Jon’s slow Type-S & Mustang Progress Thread
#241
Burning Brakes
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No I wish it was done but it just takes forever haha I mean it’s pretty good for what it is. I was going to paint it too but wanted to polish it since I never have polished anything that was bare. That’s a bummer about the bubbling hopefully my covers and manifold last
#243
Burning Brakes
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Before.....blahhhh
After
Gotta hook everything up and replace a trans mount. Unfortunately with the intake manifold spacer it is hitting a little when the hood is closed but I’ll fix it. Can’t wait for spring
#244
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sawzaww the hood bracing off!!!!!!!!!!!
you dont need it anyway!!!!!!
that's what my buddy did with the MDX spacer. cut the hood bracing so that it can clear!
and awesome work polishing!
I like it better than paint...maybe if I get bored enough, i'll take apart my car to polish!!!! lol
you dont need it anyway!!!!!!
that's what my buddy did with the MDX spacer. cut the hood bracing so that it can clear!
and awesome work polishing!
I like it better than paint...maybe if I get bored enough, i'll take apart my car to polish!!!! lol
#245
Burning Brakes
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I wasn’t really sure if that would weaken the hood at all. Okay cool I’ll probably do that then because I am not making the spacer thinner! And thanks, the polishing took a while but it was actually kinda fun and I’d like to get more products to do more. Pics look better than it does up close though but oh well. Race car
#246
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I searched for like 30 minutes....I believe it was Losiglow...
Losiglow, in order to save weight, cut out ALL of the bracing. he documented it here, but I just cant find pics or the thread.
in the thread; he did rudimentary tests....sitting on the hood.
as soon as he got off the hood, the hood sprang back to original shape.
Said it did not affect a single thing.
my buddy only cutout the spot where the manifold was touching the brace.
in the name of Racecar, I'll most likely cut out ALL of the bracing as well.
Losiglow, in order to save weight, cut out ALL of the bracing. he documented it here, but I just cant find pics or the thread.
in the thread; he did rudimentary tests....sitting on the hood.
as soon as he got off the hood, the hood sprang back to original shape.
Said it did not affect a single thing.
my buddy only cutout the spot where the manifold was touching the brace.
in the name of Racecar, I'll most likely cut out ALL of the bracing as well.
#250
Suzuka Master
Hood brace? who need cutting hood brace meawhile you can add cooling mod and reducing weight.
#252
Burning Brakes
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New fuel rails and injectors in. Also all the lines were ranunder the car to see what best routing would be
Regulator mocked up. Need to order a few fittings, mount the pump and filters but made a good start. Thanks Beans for the help
#253
Burning Brakes
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My f150 5.4 decided to eat a cylinder. This was by far the worst motor swap iced done. My wife’s dad did most of the work
New motor ready to go in
So I decided to tackle the valve delete...not fun at all. The fittings were totally seized so I’ll have to order new lines
Took our oldest boy to Momster Jam. It was awesome!
#256
Burning Brakes
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I reallllllllly disliked these clutch lines. Michigan/Ohio weather doesn’t help either. Fought me the whole way. Gonna order a line from Acura only $11
#257
Suzuka Master
you are really the "Ford guy"...
#258
Burning Brakes
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#259
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although I curse a lot under the hood, it really is a joy to work on compared to other makes and models.
in hindsight, nothing is particularly hard with the Honda's. but during the wrenching, best believe I fuck up....I am JustonJacks, afterall.
in hindsight, nothing is particularly hard with the Honda's. but during the wrenching, best believe I fuck up....I am JustonJacks, afterall.
Last edited by justnspace; 03-11-2019 at 09:06 PM.
#260
Burning Brakes
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Well then we have something in common. I have a friend who calls me cross thread Jon lmao I try to be a little more patient nowadays though
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#266
Burning Brakes
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No big updates unfortunately. I did cut some of the hood bracing off and the hood shuts as it should now. Beanstune plugged in all my wires and we started the car for just a minute. It was nice to hear the car again. Ive just been busy detailing/working on other people's cars lately. I am one fitting away from the mustang's fuel lines being complete which I am very happy about-Push lock fittings are such a pain!!! But anyways Im going to post up a couple pics of a 1997 BMW 540i 6sp I polished a couple weeks ago, turned out awesome. I will update soon when TL is out of the garage
#269
Burning Brakes
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Turned out really nice
Car has 140k on it. Interior is very nice also forgot to take a picture but didn’t do much work except leather conditioner and clean windows. Paint took about 3 hours but we’ll worth it
#270
Suzuka Master
nice paint correction, how is your back doing? those BMW clear is coat hard like diamond lol.
#278
Suzuka Master
just a little yeah? I did mine TL-S last summer lol and its feels so good afterward.
#279
Burning Brakes
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Im pretty excited, kinda went a little nuts this winter with little mods/maintenance. I did the check valve delete, ss clutch line, and now these mounts. Im very curious to see how it feels along with my ricer intake spacer and 4" cai
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E39 Awesome work!