thomcasey
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And nuts/bolts are much better than zip-ties and Velcro.
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New owner of 161/1000
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Yohler
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My original plan was to mount it and insulate it with plastic or nylon bolts and forgo the zip ties. There many DSM/GVR4 guys down in Indy? Most of my family lives on the north side, maybe I'll take 161 down for a trip.
thomcasey
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There are a few of us. Me, My 2nd oldest has a 90 Auto TSI AWD converted to manual and my middle son has 543/2000. At 1 point, 4 of my 5 sons all had DSM/MMC/CSM's. There used to be many more. There are a couple other guys but me and the boys make up a majority of the scene.
OldHairyBastard
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There's plenty of us in the Chicagoland area. It's just picking a date where we can all get together at the same time.
Quoting Yohler:
My original plan was to mount it and insulate it with plastic or nylon bolts and forgo the zip ties. There many DSM/GVR4 guys down in Indy? Most of my family lives on the north side, maybe I'll take 161 down for a trip.
Yo, Yohler:
meet opportunity
My original plan was to mount it and insulate it with plastic or nylon bolts and forgo the zip ties. There many DSM/GVR4 guys down in Indy? Most of my family lives on the north side, maybe I'll take 161 down for a trip.
Yo, Yohler:
meet opportunity
Yohler
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Iceman, I've been considering going. I doubt the car will be ready, but we shall see.
OK, cool. Just wanted to make sure you had seen it.
strokin4dr
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Quoting thomcasey:
At 1 point, 4 of my 5 sons all had DSM/MMC/CSM's.
Badass! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif
At 1 point, 4 of my 5 sons all had DSM/MMC/CSM's.
Badass! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif
PolskiVR4
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Good to see another one so close. I'm in Lemont.
Yohler
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Very cool, not far at all. I'd love to see the car sometime.
Yohler
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Getting there. Brakes are done, not one inch of original line left in the car.
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mitsuturbo
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Quoting GSTwithPSI:
Quoting mitsuturbo:
Oh, and thank you to GSTwithPSI for the honorable mention above. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
New goodies are going on 555/1000 in a couple of weeks.
Yeah, well some of us whore our cars out too much, and others not enough. You and Sluggs both need to get out of the latter category, IMO.
Well, my car is STUCK in its garage bay currently because my parents moved up here from NV recently and their giant travel trailer is parked in front of my 3rd bay. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Oh well. Keeps me from taking it out and beating on it. It's just waiting for the new stuff to get here so i can put it on.
Quoting mitsuturbo:
Oh, and thank you to GSTwithPSI for the honorable mention above. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
New goodies are going on 555/1000 in a couple of weeks.
Yeah, well some of us whore our cars out too much, and others not enough. You and Sluggs both need to get out of the latter category, IMO.
Well, my car is STUCK in its garage bay currently because my parents moved up here from NV recently and their giant travel trailer is parked in front of my 3rd bay. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Oh well. Keeps me from taking it out and beating on it. It's just waiting for the new stuff to get here so i can put it on.
Yohler
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More stuff huh, what's next?
FlyingEagle
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I am about to install some Technafit brake lines just as you have pictured, but for a different chassis (same connections minus the 1/8x27NPT fitting on the Wilwood caliper).
Yohler, questions for you.
How did you get the technafit fittings to mate into the holes on the metal tab at the body and on the strut bracketry where they are held in with the horse shoe clips?
Did you grind down the tabs that provide the 2x extra girth for the fitting to keep from rotating once inserted into the hole?
Reason I ask, is because the factory style horshoes have too small of an internal diameter/U-shape to fit the Technafit lines.
Also, the fittings won't fully seat into the tabs because they are physically wider in the machined channel than stock lines fittings. (Horseshoe grooves).
If you could elaborate, I would greatly appreciate it.
Ninja edit before my thoughts even had me pressing the Add Reply button; parts answer my own question.
Are these the horseshoe clips you ordered, that fit all of their end fittings that a Mitsubishi would use?
Brake Line Clip
Yohler, questions for you.
How did you get the technafit fittings to mate into the holes on the metal tab at the body and on the strut bracketry where they are held in with the horse shoe clips?
Did you grind down the tabs that provide the 2x extra girth for the fitting to keep from rotating once inserted into the hole?
Reason I ask, is because the factory style horshoes have too small of an internal diameter/U-shape to fit the Technafit lines.
Also, the fittings won't fully seat into the tabs because they are physically wider in the machined channel than stock lines fittings. (Horseshoe grooves).
If you could elaborate, I would greatly appreciate it.
Ninja edit before my thoughts even had me pressing the Add Reply button; parts answer my own question.
Are these the horseshoe clips you ordered, that fit all of their end fittings that a Mitsubishi would use?
Brake Line Clip
Yohler
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FlyingEagle
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Thank you for that.
Yohler
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Spent a little time in the garage. Brakes have been bled, clutch has been bled. Also got the battery in the car at the expense of having to start removing the 4ws and nobody was lying when they called that the messiest job ever.
thomcasey
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That it is for sure. I kinda cheated on mine. I left the HP lines on the rack. I just drained the system for a couple days, left some metal line after the rubber flex fitting, crushed them and welded them shut. They hold and don't leak with the PS filled and working and it helped me avoid messing with the rack to remove the lines.
Yohler
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That would be nice if I had a welder. Not there yet so I went with some AN adapters with caps. Then hopefully I can take this thing for a cruise.
Yohler
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Well not much work on the turd the last several weeks, just been too busy and I hope to get back at it in the next few days. I got the ECU back from ECM Tuning and she's all repaired, chipped, and ready to go along with a few other small parts. There will be a good amount to update over the next few weeks if all goes according to plan and I stop working like they own me.
Anyone ever have issues with DSM graveyard? bought a DSM power steering reservoir from them two weeks ago since it was $10, and other than an order confirmation I've got nothing to show for it. Also, anyone ever use a freeze plug to cover the hole in the diff left from removing the pump? Seems to be popular way for the 3S guys to do it and I'm not ready to throw the 4 bolt in there at this point.
Anyone ever have issues with DSM graveyard? bought a DSM power steering reservoir from them two weeks ago since it was $10, and other than an order confirmation I've got nothing to show for it. Also, anyone ever use a freeze plug to cover the hole in the diff left from removing the pump? Seems to be popular way for the 3S guys to do it and I'm not ready to throw the 4 bolt in there at this point.
