Slowly but surely, I’m ticking off the items from a very long to-do list. I’m doing my best to approach this build as methodically as possible, I don’t want to rush. In abide by this ideal and still see a conclusion within a reasonable timeframe, I have to do or plan something daily. Today, I […]

Initially, I was only going to upgrade the secondary injectors and retain the stock primaries. Planning out the fuel system required a good deal of thought and effort, and I eventually succumbed to upgrading the primaries as well. Namely, it didn’t feel right mixing new and 2-decade old technologies together. I went with Full Function […]

I just finished Winter session at school. Condensing a normal 4-month quarter into 2 and a half weeks meant long hours in class… especially so because I petitioned to take an extra, second class. Well, with that over now, I had a whole 3 days off before work and Spring quarter starts again. To catch […]

I initially was not planning on blocking off the oil metering pump, but after further thought, I proceeded in doing so. A fair amount of debating was required to surmise the benefits of the OMP’s removal. I approached the decision process logically, I wasn’t trying to continue my spree of simplification in the name of […]

I think this was from one of my late-night wrenching sessions during the previous week. Blue is an excellent garage dog, he doesn’t mess with my bolts and tools. He’s very passive and just observes, great company. Once in the while, if I’m on the floor under the car, he will climb in to see […]

With the upper intake manifold free, I took the opportunity to strip it back down to bare aluminum. It was previously painted black, which I didn’t particularly favor. It seemed to have cheapened the look of the engine. I’m not going for a show-quality engine bay, I am strictly chasing function. I’m not going to […]

This is what I’ve been up to during the past few days. I finally installed the manual steering rack. Getting the old power steering rack out was interesting. The space down there was really tight, I had to figure out the one specific combination of movements to get it out. The driver-side of the front […]

Since I’ve been predominantly focusing on ripping things out of the car, it’s probably counter-intuitive to think that I am actually making good progress – but I think I am. Today, I moved into the interior and finally got a chance to de-rice the car by taking out the dual A-pillar gauges. I was fixed […]

I was initially daunted by the task of removing the stock turbos because I was told it would be a difficult job. It certainly wasn’t a walk in the park, but afterwards I didn’t think it was horrible either. A factory service manual isn’t completely necessary, anyone one with a bit of mechanical aptitude should […]

With much of the stock intake and intercooler removed, I spent a couple more hours ripping out the remaining portion of the engine bay’s front half. First on the hit-list was the radiator, then followed by the air conditioner condenser and compressor. Next I took off the power steering pump… …The large bracket that holds […]

Phase 3 has begun. I’m shifting my so-called phases around and tackling Phase 3 (engine) first. Part of Phase 2 (primarily brakes and a few other minor things) will be postponed. While the logic behind the gradual sequence of the phases made sense, the time in-between them did not. I’ve seen people work on their […]

The nose of the differential has a tendency to climb upwards under hard acceleration, so I picked up a Banzai Racing differential brace to help keep the rear-end in check. (I was originally going to throw on a 2-in-1 cradle instead, but it wouldn’t clear my exhaust, thus I went with this Banzai unit. I’m […]