Rio Red 98 GT Build

[white95]

:whip:

 

[ElrodKTPQ_89]

Damn, I haven't been on in a while and miss the car getting painted. Looks good dude!

 

[lwarrior1016]

:whip:

I’ll have it ready next time I come up there!

 

[lwarrior1016]

Damn, I haven't been on in a while and miss the car getting painted. Looks good dude!

Thank you sir, Ive got most most of it done now lol.

Are you going to update us on what you’ve been up to?

 

[ElrodKTPQ_89]

I'm slowly updating a few here and there lol. For some reason stupid Tapatalk quit sending notifications when a new post was made in a thread I follow. It went unnoticed for a while then when I finally did realize it I never made time to play catch up.

 

[lwarrior1016]

The last few pieces!

Got the sealer on


Red!
[url=https://flic.kr/p/249EYbM]

[url=https://flic.kr/p/249EYm6]

[url=https://flic.kr/p/249EYiF]

 

[98snakehorse]

Wow those are looking good!

 

[96blak54]

Wow....its gonna feel great when you tell folks YOU did the paint job!

 

[lwarrior1016]

Ok! The paint has been completed for a little while now. Ive put about 1300 miles on it since bringing it home.

Got it home, after all that work!

https://flic.kr/p/F7uYCn

My kids love it

https://flic.kr/p/F7uYKB]

This was the first trip out, in daylight (what little bit was there through the rain)

https://flic.kr/p/F7uYcc

I drove it for a good while and was having terrible vibrations all throughout the speed ranges. The fast I went, the worse it got. So I installed new cv shafts, new rear wheel bearings, and my aluminum driveshaft.

https://flic.kr/p/23psUaB

https://flic.kr/p/23FMzYS

https://flic.kr/p/F7uV6x

https://flic.kr/p/F7uVwc

https://flic.kr/p/221AZGo

Got all that installed and things got much better. I now know that I need a slip yoke and a transmission tail housing bushing.

Got my new sticker put on (thanks white95)

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/808/40045409115_04bb4182c3_o.jpg

I brought it back down to the shop to install some new coil over springs to soften the ride a little bit.
Went from a 10" 350lb spring to a 12" 250lb spring. It made a world of difference.

https://flic.kr/p/241FbKg

https://flic.kr/p/241Fcc8

 

[evilcw311]

What struts and shocks are you using??


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[lwarrior1016]

What struts and shocks are you using??


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Ive got 03 cobra bilstein shocks for the irs and I have some blown factory replacements up front. I got the coil over kit with the k-member (upr crap) and it wasnt meant to fit the bilstein struts so I got some stock replacement struts. They have ~2500 miles on them and they are shot. Im getting bilstein for the front but I have to get a new coil over setup for them.

 

[96blak54]

Mighty fine work! Looks killer!

 

[98snakehorse]

This is looking great. How is the motor running?

 

[lwarrior1016]

This is looking great. How is the motor running?

The engine is running great, no problems at all. I still have to work on the tune, Ive been having too much fun driving it to really worry about the tune lol.

 

[97stanger]

coming along great man!

 

[white95]

Nice... Now I wonder how 400+ front springs will ride with race struts :evil:

 

[lwarrior1016]

Nice... Now I wonder how 400+ front springs will ride with race struts :evil:

Have you ever been in a military duece & a half?

 

[evilcw311]

They ride like shit!!!! Lol


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[DKblue98GT]

Hey, it's all one color... Looks great!

 

[98snakehorse]

The engine is running great, no problems at all. I still have to work on the tune, Ive been having too much fun driving it to really worry about the tune lol.

Thats great, I'm about visuals and could use some updated vids of this thing running around.