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well ... it finally happened .. car took a crap on me

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Well it seems that my car is coming off the road sooner than i thought. I was planning on driving it until late december, and then pulling it off right when the snow hits for the turboswap. My motor is about 75% complete. I still need a few more parts, intercooler/1 injector/clutch, and then i'll have to throw it all together.


On to the next part, my car (91 2.3 n/a hatch, 5spd) took a huge crapper tongiht. Rear engine seal disintegrated, dumping oil everywhere, clutch slipped like mad, car overheated, and the motor is finisihed. Funny thing is it clicked over 250,000 k just a couple days ago.

Oh well ... the motor has been good to me since i've owned it .. it's been burning alot of oil lately, i was hoping it would last to around 300,000, but what can you do?

Thats it for now!

-Andy
 

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ZeroCulture said:
i was hoping it would last to around 300,000, but what can you do?

Thats it for now!

-Andy
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Easy Sell me the T-5 out of it
 
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hah .. I'm going to see how long the T5 lasts with the 2.3T pushing it .. the clutch will die i know that ... i forsee a spec stg 2 or 3 in my future ... but other than that, everything else is staying!

I'm going to start stripping the interior next weekend, and see how much weight I can take out of it, I don't need a back seat, or the panneling. I like getting into my car with bare metal and wires hanging out the doors
 

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When I complete my T swap into the LX I will be looking to buy a drag car and I plan to go all Metal interior also.
 

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ack! you guys are nutts! i suggest some lightening obviously, but not a complete strip. If its your daily driver, it gets old FAST. been there done that.
 

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ack! you guys are nutts! i suggest some lightening obviously, but not a complete strip. If its your daily driver, it gets old FAST. been there done that.
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My daily driver will be complete and customized in the end, the Drag car will see mostly track time.
 

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Yeah I pulled all the sound insulation (besides the tar-like stuff) out of my '90...ugh. Driving that thing on the highway sucked, you had to really crank the radio to hear it over all the road noise.
 

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LOL I am planning to use Dynomat in my Daily Driver to dampen road noise.
 

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LOL I am planning to use Dynomat in my Daily Driver to dampen road noise.
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exspensive, but nice! i just did my trunk...waiting for new carpet then i do the cab! man its exspensive!
 
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Yah no kidding .. Dynomat is damn expensive ... i'll be skipping that step ... im thinking about coating eveything with por-15, and throwing the carpet on top. Road noise doesn't bother me .. nor does the lack of panneling ... I drove around in my old MX6 with only two front seats for two years.
 

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I wish I could get a bulk ammount of it the hatch is killing me, plus my son is soft spoken so he has to yell to talk to me.
 
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