Busy Week For My Car

[JunickJr8]

monday- swapped cat to test pipe with rpgt93, bought and put on aftermarket pedals

tuesday- took out my ENTIRE interior (seats, console, etc) steam-vac'd the carpet and seats and totally cleaned everything, cleaned the engine bay more, and painted the little "FORD" logo on the heads white, re-tourqued head bolts

wednesday- bought kumho ecsta tires from rpgt93, went and got them mounted and balanced, came home and completely overhauled my rims so they look all shiny, did the 3rd brake light mod with the GT logo

so thats the week. now sometime in the next or two i will be buying a cone air filter and doing a REAL CAI .. :lol: and probably towards the end of july ill be getting a front strut bar :D

so there's the update on my car :)

[JunickJr8]

oh and also today i did the wiring thing so i can have my foggies on without having to have my lights on :D thanks to kirk's tutorial on his website that is :) :thup:

the 3rd brake light looks awesome .. the test pipe sounds so sweet (except i need new gaskets cuz i think im leakin' a lil') so my car is finally comin around, now i just can't wait to get my intake/filter then strut bar :D any idea's on what i should do after that?

<add>quick question: i see cone filters like k&n and mushroom filters like hks ... do they get the same performance, or at least almost the same performance. what would you recommend .. keep in mind cone is like $50 and mushroom is $25

<add2>so, my task list: get a new passenger tail light, get air filter, make intake out of 3" abs pipe, get front upper strut bar

[MN Probe GT]

Originally posted by JunickJr8
oh and also today i did the wiring thing so i can have my foggies on without having to have my lights on :D thanks to kirk's tutorial on his website that is :) :thup:


Yeah it's pretty much idiot proof. To be honest, I took it from another site, but I have TONS of pictures and I rewrote it all myself. It was somewhat challenging for me because I had never done anything electrical before. It was the first "mod" I ever did.

[naustin]

Nice man!

[tracer bullet]

re-torqued head bolts? why'd you have them off?

[MN Probe GT]

Originally posted by tracer bullet
re-torqued head bolts? why'd you have them off?

I'm guessing he meant valve cover bolts. If not.... :eek:

[JunickJr8]

:shy: yes that's what i meant ... lol, i r dumb, i know.

[flea]

your not dumb dude, your l33t!:D

[JunickJr8]

i r teh 1337357 0f teh 1337

[naustin]

Oh cripes not that crap again... :rolleyes:

[JunickJr8]

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[wannabfast]

:lol:
00000000 69 20 62 65 74 20 68 65 - 20 69 73 6e 27 74 20 6a
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[JunickJr8]

sooooo... what should i do next?

im getting my CAI most likely on monday, and so far im the highest bidder on ebay for a passenger tail light (since mine has a hole in it) .. but then what?

here are some options so far: clear corners, FSTB, reverse gauges...

i want/need it so be under $30-40 preferable $30 .. so dont be like "buy NAWWWWWWWWZ" or "get some headers and exhaust" im talking small mods here, i got my test pipe and am getting my intake... so then what

[MN Probe GT]

get a turbo. Maybe you can get some advice after dani installs one on her car.

[matt]

if you want performance then save your money and get a rstb, the front is worthless. but if you want to dress it up a little, then id go for the cc's, the stockers are hideous.
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[matt]

Originally posted by MN Probe GT
get a turbo. Maybe you can get some advice after dani installs one on her car.


i kept waiting for the page to load, i figured a laughing smiley would be in there somewhere.
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[MN Probe GT]

Originally posted by matt
i kept waiting for the page to load, i figured a laughing smiley would be in there somewhere.

no, I was serious.

[matt]

of course. didnt mean to question your integrity.
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[MN Probe GT]

:lol:

[JunickJr8]

corners is an option.. but i was also thinking maybe a RSTB .. or would that not change much either .. :shrug:

[Splat]

I think clear corners for the GT/SE are kinda odd. since most of the lense is clear already. Unless you have a base then I would suggest taking those ugly ass orange things off!!!

[JunickJr8]

tru, but mine are old and look kinda cruddy inside.. moisture builds up and crap ... so im not sure what im gonna do yet..

[Splat]

oh, ok. then I would go for the clears...

[matt]

the rear strut bar works wonders, so if your looking for a cheap performance upgrade, id go with that. hatchbacks are prone to flex, and the rear strut towers are key areas that needs strenth.
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[JunickJr8]

well... Bomz RSTB (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2422706395&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOAB:US:6)

there ya have it.. $20 +$12SH .. = $32, should be here in a few days, then me and rpgt93 will both install ours on our respective cars :thup:

next: to get my CAI .. hopefully tomorrow or thursday
in a few weeks: another mod.. Corners, Gaugues, FSTB ... not sure yet :shrug: throw out some <$40 ideas

[JunickJr8]

k... bah... person im buying the intake from when out of town until saturday .. so:

sunday: intake
monday/tuesday: tail light
wednesday/thursday: RSTB

and hopefully somewhere in there my mnpoc.org thing should come :thup: took me a while :lol:

[Splat]

didja buy it from Dave?

[JunickJr8]

yup :D came today

today was a fun day ... me and rpgt93 put a new valve cover gasket on the front ... well.. sorta. :lol: and its running good. soon we're gonna put new ones on the intake manifold and rear valve cover. the rear needs it too, one of the plug wells you could hear the oil squishing when we took out the wire... not good :( and since we'll have the manifold off we might as well do that too. so yay $$$ out the door :thup:

[rpgt93]

you know you could refer to me as brian here or there :thup:

[JunickJr8]

well i do usually and put rpgt in ( ) to make sure ;)

[JunickJr8]

ok... i have a question:

how do i flush the radiator :shrug: ... someone explain it to me in full plz

[Oertdogg]

Its easy. Get a pan and some radiator flush, pull the plug and pop in a hose. After its all gone, dump in some new fluid.

[matt]

btw, the drain plug is located under the valance on the passenger side. its a little knob, with a short tube hanging down.
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[MN Probe GT]

Originally posted by matt
btw, the drain plug is located under the valance on the passenger side. its a little knob, with a short tube hanging down.

yeah it's actually kind of conveinent. I was surprised.

[JunickJr8]

yeah i can't really find it.. pics any1?

btw: my intake i just gotta pick it up, my RSTB should be here by friday, however.. the tail light.. the guy ISN'T responding, and hasn't since when i sent the payment to him.. i swear to fucking god if i get jipped... :no:

[MN Probe GT]

Originally posted by JunickJr8
yeah i can't really find it.. pics any1?


Here's a good pic.

[KL03]

:idea:

that is the funniest thing I have seen in a while:lol:
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[d_phekt]

:lol: that's fuckin' great! :lol:

[matt]

this is just too bad, but it really is easy to find. its a little clear tube that hangs down on the passenger side, under the front valance. hint- it will be near the radiator.
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[JunickJr8]

yeah i looked around there for fucking ever and all i saw was to black metal pipes that ended at the bottom of the car, and one other black one that just kinda hangs down by the alt... yeah so i suck at cars and im a nub kirk, lick my sack :mad:

[Oertdogg]

whats the pic supposed to be? Jew-have you not searched on the web for instructions yet?

[MN Probe GT]

Originally posted by matt
this is just too bad, but it really is easy to find. its a little clear tube that hangs down on the passenger side, under the front valance. hint- it will be near the radiator.

Yeah even I found it! :lol:

It's at the bottom passenger side of the radiator. LIKE MY PIC POINTS OUT.

You may have to remove those little flaps on the bottom on the splash guard or remove the passenger wheel well splash gaurd to get a good view of it. Once you find it, you'll see how easy it is. You just twist this plastic knob and out comes fluid. Just like a tap. You don't want to put your mouth under it though.

one time I was chaning my fog lights and I pulled out he bulb and all the nasty water in the wiring harness sleeve poured into my mouth. So gross....

[matt]

Originally posted by MN Probe GT
You may have to remove those little flaps on the bottom on the splash guard


shit dude, im assuming he was smart enough to figure that out, be nice.
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[JunickJr8]

:shrug: im still a nub with cars... i'm learning bit by bit when i do stuff on my car... :( that's why i said details

[matt]

oh, ok. remove the splash guard to gain visual access of the radiator. look around for little tube. twist little knobby thingy to drain green smelly stuff. replace with newer, less smelly green stuff.
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[KL03]

If your green smelly stuff turns out to be brown poopy stuff :barf: , this is infact a problem. Do not panic though. This can happen if it has not been changed for quit some time. You are doing a good deed for you car by adding new stuff!
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[JunickJr8]

it was green, but smelled horrible.. i also got a new upper radiator hose cuz mine looked like shit inside and out, those clamps piss me off :mad: anyways i drained it all, sutck the hose in and let it run thru for a while and everything. put new coolant in an wallah.

my RSTB comes tomorrow, and the tail light guy finally responded and it'll be here next week.

[MN Probe GT]

it always smells bad.

[JunickJr8]

well, from just driving tonite around town, my engine definately runs cooler, instead of the meter being around the R-M area in "NORMAL" its on the O :D also, i was thinking maybe i could get a 160 degree thermostat in my car :shrug: only like $5 and doesn't seem too hard to install, what do u guys think?

[JunickJr8]

well, today i got my RSTB and put it in, fairly clean installation, looks really nice, i left the trunk shelf thingy out and also drive around with the back seats down :D i can notice a difference already, my car doesn't seem to pull around corners fast, it turns around them ;)

[jay]

Originally posted by JunickJr8
anyways i drained it all, sutck the hose in and let it run thru for a while and everything.



sorry, i couldn't help it, but when i read it the first time, it sounded like you were sucking, til i caught the T in the su-ck. :thup:

just giving you crap dude, hope you get your car fixed completely soon... :lol:

[JunickJr8]

well its running damn good lately. all this money and work is paying off so far, my front plug wells are prefectly clean, and my engine is running noticebly better with the engine restore and seafoam i put in, and its also like i said running cooler. not to mention the performance gain out of the test pipe, intake, RSTB, and kumhos

[MN Probe GT]

now that your car is all fixed, you should come to MNLAN so I can pwn you on LAN.

[JunickJr8]

why are you people saying "fixed" ... it was never broken, im just doing maintainance...

ugh, i can't go to MNLAN anyways, i'll be out of town

[jay]

okay, its good to hear you "tuned up" ur car.


feel better now? if you didnt FIX the cooling system, its consider broke down til its FULLY functional. RIGHT?