shawn1331
02-25-2014, 12:28 PM
Hey guys, my names shawn. I'm an 18 year old college freshman and I live in Southern Ontario. AKA rust capital of the world. Theres no such thing as a "rust free" car here. Even the so claimed rust free cars still have some, maybe not much. But a bit.
I'll also be doing a running tab of the cost of my build as of now, I started about $1000 in, so from here on add $1000 to my cost as I am doing this super budget and waiting for sweet deals to come up.
This is me:
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=8f86d8be8e&view=fimg&th=1446a0ecb5f08f26&attid=0.7&disp=inline&realattid=1461031996899949454-7&safe=1&attbid=ANGjdJ-H9n2R6kztrXnFrX4-GMDvkt25miIEG1-4BEyBXTDSdOqqLHyiTXSMQ3ircDiYkXws7E2dcot_fnlh4H5qq zemnmNFLFyMu2RmuaqeZjzJMTGROGHK0KrAhSE&ats=1393349052378&rm=1446a0ecb5f08f26&zw&sz=w1265-h510
This is my life 6 months of the year:
http://wpmedia.news.nationalpost.com/2014/01/truckburied.jpg?w=620
This is what I have to deal with:
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p157/GatecrasherCanada/IMG_3703.jpg
This is my car:
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=8f86d8be8e&view=fimg&th=1446a0ecb5f08f26&attid=0.14&disp=inline&realattid=1461031996899949454-14&safe=1&attbid=ANGjdJ-25yzL1nDrHK-uiV8VRS25T9qSUX784AyBPi7hjAAhzFEHBaklA4Mt7r_ZG5zyw 3YsAgxUzNNkVw3hi_573SjXD_RLnCPFOCHnk8m418bspLgfOdi kHFQPrR4&ats=1393349052379&rm=1446a0ecb5f08f26&zw&sz=w1265-h510
It was ugly. Still is I guess, but I like to think I made it a little better.
This is my shop:
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=8f86d8be8e&view=fimg&th=1446a0ecb5f08f26&attid=0.3&disp=inline&realattid=1461031996899949454-3&safe=1&attbid=ANGjdJ9d7Js5Jz0UNbQKYHiU-RBr_33lRm261aCONOP_PZxG4IvvCj-Dbl_G8f2uu8_3vwjddIxEGW3459lAy3yzIYi1QJXzn5t2ZT-3uDXi47vOr6vzzkBhAcRTMmw&ats=1393349052378&rm=1446a0ecb5f08f26&zw&sz=w1265-h510
And a couple pics of the crew:
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=8f86d8be8e&view=fimg&th=1446a0ecb5f08f26&attid=0.13&disp=inline&realattid=1461031996899949454-13&safe=1&attbid=ANGjdJ8kbPEjQH501WjdbgPSHnWoTADvl-cZJnapEe1VMto5Iio0_sfZZkmGa2ofjbUp8ubV5nDlHWMmPOd7 NXVHtZtHxWXiNoQriHqnJEfbIMMANY6UO9xMSJ7yAMM&ats=1393349052379&rm=1446a0ecb5f08f26&zw&sz=w1265-h510
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=8f86d8be8e&view=fimg&th=1446a0ecb5f08f26&attid=0.10&disp=inline&realattid=1461031996899949454-10&safe=1&attbid=ANGjdJ8NzwMDdpssK77KJAkctXLtGbmvOrJ6clk77nR UF3FBd9tPvv70ndTIfBCQ0p0nhwolO4r3HlR5SqHG4bNBCMI7V RAKKGUDw6b7_A3T2TUsJxgY83fo0OgtSIM&ats=1393349052378&rm=1446a0ecb5f08f26&zw&sz=w1265-h510
So I bought the car off some asian kid out of a storage unit last January for $200. It didn't run, and it was rusty and riced out.
Unfortunately I didn't take many pictures until the last few weeks I have been working on it because it was just to cold in the garage last winter, but our shop we have now is heated 24/7 so it's not too bad.
Anyways, we started finding out what was wrong and why it wouldn't start. After about 5 minutes we found the problem, the entire harness was just cut in half at the fuse box. We figured the kid took it to his "mechanic" for a short out because the headlights kept going up and down, instead of fixing it he just cut the harness in half. So I dove into rewiring the harness back together. It was cold, and took about 6 hours to figure out where each wire went and connect them back together.
After I got them together the headlights were going up and down, hence the theory of why it was cut in the first place. I forget what was wrong but it was a really easy fix, and after that the car ran fine and all my electronics worked, minus cruise control and my cigarette lighter. No big deal.
I drove the car all summer until college started up, and it never gave me a single problem. After I started college I had to drive a boring old neon.
So in mid December I started accumulating some aftermarket goodies, like rear coils, GTR seats and an sr20 to put in.
The loot:
Power FC and commander that came with my sr20. $900 including the SR20DET, 2 trannys and the ecu/commander
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=8f86d8be8e&view=fimg&th=1446a0ecb5f08f26&attid=0.2&disp=inline&realattid=1461031996899949454-2&safe=1&attbid=ANGjdJ8M7NKd9UE35LRIYhr1yp3c9N_M-dWIZ43U2QDINMV1GBOTv-DvDEwHk4YYOzeVz3TFmJ0gt910W8YCqFI0PTNKSuHF2-YOSEKWhSrHfHfk5Pt5-QhjCpITmqM&ats=1393349052378&rm=1446a0ecb5f08f26&zw&sz=w1265-h510
My sr beside my pulled ka
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=8f86d8be8e&view=fimg&th=1446a0ecb5f08f26&attid=0.5&disp=inline&realattid=1461031996899949454-5&safe=1&attbid=ANGjdJ-6mBQAFghpy9VyYWshpr1NpgOSa6BwwX6CSsutZ1aPzNQQlFILl ro48VO_KAW6NvB3Z5r87tvdIgvytRGm7rXAfsF0iaEtMy3zy2W X1GEeDmTA8M_ow75e6Co&ats=1393349052378&rm=1446a0ecb5f08f26&zw&sz=w1265-h510
JIC magics. $180 delivered to my house from 2 hours away
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=8f86d8be8e&view=fimg&th=1446a0ecb5f08f26&attid=0.11&disp=inline&realattid=1461031996899949454-11&safe=1&attbid=ANGjdJ8c6gEo8fruq1dpVLSfPmQF1c250KASdDrfpbB fQlJ_uW4RN4IQxOZNUiKqZ8FFfcQ-TGm6RPsEu0GhjfOTb0Jn2WTWcZ1AmJyLSpIVI5xtqCfPKxJ9BI _YnYs&ats=1393349052378&rm=1446a0ecb5f08f26&zw&sz=w1265-h510
And my newest addition of GTR seats. $200 for the pair
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=8f86d8be8e&view=fimg&th=1446a0ecb5f08f26&attid=0.1&disp=inline&realattid=1461031996899949454-1&safe=1&attbid=ANGjdJ-kSvcJTaSsDOFSU5riPQ55OEDRYsldn6TzVIAbruR2JKixroQj-hKH4AWabH0w47XeoqeeDKYkRM9AK5C78Q3Sia6LUgnlYflj_q9-ZBFl2K93AuZ0jEYZeho&ats=1393349052377&rm=1446a0ecb5f08f26&zw&sz=w1265-h510
One of the first things I did when I got the engine was find a turbo. It had a T28 but didn't come with one, so we set out to the scrap yard to find one. We found a Saab 900 buried in the snow. $75
Getting a turbo in Ontario
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=8f86d8be8e&view=fimg&th=1446a0ecb5f08f26&attid=0.8&disp=inline&realattid=1461031996899949454-8&safe=1&attbid=ANGjdJ98sb1rTzg5UcM1CY-sK-GNrZ1mSVAlY9nslO22rYy7EonQEuMQqJsaOd0Gq5FcBsB6XxQQ DFVspmWtkjp_sOLR473wLoq3-pkMz4mAnEaCTWywsJqmSWa1hAk&ats=1393349052378&rm=1446a0ecb5f08f26&zw&sz=w1265-h510
Next up is some rust repair on the old rad support
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=8f86d8be8e&view=fimg&th=1446a0ecb5f08f26&attid=0.4&disp=inline&realattid=1461031996899949454-4&safe=1&attbid=ANGjdJ9IjDgfHkOulc7DmZ9vThBc06-xKuTS47d5ewWBCbzRb__75lSjpZWfM0jT-sKQhSpQnZCJu4Psj1SOH1qRBfZw7vOoq9aEfstn6MEQHMY0uDC Nqk_6SJmp4O0&ats=1393349052378&rm=1446a0ecb5f08f26&zw&sz=w1265-h510
Still need front coils lol
Question: no cars came with a stock T28 that has proper flow rates that I may find in a scrap yard right?
I'll also be doing a running tab of the cost of my build as of now, I started about $1000 in, so from here on add $1000 to my cost as I am doing this super budget and waiting for sweet deals to come up.
This is me:
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=8f86d8be8e&view=fimg&th=1446a0ecb5f08f26&attid=0.7&disp=inline&realattid=1461031996899949454-7&safe=1&attbid=ANGjdJ-H9n2R6kztrXnFrX4-GMDvkt25miIEG1-4BEyBXTDSdOqqLHyiTXSMQ3ircDiYkXws7E2dcot_fnlh4H5qq zemnmNFLFyMu2RmuaqeZjzJMTGROGHK0KrAhSE&ats=1393349052378&rm=1446a0ecb5f08f26&zw&sz=w1265-h510
This is my life 6 months of the year:
http://wpmedia.news.nationalpost.com/2014/01/truckburied.jpg?w=620
This is what I have to deal with:
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p157/GatecrasherCanada/IMG_3703.jpg
This is my car:
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=8f86d8be8e&view=fimg&th=1446a0ecb5f08f26&attid=0.14&disp=inline&realattid=1461031996899949454-14&safe=1&attbid=ANGjdJ-25yzL1nDrHK-uiV8VRS25T9qSUX784AyBPi7hjAAhzFEHBaklA4Mt7r_ZG5zyw 3YsAgxUzNNkVw3hi_573SjXD_RLnCPFOCHnk8m418bspLgfOdi kHFQPrR4&ats=1393349052379&rm=1446a0ecb5f08f26&zw&sz=w1265-h510
It was ugly. Still is I guess, but I like to think I made it a little better.
This is my shop:
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=8f86d8be8e&view=fimg&th=1446a0ecb5f08f26&attid=0.3&disp=inline&realattid=1461031996899949454-3&safe=1&attbid=ANGjdJ9d7Js5Jz0UNbQKYHiU-RBr_33lRm261aCONOP_PZxG4IvvCj-Dbl_G8f2uu8_3vwjddIxEGW3459lAy3yzIYi1QJXzn5t2ZT-3uDXi47vOr6vzzkBhAcRTMmw&ats=1393349052378&rm=1446a0ecb5f08f26&zw&sz=w1265-h510
And a couple pics of the crew:
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=8f86d8be8e&view=fimg&th=1446a0ecb5f08f26&attid=0.13&disp=inline&realattid=1461031996899949454-13&safe=1&attbid=ANGjdJ8kbPEjQH501WjdbgPSHnWoTADvl-cZJnapEe1VMto5Iio0_sfZZkmGa2ofjbUp8ubV5nDlHWMmPOd7 NXVHtZtHxWXiNoQriHqnJEfbIMMANY6UO9xMSJ7yAMM&ats=1393349052379&rm=1446a0ecb5f08f26&zw&sz=w1265-h510
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=8f86d8be8e&view=fimg&th=1446a0ecb5f08f26&attid=0.10&disp=inline&realattid=1461031996899949454-10&safe=1&attbid=ANGjdJ8NzwMDdpssK77KJAkctXLtGbmvOrJ6clk77nR UF3FBd9tPvv70ndTIfBCQ0p0nhwolO4r3HlR5SqHG4bNBCMI7V RAKKGUDw6b7_A3T2TUsJxgY83fo0OgtSIM&ats=1393349052378&rm=1446a0ecb5f08f26&zw&sz=w1265-h510
So I bought the car off some asian kid out of a storage unit last January for $200. It didn't run, and it was rusty and riced out.
Unfortunately I didn't take many pictures until the last few weeks I have been working on it because it was just to cold in the garage last winter, but our shop we have now is heated 24/7 so it's not too bad.
Anyways, we started finding out what was wrong and why it wouldn't start. After about 5 minutes we found the problem, the entire harness was just cut in half at the fuse box. We figured the kid took it to his "mechanic" for a short out because the headlights kept going up and down, instead of fixing it he just cut the harness in half. So I dove into rewiring the harness back together. It was cold, and took about 6 hours to figure out where each wire went and connect them back together.
After I got them together the headlights were going up and down, hence the theory of why it was cut in the first place. I forget what was wrong but it was a really easy fix, and after that the car ran fine and all my electronics worked, minus cruise control and my cigarette lighter. No big deal.
I drove the car all summer until college started up, and it never gave me a single problem. After I started college I had to drive a boring old neon.
So in mid December I started accumulating some aftermarket goodies, like rear coils, GTR seats and an sr20 to put in.
The loot:
Power FC and commander that came with my sr20. $900 including the SR20DET, 2 trannys and the ecu/commander
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=8f86d8be8e&view=fimg&th=1446a0ecb5f08f26&attid=0.2&disp=inline&realattid=1461031996899949454-2&safe=1&attbid=ANGjdJ8M7NKd9UE35LRIYhr1yp3c9N_M-dWIZ43U2QDINMV1GBOTv-DvDEwHk4YYOzeVz3TFmJ0gt910W8YCqFI0PTNKSuHF2-YOSEKWhSrHfHfk5Pt5-QhjCpITmqM&ats=1393349052378&rm=1446a0ecb5f08f26&zw&sz=w1265-h510
My sr beside my pulled ka
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=8f86d8be8e&view=fimg&th=1446a0ecb5f08f26&attid=0.5&disp=inline&realattid=1461031996899949454-5&safe=1&attbid=ANGjdJ-6mBQAFghpy9VyYWshpr1NpgOSa6BwwX6CSsutZ1aPzNQQlFILl ro48VO_KAW6NvB3Z5r87tvdIgvytRGm7rXAfsF0iaEtMy3zy2W X1GEeDmTA8M_ow75e6Co&ats=1393349052378&rm=1446a0ecb5f08f26&zw&sz=w1265-h510
JIC magics. $180 delivered to my house from 2 hours away
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=8f86d8be8e&view=fimg&th=1446a0ecb5f08f26&attid=0.11&disp=inline&realattid=1461031996899949454-11&safe=1&attbid=ANGjdJ8c6gEo8fruq1dpVLSfPmQF1c250KASdDrfpbB fQlJ_uW4RN4IQxOZNUiKqZ8FFfcQ-TGm6RPsEu0GhjfOTb0Jn2WTWcZ1AmJyLSpIVI5xtqCfPKxJ9BI _YnYs&ats=1393349052378&rm=1446a0ecb5f08f26&zw&sz=w1265-h510
And my newest addition of GTR seats. $200 for the pair
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=8f86d8be8e&view=fimg&th=1446a0ecb5f08f26&attid=0.1&disp=inline&realattid=1461031996899949454-1&safe=1&attbid=ANGjdJ-kSvcJTaSsDOFSU5riPQ55OEDRYsldn6TzVIAbruR2JKixroQj-hKH4AWabH0w47XeoqeeDKYkRM9AK5C78Q3Sia6LUgnlYflj_q9-ZBFl2K93AuZ0jEYZeho&ats=1393349052377&rm=1446a0ecb5f08f26&zw&sz=w1265-h510
One of the first things I did when I got the engine was find a turbo. It had a T28 but didn't come with one, so we set out to the scrap yard to find one. We found a Saab 900 buried in the snow. $75
Getting a turbo in Ontario
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=8f86d8be8e&view=fimg&th=1446a0ecb5f08f26&attid=0.8&disp=inline&realattid=1461031996899949454-8&safe=1&attbid=ANGjdJ98sb1rTzg5UcM1CY-sK-GNrZ1mSVAlY9nslO22rYy7EonQEuMQqJsaOd0Gq5FcBsB6XxQQ DFVspmWtkjp_sOLR473wLoq3-pkMz4mAnEaCTWywsJqmSWa1hAk&ats=1393349052378&rm=1446a0ecb5f08f26&zw&sz=w1265-h510
Next up is some rust repair on the old rad support
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=8f86d8be8e&view=fimg&th=1446a0ecb5f08f26&attid=0.4&disp=inline&realattid=1461031996899949454-4&safe=1&attbid=ANGjdJ9IjDgfHkOulc7DmZ9vThBc06-xKuTS47d5ewWBCbzRb__75lSjpZWfM0jT-sKQhSpQnZCJu4Psj1SOH1qRBfZw7vOoq9aEfstn6MEQHMY0uDC Nqk_6SJmp4O0&ats=1393349052378&rm=1446a0ecb5f08f26&zw&sz=w1265-h510
Still need front coils lol
Question: no cars came with a stock T28 that has proper flow rates that I may find in a scrap yard right?