Changes For 2009 Season For The Vento

extra crispy

mkvizzle wrote:

extra crispy

i'd eat breakfast lunch and dinner off that

mkvizzle wrote:

i'd eat breakfast lunch and dinner off that

Hell yeah man!!!!

WTF ED!!!!!! Wheres the new pics????? Its already 11 am!lol

ADMIN wrote:

WTF ED!!!!!! Wheres the new pics????? Its already 11 am!lol

LOL I think I left the camera in the garage. I have to get out there and do some work plus get the camera. I will post some more pics of all the stuff we all got done yesterday.


Again thank you to Mike,Kristin, Aaron, & Brian for all the help on the car. Love you guy's!!!!

Ed

U were supposed to b out there all day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol ur welcome!

lazy a$$ ! no prob

Ok its been 2 days ...did the garage eat the camera???

ADMIN wrote:

Ok its been 2 days ...did the garage eat the camera???

Funny Funny. Camera is ok, I am just doing wiring now and there is nothing to take pictures of. Def not fun.


Here are some pics of the car since 4/19/2009.

Bay is done and Motor bolted on the BFI Stage .5 Motor Mount Kit.







The CSR Water Neck Installed




AEG Exhaust Manifold Coated



Quick shot of the new red suede interior on the pillars.




So far I love how the car is coming out. It is getting close to being complete!! Post more pics when I get stuff to take pictures of. Thanks again for everyone's help.

Ed

still no white thing?????

ADMIN wrote:

still no white thing?????

Sorry no white thing yet. Trust me I am trying to get to that point as fast as possible. I just want this thing done and running. But you know how it is alway's have other things that come up that slow the process down sometimes.

god ed i might be done before you at this rate lol

20vtgls wrote:

god ed i might be done before you at this rate lol

LOL Hey you never know..

As of 5/25/2009 this is where I am at. Almost Done.

looking good dude

20vtgls wrote:

looking good dude

Thanks man. It is getting there. I do not think it is going to dubs at the beach this weekend due to the throttle cable issue I am having and ofcoarse not knowing if it actually starts and drives right.. It's all good though it will be ready for waterama for sure!!!

Ed

6/9/09

Got some more work done today. Thought it would be neat to post comparison picture's of what the engine bay looked like in 08 to what it will look like for 09.

2008 engine bay




2009 engine bay





Got the rad/rad support/electric fan/ rad shroud/ more wiring done ect ect. It is getting there. Hope to be done for waterama, Just real busy with other things, But I am happy with the way everything came out and again thank's to all that helped me out with the build..

hot sh*t ed finish her up for sunday meet?

20vtgls wrote:

hot sh*t ed finish her up for sunday meet?

LOL It might look like it is all done but it still has some work to go. Biggest problem now is getting the right belt for the car because I deleted the power steering also.. I have to run a vr6 water pump pulley, thanks to george he is dropping a spare one off to me tonight so I am going to try and finish that up. Also have to put new brakes on it, adjust the front and rear coilovers, put axles in, tighten exhaust, re-wire O2 sensors, and all other front end stuff plus get the interior stuff bolted in and work on the trunk. So I still have a nice sized list to go. It's not going to take a lot of TIME but TIME is hard to come by.

Ed

Well got most of the little issues that I had fixed. I am almost done with the new brakes and suspension mods to the car. My 2 front DZ wheels are getting 2 new tires mounted and balanced on them today and I should have them by tonight. The rear brakes were a pain in the ass I literally had to swap over all the wheel bearings and races and buy new seals and grease to install in the new rotors.. But they are all done and I just have to bolt them up.

I am in the home stretch with this build finally and am going to try and get a few hour's on it tonight. I assure you all I have a feeling it is going to be a 12:00 midnight on saturday before waterama finish time like it always happen's to me for some reason

Ed

THE CAR STARTS AND RUNS!!!!!!!

Started it last night after a few small issues (had the fuel lines reversed lol) and it started right up. Just have to let the throttle body motor do it's wierd thing and I should be good to go.

Only other things I have to get done is set my suspension the way I want it, Put the rest of the interior in and take it for a ride.

Thanks again for everyones help. I will post pics of the finished car all cleaned up.

Ed

As of July 5th.







Just need to put front grill in, some dash pieces in, trunk stuff and that should do it. Took it for a ride on 37 last night. Running good.

Waterfest here I come!!!

ED

sweet ed looking good