The car is now at the other shop. No update on when progress will start.


Unfortunately more were discovered upon pickup. Don't even want to type about it right now.

 

Damn Jason. I hate to ask but have you thought about just writing it off and building the donor car from the ground up?

 

The is not more damage it is just another on the list of things I thought was going to be complete on this trip to the body shop that wasn't. No need to write the car off.

 

Fayul.

No worries though. Your IS-F is winning now IMO.

 

Minus the flat tire it got last night.

 

I am dissapoint about my loss on I-75. Work will be done.

 

Damn..

 

Car is being torn down at the engine shop as we speak. Blower was finally removed only to expose that the manifold is cracked. However, just got off the phone with discussing parts and I am excited. Building a beast has me stoked right now.

 

Back to

 

just got parts estimate for my super amazing tsx engine build

way more than I was expecting


*need animation of floating kitty floating into a wall and hitting the floor*

 

Someone please post an animation of that. lol

 

I Google Imaged "kitty floating into wall hits floor"

There are no kitties.

 

what were you having done to the engine?

 

Tis a secret till finished. The prices are great prices I just didn't think it through correctly in my head. I will still be having it all done cause it would cost to much to brake it into different stages.

 

That's what insurance is for right?

 

This is way outside the scope of the insurance money.

 

Jason has said the tsx will be faster than my TL, which means it will be as quick as the IS-F.

 

Just J swap that bitch

I like work though

PS - At work, scared to search for "kitty floating into wall hits floor".

 

Haha no Jswap it is staying forced induction is all I will say.

yeah I wouldn't search for that either.

 

Sorry to hear about the slow progress...

Are you still planning to go with the route we had discussed, or are you now planning to take your build in a different direction?

 

Still on target with what we discussed

 

New drivetrain parts ordered so that things can get underway with the swap. The rest will be ordered as soon as I figure out what credit card to get

 

Do I smell a snail in your engine bay?

 

no sir they are to unreliable for what I want

 

So staying with the blower.........K24 block, K20 head? Fully built?

 

The blower will be staying yes but that will be all I am saying for now

 

Ok so all parts for project monster rebuild have been paid for as of Friday so they should be ordered then or today. The goal is still to have the car completed for a debut on June 30th which leaves 6 weeks for completion from today.

I have one additional side project I would like to finish before the debut but I doubt it will happen cause it will make a future project a royal pain. I will probably leave it till a winter 2012 project instead.

 

Whats June 30th?

 

Well as long as HIN doesn't fold again in its first year back it will be HIN Philadelphia.

 

Super excited to finally say the project has finally started. I just saw a picture of the engine pulled from my car.

 

 

 

c'mon now, you know we need pics

 

Come on you were around during the major build days of the TSX you should know pics are posted once mods are completed

 

Just had the shop send me a picture that interior is back in my car with the Navi from the other car in it. Hopefully motor and trans is going in before the end of the week. I feel like a kid waiting for Christmas yet the day of Christmas isnt set in stone so you don't know when it will be LOL.

 

just saw this thread.....

and

 

Good news Jason

 

So the one part the had been on back order for over a month finally came in this past Thursday. Hopefully that means everything will get buttoned up quickly. Don't have any pictures of the car yet so can't even start on writing up the build upgrades but I will once I get the car back hopefully in the next week or two.

 

fingers crossed homey