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Old 05-29-2012   #1162
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Re: beaterX project thread

Anna was out of town for a few days so I took advantage of the extra set of wheels....took my car apart, dropped pipes off at Powder Keg over in St. Paul:


I must say, I'm very pleased with the results! Primo I'm sorry but whatever you were using as 'wrinkle black' was not very wrinkly...this is what wrinkle's supposed to look like:

(dirty engine bay added for fun, yay beater X!)




I'm kinda peaved with myself for being such a slacker...I couldn't be bothered to remove the LICP to get it to match but I couldn't be bothered and I wanted to keep this project cheap. So fuk it, here it is:



Also back on stock exhaust mani and good'ol stock heat shield for proving grounds! Car has half a tank of pump gas left in it then it's back to the corn for some fine tuning over the next few weeks.

I sorta ignored the fact that one of the axle seals is leaking...it's been leaking for a while, do I just get a new boot and re-grease it, do I get a rebuild kit, or do I just get a whole new axle?

Pricing ideas here:
http://www.trademotion.com/parts/200...agramCallOut=1

Weigh in...apparently this is a common problem
http://forums.evolutionm.net/evo-x-e...oot-leaks.html
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