Great progress, my buddies EM1 bay we have been shaving is going in for paint wednesday. I'm gonna try and get him on this forum and make a build thread, its also K24 swapped with a Precision SC6161.
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Great progress, my buddies EM1 bay we have been shaving is going in for paint wednesday. I'm gonna try and get him on this forum and make a build thread, its also K24 swapped with a Precision SC6161.
So we decided that it would be better to weld everything verses weld some and mud some... so I spent the first part of the night trying to remove all the filler we had previously laid
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then cleaned so we could weld
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had a lot of troubles with the welder. I had to go get a new tank of gas an then had to go get new rod as I ran out of both... then we couldn't get the welder adjusted correctly at first so it was welding like crap. We eventually got everything smoothed out and it started welding smoother
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spent hours grinding lol
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I know it looks rough... my back was hurting
and then welded up the other side after I cleaned out the filler
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as she sits
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Looks great. Make me want to learn how to weld.
So I spent around 5 hours today working on the damn car... man this is a lot of work... and I feel like I haven't even made a dent in it!
so here was where I started
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pain in the ass and no where done
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started griding and didn't like how it was looking
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so I, yes I, rewelded it.
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also rewelded the bottom of this section
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and added more filler to the side
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then started focusing on the other side
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grinded down
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started the sides
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and spent a lot of time here
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hard to tell but it's looking great IMO. Some filler will clean it up alot and smooth it out great!
So I took a break from the bay today and focused on my engine. I just wanted to seperate it from the trans and get it on a stand. I will start working on it from here now
So here is what I started with:
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Then I started pulling off the supercharger, harness and misc
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and to be safe started boxing up all my parts lying around
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Busted the engine hoist back out
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lifted her up so I could take the trans off
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then pulled the trans off
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threw it up on the stand
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and done
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Wow y'all are sure takin some Time on that bay man. That's gonna look dope when it's done. I'm already jealous lol keep up the great work.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spaz
this engine bay with be the death of me... the more work I do the further I feel from done lol
So I had a crazy awesome idea... instead of playing Mechanic last night I decided to follow in the footsteps of Jesus and be a carpenter...
So I called up a buddy cause he said he would definitely be in for helping me and we went to home depot. We picked up some sheets of 3/4" MDF board.
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Time to start our measurements. Right now you're wondering... what are we building?! lol It's simple!
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So we made a couple of cuts with the circular saw and we were on our way. Then got out the sqaure, some drill bits, screws and wood glue.
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Not a bad start... lets keep going with this monster box!
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Alright so what the hell is it already?! Well I have been spending a lot of time in the garage and nothing pisses me off more than my loud ass noisey air compressor going nuts while I grind and cut and etc. So I decided what if I built a large box around it to compress the sound and function as a new work counter! So...
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Now time to build a top
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damn this is a BIG box!
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since the box is so strong and sturdy I'm gonna hook up my hose reel to it. So mark off my holes
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drill and attach!
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Box is pretty much finished... time to try it out!
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shit ya! And it's strong enough to place the welder on it and anything else I can throw at it lol
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I'm not fully finished but it was late 1 am when we were done to this point. I am going to fill up any cracks with filler and sand it smooth. I'm also going to do something special for the top so it's sealed and water proof for oil mess and etc. . . Also I'm gonna paint the box or something and then probably sticker bomb it! lol
Either way the most important part... I wish I would have taken a sound clip but OMG then compressor sound we eliminated GREATLY!!! I can won't have to wear ear plugs, I could still carry a conversation, and hear my music without being blasted like crazy! I'm so excited to work on the car tonight now!
That's awesome man. It's a great use if space bow especially when you seal it. You could even attach a piece of sheet metal to the top so you wouldn't have to use a wood sealer. And you could do that finish on I with a angle grinder. Just a thought.
redid my FPR again today while I'm finished up welding.
So I made a template
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cut it out
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smoothed it out
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drilled the holes
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test it out
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bolted it where I'm running it
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welded it quick
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and sanded it down
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I'll clean it up more later when I get to this side. Phillip went to town starting the driver side and I must say HOT DAMN
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it is so smooth and gonna look sick
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