sneak preview: spring break fun

[AceInHole]

Thanks to a lot of help from my friends and of course the support of many zilvia members, I'm close to being back up and running. Picked up a clean title S14 for a ridiculously low price with minor front end damage, and was able to completely restore the bodywork using a new headlight, corner light, front bumper, fender, bumper support, and hood (hood being picked up tomorrow :P). All the parts I'm basically getting dirt cheap/ free from a guy who's agreed to sponsor me for the season (http://www.kickhill.com, used to part out a lot of fieros but lately they've been getting mostly nissans and infiniti's. 5 s13's and 1 s14 currently on their lot, with a Pulsar GTiR in the garage :naughty: ).

I'll post the pics of the outside of the car after the hood is on tomorrow, but earlier today we got down to the dirty work: stripping the ugly ass blue/grey interior so I can start wiring everything.
http://www.engr.uconn.edu/~corrales/carsIM/panda/IMG_7530.JPG
http://www.engr.uconn.edu/~corrales/carsIM/panda/IMG_7531.JPG
Basically, tomorrow I'm relocating the battery and relay box and battery, shortening the harness, and installing the S-AFC, turbo timer, gauges, and alarm (with ECU cutoff for complete disabling of the car when armed). A replacement coilover damper should arrive on tuesday, but my front whiteline swaybar is toast :-/ so I've gotta figure out what to do about that (Cusco, maybe).

Registration comes tuesday (DMV closed monday), and I bought the car out of state so I get to go through emissions and safety inspection right away. I'll wait untill that's over before I swap the engine to the turbocharged '97 KA (with half the miles of the engine in the car). Thankfully my old engine survived, and the turbo and manifold were spared by mere inches. This time, I'm contemplating changing a few things from my last setup :D

In short, my spring break is sort of ruined, but at the same time comes at the perfect time :)

Once again, thanks to everyone for the consolation and donations!! I'm lucky to be a member of such a great forum :)

[DRFT]

wow sure looks liek its gona be tons of fun. are you gonna keep it white or repaint it later?

anywasy good luck with the new ride!

[matlock]

That is awesome that you got the shell and stuff, I know its not your old car, but still its cool. Man you work fast that's all I can say heh. Good luck with the new car and keep us updated, I am sure others are interested in your progress as well. :bigok:

[CreAziaN]

white zenkis = :wackit: !
nice to see that you'll be up and running again :hsdance:

[element240]

^^werd, good luck with the new 240.

btw i sent u a pm.

[BadMoJo]

Keep up the great work man! You freakin rock!! Many people would of given up, or sat around in shock that they crashed their baby, but damn, you got down to BizNass y0!!! :)

[mrmephistopheles]

This time, I'm contemplating changing a few things from my last setup :D


You mean like ROLLING THE FUCKING FENDERS?!

[Matt_240]

You mean like ROLLING THE FUCKING FENDERS?!

LOL!!

but yeah, great to hear taht you got it all together and so soon! thats crazy. u're a lucky guy. hope to see more of the project soon.

[Steeles]

Woot! good to hear ACE, Russ was up this weekend working on our buddies wiring man that ish is crazy! lol have fun! we got it done in two days with frequent beer breaks :D congrats on such a speedy return!

[AceInHole]

You mean like ROLLING THE FUCKING FENDERS?!

LoL. i'm not exactly positive that it was the fenders that did me in. the tire sidewall still looks ok, but definitely a bit worn from the fender. for the most part, i think it was just me being dumb enough to put my summer tires on in February :bash:

Anyways, I'm starting off with a better tire selection, in addition to rolling the fenders :p
225/45/R17 front
235/45/R17 rear
http://www.engr.uconn.edu/~corrales/carsIM/panda/IMG_7610.JPG

And plenty of spares:
http://www.engr.uconn.edu/~corrales/carsIM/panda/IMG_7612.JPG

[Steeles]

yeah that should last you till what... june?

[KiDyNomiTe]

ahah it will last him a while he is an autoxer not a drifter.

Glad to hear everything is going well, and glad to hear you got a sponsor, good luck this season :)

[mellojoe]

thats a lot of rubber....

[Ghettokracker71]

Man you do get to work fast,ace! Glad to hear you are working on a new project...it always sucks when somebody looses their baby,...but now you got a new one....anyways,keep us posted...and congrats on the new shell for so cheap! What year is the shell?

[Zemus]

thats a lot of rubber....


Hah, I need to get a pic of all my rubber :-D We are close to tied

[CoasTek240]

Roll Your Fendders!....for The Sake Of Everyone. Its Sorry To Hear Thats Why, But Atleast You Learned Your Lesson With Out Getting Hurt. Good Luck Ace!

[AceInHole]

Hah, I need to get a pic of all my rubber :-D We are close to tied


Not pictured:
2x 275/35/R18
2x 245/40/R18
2x 225/50/R16
2x 205/65/R15

Just got rid of the 16" blizzaks (4x) that could've been in the pic.

[the240sxer95]

yay! good to see you coming back so quickly and nicely :) gl and hf!

[Zemus]

humm.. nm you win, Might as well name mine

(4) 195/60/15 Perrelies (sp?)
(4) 205/60/15 RoadHuggers (burnups)
(4) 205/60/15 Toyo Proxs
(4) 205/50/15 Nitto 555 (got for damn near free)
(4) 175/70/13 Crap tires (sentra summer tires)
(4) 195/50/16s Dunlops (Ok tires)Once I get some 16s
(2) 185/60/15s Goodyears (Got for free)

Me and you are close, buy you have alot of nice tires

[AceInHole]

a few more pics now that the weather is nicer:
http://www.engr.uconn.edu/~corrales/carsIM/panda/IMG_7626.JPG
http://www.engr.uconn.edu/~corrales/carsIM/panda/IMG_7627.JPG

[the240sxer95]

hey thats a cute car ace =P

[Steeles]

hahaha a panda zenki!

[sykikchimp]

that rocks! good to see it comming along!

[SR20DEe]

cough " paint the interior of the wheels " cough :D

[Bbandit]

do have any plan to paint it? if so, what color?? cuz aceinhole is always = to black ka-t zenki in my dictionary ;)

[fastpace]

man that looks pimp, if i were you i would ride like that for a couple of months

[019]

like steeles said, panda zenki! hehe. you should leave it like that. just paint the roof and get a black trunk lid, haha.

[AceInHole]

turnklid is black
http://www.engr.uconn.edu/~corrales/carsIM/panda/IMG_7662.JPG
All my spare trunklids are black, and I don't wanna screw the white one up when putting the oem spoiler on it.

Right now the car is still getting wired:
http://www.engr.uconn.edu/~corrales/carsIM/panda/IMG_7658.JPG
http://www.engr.uconn.edu/~corrales/carsIM/panda/IMG_7659.JPG
basically redoing the entire harness so it makes more sense :p

[the240sxer95]

those wires just confuse me :(

what do you do to make it make more sense?

[AceInHole]

with a battery relocation, the power goes from right rear to right front, then curls to the ignition around the front of the car and through the driver's side fender, and into the dash. the ignition power then goes to the engine harness on the passenger side and curls around the engine to get to the MAFs and distributor. i'm just attempting to shorten the harness as much as possible and run the wires cleaner.

[mrmephistopheles]

run the wires cleaner.


...more cleanly.

[BadMoJo]

...more cleanly.

OMG RUN!!! Its the Grammer POLICE!!!! :hyper:

edited by Kevin: Grammar. - I do spelling too. :D