dtjackten progress log..... soon to come twincharged

dtjackten · Post by **dtjackten** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 9:00 am

u should have it in a couple of days!! and when i get a sec at work i guess i have to buy more parts... cam gear here i come!!!

neonslg09 · Post by **neonslg09** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 9:02 am

Get a blue camgear.

dtjackten · Post by **dtjackten** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 9:21 am

i just ordered it... it is polished silver (alitte more bling bling i guess).... i know i will have to cut the whole in the timing cover... but that is minor for the adjustment i will need i will live with it.....

i have decided to do all my intercooler piping in blue though... the rest will be silver/chrome

dtjackten · Post by **dtjackten** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 9:02 pm

well it is official... i have everything ordered to finish my bottom end of my car.... should go quick i am hoping, going to check for valve clearence tomorrow. then i will be just waiting on parts!!!

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 9:16 pm

I was going to say to get a polished gear....

dtjackten · Post by **dtjackten** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 12:02 am

i did!!! hehe.... still contomplating between silver and chrome powdercoat... almost thought blue vc and intake... but decided not to go that way after i saw it done on photoshop.... blue intercooler piping is what i will be going with though.. just to give the engine alittle accent color..

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 8:14 am

You know what would look really amazing? Black chrome, there's a company that does it and I can't think of the name of it right now. I know Transwheel by me did it. It's the most highly reflective black you've ever seen....I'm going to have to see if I can find anything on it. It's not cheap....by any means but it's badass looking.

dtjackten · Post by **dtjackten** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 8:36 am

i know what u r thinking of crystal.... i have also thought of that to... there honestly is not much i have not thought about color wise... black chrome would be bad ass... then all my steel braided lines and fuel rail would pop even more..... but i dont know if i want have that much black on my car.. i am not into the whole all black cars that much....... hmmm

smallblockfreak · Post by **smallblockfreak** » Sun Nov 08, 2009 8:24 pm

dtjackten wrote:i know what u r thinking of crystal.... i have also thought of that to... there honestly is not much i have not thought about color wise... black chrome would be bad ass... then all my steel braided lines and fuel rail would pop even more..... but i dont know if i want have that much black on my car.. i am not into the whole all black cars that much....... hmmm

So what your trying to say is that you don't like my car well

lol your just jealous of my sexy ass car

dtjackten · Post by **dtjackten** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:46 am

well, i started to paint one of my wheels this weekend, hoping to get the rest of the paint done tonight, then maybe i will show it to everyone if i like it..... buhaha...

na, i like ur car smalls... but u need a turbo

smallblockfreak · Post by **smallblockfreak** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 11:11 am

hahahaha that i do but i also need a non-ngc 2.4 head and crane 22 cams and a built low end. Can't wait to see how your rims turned out.

dtjackten · Post by **dtjackten** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 11:24 am

lol, the rims look like urs now.. all black... silver to come though.

smallblockfreak · Post by **smallblockfreak** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 11:51 am

i put my blacked out sidemarkers on today so my car is almost officially murdered except i need to tint the windows then i'm done i can't wait. I also need to install my srt4 rear sway bar. I can't wait to see your car going next year dt its gonna be a blast.

dtjackten · Post by **dtjackten** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 12:17 pm

shit if i keep going the way i have been, it may be running by thanksgiving!! lol i will be waiting on parts to be powdercoated in realitly though....

well my cam gear i guess is at my house, so now i will be waiting on my headstuds... checked for valve clearence over the weekend FTW!! pulling the head back off the block tonight to take it to a machine shop to check it out... then after i get that back i will be ready to get the car back assembled and maybe even back in the car!!! will be then waiting for money for the powdercoating process to start, also will be having my exhaust manifold ceramic coated!!! get the car running to make sure all is good, then the ms project will begin!!!

smallblockfreak · Post by **smallblockfreak** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 2:21 pm

oh i almost forgot i need to paint my 02 front bumper and put it on and get that rear bumper from you then i'm all good to go in the looks. Now its time to start building the beast. You better watch out cuz i'm gonna get more power idc if i blows up doing so but as long as i have proof of the highest hp neon 2.0 idc.

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 2:28 pm

Wow you really are moving fast Dave. My mount should be here tomorrow it was rescheduled for some reason.

dtjackten · Post by **dtjackten** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 3:20 pm

that is strange crystal? my cam gear is spose to get here tomorrow, not today... oops.... helps if i look at the right month on the calender... LOL... oh well, i am still pulling the head and the guy at the machine shop is going to be gone for all of next week.... so i may not send it to have it checked... i never had a problem, so i dont know... it was just cheap insurence....

and i have not got any tracking info on my head studs so i am not sure when i will see them.... but i am in no hurry i have another wheel to paint if i like how this one turns out... plus i have to get that bolt out of my rear lateral bars... may work on that tonight while paint is drying.

dtjackten · Post by **dtjackten** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 8:37 am

well i went and painted one of my wheels last night, i am not sure how i am feeling about them... but i went out to go get a pic and my damn camera decided it was not going to work at all!!! could not recognize my memory card for some reason, and locked up.... so i epic fail yet again at posting pics....

maybe smallblock can post a pic i sent to his phone because i eased them off mine....

hul kogan · Post by **hul kogan** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:43 am

dtjackten wrote:still contomplating between silver and chrome powdercoat...

Don't waste your time with 'chrome' powdercoat. The finished product comes out looking pretty much like silver. If you want shiny, you are going to want to go the polished route or have it chrome plated.

Before I had the gold scheme in my bay, it was chrome powdercoat. There are pictures floating around on here somewhere. But, it looked like silver for all intents and purposes.

Just wanted to give you a heads up since you are still deciding on a route.

dtjackten · Post by **dtjackten** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:12 am

alright thanks for the heads up... i am still not sure what to do... it would be a complete pita to polish the vc, but the intake is already polished (just need some touchup work) the thing that sucks about polishing it is the maintance of having to keep it looking nice.... so maybe silver powdercoat will work more in my favor....

dtjackten · Post by **dtjackten** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:41 pm

ok, so i have a shitty cell pic of my wheel... it is not mounted on the car but here it is.... let me know what u think, good, bad, or undecided...

this was at the clearcoat stage, so the tape is not off the tires...

Tam · Post by **Tam** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:45 pm

Did you leave the lip silver? Or did you paint the whole thing black?

srtjesse · Post by **srtjesse** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:49 pm

that looks really bad ass man do the rest like that

dtjackten · Post by **dtjackten** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 3:01 pm

yeah the lip is silver as well.. i will try to mess with my camera tonight and get it working, but we will see how that goes, i pulled the tape off last night and i wish i could mount it on the car but i do not have the hub on the side of the car that i could get a good pic...

ps, calipers will be eblue.

sxxxt · Post by **sxxxt** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 3:20 pm

I think it looks good so far.

srtgtr34 · Post by **srtgtr34** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 3:26 pm

If you need part polished and cleared, I have the 3 out of 4 things to be able to clear polished aluminum.

Lmk, if you want to go that route. I can provide plenty of info and since I am not redoing my wheels any more.

Tam · Post by **Tam** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 3:30 pm

I think black with a silver lip will look bad ass! Way better than all silver definitely.

Ntyvirus1 · Post by **Ntyvirus1** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 3:42 pm

wheel looks good, and definitely dont go with chrome powdercoat. buddy of mine has his rotors done and he got these weird waterspots from hell that wont come off.

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 4:18 pm

I like the way they look.

dtjackten · Post by **dtjackten** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 4:19 pm

ok, well i think my mind is made up... the second one will start being preped tonight!!!! lol still want to see them on the car... i think with the blue caliper they will really look sharp.... but i could be wrong...LOL