Chtear Says...Y U no love me?!

jake_tim · Post by **jake_tim** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:03 pm

Chtear!!!!

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 12:09 am

Yep, left for a bit but not forgotten

thttxboy · Post by **thttxboy** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 1:03 am

I have to say seeing that side plate in pics makes me glad I did that considering I think u was joking about having it done lol and I really thought I bit off more than I could chew but once again it was worth it............my car will still out handle urs .......lol

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 1:05 am

True, it was a good call to do that bit too. Seeing it on the car just makes it all that much more worth it

And no, you won't. I still have the weight advantage

ZeroChad · Post by **ZeroChad** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 10:09 pm

Holy shit, you are a polishing god!

The engine mounting bracket looks unbelievable man! I don't even know what to say...your engine bay looks spectacular!

sullivan · Post by **sullivan** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 10:23 pm

OMG

!!!!!! Dante... im sorry to tell you this but i came over and over again after looking at your engine bay.

hybrid-Srt2001 · Post by **hybrid-Srt2001** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 5:09 am

That stuff is ridiculously shiny. I hope my parts come close to looking that good.

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:30 am

Looks sexy as all hell!! I love it, very nice work

supertrick_05 · Post by **supertrick_05** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:31 am

Mmmmmm...shiney parts...smooth shiney parts...it's a damn good job you did there Dante!

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 6:17 pm

Thank you all for the polishing kudos

While it was a crap-ton of work, the results are worth it

Now, if I can just get the rest done soon...

thttxboy · Post by **thttxboy** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 7:57 pm

yesss finish this so can we can go and terrorize the streets of Manassas lol

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 11:37 pm

Some more progress!

The battery in it's new home...

I need to procure some terminal ends to finish the battery wiring still

I knew there was a reason for this notch...

It holds the throttle cable away from the timing belt perfectly

Here are some pic of the revised coolant hoses...

I may still tweak the routing a bit, not sure yet though.

I got the harness run through the frame on the passenger side finally!

The rest of the harness however...

These items will be my new best friends

And I have the proper resources available...

I hope to get the harness finished by this weekend...we'll see how that works out though.

And once all of that is done, I can get the car outside and get the dash out of the car to finish the A/C delete mod (Juan is dying to yank the dash out of Chtear...I'm a little scared!) And thats so I can use this...

On this...

And this...

here

The A/C will be deleted as close to factory appearance as I can/am willing to. I can't stand the way the non-A/C control looks, so that won't be changed (plus I would lose my outside air/recirculation switch!), and I'm not spending the money on a heater only under dash box...that's just silly imo

And to get to the grommet that I'm planning on using to bring the 0 gauge battery cable through the firewall, the dash needs to come out as well.

It's this one...

It's right in the middle of the firewall. I plan to mount this distribution block near it and pull all the circuits off it.

The alt and starter circuits will be fused independently, and the PDC will be run right off the hot side (since it is a fuse and relay block after all).

Oh, and since it's the only time anyone will see it, the are some shots of my dual horn mod.

Well, that's it for now. Hopefully I'll have some more to post soon!

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 12:00 am

Dual horn mod? Did I miss something, what does this mod do?

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 12:08 am

It places a high and lo note horn in the system instead of just a lo note like our cars have stock. It makes the horn MUCH louder

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 12:10 am

I want sound!

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 12:11 am

Well, that may have to wait till Carlise

I can't see trying to get a good comparison recording of stock vs. mod.

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 12:13 am

Well now I very well may not be going to Carlisle this year, and will forget about this WELL before then anyways... so do it tomorrow!!!!

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 12:17 am

Well then I guess you will just have to go to Carlise to satisfy your rather unhealthy obsession with my car's horn volume!

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 12:20 am

Trust me, I'd love to to... but I'm in the midst of possibly making a huge career mistake (or great move if it turns out better than i'm thinking it really will)

So I may or may not have the cash/vacation time to go... we'll see as this next week comes and goes though.

So uh... horn me please?

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 12:29 am

Damn you is a horny bastard!

I will get some kind of sound comparison once the electrical system is put back together.

I'm hoping your career move turns out to be a good one

Like I said before, let me know if I can help make "naked Sean" be there for Carlise.

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 12:35 am

Don't you have to get an Optima battery if its relocated to the trunk due to the gases a conventional battery emit?
Its all looking good and coming together nicely.

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 12:54 am

A good conventional battery doesn't emit much in the way of gas. The caps on the battery are sealed almost completely. And if for some reason it does start to stink, there's my excuse to upgrade

Thanks for the complements!

srtjesse · Post by **srtjesse** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 4:35 am

wow man great progress good job

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 9:45 pm

Thank you sir

I think all this time and effort will pay off.

thttxboy · Post by **thttxboy** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 10:49 pm

I cant wait to into ur cars insides ..........lol I just hope I remember where all the screws went and I will be replacing all ur screws with drywall screws by mistake

lol cant wait to get er done.

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 11:16 pm

damn! looks good! should've went with a HornBlasters train horn kit!

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 12:45 am

thttxboy wrote:I cant wait to into ur cars insides ..........lol I just hope I remember where all the screws went and I will be replacing all ur screws with drywall screws by mistake lol cant wait to get er done.

Don't scare me more than I am now you butcher!!! I kid, I kid...or do I?!?!?

sidepipe87 wrote:damn! looks good! should've went with a HornBlasters train horn kit!

I didn't want to go quite that extreme!

Here is what I was working on this evening...

These lamps were in pretty rough shape when I got them. The chrome was faded on one lamp, the lenses were pretty foggy, and both backings were cracked. But I got them for a good price, and I figured I could do some magic with them.

Rather than try to re-do the chrome, I simply color matched the backs.

Then I used some Mopar Jeep soft top window cleaner on the lenses. I think they came out much better than they were (of course I don't have any before pics, so you have to take my word on it

)

Almost final results

I say almost because I still have to glue the lenses back on and seal the cracks in the backing.

Here is an idea of how they will look on the car (sorry, my camera and lighting don't do them justice)

The worst part about it is now you can really tell how dirty my car is. Once the mechanical work is done, the next month will be spent cleaning and restoring the paint. *Sigh* It never ends.

More to come...

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 8:30 am

No....it really doesn't ever end lol. The turn signals came out great! Nice work in the bay as well. When are you planning on having everything done by?

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 9:52 am

Wow, I'd have shot the assclown who sold you cracked faded nasty sidemarkers!

Unless he apologized profusely for not realizing they were cracked, and offered money back and...

BlackRoseRacing · Post by **BlackRoseRacing** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 7:16 pm

Holy crap, an update!
Still liking the idea of the hidden wiring, I wish I had the time to do something like that...cars looking good