What kind of oil did you use?I've been in the doors in all three cars, recently. This time, Black Jack's windows, while working, were taking forever. The window motor was worn out, and ai was surprised to find that it was OEM, just like Grover's that I pulled out last week. I'll sock it away too and rebuild them one day.
While I was in there, I decided to go ahead and swap the TMI panel over from Black Jack to Father Time. When I looked online recently I saw that they were actually $945, last weekend. Going back online to get this picture again they're on sale, but they're still $845.
I paid $600 for them a couple years ago, and felt a little bit bashful about paying so much for them. Now, I don't feel bad.
Anyways, I wanted to post a picture to show everyone the difference. The biggest thing is that the backing is not cardboard and will not tear as easily when pulling out the push pins. When I pulled it out of Father Time, five of the push pins pulled themselves out of the backing. When I pulled Black Jack's out, none did.
The front of the OEM one still looks damn good, though. I almost don't wanna swap it, but I think the TMI will last longer.
Now I've swapped them over. Sorry, black jack, father time always gets all the best parts. Them's just the rules. On the flip side though, you're the daily driver and always get priority of repairs.
The passenger one's gonna have to wait for another weekend. Maybe, I'll knock out Black Jack's passenger side motor preventatively when I do it.
Also, oil change at 90,070 miles on the odometer.
Like them rotors but I had a pair few years back and when I needed them turned I couldn't find anyplace that would turn them.I love me some Stoptech Rotors with Hawk HPS pads! I went too far with the pads and ruined the cheap rotors I had on it, last. Didn't like the way they were rusting anyways.
Mobil 1 0W-40. In my other cars I can go thinner, but this car seemingly has some pretty large clearance.What kind of oil did you use?
Very easy. Watch the LMR video. Just make sure you tap the new motor with the factory bolts. If you're going in there, consider buying a hardware kit including guide rod bushings. LMR has a nice kit with all new screws, retainers, push pins, etc.... Removing & reinstalling the guide rods for new bushings is slightly trickier, but nothing too bad. Just need to be careful not to scrape the tint, if your windows are.Window motors pretty easy to replace? I think my passenger side is on its way out.
A lotta places won't turn slotted and/or cross drilled. But I like the way they look, and believe there's some minor performance advantage to slotted ones.Like them rotors but I had a pair few years back and when I needed them turned I couldn't find anyplace that would turn them.
Back the only parts store on hat turns rotors here is oh oh O'Reilly s
Slight performance bump when already moving. When I build the motor for black jack, it occurs that I'm already over 150k miles. So, if I do internals, this flywheel comes with weights that allow me to go with a neutral, 28, or 50oz balance. It's the same flywheel as my other two cars, if I remember right, so I can keep a single friction surface on the shelf for all of my cars.
I run a centerforce Dual friction clutch with my z-spec t5 and it grabs like @#$t to the blanket had it for a few years so amazing that clutch and the Z-spec T5.Thankfully, Black Jack has been pretty good to me for a month and a half, but all good things must come to an end.
Clutch time:
I've had the feeling that the clutch was near its end of life, as it's recently required a lot more adjustment and a lot more pedal to fully engage/disengage that it used to need. It's also thrown off clean shifts for the last several months. Well... today I noticed that in the 30* weather, this morning, gassing it in 4th by more than about 1/2 throttle caused it to slip. It'll rev up, presumable get hot enough to reengage and then grab again. The cable is adjusted well enough. So, wither the disc & PP are done, or oil is leaking onto it from the rear main seal. So, I can't put it off anymore.
On order ($612 fron Summit):
- Fidanza 186501 aluminum flywheel
- pilot & throw-out bearings
- rear main seal
- Spare flywheel insert/friction disc
On my shelf:
- Ram 98794T Dual Organic/metallic Powergrip clutch rated for 550hp.
As Black Jack has gearing too tall for the 1/4 mi, I believe this swap is going to hurt me on the 1/4 mi. My only hope is that the 150-shot and future top-end build will be enough to help it get out of the hole. What's more important to me is that it should be snappier revving, & accelerate slightly quicker after launch. So, it'll be an advantage from a roll & at the autocross, and hopefully won't hurt too much at the strip while n/a.
Struts:
Family asked what I want for my upcomi g B-day and it looks like a few might get together to split Koni double adjustable struts for the front end. The current struts are worn out, and again, I was putting off their replacement.
It'll be nice to able to adjust them to suit all 3 of Black Jack's personalities at the strip, on the street, and at the autocross.
Looking forward to installing it all on next long weekend.
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