 Green Bullet ST205 Re-Born, MODIFICATIONS, AND UPDATES! |
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 Oct 17, 2013 - 5:53 AM
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Enthusiast  Joined May 16, '10 From Raleigh Currently Offline Reputation: 12 (100%)  |
QUOTE (Box @ Oct 16, 2013 - 8:48 PM)  They jipped you a camshaft.  LOL...don't tell nobody. --------------------  |
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Oct 21, 2013 - 8:16 AM
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Enthusiast Joined May 16, '10 From Raleigh Currently Offline Reputation: 12 (100%) |
Matt, Brian and Bobby came over this weekend to give me a hand tearing everything apart for the rebuild. We got a lot done!
Steering installed!  Upper rad support removed!     The two front ends staring at each other!  New GT4 front end torn down to the bare bones!    -------------------- |
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Oct 21, 2013 - 8:47 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Mar 8, '04 From Newport, RI Currently Offline Reputation: 63 (99%) |
Doing it the right way.
Awesome to see memebers helping members. BTW, you never told me what the tp was for... -------------------- |
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Oct 21, 2013 - 10:00 AM
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Enthusiast Joined May 16, '10 From Raleigh Currently Offline Reputation: 12 (100%) |
Haha the TP is for stuffing the oil ports for the turbo, and then I have rags stuffed in the throttle body, and of course a towel over everything to try to keep metal shards from getting in the engine!
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Oct 21, 2013 - 12:32 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 23, '12 From Warrior, AL Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
QUOTE (bsamps4 @ Oct 21, 2013 - 10:00 AM) Haha the TP is for stuffing the oil ports for the turbo, and then I have rags stuffed in the throttle body, and of course a towel over everything to try to keep metal shards from getting in the engine! Not sure about up where you live, but for me it'd be also to stop any woodland creatures and bugs from taking over and building a home. Good to see some progress, hopefully in the next weekend or two it'll be as good as new outside of mismatched paint. -------------------- 2001 Miata LS 5-speed
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Oct 22, 2013 - 6:02 AM
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Enthusiast Joined May 16, '10 From Raleigh Currently Offline Reputation: 12 (100%) |
QUOTE (Box @ Oct 21, 2013 - 1:32 PM) QUOTE (bsamps4 @ Oct 21, 2013 - 10:00 AM) Haha the TP is for stuffing the oil ports for the turbo, and then I have rags stuffed in the throttle body, and of course a towel over everything to try to keep metal shards from getting in the engine! Not sure about up where you live, but for me it'd be also to stop any woodland creatures and bugs from taking over and building a home. Good to see some progress, hopefully in the next weekend or two it'll be as good as new outside of mismatched paint. Yea the paint won't match for a while. Not until atleast next spring when the weather is right for painting. -------------------- |
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Oct 22, 2013 - 11:33 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Jul 12, '08 Currently Offline Reputation: 5 (100%) |
Great to see the car coming back to life
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Oct 23, 2013 - 9:42 AM
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Enthusiast Joined May 16, '10 From Raleigh Currently Offline Reputation: 12 (100%) |
QUOTE (enderswift @ Oct 22, 2013 - 11:33 PM) Great to see the car coming back to life Thanks Luke. I'm just hoping all the panels line up how their supposed to. -------------------- |
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Oct 23, 2013 - 10:23 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 24, '11 From 704 Currently Offline Reputation: 3 (100%) |
QUOTE (bsamps4 @ Sep 21, 2013 - 12:58 PM) Not sure if anyone else has seen this, but out of courtesy...I'm looking to pick this up. Please don't buy it out from under me!!!!!! http://buyjdm.com/index.php?page=shop.prod...1&Itemid=54 Ill take the steering wheel.  Oh look it still has the safety flare in it too. |
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Oct 25, 2013 - 10:27 AM
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Enthusiast Joined May 16, '10 From Raleigh Currently Offline Reputation: 12 (100%) |
I'm hoping to get pretty far on the progress this Sunday. I got a better tool for removing the spot welds. Lining everything up and welding it in place is probably going to be the hardest
part as far as the body work goes. I'm looking forward to installing the cams, but I'm not looking forward the re-clearancing the buckets. I'm nervous about the availability and difficulty of finding/buying shims for the head if I'm out of spec. If anyone has a hook up, or is a kind hearted soul over in the U.K. PLEASE LET ME KNOW because lots of extra downtime could be added if I have to wait a super long time for parts. The turbo kit isn't here yet, but I'm looking forward to opening that box once it arrives. Hopefully by then the majority of the body work will be done, and I'll be able to concentrate on fine tuning everything, and getting my baby running again... -------------------- |
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Oct 25, 2013 - 2:36 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 23, '12 From Warrior, AL Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Silly question, but would 2nd gen 3S-GTE lifters happen to be the same? If so they're readily available.
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Oct 25, 2013 - 4:39 PM
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 Moderator Joined Jun 29, '08 From Denver Currently Offline Reputation: 59 (100%) |
Ben, you should to get in touch with Luke (Enderswift.) I sent him all the buckets and shims from a spare BEAMS, which are the same as the 3rd gen GTE. I believe he only used a couple of them so he may still have some laying around.
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 2006 Aston Martin V8 Vantage. 1998 Celica GT- BEAMS Swapped. 2022 4Runner TRD Off Road Prenium. 2021 GMC Sierra AT4. |
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Oct 25, 2013 - 5:53 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 12, '08 Currently Offline Reputation: 5 (100%) |
still have them. Pm me your address and I'll send them out
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Oct 27, 2013 - 4:47 PM
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Enthusiast Joined May 16, '10 From Raleigh Currently Offline Reputation: 12 (100%) |
Small non-picture worthy update. Today I continued to take apart pieces of the new frame so that it would slide on to the old. Had to buy a new tool that would make it easier, but it's still slow going. I just want my car back at this point, but I know it's going to be a long process. I just hope this log of my car's history has been beneficial to some of you folks out there.
Just a quick shout out to Luke: I'm glad that people like you chose this forum. I have a true friend more than 500 miles from me that I hope to meet and shake his hand one day! This post has been edited by bsamps4: Oct 27, 2013 - 4:49 PM -------------------- |
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Oct 28, 2013 - 4:47 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined May 4, '05 From western MD/NOVA Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
where is the like button for that last post!!!! AWESOME work man!!!! keep at it, you will have your baby back...
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Oct 29, 2013 - 4:49 PM
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Enthusiast Joined May 16, '10 From Raleigh Currently Offline Reputation: 12 (100%) |
QUOTE (mandrek @ Oct 28, 2013 - 5:47 PM) where is the like button for that last post!!!! AWESOME work man!!!! keep at it, you will have your baby back... Thanks man! Positive reinforcement is gonna keep my nose to the ground on this one! -------------------- |
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Oct 29, 2013 - 5:58 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Sep 19, '13 From Sambo3406 Currently Offline Reputation: 4 (100%) |
quick question, how much did the gt-four front end cost?
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Oct 29, 2013 - 5:59 PM
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Enthusiast Joined May 16, '10 From Raleigh Currently Offline Reputation: 12 (100%) |
QUOTE (samboo @ Oct 29, 2013 - 6:58 PM) quick question, how much did the gt-four front end cost? 1525.00 shipped. -------------------- |
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Oct 30, 2013 - 2:55 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 12, '13 From Cleveland Currently Offline Reputation: 5 (100%) |
QUOTE (bsamps4 @ Oct 29, 2013 - 5:59 PM) QUOTE (samboo @ Oct 29, 2013 - 6:58 PM) quick question, how much did the gt-four front end cost? 1525.00 shipped. Im currently in the market to be doing this swap as well, where did you the front clip from? Did it come with the tranny, ecu, ect....and did it come RHD? Any information will be great, and if you ran into any problems what were they? You can PM if need be, very excited to get this project started once i find what i need. |
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Oct 30, 2013 - 1:58 PM
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Enthusiast Joined May 16, '10 From Raleigh Currently Offline Reputation: 12 (100%) |
QUOTE (ClevelandGaint @ Oct 30, 2013 - 2:55 AM) QUOTE (bsamps4 @ Oct 29, 2013 - 5:59 PM) QUOTE (samboo @ Oct 29, 2013 - 6:58 PM) quick question, how much did the gt-four front end cost? 1525.00 shipped. Im currently in the market to be doing this swap as well, where did you the front clip from? Did it come with the tranny, ecu, ect....and did it come RHD? Any information will be great, and if you ran into any problems what were they? You can PM if need be, very excited to get this project started once i find what i need. I got my clip from jdm engine zone. They have **** customer service and never call you back, but they got the clip out to me either way. Clip was nearly 3000 shipped, it included everything but body panels, brakes, suspension, and gauge cluster. They are all going to be RHD. I ran in to tons of problems. All of those have been revealed in this thread. Good luck with whatever you decide! -------------------- |
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