LaserSVT 98 White Pearlescent Progress Thread
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kustomizingkid
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Sitting in a Mark with a good cup holder and heat is pure nirvana...
poniesviii
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No, my goal was to raise it some for these back roads and then drop her down for the highway runs. I just put on my Saleens and I cant go over 45 on the roads here now.When the car lowers itself the rears rub over these dips we have all around. Gonna see about getting the fenders rolled tomorrow.
If I had the ASHAM then I could get around it but the guy has not returned my email yet.
Sure looks nice with the Saleens.
If you roll your lips, you'll be fine man. I trimmed my bumper cover also, but you don't need to worry unless you go pretty low. Check: www.thecustomwheelshop.com website. That's my car, with your wheels, and the height I drove at.
Sorry for your luck on wrecking your car, about :q:q:q:q myself when I saw your white one thinking you probably just wrecked some wheels or some :q:q:q:q. Ha. The white looks great though!!
And man, no luck on finding that lug. I cleaned and swept that whole half of the garage. Sorry about that, I don't know where it could be.
NoLimit95
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Laser, when I see this, it gets me worried. Be very careful about the work you do on the top of that engine. If I even seen all those codes, I couldn't drive it. Mine exploding put a fear in me. I'm going down to Florida to get Jamie's white 95 and he said the battery light is on but everything checks out ok. Just that little issue has me worried but I'm still going to go get it anyway. Weird how you went from a colored Gen 2 to a white Gen 2 and I'm going from a black Gen 1 to a white Gen 1 lol.
Check rockauto.com for the 02's because they have Motorcraft and they both should run you under $120 to the door. Put this code in the box that asks, "how did you hear about us" and you'll get 5% off the total.
26601132201885
Not much but it's a discount and I know Max can't get you two of those this cheap. The code above is good for anything they have and for anyone until March 7th. Nothing else goes in the box except for the code numbers.
Again, please be careful when working under that hood.
kustomizingkid
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If you are getting bank 1&2 lean codes I will bet 100% that you have a vacuum leak.
or he has a small p3nis
NoLimit95
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cadillackman
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What'd you do about the bumper screw? That's exactly how low I want mine but I didn't think that 275's would tuck that low.
No worries man. I have locking lug nuts now.
Small side not and I know you had no idea but both front wheels are ever so slightly bent. Found that out an hour into my first drive on them. They balenced them fairly well but when I get new fronts next month I am gonna rotate those wheels (swap tires) to the rear and see if that helps. Slight vibration at 5-=6-mph bugs me.
500 miles and no codes at all. It tripped an EGR code 5 minutes after I first reset them but since that one there hasnt been anything.
Id bet almost anything that C&L MAF meter was causeing issues.
Car even starts instantly now.
Well there is that too.
damn good point as that is how they work
the allow more air in without the pcm being aware of it, wala lean.
you still likely have a vacuum leak tho
So for todays progress.
Installed the front SCP braces and Addco rear sway bar. I forgot how much larger and heaier the Addco piece is. :lol: ..... I also forgot I needed to remove a wheel to slip it in there.
I also sensor lowered the front 1" and raised the rear 1/2" The reason for raising the rear was to allow use of the air ride and keep the rear tires out of the fenders at high speeds. It works great now! Almost no rubbing. There is one dip that I have to slow to 60 but the rest are fine at 80ish
It will be lowered after I get the fenders rolled. Just have to find a place by my work.
I also got the engine cleaned up a little. Still more to do but I think it looks way better now.
Are the 98 valve covers supposed to have a wrinkle finnish?
Also I noticed a half ass SRB job so guess whats in my future again? :lol:
And there appears to be a slight oil leak. It does not drip in the car port, havent seen a single spot but I saw a drop hanging on that round black seal underneath.
On to teh pics.
Installed the front SCP braces and Addco rear sway bar. I forgot how much larger and heaier the Addco piece is. :lol: ..... I also forgot I needed to remove a wheel to slip it in there.
I also sensor lowered the front 1" and raised the rear 1/2" The reason for raising the rear was to allow use of the air ride and keep the rear tires out of the fenders at high speeds. It works great now! Almost no rubbing. There is one dip that I have to slow to 60 but the rest are fine at 80ish
It will be lowered after I get the fenders rolled. Just have to find a place by my work.
I also got the engine cleaned up a little. Still more to do but I think it looks way better now.
Are the 98 valve covers supposed to have a wrinkle finnish?
Also I noticed a half ass SRB job so guess whats in my future again? :lol:
And there appears to be a slight oil leak. It does not drip in the car port, havent seen a single spot but I saw a drop hanging on that round black seal underneath.
On to teh pics.
GMAN
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What all is left on the evergreen now?
The parts I have changed with the 97 are:
Passenger seat track
Console lid spring
Cup holders
Wheels
Rear sway bar
SCP braces
Air box
Passenger side switch covers
Stereo
Thats it. I am not taking off anything else.
Passenger seat track
Console lid spring
Cup holders
Wheels
Rear sway bar
SCP braces
Air box
Passenger side switch covers
Stereo
Thats it. I am not taking off anything else.
shiryu0
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lol, the strut rod bushing, car looks awesome laser.
poniesviii
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No worries man. I have locking lug nuts now.
Small side not and I know you had no idea but both front wheels are ever so slightly bent. Found that out an hour into my first drive on them. They balenced them fairly well but when I get new fronts next month I am gonna rotate those wheels (swap tires) to the rear and see if that helps. Slight vibration at 5-=6-mph bugs me.
Hah, I have to laugh at you dude, (in the friendliest way possible!!) those wheels weigh 25 lbs- they can't be bent without being visually noticeable on the lips. And those tires'd have some horrific flat spots with my 130mph runs. I'm positive it's the tires from sitting for so long on the car without being moved before I took them off .. which is common from any tire that sits, and it goes away after a hundred miles or so usually. But yeah, it sucks that the camber wore those insides like that.
Your progress is looking good, I'd swap that crap out too! Seeing your pics makes me like the 2ng gen a bit more.
That would be nice but I went to Discount Tire and the dude told me one was bent and then he showed me what he did with the weights to balence it. Then he threw the second wheel on the machine and let me watch. Could see it vibrate on the machine pretty well. They did the rears too and there were no issues. Im not worried about it, as I said its slight and if they were on the rear then I am sure I would never notice it.
You still gave me a great deal and great service on it. Knowing they are the first ones makes them that much more special to me too. So dont see it a a complaint at all. They seem fine at 120
Dont feel safe pushing it faster untill I tighten up the suspension a bit more and have some better brakes.poniesviii
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They'll tuck til the bag's empty. I drove my car completely vented with no compressor for about 5 miles (to the shop -- I was mad and didn't give a sht at the time, and the tires barely rubbed on the inside(just the rear, but not enough to rub the letters off the tires))
You really wanna know what i did about the bumper screw? I cut where I needed, (while the car was lowered and wheels with 275's on so I know where it needed to be cut) then I unscrewed the screw, and threw it along with what I cut off in the trash.
Sounds bad, but it doesn't hang in the breeze. It stays put. I buffed the edge so it was nice and rounded and aesthetically matches the rolled lip. Unless you know what it's supposed to look like, it looks normal. If you're going to do this, .. I used a razorblade knife with a brand new blade, and cut from the top edge down and (rounded, or angled the cut) inward., you can't tell where I stopped cutting because I arched my cut. Keep in mind this was prior to paint, but I think you could get by without painting. Just make sure your blade's sharp and touch up the edge with some clear fingernail enamel so to keep the paint from chipping or peeling.
GMAN
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So you left the new struts and shocks, and lowering springs?
cadillackman
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They'll tuck til the bag's empty. I drove my car completely vented with no compressor for about 5 miles (to the shop -- I was mad and didn't give a sht at the time, and the tires barely rubbed on the inside(just the rear, but not enough to rub the letters off the tires))
You really wanna know what i did about the bumper screw? I cut where I needed, (while the car was lowered and wheels with 275's on so I know where it needed to be cut) then I unscrewed the screw, and threw it along with what I cut off in the trash.
Sounds bad, but it doesn't hang in the breeze. It stays put. I buffed the edge so it was nice and rounded and aesthetically matches the rolled lip. Unless you know what it's supposed to look like, it looks normal. If you're going to do this, .. I used a razorblade knife with a brand new blade, and cut from the top edge down and (rounded, or angled the cut) inward., you can't tell where I stopped cutting because I arched my cut. Keep in mind this was prior to paint, but I think you could get by without painting. Just make sure your blade's sharp and touch up the edge with some clear fingernail enamel so to keep the paint from chipping or peeling.
Good info! Thanks
Yup. Still on the car.
poniesviii
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Wow, that's crazy Bill. I can't hardly believe they'd be bent...... is it side to side or up and down? Because I did hit that curb in houston, with the pass front, when the last set of tires were new. But I didn't notice anything since. And haven't hit anything else. That's just weird. Sorry..
NoLimit95
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Hopefully that leak isn't coming from the rear engine seal. Make sure it's oil and that it is in fact coming from that hole. It could also be the front seal behind the torque converter that's leaking or the drain bolt for the TC may be leaking.
If you have to drop that trans, J-Mod that thing and replace both front and rear seals. You'll love it. Do not attempt that job alone. All the parts from Max for the J-Mod and both seals are $27 to the door. Gaskets and everything.