Any news on the oil issue?

 

Very true.
I am doing that tomm.

Not at this point.
My brother and i came up with some things to look for, one of them being the heads.
Another i found on another site was that this happens when you have a bad piston.
If this motor does have a bad piston, then my tare down will be sooner then i thought.
On the plus side, i have been chatting with this dude who just build J motor's, and he told me step by step on how to turn this thing into a real monster.
So i one hand i hope its a easy fix, but on the other hand i want this 300hp 275 ft monster.

I guess ill find out tomm, wish me luck.

 

Well the motor seem's to be fine, holding oil like it should, my brother said there might have been a air pocket....... i dont think so, but what ever.
I might switch to 5W40, i have heard that the 5W30 is to thin and might be getting past the pistion and burn up.
Ill keep a eye on it and see whats turns up.
The coolant on the other hand is still dissappearing to where i dont know, but it takes a week to get to the refill mark.
So ill just keep my eye on that as well.

So just some pic's for my brother helping me with the hood.

some shots of the before and the after......we got hungry and the sun went down.












Working on it.








Now i have a real set of CTR mats......buy i dont want to use them, just use them for a show, so i hopped on Ebay and picked up this cheap crap.














Now for the seats, i went with the cloth RSX seats, they had a set of leather but the picked the cloth.
You must be asking why, well first, i have NO A/C so sitting in this car in the heat will kill me. And the leather seats were ripped.
Now the cloth seats are mint with 20K on them.....but because these seats are in a junk car, sometimes someone forgets to close the doors. So they are a bit dirty.
But not bad for a $100.00

Driver side.






Pass side.




Now they have 2 other sets for pass seat with good bags, i will have to rip one of those out to make them mint again.


Some pic of my rolled quarters.

 

Oh, my brother just bought a HD video camera, so when i learn how to use it ill bring you some real nice pic's and some clips.

 

I had a coolant leak coming from the hose going behind the block that took forever to find. It was dripping out while driving and burning off. It managed to stay in the chassis somehow and all came pouring out when we put it on a lift.

 

Ill take a look into that.

 

Forgot to mention, that interior is coming along nicely! Nice choice on seats, I have no a/c...leather would kill me. What color do you plan on painting the car eventually?

 

I would have opted for no leather regardless. Yes, leather is nice, but it gets hot in the summer, cold in the winter, makes a squeaky rubbing noise when you shift your body in them (lol), and looks like crap after awhile of not maintaining them.

I am jealous of the CTR red carpet. I always thought of trying to get one for my car, but I really feel like the red would get dirty-looking/stained faster, and would clash too much with the grey interior. How do you like the red carpet? Do you have the fabric portion of your doors wrapped in that red color too?

 

damn that red carpet would look sexy in my car, and i still want your steering wheel

 

Nice!! I wish RSXs were in the yards around here.