This whole transmission/transfer case project was a PITA. I hope its a long time before I have to do it again

I think I will be tearing my t-case down this winter to coat it now, looks damn good!

OMG rob that looks awesome I just blew my load
I have to 23 splin T cases I need to get cleaned up like that. How much would the powder coast if I droped off all the pices bead blasted and all pulled apart ?

Not much, its just simple black on the steel parts and clear coat on top of the sand blasted aluminum parts.

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Head is done and got a new valve cover from Brightside. Thanks Rob !

verrrry nice finish

good stuff ruben! how far out do you think you are getting her back on the road?

She will be running by sat night if everything goes well !

Rob.. are you clear coating the tranny? I read somewhere that it needs to breath thru the poors??? Ive never paid much attation to detailing mine, but Ive got it all ripped apart and started cleaning the case.

I finally got my Enkei's to fit on the Evo. They required hubcentric spacers

What size rims are those tim? you definitely have space for 2 more inches!

They are 18s. OEM is also 18 but the offset was wrong. They rims would not pass over the brembros. I needed a 1 inch spacer to pass.

Now i need some coilovers so i can close up that gap!

I would throw some 20s on before i do the suspension.

20's? LOL< then i would look like i am in a rap video

Hugh? ITs been masked to the living death, just the exterior was cleared. All internals, and holes were masked and plugged. Powder is different than painting how? Not sure what you were reading. it says the tranny breathes thru the aluminum ?? lol


Also Jay, if you can take the time to mask some of the critical internal features, like races that wont come out, the shifter linkage, and maybe a few other obvious places, sand blasting does wonders for the stubburn corroted exterior. Sometimes cleaning it still leaves spots looking black ish.

The transmission does not breathe through pores in the aluminum casing. You read wrong, lol.

I think that only applies to TRANSPARENT aluminum....

I wonder if he was concerned about 'breathing' for temperatures. Generally there are parts of the car which can heat up under heavy use, and you may be concerned about the heat dissipation qualities of paint. Sure, BBQ paints (as well as others) work well for withstanding heat, but not necessarily for allowing heat to flow.

So he may have felt that under heavy abuse, the tranny/transfer case heated up, and was attempting to 'breathe' (cool) across its surface area, to which paint may only add a layer of insulation.

Im pretty sure I dont care either way

Ya what he said...lol.

I read that painting it causes over heating.. I wanted to paint mine black, but I think im gonna sand blast it and spray clear coat on it. Maybe that iodizing clear coat from Canadian Tire .I took a wire wheel to the end case and it looks good, but I dont have the time to do the whole case.

I glass blasted my tranny and t-case and clear coated it with a couple good layers. Didnt find any heat issues. Even after 8 hour drives to toronto and back.

I just got that, Star Trek right? lol

Thoughts?

Mehhhhh... It's alright. I say black wheels with gold painted calipers

Your current wheels in gold would be much better looking.

I thought it had gone totally unnoticed...

the future is now http://blog.makezine.com/2012/01/17/transparent-aluminum/

Ruben those rims are beauty. Nothing racier than RPF 1s I dont like your current rims lol.

After a 5 minute wipe down.

I'd be interested to see how you routed the air up into that box. This is on my list of things to do this summer/winter if I ever get my other DSM on the road.
I had a couple of ideas utilizing the stock intercooler.

Also, Beautiful ride Jason

Let the bolting up of parts begin, the engine bay is painted.

Now if I could only remember to bring my bucket of bolts with me next time I go to the car

I'm really surprised with all that you'd done that you didn't relocate the fuse box. That would have been the icing on the cake, so to speak.

Still looks damn good though.

Are your -AN fittings on your valve cover welded in or threaded in?

Exhaust manifold and turbo blanket? Link to purchase?

I need to get the thing on the road. This winter I will focus on cosmetics such as wire tuck, black interior, and a paint job in the spring turning it into the GSX.

Im running out of time, Im already two months behind schedule, I had a major case of "while its apart I might as well ....."

And ya, I didnt weld my cover. Maybe next year.





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I wish i had your time Rob! I got about 10 minutes in the last week, to atemp to sandblast my tranny case!

posting it up in brighton ;O

I was there today!

Roman that's a really nice picture!

Snagged this while out and about today.

I'm slowly starting to dislike you out of envy/jealousy Jason Drew.

Yeah you heard me. >:(

She's so beautiful...*sniffles*