The Project Pad

Those are some sexy tires and wheels... well I guess the whole car is sexy!! And damn, I screwed up this year, I scheduled off the wrong days for waterlands or I would go! Damn it! :bashtard:

Nice tip> I mean tips> that's what see said! :-D

hey derek so i have been following your project an it looks awsome. i am currently in the process of doing a 3b conversion myself. i got motor all in an went to start and nothing. so i figured out that i didn't wire the two blue/red wire that power fuse 28 and 29 to 12v key on. so my question to you is what did you wire thoughs into that was key on 12v?

derracuda wrote:17x8.5" ET34

I missed something... they are 5 lug.. how?! haha

car is clean tho, good stuff

derracuda wrote:mmm...

Someone has been playing with Race gas

The wheels and tires look great Derek. Your car always makes me want to go find a 4kq

4kq's rock


engine build numero two-oh. i got an absolutely minty mint, mint mint mint 3B block. the bores are absolutely perfect, line bore is perfect, no corrosion inside the block, all surfaces perfect. harvested from a 130k mile 200 20v that had been hit in the front.






i am still in awe that the cylinder liners look like this... i've never seen clean ones before.









i'll be transferring the rotating assembly minus pistons (i have the ones from this block), new rings (finally), a windage tray, possibly a crank scraper, possibly a custom oil control grid in the pan, all the ARP hardware, etc into this block, fix the bent valves in the head, install the HD valve springs, finish port matching (which i somehow forgot the first time around), and then the engine work should be done...

i ripped the 3B harness and ecu out, and got the AAN harness started..

still on the list to finish aside from the engine...
AAN wiring
Intake manifold
intake plumbing/BOV
downpipe
wideband zietronix to wire up
turbo lines for coolant and oil
crank case breather setup
oil cooler

i know there's more, but i'm in denial and just trying to get one thing at a time done.

my hats off to Aaron for beating me to being ready for Waterland. i might just have to go out and watch and root him on

You have got to be the luckiest guy I know when it comes to finding minty-mint cars/parts. Nice job!

Location, Location, Location!

easy derek, makin' me jealous over here....

Wow...That is a C L E A N block....

i love walnut shell media... it makes aluminum bits beautiful!








tomorrow i hope to do the pistons and some other alu. bits.

Derek, you have any thoughts on how to keep those aluminum parts looking that nice as far as a clear coat? I have thought about trying to clear coat a freshly blasted piece, but always chicken out figuring that if the clear yellows or peels it will look worse than the oxidized aluminum. Thoughts

Aren't there clear powder coats? I would think that would be pretty impervious to stuff, and shouldn't yellow. Or use a silver that's similar to bare aluminum.

Eric

the walnut shells don't seem to leave the surface really exposed like regular glass beading IMO. i'm gonna leave them like they are and see how they fare.

Awesome car!

I´d like to know some things for my zermatt-4kq, though:

Are the small wheels on some of your pics 8x16s from the V8? Is there any rubbing with those?
How did you convert the rear to 5x112? Did you just press 5k front hubs into the carrier? I have an urq-suspension with the wide rear hubs and fully loaded (the car is my DD) it rubbed with 185/55 R15 ET47(!!!), so i´d like to put in 5k-hubs instead (so they fit, of course). Any brake disc suggestions?

Thanks, and go on promoting 4kq-ownership like you do.

derracuda wrote:the walnut shells don't seem to leave the surface really exposed like regular glass beading IMO. i'm gonna leave them like they are and see how they fare.

Magically nothing oxidizes in Derekland. I'm sure it will look just as nice in another 10 years.

They make a clear engine paint too...I clear coated some of my 20vt bits even after painting.

PxTx wrote:

derracuda wrote:the walnut shells don't seem to leave the surface really exposed like regular glass beading IMO. i'm gonna leave them like they are and see how they fare.

Magically nothing oxidizes in Derekland. I'm sure it will look just as nice in another 10 years.

:slap: in Derekland, the rust goes away with time, not accumulates
itll only get better

fwiw i will lose my mind and go crazy if derek finds a 5 cylinder 5v per, cylinder head, mmmm tasty

KKquattro wrote:Awesome car!

I´d like to know some things for my zermatt-4kq, though:

Are the small wheels on some of your pics 8x16s from the V8? Is there any rubbing with those?
How did you convert the rear to 5x112? Did you just press 5k front hubs into the carrier? I have an urq-suspension with the wide rear hubs and fully loaded (the car is my DD) it rubbed with 185/55 R15 ET47(!!!), so i´d like to put in 5k-hubs instead (so they fit, of course). Any brake disc suggestions?

Thanks, and go on promoting 4kq-ownership like you do.

check the first couple pages, it's all in there 200 20v wheels. 15x7.5" ET35. 5ktq hubs in the rear stock housings, so low offset.


i hate rust, it makes me sad, therefore i will never live in the east

derracuda wrote:i hate rust, it makes me sad, therefore i will never live in the east

hey hey now, ok you dont have to drive an eastern car, but jeez its not all bad out here

We used some of this at the machine shop I worked at: www.sprayfill.com/ANTICORROSIVE.aspx

waterlands?

:( no way.... too much to do and i still have stuff out waiting to get it back

trailor it there! you can win some show stuffs