Most everything with the project is on hold until I get moved. ***** expensive.

However, I do have some parts coming in soon and I did drop off my valve cover at the powdercoater about 20 minutes ago. $50 for a sandblast and coat in titanium gold.

 

I also just learned that my donor engine had just under 200K on it, not 140K like the cluster said. UGH.

 

now how you find that out?

 

Carfax, yo

 

Turbo and manifold are here. Will do a real update when I have time.

 

I was admittedly worried when I saw this:


Both boxes were crushed and ripped and had large holes in them. One of them was wrapped in plastic to hold everything in.

As far as I can tell, everything made it here intact.
Got some oil lines and oil pressure sender:


Got some exhaust flanges for fabricating some exhaust:


Mocked the turbo up just for a picture. It's not together right and still needs a few parts:


Got 2 more things coming in then I'm done for awhile. Oil pan and valve cover, top and bottom. Dunno when they'll be in.

 

i was about to say.... hope you clean them up and paint em as well... as long as its the good high temp stuff it should still look good for awhile. alot better than bare steal. ive heard good things from the VHT hightemp paint.

 

WTF?

I packaged the hell out of the **** in those boxes and they still manage to nearly fµck everything up.

Unfµckingbelievable.

 

it just makes it even funnier that the boxes say FRAGILE and they still beat the hell outta them!

 

I guess I'm having that first major moment of doubt. I've got this huge collection of parts and am starting to doubt that I'll ever be able to complete this project. I need to double this stack of parts to finish this and I still need to spend around $1300 for the rest of this. Plus I need to pick up a beater car to drive while the Civic is down. I still have nowhere to do the real work on the car. I just hate that the turbo got damaged in the mail. Just means more money that I don't have.