yellowpatrol's SRT-4 to SRT-4 swap : Twin pics

rushtom2 · Post by **rushtom2** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 5:26 pm

!!!!!!!! I love E-Blue! Our cars can be friends too!
Congrats! You will love it to death... And it will love you

yellowpatrol · Post by **yellowpatrol** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 5:29 pm

rushtom2 wrote:Our cars can be friends too!

You from around here?

rushtom2 · Post by **rushtom2** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 5:30 pm

Haha, No I'm in Canada. I wish I could be!
Maybe I'll take a road trip in the summer.

PS. You just bought blue sex.

yellowpatrol · Post by **yellowpatrol** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 5:40 pm

Wow you and e-blue need to get a room lol

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 8:42 pm

wow dude.... just wow... You know the swap is gonna be your baby and the other is gonna be your beater

yellowpatrol · Post by **yellowpatrol** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 10:33 pm

Just heard from the shop that currently has the engine. They said they measured the cylinders and discovered that the block has never been bored.... WHAT THE FUCK?!

That doesn't make sense though, cause back when we test fit the pistons I checked the gaps on the rings and they were right on. I don't know who is trying to fuck me over any more.....

esteinmaier · Post by **esteinmaier** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 11:38 pm

Measure them yourself! 87.5mm is stock, 88mm is .020 over. Do you have access to a bore gauge that you can borrow? Or at least go to the shop and make them show you.

yellowpatrol · Post by **yellowpatrol** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 1:47 am

Yeah after I cooled down a bit and came to my senses (a rigorous drive in the SRT) I thought of that. I will go there Monday and see it for myself. I will be pissed all over again either way though. In fact I'm getting pissed just thinking about it! Shit.

I don't want to think about this right now I'm going to bed lol.

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 11:31 am

Just logged in since the shut down and I come to this!!! WTFHOLYBBQ

Congrats man on filling up your garage and getting a SRT-4! How do you like it?

Score a pretty good deal on it I take it? Damn you just got a new house too! Someone is rollin in the $$$$$!

Looks like its missing the stock mesh on the front bumper. Have fun modding it!

yellowpatrol · Post by **yellowpatrol** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 3:51 pm

MyNeonSaysHi wrote:Looks like its missing the stock mesh on the front bumper.

Oh shit- you're right! Looks like this POS is going back

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 4:26 pm

Rockin AJ style

yellowpatrol · Post by **yellowpatrol** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 4:48 pm

AJ who?

yellowpatrol · Post by **yellowpatrol** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 5:11 pm

So I was working on the exhaust install today, and while I was under the car I noticed a few things:

^ OIL coming off of intercooler cold pipe. Um... wtf?

^ Looks like drivers side wheel was rubbing quite a bit at one time.

^ Some loose stuff

Back on the topic of the exhaust install, I've got the rear part off completely, but I'm having a hell of a time getting at the downpipe to install my 3". Any tips for getting the bolts loose back there? I'm trying to use a 10mm wrench but it's so small and there is so little torque. On top of that there is almost no good angle to work from.

2002TuRboNeoN · Post by **2002TuRboNeoN** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 5:34 pm

use a 3/8 drive ratchet with a reducer to 1.4 inch or use a 3.8 inch 10mm socket with a long extension id recommend lifting the front of the car aways to reach the 4 of them

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 10:46 pm

Oil on the cold side is normal when the car isn't running a catchcan. It collects on the cold side of the intercooler, quite nasty. Clean that up run a catch can and check valve and you will probably gain a pound of boost. I know I did.

Car could of been lowered at some point or cornered hard. Who knows.

Wix filter = great filter.

Boost leak test it. One of the first things you should do.

AJ isn't running front mesh on his E-blue. Thats why I made that comment.

As for the bolts. buy new ones, cut the old ones off. Makes it a ton easier. Whenver the main tech at my old job was doing exhaust work he just cut them off since they were always rusted and near impossible to tkae off.

yellowpatrol · Post by **yellowpatrol** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 11:08 pm

MyNeonSaysHi wrote:Oil on the cold side is normal when the car isn't running a catchcan. It collects on the cold side of the intercooler, quite nasty. Clean that up run a catch can and check valve and you will probably gain a pound of boost. I know I did.

Interesting. Well I will be doing a catchcan for sure in the near future then.

You want to come up some time and we can do a boost leak test and some stuff?

superdan · Post by **superdan** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 1:27 am

with the lower part of the mesh grille missing on your srt it makes it look like it has a muchtache lol

congrates on the buy

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 11:54 pm

yellowpatrol wrote:
MyNeonSaysHi wrote:Oil on the cold side is normal when the car isn't running a catchcan. It collects on the cold side of the intercooler, quite nasty. Clean that up run a catch can and check valve and you will probably gain a pound of boost. I know I did.
Interesting. Well I will be doing a catchcan for sure in the near future then.

You want to come up some time and we can do a boost leak test and some stuff?

I have been busy on the weekdays and driving a ton. (72k on the beast now) I also drove 1500~ miles a couple weeks ago.

PM me your address and we can work something out. I yet to see your house and your new used car.

GunmetalNeon · Post by **GunmetalNeon** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 1:18 am

So are you not swapping the red car then?

yellowpatrol · Post by **yellowpatrol** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 11:27 am

esteinmaier wrote:Measure them yourself! 87.5mm is stock, 88mm is .020 over. Do you have access to a bore gauge that you can borrow? Or at least go to the shop and make them show you.

I had them show me but he used a digital caliper. If .020 over is 88mm something is wrong because the caliper read 88.77mm

03blackrt · Post by **03blackrt** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 11:52 am

yellowpatrol wrote:

You shouldn't have been able to fit overbore pistons in without boring.

yellowpatrol · Post by **yellowpatrol** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 12:05 pm

That's what I'm saying. And the measurements last night suggest that it is TOO overbored. But they were saying there wasn't enough clearance and the piston was too tight.

esteinmaier · Post by **esteinmaier** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 8:56 pm

Ah, crap. Consult with another machine shop. The one I use is called Headline Machine. The guy really knows his stuff. His name is Bob, and his number is 847-608-8321.

yellowpatrol · Post by **yellowpatrol** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 10:05 pm

Exhaust is on, bumper rolled

I think I need to tighten it a tad and bring it up some more. Here is a before:

I haven't put the 3" o2 housing on yet, I couldn't wait to fire it up.

Zip ties:

Exhaust in:

03blackrt · Post by **03blackrt** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 10:40 pm

Looks good.

yellowpatrol · Post by **yellowpatrol** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 11:17 pm

Thanks man.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=gTNbHvhpXTA

Speeder · Post by **Speeder** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 11:32 pm

sounds good what kind of muffler did you put on it

Nutmeg · Post by **Nutmeg** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 12:12 am

Speeder wrote:sounds good what kind of muffler did you put on it

Looks like an MPx single exit.

yellowpatrol · Post by **yellowpatrol** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 12:14 am

Nutmeg wrote:
Speeder wrote:sounds good what kind of muffler did you put on it
Looks like an MPx single exit.

http://www.modernperformance.com/single ... 3c91335ae9

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 12:18 am

Very nice! Sounds WAAAYYYY better in person. The audio was kind of muffled in a sense. Yeah the 02 housing install would of been a tongue biter.