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Went for gold and came up short

I killed a 5sfe before

So the gt4 stuff is gone or set aside?

the image hosting site i was using deleted everything..
i only found this photo and it's relatively small

Thank you all that voted! Been a long time coming, but she wouldn't be where she's at without 6gc and the great members!

Replaced the fuel rail damper that decided to spring a leak and douse the rear bank in gas.. easy fix.

It's going well, the doctor cleared me for 100% weight bearing so I can finally ditch the crutches.. still have the knee brace for another couple months lol

Yeah it was an expensive venture but well worth it. I made a panel for it in front of the stock cluster. Cut a slot in the top surround and on the panel there's a tab that it pairs with. and the shroud that goes around the ignition across the top of the steering column locks it in place.



Thanks man!

What Makes Her Go
1MZ-FE V6 Swap w/ Rebuilt Heads
Haltech Sport 2000 ECU
Racepak Dash
PLX Wideband
SouthBend Stage 2 Clutch
Fidanza Flywheel
Custom Stainless Headers
2.5" Straight Pipe w/ Flowmaster + Dual Tips

What Makes Her Ride
CX Racing Coilovers
17x9 et25 XXR 526
Nitto Motivo Rubber
5x114.3 Hub Conversion
Drilled and Slotted Hart Rotors

What Makes Her Look Good
GT-Four Risers
Tom's Front Lip
Universal Rubber Lip
TRD Rear Splitters
Euro License Plate Bezel
JDM Projectors
Black Vinyl Wrapped Roof

Whats On The Inside
JDM SS-III Red/Black Seats
CF Vinyl Dash Trim
Hand Wrapped Samurai Shift Knob
Red Stitched Shiftboot, Armrest, Door Cards

I guess I should update this thread..

2 days after the above post ^ I was hit by a car on my motorcycle. I was at a stop sign and the party at fault (late 20's/early 30's male) failed to pay attention and turned into my lane and hit me head on at about 25mph. Sent me and my bike back about 20 feet from where I was stopped. The bike was totaled and my right knee took the brunt of the force tearing 3 of the 4 ligaments. Been dealing with lawyers and insurance since and it's finally almost over with pending my surgery scheduled for next week.

That being said, I've had a lot of downtime and limited funds but with the dust settling things are looking up, recently made a lot of progress and shes 95% ready!

Pretty bay:

(****ty plastic fuel filter has since been changed and a temporary shorty intake has been thrown on)

Rear header in the works:


From the front header:


Custom y-pipe:


Back half:


Flowmaster and tip:


Just idling she sounds pissed.. lol

Installed this last week:


Glove box set up (definitely needs to be reworked a bit):


Still to come:


Currently she's running stupid rich but that's due to a map that was thrown together in like 5 minutes just to get her started.
After my surgery, we'll get some tuning in and about 2 weeks or so from now she'll be cruising the streets

Received the risers today, they look great! Thanks!

Bump for a stand-up guy and great seller

Got it started Tuesday!

Had our guru make a house call to help make sure we had everything correct before initial fire up.
Before he showed up we were about 180* off on the timing in the software... /facepalm

Still need to get a timing light on it to make sure were set there.
Followed by the wideband install and then tune.

She sounds burly on open headers and untuned lol.

There wasn't as much chaos as it looks in the video, just had a temporary switch powering the ecu so our tech was telling me to shut it off but i was telling the to hit the switch is all lol...

Anyway here you go! -->VIDEO<--

Replied and sent PM's!

Got it to turn over after a bit of issues with the tranny, flywheel.

>> Video <<
(straps were there for when we removed the tranny, pass side and driver side motor mounts were installed)



Just a few wires for the fuel pump, grounds and ignition and she should be good to go..
And also the a/c lines, p/s lines and lower radiator hose.

Yea, they're the plastic lenses from the Rayme group buy from a few years back.. i didn't put any UV protection and I park outside- where I live, we get sunshine 90-95% of the year, gonna go back to OEM glass soon

Forgot to post the pretty internals

All cylinders are just as clean.

And some updates......

Got the engine back together and some paint:


(cheaped out and blacked out the engine bay)

New Fidanza flywheel with ARP bolts


Didnt take a pic of the clutch/pressure plate.. its from Southbend, I spoke with Andy- great guy to deal with!

Got it dropped in!


As for the pass. side motor mount- tried thinking out of the box:
Got a Energy Suspension GM Transmission mount-


Mocked up a bracket with but of course dinner's pizza box


Cut and tacked some steel-

will be having a professional welder finish it up..


Coming together slowly but surely

I did a retrofit!
My thread for it is >HERE<

Used Morimoto mini's from The Retrofit Source
And plastic lenses similar to the ones you linked to on eBay (which will probably be your best bet)

right? lol when i was perusing your thread for info i saw you had pretty much the same senario.
same for kurt's 5s! haha


i literally made a wall of smoke across a 4 lane highway it was so bad.
she could have kept going too but i pulled off to the center lane


haha yeah i've been putting it off and didnt have time upload the pics til this morning.
...and a little overwhelmed watching my credit card skyrocket haha

It should be real fun lol

also, i just got a .GIF reply from tigawoods- I'm honored

Thanks man!
Yeah it's crazy to think had my tire failed as it should have my car would probably still be running.. bittersweet really

Well 6gc, it's been awhile.. logged on here or there but nothing much.
My car has remained the same for the past year or so..

Then on one fateful day I was driving to work and nailed a big ass rock on the highway, pulled off the road checked the rim and didnt see anything (at the time) no hissing or air leak..

however it did this:



..And it held air with no vibration or issues so i continued on to work.. came home, no issues.. drove to my second job, no issues..

Then on my way home again around 11pm not my tire, but my ENGINE went BOOM



Towed it home, waited a couple days pulled the engine apart and checked out the damage (thats also when i discover the rim damage):

crank


rod and bearings



So after about 2 weeks of sulking and looking for a rep 5s i came up with a 2 local choices at 600k miles and one with 212k and rust in the head..
Tried looking in two nearby cities and found nothing good for a 5s rep.


Eventually went with the swap that I had been talking about for a long time..

Now I am going V6, in the form of a 1mz.

Got the motor home:


On the stand:


Popped the top:


She is CLEAN!
The bottom end is just as clean!

Taking the heads down to get resurfaced tomorrow.

Got all new gaskets, new water pump.
Will be deleting all emmissions crap.
Fidanza Flywheel is on it's way.
As well as the Southbend Clutch Kit.
Got ARP flywheel bolts.

More pics to come.

So excited.

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Glad to hear you like 'em! Thanks for the feedback!

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