Sock's House of Jorts

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Suburban Dad: Jan 10, 2007; Well what's attached to a leash that it made itself?
The punchline is the way that you've been fuckin' yourself

I think you get more done in a week than I get done...ever. Keep it up, it's awesome for all of us slackers.

# ¿ Apr 10, 2008 00:23

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# ¿ Apr 29, 2024 05:25

Suburban Dad: Jan 10, 2007; Well what's attached to a leash that it made itself?
The punchline is the way that you've been fuckin' yourself

Awesome job, Sock. Pretty quickly done if you ask me. When will you be painting it?

# ¿ May 9, 2008 01:23

Suburban Dad: Jan 10, 2007; Well what's attached to a leash that it made itself?
The punchline is the way that you've been fuckin' yourself

Sockington posted:

Gave the headlights a good bake.

Painting the housings?

# ¿ Sep 16, 2008 01:01

Suburban Dad: Jan 10, 2007; Well what's attached to a leash that it made itself?
The punchline is the way that you've been fuckin' yourself

Sock, you could always try and get some custom endtanks welded on, or at least see what the price is for it. Maybe an aftermarket intercooler would be cheaper though. Would there be room to rig up a sidemount? I know the last gen supras had a pretty decent sized sidemount that would probably do you well.

Edit: Looks to be plastic...Nevermind that welding comment.

# ¿ Oct 9, 2008 22:14

Suburban Dad: Jan 10, 2007; Well what's attached to a leash that it made itself?
The punchline is the way that you've been fuckin' yourself

Sockington posted:

I scribed marks before disassembly, so I *should* be fine. However, by the time I probably go to get the 323 boosted, I'll probably just buy a brand new turbo then.

I wouldn't trust your scribe marks on something that spins at ~100,000 rpm. Just a little bit off and it could probably do some damage. I'll admit I'm not sure how precisely the assembly is balanced, but I wouldn't want to risk it for something that won't cost a whole lot and could potentially send compressor blades through your engine.

# ¿ Jan 8, 2009 22:49

Suburban Dad: Jan 10, 2007; Well what's attached to a leash that it made itself?
The punchline is the way that you've been fuckin' yourself

Seems like a lot of work for such a small gain, but it does look nice. I suppose it's better to be doing it than reading about somebody else doing it. haha.

# ¿ May 17, 2009 21:22

Suburban Dad: Jan 10, 2007; Well what's attached to a leash that it made itself?
The punchline is the way that you've been fuckin' yourself

Sockington posted:

Thanks to Ziploc, I now have a MazdaMotorsports account to order everything I could ever dream of.

Is this the thing where you do two auto-x events and then can sign up or is this something else? I just bought a miata :gay:

and having sweet deals on parts available would be awesome.

# ¿ Jun 27, 2009 13:41

Suburban Dad: Jan 10, 2007; Well what's attached to a leash that it made itself?
The punchline is the way that you've been fuckin' yourself

Ziploc posted:

You betchya. Works in Canada too! Their parts catalogs are awesome. No more calling up the dealer. I'll look that up myself thanks.

I assume it has to be renewed every year too? Eh, I should just read the rules. haha.

# ¿ Jun 30, 2009 13:39

Suburban Dad: Jan 10, 2007; Well what's attached to a leash that it made itself?
The punchline is the way that you've been fuckin' yourself

Good work, and I'm totally stealing that cheater pipe breaker bar idea since I don't have a large pipe laying around. I wish I would have thought of that when I was doing my clutch last week.

# ¿ Aug 17, 2009 00:57

Suburban Dad: Jan 10, 2007; Well what's attached to a leash that it made itself?
The punchline is the way that you've been fuckin' yourself

Sockington posted:

ZX2 shares suspension with the 323 (i.e., dirt cheap upgrades). Swapping auto > manual isn't really all that hard. Just get a manual donor Escort GT/Protege LX and you'll be set.

Oh Sock. You make it sound so easy. Not everybody here is as motivated as you, unfortunately. I've had a catalytic converter for my car for a couple months and I've been too lazy to undo 4 bolts.

# ¿ Sep 28, 2009 01:09

Suburban Dad: Jan 10, 2007; Well what's attached to a leash that it made itself?
The punchline is the way that you've been fuckin' yourself

Sockington posted:

The valve cover currently on the car looks like this

Picked up a used one (seller's picture) in the newer Mazda style.

I think I'm going to give it a coat of black wrinkle and polish the letters a little like this

Planning on doing mine just like that on the miata when I do the timing belt this winter.

# ¿ Nov 20, 2009 00:51

Suburban Dad: Jan 10, 2007; Well what's attached to a leash that it made itself?
The punchline is the way that you've been fuckin' yourself

Congrats!

# ¿ Aug 17, 2010 03:15

Suburban Dad: Jan 10, 2007; Well what's attached to a leash that it made itself?
The punchline is the way that you've been fuckin' yourself

Sockington posted:

One of those two crossmember mounting bolts shown has ripped the captured nut loose inside the body. I now have to cut a flap into the body, bend it out, re-weld the nut (will do both while I'm there. loving captured nuts), bend the body metal back down, re-weld the body, then paint it for protection.

At least the passenger side is coming apart fine (so far). So to tally it up, I now have two nuts that are lost somewhere in 8ender's body that need to be retrieved.

I hope the front end goes better than this (gotta remove that U-shaped brace and lower control arms).

Weld a nut to a washer, weld washer to subframe. No cutting, and pretty quick and easy. I've got to do that to a couple nuts holding on the bottom of my fender that broke off.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2010 04:49

Suburban Dad: Jan 10, 2007; Well what's attached to a leash that it made itself?
The punchline is the way that you've been fuckin' yourself

Sockington posted:

Yeah, I read it wrong the first time. Oops.

It's been awhile since I've seen this thread, but yes, this is what I was saying. Hopefully it works out and saves a bit of a headache.

# ¿ Nov 19, 2010 00:54

Suburban Dad: Jan 10, 2007; Well what's attached to a leash that it made itself?
The punchline is the way that you've been fuckin' yourself

I dig my Harbor Freight EARTHQUAKE, though it's an air impact. 625 motherfucking foot pounds. And it was about $65 or so.

# ¿ Nov 21, 2010 21:55

Suburban Dad: Jan 10, 2007; Well what's attached to a leash that it made itself?
The punchline is the way that you've been fuckin' yourself

Blaster of Justice posted:

Should be enough to ruin even the toughest wheels.

It is adjustable, you know. And I just put it on the lowest setting and then torque them down with a torque wrench anyway.

# ¿ Nov 22, 2010 23:25

Suburban Dad: Jan 10, 2007; Well what's attached to a leash that it made itself?
The punchline is the way that you've been fuckin' yourself

Good plan, let the expensive/irreparable parts break instead of the $2 bolt. :v:

# ¿ Jan 31, 2012 04:29

Suburban Dad: Jan 10, 2007; Well what's attached to a leash that it made itself?
The punchline is the way that you've been fuckin' yourself

Also you don't need to put higher octane gas in that.

# ¿ Feb 16, 2012 23:37

Suburban Dad: Jan 10, 2007; Well what's attached to a leash that it made itself?
The punchline is the way that you've been fuckin' yourself

ultimateforce posted:

Not really following what you are doing this part for, but good job.

For once, I agree with ultimateforce.

# ¿ Feb 19, 2012 17:00

Suburban Dad: Jan 10, 2007; Well what's attached to a leash that it made itself?
The punchline is the way that you've been fuckin' yourself

Shouldn't it be "Beth and Ella's" :v:

# ¿ Apr 12, 2012 00:19

Suburban Dad: Jan 10, 2007; Well what's attached to a leash that it made itself?
The punchline is the way that you've been fuckin' yourself

Sockington posted:

At least at the end of the 401 you end up in someplace that's not Sarnia

We need to get the Southern-Ontario AI guys together at some form of automotive event.

I didn't realize you were that close to Michigan. Do you ever come over to Detroit for the Dream Cruise or any other car stuff in Amurica? :clint:

# ¿ Jul 11, 2012 22:24

Suburban Dad: Jan 10, 2007; Well what's attached to a leash that it made itself?
The punchline is the way that you've been fuckin' yourself

Sockington posted:

Ordered some fancy radiator hoses from FUNCTION AUTO^TM (jamal) so I can install my radiator. The original hoses are on the car now with the crappy pinch-clamps, so I ordered some stainless euro-seal clamps to take care of that too.

Superior euro...clamps? What are these?

# ¿ Jul 27, 2012 01:51

Suburban Dad: Jan 10, 2007; Well what's attached to a leash that it made itself?
The punchline is the way that you've been fuckin' yourself

SynMoo posted:

Those calves....

Those...jorts

# ¿ Aug 7, 2012 01:44

Suburban Dad: Jan 10, 2007; Well what's attached to a leash that it made itself?
The punchline is the way that you've been fuckin' yourself

Even as a manly man and beer guy, the fall woodchuck cider is badass. Nutmeg and cinnamon, I might have to pick some up.

# ¿ Sep 21, 2012 14:57

Suburban Dad: Jan 10, 2007; Well what's attached to a leash that it made itself?
The punchline is the way that you've been fuckin' yourself

This election year I'm voting MR2.

# ¿ Oct 10, 2012 23:30

Suburban Dad: Jan 10, 2007; Well what's attached to a leash that it made itself?
The punchline is the way that you've been fuckin' yourself

This thread is no longer work safe.

# ¿ Oct 30, 2012 17:20

Suburban Dad: Jan 10, 2007; Well what's attached to a leash that it made itself?
The punchline is the way that you've been fuckin' yourself

Just where do you take scrap that gives you anything worth your while? I got about $5 for ~100lbs and gave up. This was around Novi.

# ¿ Oct 31, 2012 03:02

Suburban Dad: Jan 10, 2007; Well what's attached to a leash that it made itself?
The punchline is the way that you've been fuckin' yourself

And I was just starting to get used to the other avatar.

# ¿ Nov 9, 2012 03:52

Suburban Dad: Jan 10, 2007; Well what's attached to a leash that it made itself?
The punchline is the way that you've been fuckin' yourself

I think everyone hopes you never reproduce.

# ¿ Feb 2, 2013 04:45

Suburban Dad: Jan 10, 2007; Well what's attached to a leash that it made itself?
The punchline is the way that you've been fuckin' yourself

Still doesn't explain the disappearing coolant unless it all just boiled over from the fans not coming on. But this time of year unless it's just idling you probably won't need the fans to kick on. Especially in :canada:

# ¿ Feb 19, 2013 01:09

Suburban Dad: Jan 10, 2007; Well what's attached to a leash that it made itself?
The punchline is the way that you've been fuckin' yourself

Try Woodchuck's fall seasonal. It's amazing and nutmeg-y.

# ¿ Feb 28, 2013 00:11

Suburban Dad: Jan 10, 2007; Well what's attached to a leash that it made itself?
The punchline is the way that you've been fuckin' yourself

Sockington posted:

That money can hopefully be rolled into buying the remaining pieces for my Koni install and alignment. I might see about getting my alignment guy to stick the ALK on my stock control arms while its in the shop.

Saw these in Michigan on the cheap.
http://www.misubie.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7382

# ¿ Mar 17, 2013 16:08

Suburban Dad: Jan 10, 2007; Well what's attached to a leash that it made itself?
The punchline is the way that you've been fuckin' yourself

That Link I posted posted:

WRX Wagon Struts w/ Koni Inserts - $450

Will fit sedan. Located in Kalamazoo, MI.

Bought 3/4 struts from a guy thr had wrecked so 1 needed replacing. Bought an additional strut and a set of new rear inserts. I have yet to install the last insert, in fact I planned to install inserts into both rear struts.

I will ship everything for $500 but locals will take priority.

I think they're on Nasioc too somewhere.

# ¿ Mar 17, 2013 20:24

Suburban Dad: Jan 10, 2007; Well what's attached to a leash that it made itself?
The punchline is the way that you've been fuckin' yourself

I'm waiting until at least mid/late April to switch to summers where I'm at in Detroit (not too far from Mr. Sock). You'll probably be fine though.

These past couple nice days have played a trick on you. I almost switched too because how can the weather be bad again after being 60 degrees for 3 days straight? :tinfoil:

# ¿ Apr 1, 2013 14:19

Suburban Dad: Jan 10, 2007; Well what's attached to a leash that it made itself?
The punchline is the way that you've been fuckin' yourself

I'm curious how the Konis are on full soft. I just replaced my springs with MachV (very soft rates) and KYB Excel G's and they're much much stiffer than I thought they'd be.

How much did the calipers run?

# ¿ May 11, 2013 12:30

Suburban Dad: Jan 10, 2007; Well what's attached to a leash that it made itself?
The punchline is the way that you've been fuckin' yourself

Sock, I just did this job pretty recently on my wagon so hit me up if you run into any snags. Don't be dumb like me and forget to mark your camber bolts before removing them.

# ¿ Jul 28, 2013 13:44

Suburban Dad: Jan 10, 2007; Well what's attached to a leash that it made itself?
The punchline is the way that you've been fuckin' yourself

Dang, nice pick up.

# ¿ Aug 18, 2013 00:36

Suburban Dad: Jan 10, 2007; Well what's attached to a leash that it made itself?
The punchline is the way that you've been fuckin' yourself

Sock, those cars are incredibly easy to mess with the ECU using ROMRaider to shut off codes. I bought a $100 adapter that's been sitting around for years now (sold car) that we could permanently shut that CEL off and get cruise back. I had to do this on my Saabaru because the secondary air system failed and I sure as poo poo wasn't paying $1k to get cruise to work.

I'm in the Detroit area if you wanted to pop across the border for a quick flash and go.

# ¿ Jun 25, 2015 01:01

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# ¿ Apr 29, 2024 05:25

Suburban Dad: Jan 10, 2007; Well what's attached to a leash that it made itself?
The punchline is the way that you've been fuckin' yourself

Slow is Fast posted:

The NA ECU and turbo ECU's are very different.

If you can open source dump codes on an NA ECU I'm all ears

Dunno, seems like it works just the same since the ECUs are supported.

http://www.romraider.com/Documentation/SupportedECUs

Sock, I don't know the details of your car (Year, 06 or 07) and if it's a manual or auto. We need to hook up to read the ECU and make sure it's supported, download your calibration then we can uncheck whatever codes you want and reflash. It's a pretty simple process and would probably take an hour or two start to finish including installing all the programs and downloading files. It's been awhile since I've done it but I was able to not gently caress it up on my car when I had to do it.

If you'd rather not make the trip to potentially not be able to flash, I can maybe ship you my Tactrix at cost if you'll ship it back when you're done.

Looks like around $20 flat rate? I just don't know how much of a pain customs and all that poo poo is (I never ship internationally).

ChickenOfTomorrow posted:

Was waiting for this. haha.

Suburban Dad fucked around with this message at 15:11 on Jun 25, 2015

# ¿ Jun 25, 2015 14:45

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