Project Platinum: Battery Relocation

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Wed May 18, 2011 5:43 pm

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Wed May 18, 2011 11:44 pm

did you get a fog light bumper too?

heydockyle · Post by **heydockyle** » Thu May 19, 2011 12:16 am

Yes, got a fog light bumper from the same car I got the hood.

Like Dante posted, brake issue was bad lines. Got new lines on and was good to go.

Car sounded like a Subaru because it had a very slight miss.
After about an hour of tracking the problem down, found a pin had backed out of the engine harness at the computer and was not grounding out injector number 4, causing cylinder four not to fire. Fixed it and she revs much better and sounds better now.

Vibrations now that it is not missing are not bad at all with the balance shaft out. I'm glad that I did it because the car seems to rev much quicker.

Got to drive it for about a half hour tonight in the rain and everything seems to be good. Power steering pump is whining. Still need to flush the fluid. Flushed it three times because the rack was full of water from cut power steering lines. Hoping it ends up okay.

Oh and it was such a fun half hour. How I missed a torquey little all motor car. So easy to drive, yet so fun.

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Thu May 19, 2011 12:34 pm

Sweet. Get that bumper put on... Then bring the car up here and let me drive it.

Actually, I'm going to try to work on my motor memorial day weekend. I assume you'll be working though.

heydockyle · Post by **heydockyle** » Thu May 19, 2011 3:25 pm

Yepp. I work thursday friday saturday sunday. Maybe I'll try to come up Sunday when I get off.

And bumper needs some work on the bottom that dad said he will fix. The bumper and the fattire battery tray I ordered will get installed when I get back from the beach.

heydockyle · Post by **heydockyle** » Fri May 20, 2011 10:23 am

Car needs washed and waxed badly.

And the car just wouldn't be broken in right if it didn't leave the traditional black marks in front of my house lol. Neighbors love me hahaha. Yes I'm hard on my cars. But they get taken care of also.

1st Gear - Kinda hard to see, but they start at far left of screen

Shifted to 2nd

Forest Green 2k · Post by **Forest Green 2k** » Fri May 20, 2011 12:34 pm

Nice, that can is huge in the new pic, lol.

heydockyle · Post by **heydockyle** » Fri May 20, 2011 2:45 pm

More pics.

NEON PARABOLA · Post by **NEON PARABOLA** » Fri May 20, 2011 3:54 pm

...shave the fart tube....

heydockyle · Post by **heydockyle** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 5:02 pm

Black center grill piece just thrown in there for shits and giggles. Corner lights painted European style.
Been dailying it and she's been doing good. Made trip to the beach good. Other then that not much going on with it. Been spending most of my time working on the srt.

Got a fattire battery try waiting to be cleaned and I need to buy the wiring to get tthe battery in the bumper. Have a foglight bumper to put on. Need to buy foglights. Then it will get the battery, bumper, and fogs all in one shot. Also want to get a no 90 lower and pick up an atx tb from jy and port it and halfshaft mod. After carlisle maybe. Money is very tight.

wickedgood4684 · Post by **wickedgood4684** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 6:45 pm

Shoulda grabbed a can of this.

Turns out like this

heydockyle · Post by **heydockyle** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 6:46 pm

I can have mine however dark I want. I used MetalCast. More coats I put on the darker it will get. These are a little lighter then I wanted, but yours are darker then I would want.

wickedgood4684 · Post by **wickedgood4684** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 6:59 pm

I didn't have the bulbs in so it give the effect of them being darker. The paint I used is orange lense paint that is designed for painting exterior lenses. Where as metal cast isnt and will eventually fade and chip

But I still like the car either way!!!

heydockyle · Post by **heydockyle** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 7:45 pm

I cleared over them afterwards so I'm hoping it will hold.

But thanks!

heydockyle · Post by **heydockyle** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 2:49 pm

Fat Tire battery tray and pdc mount installed.

Next thing (Gonna be a while) is going to be an amm no 90 lower and I'm going to port a atx tb and half shaft it.