Shiney steering box?

Decided to do a overhaul of my front suspension components including some new paint on everything!

cleaning, brushing, sanding, spraying....

Even the steering box got some nice silver paint.......

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Rear subframe down....

...and for my next trick I removed the rear subframe...

This was a bit more tricky to do alone....but I did it.

You put at jack under the diff.
remove the wheels
remove the drums and pads
remove the brake lines
remove the drive shaft
undo both subframe bolts
lower the complete assembly
roll it all from under the car

...admire your handiwork

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Getrag cleaning

Next I removed the tranny.

I cleaned it up and set it aside for now....
It will get new seals and fresh juice before going back in...


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Subframe out!

Next I removed the front subframe....in preparation for complete overhaul and reinforcement....

quite simple really.....

1- disconnect steering
2- remove rotors and calipers
3- unbolt struts
4- put a jack under it
5- unbolt subframe
6- lower and remove!

I had 2 bent control arms....

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To rebuild or not to Rebuild...humm....

So......what to do....what to do........

FUCK IT. I'm pulling the motor and rebuilding it.

I'll get the block checked and put in some new bearings just in case my low oil pressure were indeed caused by knackerd bearings....


Borrowed my neighbors cherry picker. Unbolted the tranny, disconnected everything and voila! in about 30mins I had the engine on the ground.

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Off with her HEAD!

I decided to remove the head as a preliminary measure to see what was going on....

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Clearly upon removal the tii cutting ring gasket had failed........but now I had a decision to make....

DO I take a chance and put a new head gasket on and see if it continues to overheat? I've been here before not too long ago. A few had told me it could be a cracked block. The only way to check that is to disassemble the block and get it checked.

what to do........

Oops! new headers

Next up I pulled the smashed headers from my off track excursion at buttonwillow.....

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For the new system I just copied what Jeff Ireland and many others on the grid are running. It a very loud but legal setup. IE stepped race headers to 3" collector to small section of 3" tubing to a downturn. Loud but effective on the dyno according to Jeff Ireland himself.

So I quickly fabricated and mounted my own.....Click here for all the pics

You can see a few shots below

new exhaust