to pull the timing cover.

I also snapped a few crappy pictures of my rearend parts finished up:

http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps6da82bc6.jpg
http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps2f27b340.jpg

And a shot of the pistons clean:

http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...psee508e4e.jpg

More to come Saturday=)

I just realized how nice it would be to have a minty clean engine. Well done.

Thank you. It will be really nice. The two colors I'll be using are this and mainly wrinkle black. I'm shaving all of the lines off of the valve cover, as well as the top of the intake manifold. Those will both be wrinkle black. My engine brackets will be the color of the block, but the accessories will be wrinkle black. I also think I'll be painting the timing covers the same color as the block. It should all turn out pretty nice.

I got a little done on Saturday, but it doesn't look like much.

I started off by painting the other side of the block. Both sides turned out really well.

http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps3113f7a3.jpg

The color came out brighter and more silver than what I wanted, but it will work well with the rest of the colors.

Most of the rest of the day was spent with a propane torch and wire brush. I still have a lot of seam sealer to get out of little nooks and crannys. I'm really hoping I can get it out soon so that I can weld the seams up, grind them flat, and then smooth out the whole bay. I really want to be done with that so that I can just fit the wheels, and then send the car off for paint.

http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps0ffc7f8e.jpg
http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps63d4be10.jpg

I'll hopefully be ordering a ton of parts this week so I can slowly cross things off of my list. I also need to replace a wheel bearing in the rear so that I can put the subframe back in.

Last thing I got done was a little cleaning on the steering rack. I ran out of brake cleaner=(

http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps16e1fbd4.jpg

I'm hoping some more exciting updates will come sooner than later.

Progress. Lookin' good

I got another little chunk of work done yesterday. I wanted to smooth out all of the old bracket mounting points. I grabbed a 120 grit flap wheel and went to town.

http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps9a49e7fa.jpg
http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...pscea71152.jpg
http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps7198d4d8.jpg
http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps42fc7c6e.jpg
http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...psa75ea1f3.jpg

I then got most of the seam sealer finally removed from the corners. Some of it is still in that very tight corner. I think I'll need to use a pick to get that out.

http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps9370b9a1.jpg
http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps2246bbbf.jpg
http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...psa6a5cbe1.jpg

I then put the subframe bushings in.

http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps34152570.jpg
http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps1d58dc0c.jpg

I went to put the trailing arm bushings in and ran into a snag. I got the end with the sleeve pressed in with the help of a hammer, but I could not get the other end to come in any farther than pictured=( I didn't happen to have a c clamp handy, so I will be using one today to get them fully seated.

http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...psd0ad8fef.jpg

I will be going to the shop today after work, and also on Sunday. I'll post the updates Monday=)

I've heard of others having issues with those bushings. It will a nice ride with new ones tho. I need to do mine too.

It's not an issue. They just need to be pressed in since they're made to be a tight fit=)