A little Update on life.
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November 06, 2013 02:57 am UTC
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Hey all! I lost my serving job while finishing school this spring. I could not get anywhere with finding a feasible job, so after months of no income, I entered into low wage,testosterone overdosing, factory slavery in Hamilton. I was working far to hard for not enough money, but it was a great challenge and growing and maturing opportunity. I managed to put a ridiculous amount of work into my car while not letting it distract me from my future, and with a budget of basically nothing. I learned to enjoy the simplicity of life and how to be resourceful. Realizing that I had a roof over my head and usually enough to eat, I realized how to make the best of the worst, as that was more than many have and is something to take pride in. I took up mountain biking alot more to fulfill my need for speed, and got my life on track keeping a positive health oriented focus.I have gained so much knowledge and energy from all the hard work and healthy choices I have made. I ve recently relocated to Owen Sound, and that is because all my hard work unexpectedly presented me the opportunity to enter my field as a paid employee finally. I had my first day of orientation as a Cardiovascular Technologist (Heart scanning)today here at a hospital up north. Seems like a great place to work and homes with large garages are cheap and plentiful around here! Still cant believe I got paid for going in to work today. Nice to work with women and the public again in a new setting :), and come home with the energy to keep on truckin. I ll be living in both owen sound, and hamilton during my free time. It s my first time making a big move or change, and I consider having a home in two towns a pretty sweet deal. I m looking foreward to starting a fresh new second life, while maintaining the best of my old one. Im only casual part time, but if hours and a second job come my way, hopefully my build gets a kickstart later on into 2014 They sure do pay me well so we ll see how it goes. I ve finally walked through the right door of the next chapter. Here is to all who worked hard to earn an enjoyable and respectable life thus far. Keep positive and eat your vegetables, lots of them! I know I will, a matter of time before I m back home for some true wrenching therapy!
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Re: A little Update on life.
[Re: Mike Lane]
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November 06, 2013 04:15 am UTC
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Haha Mike are you big into healthy eating and exercise, if so how come I don't see you on the fitness thread? I personally started with putting everything on my credit card and managing it like that, I now use mint.com though.
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Re: A little Update on life.
[Re: Ziggy Dietrich]
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November 08, 2013 12:45 am UTC
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Thanks! I do alot of shopping around. But hopefully You ll be hearing from me more over the next year Ive had my eyes on a the complete fuel system upgrade kit on your site for some time now and the other odds and ends as part of phase 1. Braided AN Tank to aftermarket FPR to aftermarket rail and injectors, as well as the filter, and braided returns. EVERYTHING aha. Lots of chassis work to do. But when I reassemble all of that, bushings, and wiring/guages are the first on the to do list. after rust repair and roll bar/cage +seats,racing wheel, harness
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Re: A little Update on life.
[Re: Mike Lane]
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November 08, 2013 01:38 am UTC
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LOl! Im not sure why. I cant follow everything on the interwebs!
I am already fit so I suppose it d be ok if I used my knowledge to help others, and at the same time learn a few new tricks... Haha, well to save you some time here is the link. http://www.ca.dsm.org/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=365525&page=7Most of it is lifting stuff but we are all over the place so all conversation is welcome!
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Re: A little Update on life.
[Re: Terry S]
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November 08, 2013 07:17 pm UTC
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Terry Sikora is your man now +1...I love that guy! +1
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Re: A little Update on life.
[Re: Mike Lane]
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November 09, 2013 03:26 am UTC
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Re: A little Update on life.
[Re: Mike Lane]
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November 13, 2013 11:14 pm UTC
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Wow congrats!! I finished CVT a year ago as well..did you graduate from Mohawk??
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Re: A little Update on life.
[Re: Mike Lane]
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November 29, 2013 04:55 am UTC
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Thanks for such a great uplifting reply. I ll start sharing operation organic man here shortly. I have almost completed my transition. Just need to trust in higher power that hours will keep coming my way.This is affordable, and once understood quite attainable. Im starting to stock up incase I have some more hard weeks. Food (my health) and rent are priority one.Hopefully clearing debt will follow.
I have put in many long hours working and researching food as well as documenting my past week. I ve not slept enough, but today I got paid and change alot of things. Im pulling through a rough dietary patch of almost strictly veggies, and getting some real food back. I ve almost cleared all of my sh!t food out of the house by eating it or throwing it out to make space for the pure stuff. Next week I should be feeling some great gains. I lost weight, and have had headaches and crash hard daily. I think this is all part of my conversion and cleansing phase, I spent my money mostly on what was in my opinion the most valuable as a tool to get me through my weeks, both present and future. I hope to now eat more freely, and as much as necessary. Luckily I have only lost a few pounds of muscle, I ll gain em back and then some. I do eat alot most days but key things such as meat and fish, eggs I have been lacking. My main protein sources have been, high quality cerial, cold processed and microfiltered whey protien isolate,inorganic eggs and chicken. I ve used these resources with strict limits while I ve been getting ready to spend more to convert them as well.
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Re: A little Update on life.
[Re: Mike Lane]
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November 29, 2013 02:27 pm UTC
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Sounds good Mike! I have been cleaning out most of the junk and honestly don't enjoy eating a lot of it but it seems that this is the season to bake cookies and other sweets so lately we have had a lot of junk coming into the house, and it's not me bringing it in. I am bulking right now and I tend to stick with IIFYM but try to stay on the healthy side. I also do my best to get in my veggies which lately has been going well. As soon as January hits I will probably go through all the cupboards and throw out all the junk, if there is any left, so that there are no more excuses.
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Re: A little Update on life.
[Re: Mike Lane]
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November 29, 2013 06:05 pm UTC
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Mike one more question how come you chose to go with isolate?
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Re: A little Update on life.
[Re: Mike Lane]
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November 30, 2013 05:53 am UTC
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LOL you have some winey ass facebook friends. The only thing your going to get from these boys is compliments and criticism. That's all we have for you here! Yeah Isolate is for people who are pick with flavour or lactose intolerant, plus I just find it over priced. If you are using it to extend the time between meal periods than find something that has slow digesting protein. Here are the digestion rates for the major protein sources. Whey protein: 40 minutes to 1 hour Soy protein: 1 to 3 hours Egg protein: 1.5 to 3 hours Casein protein: 4 to 7 hours
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Re: A little Update on life.
[Re: Mike Lane]
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November 30, 2013 09:22 am UTC
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Congrats man! Ive been in that situation almost 2 years ago and it was stressful. Nonetheless, i persevered, keep pushing, made my voice heard and eventually got heard. Granted i lost my job in a very different situation, but the struggles were the same. Now, im back to where i was - although with a watchful eye (im sure they're closely checking my online presence. They can kiss my ___). Again, good on you for chugging along. And i agree with you, nothing's better than working with a bunch of eye candy everyday .
I almost forgot what 2nd and reverse gear feels like.
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Re: A little Update on life.
[Re: Mike Lane]
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January 15, 2014 04:06 am UTC
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So now that I ve moved away and learned so much about diet, healthcare, life, and becoming an adult I am so happy to announce I ll be coming home! I ll attempt to anyways next week. I miss my family, I miss my dog, I miss my friends, I miss my home,I miss my bike trails, very importantly I am torn being far from my DSM, and i miss my LIFE.
I cannot simply make that up elsewhere. My hours are cut, so I ll find another job again back home and work here my handful of shifts monthly.
Stoked!!
I got this! and let the race car projects resume!!!
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Re: A little Update on life.
[Re: Mike Lane]
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January 29, 2014 08:01 pm UTC
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Glad to hear it Mike! Make sure you take tons of picture and post them up!
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Re: A little Update on life.
[Re: Mike Lane]
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January 30, 2014 01:51 pm UTC
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Yeah I am with Stephen on that one, I would also make sure you grab the gas before starting, you will be much happier with the outcome and less frustrated during the process.
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Re: A little Update on life.
[Re: Mike Lane]
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January 30, 2014 05:48 pm UTC
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I Feel like I will then need an arc welder to do a proper cage? Mig seems weak for anything other than sheet metal, unless maybe someone else is professionally welding it after I m done stitch welding, cage design, and bending/notching.
Be nice to only buy one welder, but I ll have to start researching this topic like I did nutrition lol! I ll keep my eyes open for one of them things to go on sale too!
Shame I only everdicked around in welding class ! I only ever liked the arc welders, but at my skill level that sounds like lots of burn through.
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Re: A little Update on life.
[Re: Mike Lane]
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January 30, 2014 05:59 pm UTC
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I Feel like I will then need an arc welder to do a proper cage? Mig seems weak for anything other than sheet metal, unless maybe someone else is professionally welding it after I m done stitch welding, cage design, and bending/notching.
Be nice to only buy one welder, but I ll have to start researching this topic like I did nutrition lol! I ll keep my eyes open for one of them things to go on sale too!
Shame I only everdicked around in welding class ! I only ever liked the arc welders, but at my skill level that sounds like lots of burn through. You're going to want TIG to do a cage. They CAN be MIG'ed, but TIG is definitely the preferred method. Don't think you'll ever get a stick-welded cage certified these days. Besides...stick welding in tight places is a bitch and a half. I've done all position stick welding (overhead, vertical, horizontal, etc.) and while fun, I'd take TIG for cagebuilding any day.
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Re: A little Update on life.
[Re: Mike Lane]
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January 31, 2014 12:53 pm UTC
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Is the TIG/Chomoly combo lighted than DOM?
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Re: A little Update on life.
[Re: Mike Lane]
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January 31, 2014 03:17 pm UTC
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1998 GSX Roadcourse Build: Project badass Amber.
[Re: Mike Lane]
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January 31, 2014 09:45 pm UTC
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Lets turn this into my build thread. I came home to more tools that I just bought and didn't have time to use much of before I left Now I have time to use them, but need a job again to purchase a few more. Currently possess most necessary hand, power, and air tools, a few jacks, one engine stand and engine hoist, 6 saftey stands, small air compressor, ect. Also,Just bought a factory service manual for hard-copy and easy reference detailed wiring diagrams. I didn't like PDF versions. Current needs list: 1) Shop Vac with Hepa filter (gotta keep sh!t clean down to the fine dust particles) 2)osculating multi-tool (remove last of sound deadening and undercoating) 3)Probably a MIG welder, welder of some sort 4)Proper gauge and type of sheet metal. 6)Front Rad support replacement/Redesign Phase 1: Tear down. Started, Incomplete. 1)Still need to remove rear sub-frame and associated suspension/diff. Still need to remove fuel tank. 2)A few wires remain up the A pillars to the roof. 3)Rear Quarter windows need to be extracted in one or many pieces Reason not done: 1) I need another way to hold the frame up due to uncertain previous rocker repair rigidity. Safety stands are still on the sub-frame. Not sure where to move these, may need a large amount more height with patio stones/large timber to reach rear-most frame rails. 2)Wires are not currently in my way. 3)These windows are a bitch to get at. I do not have replacement window trim yet either and fear further damaging my only pair. Phase 2: Remove all paint,seam seal,sound deadening,undercoating. Stitch weld entire chassis. Start with engine bay, move into interior/exterior, fenderwells, finish with the underside. Phase 2 is well underway, and progress can be made without any other aforementioned tools or tasks. Progress continues. More pics to take,lots of mess to clean, make more mess, repeat. Phase 3: Pre-Paint Mock-up. Some steps may be skipped and revisited if money does not allow, in order to enjoy the car sooner and make future winter projects. Openly considering sponsorships, not sure though because I hate stickers! I ll try and make a deadline on this step as days go by and I have a better income and timeframe Idea. I am working out of a year-year september-september term rental house after all! I plan to be here at least until september 2015. I d like the car on the road before then. Some steps can be skipped and revisited in order to speed up the paint process, so long as they don't ruin a new paint job. Dont want to be redoing alot of brackets and shaving extra holes with paint done. 1)Use spare 6 bolt to do a mock-up swap, rewire and shaving/tucks. 2)Relocate battery to trunk, add additional switches/safety features 3)Make car run and fully function at idle with all necessary electronics and comforts for street use. Remove all wimp wiring present for non necessities. Purely all for mock-up purposes. No Driveline or suspension required. 4)Mount at least one racing seat in a desired relocated position 5)Rebuild light weight Steering column and mount a racing wheel. Look into depowering/redesigning the steering rack to acommodate full powersteering delete. 6)Build a Roll cage around my desired driving position 7)Make HVAC function properly with a full A/C Delete, full wiper fluid and defrost delete. 8)Depower locks,windows, possibly mirrors. 9)Possibly make a lightweight quick release sunroof plug. 10)Decide how to run/mount lines/ducting for a big brake kit Parts still needed for mock-up: 1) New Fuel system,possibly a fuelcell (Ziggy/Frontline) 2) New massive and custom gauge setup (Speedhut) 3) New ignition firing System (Dynatek) 4) Evo 8 MAF 5) Metal for new brackets 6) Racing seat/Harness (Status custom seat/DOT approved) 7) Racing steering wheel (Sparco) 8) DOM/Chromoly Piping 9) Possibly a Race Rad,meth injection,and an oil cooler 10)CF sunroof, doors would be nice. Phase 4 Disassemble again (should be quick with half the car still unassembled). Rigorously, systematically and meticulously Clean, Prime, Undercoat,Seam Seal,Paint. Phase 5 Reassemble with care and utilize the best of what I have available at this time. Replace old bushings/mounts. If driveline will remain stock, check it over. New Windshield. New Trim. Clean/polish/paint OEM brakets/parts. Setup DG coilovers and suspension. Phase 6 Fire the beast. Drive with spare 6 bolt and act 2600, enjoy, tune with link V3 (already in possession and running with a 96 ECU). Be careful with power the drive-train can handle. Otherwise beat the sh!t out of the spare motor. Tires,rims,Big brakes if not yet complete. Phase 7 Built 6 Bolt. In progress. Finish and Swap whenever. If not yet completed, build transmission, working outward and backward to shafts, transfercase, and rear diff. Twin Disc clutch. If first paint job didn't cut it try again. -Head complete: Stock valves and cams, Manley valvesprings+titanium retainers, Ferrea High temp valve seals and guides, 3g style lifters. Felpro permatorque hhead gasket. -Block in progress. Needs bore and hone. Currently a stock crank, ACL Race bearings. ARP head and main studs. Eagle H Beams, Weisco 9:1 pistons. Balance shaft delete. Phase 1 and 2 pics to follow in a few days along with a prologue to bring us up to present mods list. That should bring everything up to speed in order to proceed with a more semi regular bunch of updates on the progress. Until then its just all talk! Need a plan though, and I dream big, or whats the point
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Re: A little Update on life.
[Re: Mike Lane]
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December 10, 2014 02:27 am UTC
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So I still refuse defeat. I have not given up I assure everyone. I had 500 aside for the rotisserie, and my mounts designed, but then I put myself back in school, and lost my job in the first week lol. So the 500 went to life and I am living off student loans once again until I finish the end of my journey in school next november. Hopefully that makes me a cardiac sonographer next year. That might mean another big move within or outside of ontario, but the money will sort out the lack of supplies situation I have run into. I have a welder (with no cart or gas) that I have never used, no sheet metal or associated cutting supplies, and no means of paying to sandblast the chassis or have it sprayed when that is done. I m going to try and find something productive to do with planning out the wiring harness or something after exams. I suppose some forms of mock up at this point are better than nothing for another year. Christmas break begins friday afternoon God I am going so DSM withdrawl crazy. Im starting to stare at them again during study breaks :s I mean what else can I do? I cant just slap the damn thing together again with all the windows removed and rust holes in the chassis right? lol. Sometimes I realize I may have started this project over ambitious and a bit too early, but in the end I hope not to regret it one bit.
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Re: A little Update on life.
[Re: Mike Lane]
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December 10, 2014 12:35 pm UTC
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Yeah I am with Mr DA on this, I would also add that you need to shift more work to yourself, generally the tools are far cheaper than what you will pay in labour and you can borrow stuff too. Plenty of guys here willing to help, just need to ask.
You can always sand blast the chassis yourself if you have a big enough compressor, just keep the garage door closed till you are done and make sure you wear a respirator and some good eye protection. You also don't need sheet metal, you can do what I did and use fenders that you are going to scrap and cut out the size you need from that. Tin snips and a dremel would be all you need here.
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Re: A little Update on life.
[Re: Mike Lane]
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December 23, 2014 05:29 pm UTC
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Its sentimental to me. My first car I ve been back at work again doing the free stuff. The bare metal started worrying me so I rattle canned it over last night. Got my gas tank drained and cleared all old bottled fluids out, took the gas tank and lines out of the garage. My buddy gave me his welding gas, so the welder is now set up (hence the clearing of explosives lol). Next plan is to reattach the subframes and wheels, sit it on the ground again, lay the harness back in it. Going to go back to work with mocking up the rewire and 6 bolt swap for now. Lots of welding can now be done. That should keep me busy till school ends. I can make some new brackets and shave some old holes. I honestly don't have alot worth selling. Supposed to be finishing the 6 bolt build over the holiday at Gord Bush performance with my buddy who worked there a while. The head has been finished for a few years, just need to see if we can assemble the block or not. Im not paying for labor, and it has to come home regardless, this friend is my tie to Gord Bush and he's moving to Vermont to work for Subaru world rally team USA. All in all this is a huge learning experience, and something I have interest in. I look foreward to learning how to use my MIG and aquire skills in chassis fabrication and restoration. This frame isnt perfect, but its a long ways off from crumbling scrap metal. I ve been inspired by too many restos far worse, why waste another rare DSM. Also, school hasn't suffered one bit, still achieving high averages. Im trying to make the best of 3 weeks off, and then when I go back I should have more to tinker with for a while rather than large scale work.
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Re: A little Update on life.
[Re: Mike Lane]
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December 23, 2014 06:50 pm UTC
December 23, 2014 06:50 pm UTC
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Bryan Lawrence
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Wonderful to hear. I was going to mention that some of us are here to learn stuff and not to have a perfect car as soon as possible but was just curious to see what your motivations were before I posted.
Glad to hear it!!
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Re: A little Update on life.
[Re: Mike Lane]
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January 10, 2015 03:46 am UTC
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Been setting some smaller scale goals for life and the car in general and writing to do lists. Been a major help so far. I got the harness laid out for the most part on my holidays, and mounted the first stock 6 bolt on a stand. Got my welder running. Still need to pick up the Gord Bush Built 6 Bolt on tuesday, missed him over the holidays. Got my engine hoist back from a friend and nabbed his engine stand too so I can throw one of the other 2 engines on there. Plan to start piecing a working electrical system and 6 bolt together and play with the welder until I am confident to use it on the car. Here's a few pics with the bay and other bare areas painted to keep it better protected for the time being. Big work ahead with reorganizing wires to ready the harness for tucking, relocations, deletions, and to see if it all works how its supposed to First week of school started fast, and I may need part time work, hoping to keep some momentum at least. Trip to vermont over the holidays was epic, love the state and roads, got me pumped to plug away to road trip there in the eclipse one day. PICS Tore into some engines over the summer and made some templates Stock 7: Mostly stock 6: Both Footwells in 1 Front subframe mounts: And the wiring harness that I didnt want to look at too much lol:
Last edited by Mike Lane; January 10, 2015 04:23 am UTC.
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Re: A little Update on life.
[Re: Mike Lane]
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January 10, 2015 05:41 am UTC
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Bryan Lawrence
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Looks good so far!
Have you decided if you are going to lap weld or but weld your panels in?
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Re: A little Update on life.
[Re: Mike Lane]
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January 11, 2015 07:00 pm UTC
January 11, 2015 07:00 pm UTC
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So your plan is to run the 6 bolt with a few of the 2g stuff for emmissions?
You need to get some help!! Lifting the short block with 2 people isn't too bad, one people is alright but it's definitely killer!
I find the lap weld don't look as bad as I expected they would. As long as you keep things nice and cool your but welds will definitely look much better though.
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Re: A little Update on life.
[Re: Mike Lane]
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January 11, 2015 07:10 pm UTC
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1G head and block, 2g exhaust mani and fuel rail, hopefully 1g intake mani, Following a 6 bolt swap list now, but some links are dead. I have to swap the drivers side motor mount where it bolts to the block with tensioner pulley and idler. Anyone know the deal with that? The 2g mount I have to put on the 6 bolt block has 4 bolt holes instead of 3. Looks like I have to cut the one off on the top left to clear the water pump, and I assume also switch the idler and tensioner pulley and tensioner arm back to a 1g set? Once I make that fit I ll turn attention to setting up an intake mani/ignition system.
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Re: A little Update on life.
[Re: Mike Lane]
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January 11, 2015 07:57 pm UTC
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Go watch some Jafro videos, he runs through all the stuff you need for a 6 bolt in a 2g. Just as a heads up, you don't have a choice on the intake manifold the ports are totally different from 1g to 2g.
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Re: A little Update on life.
[Re: Mike Lane]
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January 15, 2015 04:40 am UTC
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Assembling pistons Torquing the ARP mains As it sits at home. Still need to assemble the outside bits, powder coat/paint. I am very greatful to gord bush for allowing my friend to leave my engine sprawled out across shelving for 2 years, and for all the help him and his team gave us with assembly information. He did an amazing job on the machining. I am also very thankful for my friend Myles, who made this all possible by co-oping at gord bush performance, helping me pay for the block work, and tearing my engine apart and cleaning it up for me. Rough Engine tally: Engine: 200 Parts: 1600 Head machining: 200 Block machining: 350 (paid courtesy of myles!) Total: 2350 (2000 out of pocket a few years ago) Yesterdays memories of assembling my own engine at a performance machine shop: EPIC!!
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Re: A little Update on life.
[Re: Mike Lane]
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January 15, 2015 04:10 pm UTC
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Mike I don't think I can express how jealous I am. I would love to do exactly what you did and be a part of it. This is what an engine build should look like. When I do mine I will definitely be cleaning up the casting like you did here. Look beautiful.
Also what Jeremy said, and a lot of high horsepower guys on here have said multiple times. Stick to the stock crank, to get one that's worth it you are looking at about what you paid already.
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Re: A little Update on life.
[Re: Mike Lane]
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January 15, 2015 07:37 pm UTC
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Thanks guys. I hear you I am pretty happy with it the way it is.I put a fair amount of research into that parts list back in the day! Cams will probably happen after I try it out the way it is. They are easy enough to do now that I know my way around most of the car. Gord thought it was fine the way it is for a 500HP reliable build. We all know it will do plenty more than that with a good tune/meth. I need a better balance shaft delete, he told me why I shouldn't use the stub shaft at the oil pump.
Wish I knew if I was welcome around there, really calm quiet place. No one is in a hurry, and Gord is a pretty quiet but friendly guy. Barely shows any emotion lol! I loved the place, so well equipped obviously. My favourite was the solvent tank with a scrub brush that flows varsol, and then the parts washer you can transfer it to after. Sandblasters are awesome too, but my buddy already did most of that.
Now to get the other 6bolt and car together. This engine is way ahead of the game, I still have a stock one to swap, learn to tune, and possibly blow up!! Lol!
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Re: A little Update on life.
[Re: Mike Lane]
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February 10, 2015 03:47 am UTC
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Some more Entire car harness work its starting to get somewhere! Feels good to have a harness half laid out! ALOTTTT of hours removing then re-installing this thing for a mock up of many mods. My time has become limited and this will be a rushed post. I am moving the battery to the trunk, fuse box in the cabin, deleting a load of unused accessories, tucking, extending, shortening/moving alot of stuff! Hoping to stick emissions sensors/solenoids back behind the passenger tower where the battery used to be. Last month, got the harness mostly untangled and laid everything out in relation to factory to remind myself how this crazy thing laid out. Engine bay Fuse box and harness are under the car on the floor along the rad support, and then along the drivers fender plugged into the cabin fuse box. Engine sensors still tangled in some organized chaos. Here the engine harness has been better organized and laid out in the organized branches of clusters of sensors. The branch on the passenger strut tower is sensors for the intake mani, ignition, and timing, as well as emissions. They all get hidden behind the engine. Fuel injectors on the drivers tower, MAS, thermostat, 02 sensors on the nearside of the pass tower. Getting ready to move the fuse box to the cabin. Such a mess ! This is my initial idea to move the fuse box behind the passenger seat and run the harness back there or under the seats. Then rewire it to a trunk battery, and to a killswitch and fuel pump require with toggle switch. I have since bolted the drivers footwell box back in temporarily, and connected everything back up. However not sure how many wires I want to lengthen. Started trying to extend the front light connectors and realized I need a supply of wire and more time and patience. Maybe a better soldering iron or tip too lol! Might be easier on myself to try and reduce the distance to the front of the car to run 2 half harnesses up right and left fenders.
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Re: A little Update on life.
[Re: Mike Lane]
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February 10, 2015 12:23 pm UTC
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Looks mad!! Make sure you know which sensors are resistance based so you don't extend those wires and screw up your readings.
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Re: A little Update on life.
[Re: Mike Lane]
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February 12, 2015 03:04 pm UTC
February 12, 2015 03:04 pm UTC
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Just figured I would put that out there, there have been people that have shortened their sensor wires and then screwed up the signal.
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Re: A little Update on life.
[Re: Mike Lane]
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February 13, 2015 06:44 pm UTC
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I definately have sensors that are too long! I figured loop em up gently inside the loom to shorten So currently I have learned that I ll be taking off to windsor for school placement in May/June/July. Hope to learn alot, but project will be slowing down until august. I ll do what I can in the meantime If I m lucky my previous schooling could land me some spare change while I am not learning (unpaid) on the 40 hr week. Not where I see living in the end, but life takes crazy turns doesn't it. Really hoping my last placement in Sept/oct/nov brings me back home (After a month off in august). Then I m done for good. Maybe someone will employ me and pay me longer than 3 months this time. Big money. Racecar funding, life altering, house buying with bigger garage kind of money. Let me know when you're in town - I live 10 minutes from the Windsor border in Detroit. Hope everything works out!
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Re: A little Update on life.
[Re: Michael Lee]
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March 22, 2015 03:23 pm UTC
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Hehe ! nice but that didnt help. My engine bay harness is roughed out how I think I want it now. Want to get a little further in the cabin before I tease with more pics of webs of wires. The bay is in good organized, taped, strands now Makes me wana toss my engine in ! Going to have to put some gaskets and timing bits in my spring budget Started working one day a week. Building bicycles outside of school time. 1st day back went well! 36 assemblies in 6 hours but they were mostly easier builds. Hope to keep that pace up, with peace work that is about 20 bucks an hr good gig if I can make a bit more time for it and keep up the pace. Sorta in the limbo phase broke awaiting next OSAP spring/summer installment :S and that isnt enough to live off of working a placement May, june, july, full time in another city with no pay.
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Re: A little Update on life.
[Re: Mike Lane]
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May 02, 2016 09:30 am UTC
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Good stuff, looking forward to some updates!
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Re: A little Update on life.
[Re: Mike Lane]
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May 13, 2016 11:23 am UTC
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Nice find Mike!! Look forward to seeing some crazy fab skills, I suggest you get some gas and do this yourself! I did some patches on the old car with flux and it works but was a bitch cause of how hot it is but with gas you should be good to go!
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