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Looks awesome Mark!!! I really love the attention to detail. You sir are truly an artist.

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I just saw the car in person, the original pic didn't do justice to the quality of work.

http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/p...213_190226.jpg

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Looks amazing! This blue has to be the best color these ever came in. Loving the tubular front setup too.

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Looks awesome! Hopefully I get to see this thing in person this summer

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Looks awesome Mark!

I bet you're going to be extra careful putting the motor back in that beautiful engine bay! haha

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Looks really nice, Mark. Looking forward to seeing it in person.

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Looks nice.

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Man, now I really need to paint my engine bay, you're raising the bar high! :D

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^You need to get your shit running good, fuck paint.

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A quick headgasket and tune is all I need, pretty simple stuff. This is the year to get my car looking good, it's gone down the last few years from me not giving a shit about it.

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I had a good weekend, I got a couple of chances to sneak out to the garage. The brakes are all done, fluid filled ready to go. Fenders/bumper and aero parts are installed. It’s looking like a new car.
http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/p...216_160511.jpg
http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/p...217_114928.jpg

Re: Mark's 1G Winter Projects
 

SO SEXY. Looks great mark. Hope to see this thing in action again at the rock.

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I received my clutch last week with a number of other goodies from DSM Graveyard, new timing belt covers and windshield cowl. The clutch is super rowdy! It’s all set up and I will be dropping in the motor this weekend. I also installed a 12 tooth crank trigger wheel from Kiggley. It should make for some rock solid timing. 1G’s are timed off of the CAS vs the crank shaft. There are way too many things that can go wrong with the CAS setups with high horsepower DSM’s. The kit Kiggley send has all the correct fasteners to attach the crank sensor wiring and routing so it clears the timing belt, I admit it looks a little precarious.



http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/p...223_055423.jpg


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Re: Mark's 1G Winter Projects
 

Nice.

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The car is looking great.

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Looks nice! I really like the idea of an actual crank sensor

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The engine is in! I have a ton of electical harness work now.

http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/p...226_071520.jpg

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Damn, you the man! Awesome work this winter Mark, can't wait to see this thing ripping again.

Go away SNOW!

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Looks mean!!! That Kiggles guy is the shit!! lol

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Man that engine bay is purdy.

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That's an understatement! Cleaner than my 2008 DSM :)

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Perfection.

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Looks great! I need to get going on mine.

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I think we all need to.

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You know how the front case has the one larger bolt. You could put a small p-clamp there to add some more stability for the harness.

http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/p...223_064436.jpg

Re: Mark's 1G Winter Projects
 

Thanks for all the feedback, painting is so worth it on this stuff, the car is like new! Better than new.


The wire routing picture is deceiving, there are zip ties on the timing belt tensioner bosses and on the right side of the assembly there are two zip ties that have anchors. It is kept well out of the way of the timing belt. Kiggley did his home work on this one. I work in the transportation industrial market and this would never be up to my standards for acceptability, however it will never be put through that lifetime of abuse that I’m typically expecting.

Update:
I have the fire wall and brackets done now, fuel system is under control, AEM Twin fire box, and the Aeromotive regulator are all mounted up. I have also found a new tool that I love. A threaded insert installation tool, makes all this stuff look factory installed with real fasteners instead of zip screws. Good stuff! Menards carries the guns for around 15 bucks, they are garbage but if you shim them they work good.


http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/p...302_074529.jpg

http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/p...303_174439.jpg

The harness will end up being a sizable challenge. I now have all of the lights wired, still need to add switches to activate head/paring lights (one simple toggle switch) and a switch for turn signal indicators. I used XLPE jacketed wiring, found it in 20 foot lengths on ebay, for a good deal.

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Have you ever thought about tucking the brake lines? Man that is so fresh and clean!

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Looks awesome!

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Amazing.

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Hot damn, thing could be a show car! Looking good Mark!

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Impressive, very impressive

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You have a pic of what exactly you're talking about here? I'm not quite understanding or picturing what this is, or what you're saying it replaces. But interested to know!

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I think he is talking about a PEM nut inserter. Basically installs a threaded insert in sheetmetal.

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Its this tool.

http://shopmenards.com/main/mobile/t...783-c-9135.htm

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I had a good week working on the car, I’ve been burning the candle at both ends of the day lately. I finished the wiring under the hood, this was no easy task. It took a little more effort that what I thought. I also made new fuel lines to connect up to my fuel rails.

http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/p...310_111910.jpg

I also built a bracket to route and control the new wideband wiring to keep it away from the hot piping.
http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/p...0_111902-1.jpg


Next step is to start the interior wiring and its ready for lots of tuning work to deal with the upgrade to the series 2 EMS.

http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/p...315_064542.jpg

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God your work is so clean I love it. Have you thought about tucking the throttle cable underneath the manifold?

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I finished up under the hood last weekend. This has been one awesome project, I did way more than what I expected! I'm getting excited to start the tuning process. I just need to finish up the fuel pump/controller and instrument wiring then get a modified deep sump pan oil pan on it. I start school April 1st so time is ticking.

http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/p...321_155516.jpg

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What are you going to school for? Just furthering your education?

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Yep, continuing my education, starting an MBA.