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

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 3:04 pm

LilSparkPlug wrote: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?

Thanks hon

The plan is to have her running by the end of April.

TheRandom1 wrote: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...

No worries Sean. Like I said, the price was right and it gave me the opportunity to make them the way I want them

BlackRoseRacing wrote: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

Yeah, the updates don't come along as fast as I would like, but you know how that goes. Thanks for the compliment

teamliviD · Post by **teamliviD** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 7:30 pm

everything looks sweet John-John. cant wait to see it finished at Carlisle!!!

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 8:13 pm

I wish I could say the same for mine! End of April would be a badass time for everything to be completed.

I'll keep checking back.

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 2:48 pm

What the hell is that sound?!?!?

http://s156.photobucket.com/albums/t36/ ... 32869b.pbr

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 3:48 pm

it won't play for me!!!

ZeroChad · Post by **ZeroChad** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 6:03 pm

^ Me neither.

I'm really liking the blue Gates parts. Nice idea of moving the battery tray in the back too! Are you going to run w/o a timing belt cover? Also, I would put a grommet in any hole that you snake wires through. I like to be cautious of shorting.

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 8:21 pm

Hmmm...seems to be a problem with the link for me too. I'll work on that.

Oh, and there is a grommet there Chad. I too am concerned with teh safety

And no, I will not be running a cover on the timing belt. This car will never see any snow, and unless it rains while I'm driving her, she won't see rain either.

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 12:34 am

OK, link works again. Apparently you need the original file to remain in Photobucket or else the edited one doesn't work. Talk about bandwidth waste!

So as the link above illustrates...She is alive!!!! It's been almost a year but she is running again. Here are some pics of the final results.

First bath in almost a year

How long will it look this good?

A crappy shot of the (mostly) finished re-wiring job

I had to scrap the Rockford Fosgate distribution block in favor of this one that uses much beefier fuses. I needed a 100 and a 250 amp fuse for the alt and starter

There is more work to be done yet. I still need a catch can for the PCV system, and I want a better coolant bottle than this...

Granted it's a Monster can, but still. I hope to drive her around very soon (the tags, inspection and emissions are all dead atm). But even with all that still to go, I am happier than I can say!

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 1:37 am

damn that car sounds mean! Almost sounds like a modded 5.0 in that clip

I love those clear tails on there too!

thttxboy · Post by **thttxboy** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 6:36 am

I mean its ok. lol Ur phone call was awesome, sorry I didnt get to ur house yesterday got home late from the UMD meet. Ill see ya later today

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 8:27 am

Thanks Ryan (even if you used a Ford for reference

). I'll get some more exterior shots soon.

No worries Juan...we didn't get home till about midnight. She'll be here

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 8:34 am

Very nice lookin man!

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 8:48 am

Wow......looks sexy as all hell. <33333

Tam · Post by **Tam** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 10:28 am

Damn, the engine bay is one of the cleanest I've seen on a 2nd gen.

Gook work man.

teamliviD · Post by **teamliviD** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 11:16 am

Very nice John-John, I likey. Now come help me get my R/T going...

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 5:35 pm

Very clean engine bay, glad you got it running again!

INVUJerry · Post by **INVUJerry** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 5:55 pm

Awesome!!

Just needs more cam lope! I can't wait to see this in person. I have a later date set for my 98. I'm gonig down on the cam size, and up in the clutch area, I want to have it done by my b-day, but that dosen't give me any time to get numbers by carlisle.

thttxboy · Post by **thttxboy** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 11:25 pm

Got to ride in the beast today and man it felt good probably the smoothest feeling neon ever. I cant believe how far its gone in a year but man kinda glad to say we are done but like alwayz u never know whats next. I need a vaca lol hopefully we can get some new pics up soon.

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 12:00 am

Thanks all

Your complements have really helped keep my focus and the fact that it is at a point where I feel others can appreciate her makes me feel good. And I can't say enough how much Juan (Thtxboy) has helped me stay on track. He has helped in so many ways. Thanks man

It's has been quite an ordeal, but now that she is for the most part complete I can once again focus on other things.

Like detailing the exterior, doing the other paint projects I have in mind, and a few minor things that never got addressed last year. Like always...stay tuned

Oh, and Jen, I will have some new pics for you to do your magic on soon!

*Edit*

I was going back through the progress of Chtear since the beginning and I noticed how much has changed since I joined this site.

Then...

Now...

Wow.

thttxboy · Post by **thttxboy** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 6:46 am

I mean its aight lol

latief · Post by **latief** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 9:27 am

Awesome!!

how is that solid engine mount treating you?

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 9:50 am

Wow is right

Love it love it love it!

Tam · Post by **Tam** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 10:57 am

Meh, not that much difference

Just kidding.

When I read the title "Whats that noise" I thought you had broke something in the engine bay and it's making noises. lol

But honestly, nice work man. I give you 2 thumbs up, or 5 stars. You choose. lol

03blackrt · Post by **03blackrt** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 12:47 pm

Nice.

But *I* would have taken it one step farther and eliminated the upper torque strut and it's attaching. Then It's be suoer clean.

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Sun May 10, 2009 12:06 pm

OK, to start....

latief wrote:Awesome!!

how is that solid engine mount treating you?

Thank you sir! The mount is perfect

LilSparkPlug wrote:Wow is right Love it love it love it!

Thank you!

Mat666 wrote:Meh, not that much difference Just kidding.

When I read the title "Whats that noise" I thought you had broke something in the engine bay and it's making noises. lol

But honestly, nice work man. I give you 2 thumbs up, or 5 stars. You choose. lol

I'm glad that the title caught someone then

Thank you for the props.

03blackrt wrote:Nice.

But *I* would have taken it one step farther and eliminated the upper torque strut and it's attaching. Then It's be suoer clean.

You, sir, need to stay the hell out of my head!

Believe it or not, there is a plan to do just that. I won't happen any time soon however. But as long as I have this car, I am working towards that goal

Now the update. I have been doing some more work to the car to make it street legal. Surprisingly, there are only two issues that had to be addressed.

1) If the car has a power steering rack in it, the power steering has to work

(There is a really good reason for this which I will explain later)

2) The air bag light doesn't come on during the cluster start-up check. Oops.

So, the air bag issue is easy. The power steering...well. Remember, one of the reasons I got rid of it was to un-clutter the passenger side of the engine bay. So the question became "How do I make the power steering work but still keep the lines away from my exposed timing belt?!?!" The answer? The trusty SRT.

And on that note I am going back to work on it. More info in a little while

Post by **Canada** » Sun May 10, 2009 12:34 pm

Just swap in a 1GN manual rack with 2gn outers.

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Sun May 10, 2009 12:38 pm

That is the plan, however finding a manual 1st gen rack is the problem. While one is being found, this is the only way to quickly make her legal.

INVUJerry · Post by **INVUJerry** » Sun May 10, 2009 1:39 pm

Manual rack on .org in WV.

Does take a bit of modding (read: welding) to get it to work in a 2gn/SRT.

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Sun May 10, 2009 3:06 pm

Sweet! Thanks man!!!

I know there is a bit of work involved in putting a manual rack in, but you don't have to weld anything. We installed a manual rack in Juan's car. There is a guy who makes the mounting bracket for the one side that allows the rack to be level. The only other difference is the coupler between the rack and the column. The 1st gen coupler bolts up perfect to our column. And the tie rods are even the same (you only need to change them if you are installing the rack in a SRT like Juan's car).

I sent him a PM so I'll let you know what happens

hybrid-Srt2001 · Post by **hybrid-Srt2001** » Sun May 10, 2009 3:11 pm

wow another thing i was going to do that somebody beat me to