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Old 07-19-2008, 05:15 AM   #136
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hmm, I'm thinking you guys are right. I did spill some oil on the engine a couple times. I suppose I'll just have it let it burn out. I don't want to try and spray it down with something else and make it worse.

I'm going to spend some time finishing up the rear end. Since I have to return the rental early in the morning in pittsburgh, I'm not going to have any daylight vid of the car till later .

I'll try to get some better shots of the cluster in action before I leave this morning though.

Philly, I only had two power wires on the passenger side of the car. . . Perhaps it's an auto thing.

Here's a quick clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x6k48Xba1E
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Old 07-19-2008, 05:37 AM   #137
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yeah, whenever we do an engine job or let a car sit for a while, theres usually smoke for a few mins.

just let it run for a while and watch it carefully to make sure its just burning the dust/oil off
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Old 07-19-2008, 07:44 AM   #138
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Hose the exhaust manifold down with brake cleaner and wait a few minutes before starting the engine. Should clean any oil/grease off. If it still smokes, make sure there's no wires or anything resting on it or touching hot parts of the motor.
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Old 07-19-2008, 01:27 PM   #139
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Congrats!


It sounds like you may need Dr. Vanos soon or your lifters are noisy.
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Old 07-19-2008, 05:18 PM   #140
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sounds good, that's the first I've ever heard of the 4-cyl. cluster reading the correct RPMs on a 6-cyl., but, as long as it works, who cares?
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Old 07-19-2008, 09:41 PM   #141
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Some bad news.

1. I broke the PS banjo bolt. Pretty tough to try and remove the pieces. I'm going to have to see if there is some alternate solution other than driving without PS.

2. So, I couldn't get one of the e30 half shafts off it's trailing arm due to a stripped collar nut. So, I decided to use a ti one and transfer the inner cv boot of the e30 half shaft to the ti. That held up for all of three minutes. I'm on my way to autozone to borrow their code reader when suddenly the car slows to a stop despite being in gear and me giving it gas. After checing around and hearing some weird noises coming from that halfshaft when I try to drive again, I figure out what happened.

So, I'm using AAA to tow the car to Pittsburgh. . . though I'd have to pay extra for the 25 miles over my 100 free. Swapping halfshafts is a 20 minute job that can be done covertly on my street, so I'll likely take care of that by mid next week assuming the place I bought the trailing arm also has e30 half shafts available.
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Old 07-20-2008, 05:51 PM   #142
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Another video - this one has shots of the exterior. . .and was taken during the day minutes before the ill-fated test drive. Enjoy:

http://www.youtube.com/v/17MHiMfbJ74
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you need to smoke your other taillight, looks kinda funny mismatched, good job on the swap, car sounds great
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Old 07-20-2008, 11:11 PM   #144
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IT RUNS!!!!! how does it feel?
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IT RUNS!!!!! how does it feel?
So awesome man. You have no idea with all the issues and not having my car for almost two months, after I got that baby idling properly, it was like a huge load was removed from my shoulders. I suddenly had a lot more energy despite only getting about 10 hours of sleep over the previous 7 days.
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you need to smoke your other taillight, looks kinda funny mismatched, good job on the swap, car sounds great
Thanks. Originally both were smoked, then some people decided to hit my car in airport parking lots. The right one was pretty banged up so I replaced it. Once I have positive cash flow again, I'll probably replace the other.
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Congrats! Looks and sounds great!
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Old 07-21-2008, 01:31 PM   #147
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Congrats! Ive been thinking about a swap for a while now but Im not sure if I have the funds. About how much did the entire project cost?
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Old 07-21-2008, 03:53 PM   #148
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Engine + DME + EWS + ignition coils + m3 clutch and flywheel + 6 cyl cat + exhaust work = $2100. Labor was free.
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Old 07-21-2008, 03:57 PM   #149
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not bad especially since you didnt have much time to look for good deals and wait for the best deals to pop up!
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Old 07-22-2008, 04:32 AM   #150
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Update:

I've bought and swapped in a good half shaft. Need to tweak my ABS speed sensors so that I have working ABS. Drove the car a bit today - learned that I definitely need an auxiliary fan. The engine temp is ok as long as the car stays above 30mph. In stop and go traffic, it heats up pretty quickly unless I'm dumping heat into the car. Even then, that only slows the inevitable.

I burned my foot the first time as I was learning this.

Also need to swap my sport suspension for some stock 6cyl stuff.

Exhaust work will be done in a couple days, hopefully I can have the AC stuff done within a few weeks, reattempt the window fix next month.

the car is nice to drive. First and second gets used up so quickly now. It just powers through them.

Went to autozone to return stuff and check on CELs. Had 9 (2 repeats) so seven unique ones. I've got ten days to attempt to resolve most of these before I must take my car in for inspections. In all likelihood, I'm going to fail this time around.
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