Nutmeg's Swap and Progress *New Pictures 7/5/09*

Nutmeg · Post by **Nutmeg** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 6:02 pm

jake_tim wrote:So have you done anything else since you finally got it running properly?

Serious sleeper though.

Nothing yet. Still have some annoying boost leaks that I need to take care.

glasswars · Post by **glasswars** » Wed Dec 03, 2008 12:35 am

bump
how is everything?

Nutmeg · Post by **Nutmeg** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 8:24 pm

Eh. Okay. The car pulls to the right slightly; I need an alignment. Boost is not building as well anymore, I need to take some time in the cold and fix things. On start up at low revs, it makes a weird bubbling noise, like there's air in the coolant system. The brakes need replacing as they're getting noisy and I'm feeling brake grab a little. Brake light switch sometimes makes the brake light stay on a little longer than it should.

And the car is an ABSOLUTE MESS.

That's about it. But it runs!

Nutmeg · Post by **Nutmeg** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 8:13 pm

Bump. Any ideas about the bubbling noise?

Nutmeg · Post by **Nutmeg** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 12:09 am

Well, I'm taking the car to a friend's shop for an alignment Thursday to get the kinks worked out. I think the gurgling sound I hear is coolant in the overflow tank sloshing around, but I'll look into more tomorrow. I know my plugs are bad, as I feel a little stumbling at low RPMs. I have new NGKs in my trunk, just need to put them in.

Also, I think that the rattling sound may just be because the oil is too thick allowing me to hear noises? It may also be a bolt that's rattling somewhere too.

Oh, and my car hasn't been washed in months. I feel ashamed. Anyway, I'll boost leak test it soon, and get it running in top condition sometime. Just thought I should post here.

Nutmeg · Post by **Nutmeg** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 8:10 pm

Just got off the phone with Discount Tire Direct. Ordered new 16x7 MB Wheels "Five X" with 205/50 Falken 912s. They should be here by Thursday, and then I'll get some pictures up hopefully.

Mat00ES · Post by **Mat00ES** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 9:52 pm

If its these, should look good.

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 11:10 pm

Very very nice choice in wheels. Can't wait to see what they look like on your car!

supertrick_05 · Post by **supertrick_05** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 11:16 pm

Yes...piktars!!!!

Nutmeg · Post by **Nutmeg** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 2:27 am

Mat00ES wrote:If its these, should look good.

Those are the ones! I'll get pictures up in around five or six days.

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 2:38 am

Nice choice of wheels yo.

As for the coolant system having air in it, take the radiator cap off and idle the car for a while. this is a high point to which the air will flow to and escape.

The problems with spark plugs and wiring is a problem i've been experiencing lately. I replaced the spark plugs with NGK which definitely solved the immediate problem, but not all has gone away for me yet in terms of bad low end torquing problems. My plug wires should be arriving early next week. I'll let you know how that goes.

Nutmeg · Post by **Nutmeg** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 2:41 am

All right cool hansken. I changed plugs tonight, no real big difference. And I don't know if the noise is in the coolant system or not; I can only hear it in cabin. I was under my dash by the pedals earlier fixing something with the car on and could hear a constant.... bubbling or flowing sound, like fluids just flowing right behind the firewall. I'm not sure if maybe it's a power steering thing, but the increase of revs wouldn't make that get louder so I dunno really.

jake_tim · Post by **jake_tim** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 1:18 pm

16x7s, nice.

sullivan · Post by **sullivan** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 1:55 pm

subscribed nice log man!

Nutmeg · Post by **Nutmeg** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 1:01 am

I got the wheels on today. It only took me five hours.

To make a long story short, the very last lug nut I had to take off had literally hundreds of pounds of torque on it and I had to go through a big ordeal to get it off.

That aside, I finished in the dark and don't really know what it truly looks like. I'm gone until Tuesday, but I'll get pictures up then.

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 1:05 am

There is this awesome invention called a flash that is an accessory for the camera

welchspro · Post by **welchspro** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 1:20 am

Did you wind up breaking the stud? I'm curious cuz I snapped two studs on the same wheel last year while swapping my snowtires lol. They're pretty weak in my experience.

supertrick_05 · Post by **supertrick_05** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 8:57 am

Nutmeg wrote:I'm gone until Tuesday, but I'll get pictures up then.

FUCKIN BAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!!!!! :ban:

Nutmeg · Post by **Nutmeg** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 7:57 pm

hansken_yo wrote:

There is this awesome invention called a flash that is an accessory for the camera

Thought about it, but my girlfriend came over. Anyway I'm back and will do the picture thing when I feel like it.

welchspro wrote:Did you wind up breaking the stud? I'm curious cuz I snapped two studs on the same wheel last year while swapping my snowtires lol. They're pretty weak in my experience.

I nearly did, it's pretty gnarly.

sullivan · Post by **sullivan** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:06 pm

hahah i love this guy his attitude is like oh meh my cars a swapped srt capable of wrecking 90% of your cars. ill just get pics up when i feel like it. meanwhile were sitting here clicking refresh like 2 jackrabbits

in a cabbage-patch on the 4th of july. waiting for updates.....

anyways just like get pictures up asap

Nutmeg · Post by **Nutmeg** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 1:19 am

Eventually.

krc21 · Post by **krc21** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 8:31 pm

can we get so damn pictures!!! good lord!

welchspro · Post by **welchspro** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 11:55 pm

NeonOn19s · Post by **NeonOn19s** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 2:55 pm

x2

or x3

Nutmeg · Post by **Nutmeg** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 4:36 pm

I haven't put up final pictures yet? Whoa.... I should get around to it.

welchspro · Post by **welchspro** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 3:05 am

^Truth

Nutmeg · Post by **Nutmeg** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 7:13 pm

Here's a few pictures of the car. Wheels are 16X7 MB wheels with Falken tires. I clayed and waxed the car a day or two ago for the first time, and it looks great. Comments welcome.

And this is where I took the pictures, it's a coul de sac down at the end of a road. Everybody around here calls it the end of the world. The pictures explain why it got its name.

Here a few videos, first one is a boring driving one, second is an exhaust vid. We cut the muffler off, and I like it more.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcbZmrzHhIQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjkLZNTHRPY

SlvrACR · Post by **SlvrACR** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 9:54 pm

I had the same rattle/bubble noise. I later found out my intercooler came loss and it was rattling. Might want to check it

EDIT LOL your brake lights are on like mine

Nutmeg · Post by **Nutmeg** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 10:21 pm

Don't think it's the intercooler. And yeah, I don't know why the brake light's on.

UriahRR · Post by **UriahRR** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 11:11 pm

Nice vids. But damn in the first one, where you slowed down at the end, the exhaust sounded like someone making popcorn in the backseat. A bit much for most, but I LOVE driving past SRT-4s and hearing the thunder.

Nice.

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Nutmeg's Swap and Progress New Pictures 7/5/09