Hey I'm Kalob, from Indianapolis, go to school in Evansville, Indiana. This is my DD driven 1997 Autumn Orange GT. Bought this car October of 2012.
Figured while I have time I'd go ahead and start my college budget build thread. This is my first build thread, so bear with me ha.
When I bough the car it was VERY rough.
Here are some things I dealt with when I first purchased the car:
-Emission lines that go to the EGR vacuum solenoid were flipped to make it sounds like it was cammed LOL
-Rear calipers were frozen
-Struts/shocks were shot
-Had to rip the carpet out because someone had spilt a quart of oil on the carpet. :BangHead: This took hours of degreasing and pressure washing. But I did find 20 dollars worth of change! and a bunch of rusty nails. This car was beat on, bad.
-A monster tac was bolted on the dash putting two huge holes that I have plugged, might try to fill it and paint it soon.
-Trunk Interior was completely gutted
-Two blown spark plugs
-I also noticed on my trip home the odometer was broken
-Seats looked like someone had stabbed them with a knife
-I'm sure there is more that I am forgetting lol.
-In the end I found it suitable to just find a replacement engine, the car had dumps when I first bought it and when I installed the flowmaster tips, I noticed it smoked like hell and burned the shit out of oil.
I don't have a whole lot of pictures yet, I'll try and post more as I progress.
So far, mods/maintenance includes:
PI Engine Swap from junkyard (only had 29k miles)
-New headgaskets, headbolts, etc.
-Comp xe270ah cams, valvesprings, retainers..
-3:73 gears
-Short Throw
-Repaired odometer gear
-New KYB shocks/struts
-J&M upper and lower control arms
-UPR o/r xpipe, MAC mufflers, with flowmaster tips
-Centerforce Dual Friction clutch
-Ford Racing PI intake
-78mm BBK throttle body/plenum
-K&N CAI
Future Plans:
-Rebuild Rear End
-Longtubes
-Car needs paint, bad lol
-Change that goofy looking Cervini hood
-Possibly K-member, front coilovers (trying to find something that will work for a DD
-Repair small amount of rust on underbody, and possibly an undercoating will follow.
Car shortly after I bought it (after I cleaned the hell out of it)
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Most recent photo:
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Here are some pics of putting the PI engine back together:
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And more to come!
Figured while I have time I'd go ahead and start my college budget build thread. This is my first build thread, so bear with me ha.
When I bough the car it was VERY rough.
Here are some things I dealt with when I first purchased the car:
-Emission lines that go to the EGR vacuum solenoid were flipped to make it sounds like it was cammed LOL
-Rear calipers were frozen
-Struts/shocks were shot
-Had to rip the carpet out because someone had spilt a quart of oil on the carpet. :BangHead: This took hours of degreasing and pressure washing. But I did find 20 dollars worth of change! and a bunch of rusty nails. This car was beat on, bad.
-A monster tac was bolted on the dash putting two huge holes that I have plugged, might try to fill it and paint it soon.
-Trunk Interior was completely gutted
-Two blown spark plugs
-I also noticed on my trip home the odometer was broken
-Seats looked like someone had stabbed them with a knife
-I'm sure there is more that I am forgetting lol.
-In the end I found it suitable to just find a replacement engine, the car had dumps when I first bought it and when I installed the flowmaster tips, I noticed it smoked like hell and burned the shit out of oil.
I don't have a whole lot of pictures yet, I'll try and post more as I progress.
So far, mods/maintenance includes:
PI Engine Swap from junkyard (only had 29k miles)
-New headgaskets, headbolts, etc.
-Comp xe270ah cams, valvesprings, retainers..
-3:73 gears
-Short Throw
-Repaired odometer gear
-New KYB shocks/struts
-J&M upper and lower control arms
-UPR o/r xpipe, MAC mufflers, with flowmaster tips
-Centerforce Dual Friction clutch
-Ford Racing PI intake
-78mm BBK throttle body/plenum
-K&N CAI
Future Plans:
-Rebuild Rear End
-Longtubes
-Car needs paint, bad lol
-Change that goofy looking Cervini hood
-Possibly K-member, front coilovers (trying to find something that will work for a DD
-Repair small amount of rust on underbody, and possibly an undercoating will follow.
Car shortly after I bought it (after I cleaned the hell out of it)
Most recent photo:
Here are some pics of putting the PI engine back together:
And more to come!