Here is a picture of what she looked like shortly after I purchased her.
Not too long after this picture was taken the modifications began. The car was in dire need of new shocks, springs and bushings. This is how you catch the dreaded "while I'm at it disease". I decided that since I was going to have the suspension apart I might as well strip the parts down and paint them. Well, if ...
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I purchased the car in March 2006 after looking for a clean example that I would not have regrets about modifying. I found the car advertised in the San Diego Craigslist and I purchased her for $4000. She was nearly stock, but, as I came to find out later, had already undergone a automatic to manual transmission swap.
I drove the car for 3 months and then embarked on my 18 ...
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ktm replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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ktm replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Following all of the work (and then some) desribed above, the car was back on the ground and putting a smile on my face in January 2007.
However, my joy was to be short lived. One day in late January 2007 while driving to work I noticed that my temperature gauge was not working. No big deal I thought, the wire simply fell off. As soon as I get to the office I put the wire back on and...
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ktm replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
A parting shot of the old work horse before it was turned to glue, er, put out to pasture.
I agonized for months about what type of swap I wanted to do. My budget at the time was definitely not infinite and I wanted to stay with the L-series. I was strongly considering a stroker setup because I deemed EFI too daunting to tackle at the time. Once I started pricing out a stroker I ...
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ktm replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
First, a gratuitous shot of the engine after re-assembly.
While researching the build, I started tearing the engine down. I left the block and head alone (dumb) save for a good cleaning. Once the block was cleaned I painted it black with Dupli-color high temp paint.
I was simply going to do a good cleaning and drop the engine into the car. However, I once again contracted the ...
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ktm replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Wolf is incredibly flexible and very robust for its price point. Here is the link to my write-up on installing the Wolf V500 in my car: Wolf V500 Installation There is no need to copy the entire post here again.
I purchased the system from Ron in March 2007 and received it late April 2007. I then spent the better part of 2.5 months soldering, crimping, splicing, etc. in preparation of...
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ktm replied 1 month, 1 week ago
I pulled the old L24 out of my car in February 2007 and spent the next 4 months either working on the Wolf harnesses, stripping all of the undercoating off the bottom of the car back to the rear riser, or stripping and painting the engine bay. I painted the engine bay and tranny tunnel with POR-15 after stripping them done. I then painted the engine bay with Rustoleum textured black spray paint ...
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ktm replied 1 month, 1 week ago
Now the fun could really begin. I thought I was on the home stretch and would have the car up and running by mid to late July. I was wrong.
I spent the next 2 months installing Wolf as well as all of the ancillary components. Prior to the engine going into the car I ran -6 braided stainless steel fuel lines from the fuel pump to the engine bay. I still had the intercooler and intercooler ...
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ktm replied 1 month, 1 week ago
In August 2007 I had Vildini Motorsports fabricate a custom 3-in. exhaust using a Borla XR-1 muffler. I wanted to minimize the number of bends from the down pipe all the way back to the muffler. Alex did a fantastic job and the exhaust was exactly as I was envisioning. I don't have an pictures of the exhaust unfortunately, but it can be seen in this short Youtube clip I posted in September 2007...
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ktm replied 1 month, 1 week ago
While I was tying up some of the minute details, I picked up a set of spinner center caps and a Kaminari air dam. I bought the air dam from mad kaw and the spinners from AKH Wheels. I also decided to paint the center stripe down the hood and top of car to see how it would look prior to finalizing the body and paint. I also installed a pair of early 1990s Mazda Miata seats
I painted the ...
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ktm replied 1 month, 1 week ago
I forgot all about my little LED conversion for the dash lights. I completed this work in June-August 2007 when I got tired of working on the car. I won't go into the gorey details as I prepared a write-up as well which can be found here .
Here are two pictures of the final product:
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