rage's 02SXT

ragek23 · Post by **ragek23** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:55 pm

The car is running great! I love the extra power and you can't even tell the a/c compressor is kicking on with the under drive pulley on. The car seems to really take off at 4k but power is def. added from 2500 and up.

I ended up putting a screw in the intake manifold to prevent the butterflies from moving so they are fixed open.

Here is the pretty setup:

The BC's are totally in! I made the rear a little too high so the wheels will have to come off again:(.

Next on the list is to put my new front 24mm srt sway and my older rear 22mm. Thursday I will need to make an appt. to get my tie rods done and get an alignment. Then I will call it quits for awhile.

Haganracing · Post by **Haganracing** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 2:55 am

Looks good man!

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 2:32 pm

Very nice! And you won't leave it alone....we never do....

ragek23 · Post by **ragek23** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 10:23 pm

Thanks it took so long to get it that way but its totally worth it. I bet i have at least 130WHP now vs. 114WHP before. I'll have some more higher quality pictures up soon.

silverneontuner · Post by **silverneontuner** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 2:38 am

im jealous of your suspension set up... top notch!

ragek23 · Post by **ragek23** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 4:28 pm

Thanks, it still needs some time and TLC to be perfect but its sooo much better than NEX coilovers.

ragek23 · Post by **ragek23** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 12:10 am

After a little more research on the Fidanza cam gear today, I found that the timing marks which have the degrees listed is actually where you want to mark your TDC. I am very lucky nothing broke by using the other mark. Tho, I am also very lucky we did have to tear the car back down because the fidanza cam gear's adjusting nuts were eating away at the timing cover, of course you would never know until you took it off again.

FAC3L3SS · Post by **FAC3L3SS** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 12:14 am

don't trash those NEX's. I might scoop em off you shortly (if you sell them, I know a swaybar tab is busted.)

ragek23 · Post by **ragek23** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 1:00 am

finally got a better picture of the intake manifold setup:

ragek23 · Post by **ragek23** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 4:49 pm

So i found a coolant leak. there is a hole in the hard line just before it connects to a rubber hose and goes into the cylinder head.

Any ideas on how to fix a hole in the hard line due to rust?

Post by **racer12306** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 5:19 pm

JB Weld may fix it temporarily

asanti · Post by **asanti** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 6:26 pm

buy mine lol. Glad you're enjoying that P&P head!

Allex

ragek23 · Post by **ragek23** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 7:02 pm

^ yours had the same problem if i recall.

asanti · Post by **asanti** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 7:06 pm

ragek23 wrote:^ yours had the same problem if i recall.

Coolant leaks? No that was the waterpump taking a nosedive into autoparts hell.

The hard lines are fine.

ragek23 · Post by **ragek23** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 7:11 pm

I thought you had a leak in the hard line and cut the end of the hard line and put a new sleeve on the end.

asanti · Post by **asanti** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 7:21 pm

ragek23 wrote:I thought you had a leak in the hard line and cut the end of the hard line and put a new sleeve on the end.

Umm, no

I'll pop the hood and triple check. The only thing that I recall splicing off was the short rubber hose that connected the hard line to the head...

ragek23 · Post by **ragek23** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 7:33 pm

Well if its not rusty etc. would you mind giving me a price for those lines shipped to 14623

ragek23 · Post by **ragek23** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 8:34 pm

Blasted intake manifold, there is absolutely no room for my hand to get in there to do a temp. tape job on the break. I am going to have to wait till this weekend when i have time to take the manifold off.

ragek23 · Post by **ragek23** » Sat Sep 26, 2009 12:52 am

The coolant lines finally came in. it only took dodge parts 1 week to ship em.

Looks like the coolant leak is the least of my problems. The trans mount let go while rev matching so now I need a new mount and bolt.

I hope the victor insert works with my new tranny mount. The car always felt weird with race motor mount inserts but no tranny insert.

ragek23 · Post by **ragek23** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 1:21 pm

The trans mount finally came in!!!! I hope it will fit. here it is:

PN:05274951AA for the mount
PN:06506176AA

The vitor mount inserts came in also and if fits perfectly with the new mount!

asanti · Post by **asanti** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 2:59 pm

Nic to see the progress coming along Kev!

Allex

ragek23 · Post by **ragek23** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 9:07 am

well i came down with the flu and I need to get the roadworthy for the trip back home next week. so, the car is at midas. The mechanic remembers my car so its kinda comforting. I hope it comes back in one piece and the bill isn't more than I can stomic.

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 10:03 am

Feel better soon!

ragek23 · Post by **ragek23** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 7:09 pm

well got the car back, and it runs pretty good. The trans mount had to be torn up pretty badly because i feel torque immediately when i engage the clutch. I was a little worried that there was coolant splashed all around under the hood when i got the car back but there seems to be no leaks, I think that must have been caused during the repair.

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 7:40 pm

I really need to do the trans mount in my SRT, the only mount I haven't done yet. This just cements it in my mind that I need to do it.

ragek23 · Post by **ragek23** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 9:25 pm

yeah its definitely something that should be replaced when the other mounts are done but, its just one of those things, out of sight out of mind.

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 9:29 pm

Exactly...can't see it. But I can feel, as stupid as that sounds, that I need to change it.

ragek23 · Post by **ragek23** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 10:21 pm

not stupid at all driver input means everything

neonslg09 · Post by **neonslg09** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 11:18 am

I say you need update pictures of your car.

ragek23 · Post by **ragek23** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 11:29 pm

well the only updates in the past year have been done to the engine bay which i posted