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Old Nov 6, 2009 | 07:28 AM
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Thinking about the intercooler idea as a possibility. Nothing tucked on the passenger side as of yet.
 
Old Nov 6, 2009 | 07:33 AM
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i did passenger side first... it looked more pain to do, but it wasnt to bad, i put my fuse box on the sub frame for now, until prob next year when it warms up and i can spend a day putting it under the dash, right now im havin problems i believe with my alternator, the bat light comes on when its idling when i push the gas alittle and the rpms go up the light goes off, ive had to jump my car 4 times already.
 
Old Nov 7, 2009 | 06:31 AM
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^^ That sucks (about having to jump the car etc etc)

I want to hide all the wires on the passenger side at one time (instead of doing one at a time) to avoid repetitive work. I also will not be moving the fuse box. The battery may be moved into the trunk. I would get a dry cell if the battery was relocated. Like I said, it'll be a minor tuck to hide most of the ugly wire looms which reside in my bay. My son is getting picked up today, so I will have some time to work on the car. I just need to make the decision whether or not if I feel like freezing my a$$ off while doing it. Around here, it has been about 30 degrees at night for the past few nights.

I have also been thinking about getting a catch can since they are cheap and can't be too hard to install. It would be mounted where my charcoal canister currently sits, so that would have to come out first (along with the hard lines and such).
 
Old Nov 7, 2009 | 07:55 AM
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Its 70 degrees out here and only went down to like 55 last night. It sucks trying to do anything when its freezing out. Do you have a garage? I use a little space heater and it works pretty well.
 
Old Nov 7, 2009 | 08:05 AM
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^^ Yea, I do work in the garage to avoid the wind for the most part. However, my mom's bowflex thing, my step-sister's drum set, and the family's foosball table (I swear none of which gets used), prevents me from pulling the whole car into the garage and shutting the door. We even have a little heater in the garage, too. But I cannot use it since I am unable to shut the garage. Well, I could turn it on, but I don't have any $$ to kick over to the rents for the electricity it consumes, and it probably wouldn't help with the temps since the garage door is open.

I usually just step inside for a few minutes to warm up if I need to. It sucks that I use the garage the most, but can hardly use it at all. lol Oh well. It's also funny to think that there is barely enough room to keep a motorcycle in there and it's a 2 car garage!
 
Old Nov 7, 2009 | 08:22 AM
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So sell the unused drums and exercise equipment while they are gone and put the money towards your car. Sounds like the only logical solution.
 
Old Nov 19, 2009 | 06:18 PM
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^^ True, it would be a much needed money boost for me.....er, I mean my car.

First, pics of the new ground wires... No big deal, but much nicer looking than stock IMO.
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Today, I went over to a friends house. When I pulled up, I saw this random intake piping sitting in his yard next to a trash can. It was from his 97 Prelude he used to drive. Anyways, I took it, cut a few pieces off of it, and this is what I have come up with for the time being.

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Now, remember that custom intake thing I am planning on. Well, this is the first edition....soon to be multiple changes, but for now, this will do fine.

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^In this pic, you can see where the "custom" piping will feed the intake with cooler air coming from the fog light bezel.... Now I just have to go buy a set of fog bezels and finish the fitment.

Edit: Forgot to add that a z6 oil pan is on it's way! Hopefully, this will be the end of oil leaks coming from the car.
 

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Old Nov 19, 2009 | 06:26 PM
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lol ive done that intake thing b4 using dryer ducting it was sooo ricey
urs is fine though
 
Old Nov 19, 2009 | 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by hamorhead
lol ive done that intake thing b4 using dryer ducting it was sooo ricey
urs is fine though
A buddy of mine actually told me to get a 6'' dryer duct and have that as the air feed tube last night. I definitely had to pass on that. I honestly think that 6" duct would protrude into my wheel well and have rubbing issues. lol
 
Old Nov 19, 2009 | 08:32 PM
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you need to make a pipe, so when you wanna run it down the strip you can take off the filter and hook the pipes together
 

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