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T-man · Post by **T-man** » Wed Jun 19, 2013 2:28 am

Oh yeah! You definitely won that race hands down bro. I bet it was an anti climax for her when he boosted it from the lights! What you should have done was smoked your mobile number on the Tarmac using the rear tyres then winked at her as you broad slide passed the vette!
Now that would have earned you bragging rights till this time next year!

T

Komeuppance · Post by **Komeuppance** » Wed Jun 26, 2013 8:13 pm

Haven't really had to work on this thing besides regular maintenance...

Pyramid of oil filters

40 spark plugs.

My trans developed a leak at the output seal, then the input shaft bearing started making a not so nice noise... I felt transmission failure coming soon, so I planned to swap it the following week; however, I lost 2nd gear when I easily pulled through a stop... wasn't even driving it hard. Felt like some of the teeth broke off. Drove my 4spd converted transmission 50 miles without any further issues.

Swapped in one of my spare transmissions, an 88/89 unit that's supposed to be stronger, and with low miles. Airbats/CityHunter helped me out and it was the fastest trans swap EVER.

Discovered the reason for my leak:

Good spare on the right, bad one on the left

My original trans mount was also stuffed, which probably stuffed my driveshaft. So I installed a poly-urethane trans mount I won in a raffle at the LasVegas Starion meet... it'd been sitting for three years. It was bare steel, so I gave it a quick spray.

While it was up in the air and needing an oil change, I replaced the oil filter plate seals. Had these on standby for two years lol.

Speaking of oil, this is my oil pan. Someday I'll build a skid plate.

While messing about in the engine bay, I noticed that the turbo coolant drain hose clamp was completely loose... not even tight, it was just flying around. I'm surprised I didn't have coolant everywhere. It'd been loosing a small bit of coolant, but I figured it was the radiator drain cock... which I also finally replaced.

One size fits all. This isn't the one I used, but I found this in Airbats/CityHunter's glove box of his newly aqcuired 83 Starion lol.

Love the new poly mount. The engine/trans feels connected to the car now, and the response/throttle control is awesome. While the wife was watching I did some donuts to "test" it out. She didn't look impressed but I'm positive she was hiding it.

-Robert

OLD FART · Post by **OLD FART** » Thu Jun 27, 2013 4:33 am

Wife's can be like that sometimes LOL :beer

T-man · Post by **T-man** » Thu Jun 27, 2013 5:45 am

Women love doughnuts, mine loves them that much shes got one round her waist!!!!!!! Oh yeah!

T

Komeuppance · Post by **Komeuppance** » Thu Jun 27, 2013 7:23 pm

Good thing my wife actually likes my car... and she's used to finding new packages delivered at the doorstep, regularly... lol.

My waterpump decided to start leaking as soon as I got the new trans in... great!! At least it's easy to change. I couldn't stop wondering if it was the gasket or if it was the pump, so I pulled it off at 1am... yep, weep hole leaking.

-Robert

Komeuppance · Post by **Komeuppance** » Sun Jul 14, 2013 3:41 am

NOS direct injection to spark plug system.

I finally installed my set of NGK wires, and the blue did not match with the red MSD coil, so I cleaned it up a bit.

-Robert

Komeuppance · Post by **Komeuppance** » Wed Jul 24, 2013 8:41 pm

Covered my gauge hood in a fake Alcantara/suede to reduce the blinding glare on the glass. Let's see how long this stuff lasts, it was about $3 worth of material compared to the crazy expensive brand name Alcantara stuff. This was my first time working with fabrics, so I'm not worried too much if I ever need to redo it.

-Robert

Komeuppance · Post by **Komeuppance** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 3:49 pm

Finally detailed my valve cover so you can read the "Mitsubishi" lol.

-Robert

Website · Post by **WidebodyWoody** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 5:01 pm

Damn that looks clean :) :beer

Komeuppance · Post by **Komeuppance** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 8:09 pm

WidebodyWoody wrote:Damn that looks clean :) :beer

Thanks!! Got lazy for a while lol.

Here's a few pics from a Datsun meet that I always like to show up at:

And here's a three year old pic I decided to touch up and fix the lens flare issue:

-Robert

OLD FART · Post by **OLD FART** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 5:10 am

Robert mate they broke the mold when they made you :D :beer

niss720 · Post by **niss720** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 10:20 am

I must say I do love this widey, would be cool so see more stations of this calibre in AUS

Post by **Alspos** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 10:56 am

I must say the Asahi can is an inspired touch

Komeuppance · Post by **Komeuppance** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 9:42 pm

Thanks guys!!

OLD FART wrote:Robert mate they broke the mold when they made you :D :beer

I'm thinking the mold was broken, then they made me. Would explain my affinity to 80's Mitsubishis lol.

-Robert

Komeuppance · Post by **Komeuppance** » Sun Oct 06, 2013 5:35 pm

Great weather today. Felt like cruising around in the sunset with my daughter, she's almost 2 now. She was imitating the blow off valve haha. I always drive by this spot on the way home, but never have had a chance to snap a shot.

-Robert

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