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04-24-2018, 01:47 AM | #152 |
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whew! just got home from super d. ended up spending an extra week in socal to make up for spending the last few months working on the car to my girlfriend
we left friday at 3am to head to the track. got there around noon and set up the booth took the car out and gripped for several laps, trying to break the new clutch in but that didn't last long as naoki appeared in my rear view mirror and i couldn't hold back so i let it rip. the clutch seemed to be working but after a few laps and ejecting the rear bumper, things started feeling kinda funky. went back to gripping and the clutch was slipping under boost kept gripping the rest of the day and then saturday morning and it started to feel like it was grabbing through the rpm's. but apparently it wasn't enough because after the first drifting turn it started slipping again. i parked it in pits to save it, hoping that i'd at least be able to get in a run of team tandem before glazing it completely, but as soon as my team mates left the line, my revs shot to the moon without the car moving anywhere i'm such an idiot. but on the bright side at least the lack of driving kept the aero destruction to a minimum i guess drove straight to my buddy's shop and dropped the car off still on the trailer when i got back to sac so we can fix it this weekend. guess i'm just gonna replace the clutch and flywheel with a more robust combo just in case ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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04-25-2018, 02:10 PM | #153 |
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whoa. this is killer man just catching up.
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05-03-2018, 12:26 AM | #157 |
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^thanks guys!
no pics to go with this update, sorry :'( i pulled the trans and found the clutch and flywheel to be in ok condition. so i was a bit confused until my buddy's co worker pointed out i was missing the clutch fork retainer clip thing that holds it onto the pivot ball. to be honest, i didn't even know there was one. never seen one on any of the transmissions i've ever had. also noticed the inside of the throwout bearing was a bit scuffed (where there's the larger recess between the front and rear shoulders... idk how to explain..). i'm thinking when i was putting the trans back in, the throwout was too far forward on the input shaft and was stuck on the shoulder inside the throwout, not allowing the clutch to fully engage. seems like an odd problem to have, but it makes sense now that i think about the weird clutch "engagement" point. anyway, hopefully that was the issue. new registration tags are on the way so i can drive the car on the street once again and break the clutch in the proper way. also, the k20 head has been assembled and ready to go on, but now i gotta prep the k24 block for it oh and i scored a bmw zf 5spd. accumulating parts slooowly, but surely.
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08-05-2018, 11:23 PM | #163 |
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^thanks doods!
so, i've been kinda taking a break from cars. got super busy with work and moved, and kinda got burnt out from always breaking and fixing shit haha i was looking for a civic for a daily and for some grip racin' fun. really wanted to drive vtec club n2 class with friends. i found a PERFECT, super clean, single owner, ek ex sedan for a steal, but when i called the seller to let him know i was on my way (after we had arranged to meet up) he let me know he sold the car like 20 min after we had made arrangements. i was very sad. today though, i went to my friend's house. he's had this hatch sitting there for a couple months that he and his gf bought for parts. we got to talking about it annnnnnd i decided to buy it. i just can't stay away from the s chassis. plan is still to kinda set it up as a grip car, but i'd still like to be able to drift it while the coupe is down for the k swap. apparently there's a build thread on here somewhere for it? haven't poked around trying to find it yet. comes with kouki tails, oem rain visors, working dcc, bmc delete, wire tuck, milspec harness, clean black interior with brand new plastics, 4.6 with a welded, a shit ton of earls fittings, and a hand full of other things. pretty excited. wanted a hatch forever. just never really worked out until now.
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08-27-2018, 12:43 AM | #170 |
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just started working on the hatch a little. hopefully the wheels, rotors, and coils will come in this week and i'll be able to bring it home.
replaced the flca's and put 5 lug hubs on. ball joints were straight REKT. $25 for brand new oem lca's with ball joints and bushings is hard to beat! the tension rods have also seen better days, but i'll change them out later on. also, i finally got the hatch's po's username. this was the build thread for this car, but none of the pics work.
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09-02-2018, 03:51 PM | #171 |
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wheels, tires, rotors, and pads came in so i went over to my buddy's house and installed them, loaded the car up, and brought it home.
had to organize the shit out of the garage to make space for the car. moved from a 3 bedroom, 2 car garage house to this dinky 1 bedroom, 1 car garage (landlord uses the other half of the garage) house so space is tight. and THEN i traded injectors with my friend since the ones i bought had the wrong plug type and put them in the coupe and drove it home. it had been sitting at my parent's house for a couple months while i was dealing with moving. on the way i noticed the car was running much more rich than before. the previous owner of my motor had said the injectors were 550's, but now i'm suspecting that they weren't so now it looks like it'll need a new tune, but the clutch is still slipping so i guess it's just a garage ornament for now
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10-29-2018, 07:02 PM | #173 |
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haha thanks!
i ended up checking the injectors and it was just a torn o-ring thankfully started driving the car around again, trying to do a legit break in on the clutch. felt pretty good. probably put around 250 miles on it, which is about 90% more break in time than any other clutch i've ever put in. second and third gear pulls felt solid. no signs of slipping at all, but living where i do, a 4th gear pull was out of the question. pretty much just prayed that it'd be ok and decided to street drive the car to an event at thunder hill in hopes that some extra break-in time would ensure it'd hold. but being the dickhead i am, as soon as i got on 80 east i gave it the beans in 4th gear and just slipped the fuck out of the clutch once boost hit. i drove like a grandma the rest of the way to sacramento to grab some wheels and tires and then up to willows, knowing that i was doomed yet again hahaha i shoulda just bought a higher rated clutch to begin with or at least switched to it the first time i pulled the trans back off, but i'm the worst mechanic ever so... i drifted anyways got like 5 runs in before it started getting sketchy. then drove it back to my friend's shop in sacramento to change out the clutch hopefully this weekend. got another event coming up the following weekend so it'd be pretty cool to finally get in my first full event of 2018... in november...
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11-11-2018, 07:14 PM | #175 |
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after countless people's suggestions, i ended up ordering an exedy stage 2 cerametalic 3-puc and flywheel. the car was sitting at my buddy's shop for a couple weeks and when i went there to install the clutch, it started smoking like crazy. figured it would just burn off, so i loaded it on the trailer and took it home.
i removed the livery and finally got around to painting and installing the box canards. also decided to give grippy front tires another go went to the track and unloaded the car the day before so i could somewhat "break in" the clutch on the way to and from the hotel. the car smoked pretty bad when i unloaded it, but i still thought it would go away, but on the 10 minute drive to the hotel, nothing changed clutch felt great though figured the valve seals or guides were the source of the oil burning. had my friend follow me to the track in the morning to verify the smoke was mostly on idle and decel, which it was. like always, i said fuck it, and still drove, despite blowing more smoke than a subaru meet. just added a bit of oil a couple times throughout the day. i've been planning on doing a refresh anyway because i don't trust the work we did a couple years ago when i had the motor in and out 3 times in 6 months or whatever, so i figured any additional damage done would be fixed anyway haha drove with roy all day. super fun challenge to keep up with him. 255 nt05 @28psi vs 225 kr20 @20psi hahaha also worked on chucks a bit at the end of the day (last clip of vid below). i've never really tried to throw "backies" before, because my focus has always been on tandem and consistency. was a fun change of pace. the car definitely feels way better with grip up front now. next is to get the back end hooked up a bit better too... once the motor is in good shape...
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11-27-2018, 03:30 PM | #177 |
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finally got a chance to head to the shop to pull the motor. upon disassembly of the front end, i found a ton of oil in the intercooler and ic piping, which typically means blown turbo seals. i did a ton of research to figure out which size oil restricter was the correct one for the t28 when i swapped to it so i'm a bit baffled there... that seems to suggest that the valve stem seals are "ok," but i already went ahead and ordered a set of replacements just in case.
a familiar sight... looking forward to giving the bay some tidying up and a fresh coat of paint. standing there looking at the front end was driving me crazy though. it looks crooked as hell and the body panels fit like shit, but i measured everything and it all seems square. even this picture makes it look tweaked. i really need to get it on a frame rack one of these days haha look at how caked with oil this thing is. only put like mayyyybeeee 2000 miles on it since the last time it was out of the car and clean. we're planning on hopefully street driving our cars (dom, nick, aaron, and i) out to final bout gallery, so despite there possibly not being any internal issues with the motor, i'd like to reseal everything and just make sure everything is in spec before setting off on the 5000 mile round trip.
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11-28-2018, 10:25 AM | #179 |
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Thoroughly enjoyed this read thus far.
Still can't wrap my head around how Cali dudes have a hard time getting away with a header on their KA cars yet other drive cars like this on the street? |
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