Looking extremely good. Can't wait to see some vids of the beast on the road.

Manny, those welds are looking great!
Where do you typically source your tubing for exhaust and intercooler piping?

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thanks man, there will def be some vids up as i go.

i supplied him with all the piping to do the job. i bought just ebay IC piping, (which i might replace later on down the road) and some 3" SS bends from Jegs and bought some flanges.

This post has been edited by Ted95: Jun 29, 2011 - 2:38 PM

Looks great man! I miss my 6gc at times when I see stuff like this. Looks awesome tho man! Intercooler piping is nice as well those welds are really good.

Cam, enjoy your car homeboy, you deserve it.
A few pics I snapped with the iPod before he left.

Thanks Manny! it was a long wait, ( year and a half) but well worth it

as you guys can see, the car is "done" lol and its fcukin kickasss! coupler slipped off the IC on the way home but slapped it back on tightened it and was back to Boooooosssstttttt!!!! hahaha, i still cant believe its done. the HKS ssqv BOV sounds GREATTT lol im pretty excited.

at full boost i hit what i assume is fuel cut at 80mph, i still need to cap off the OEM boost controller which eliminate that problem, right? lol

other then that theres a few odds and ends that i need to buttom up, however, with the 4th of July weekend on its way, im living at work alllllllllllllllllll weekend. FML, so i wont be able to play around with it until next week, pics as soooon as i get the chance!

And lastly.. a BIG thanks to my friends Dustin, Stef, and Manny for helping me along the way with this swap. you guys helped me out with all my questions and helped me find solutions when i needed them lol. you guys are great people and im happy and honored to have learned from you guys. you can research until your brain explodes, but getting in there and doing it yourself is the best way to learn, and i did just that and man does it feel aweome! thanks again guys!

hey cam, how many lbs of boost are you running when you hit this "cut" ?

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well the stock controller is still plugged in sooo w.e stock boost is im guessing, i havent wired in my gauge yet lol im doing that this week bc i have no time this weekend because im basically living at work this weekend. but first, second, and i believe 3rd goes to redline but once i hit 80mph it cuts out and stops at 4k in either 3rd or 4th gear.

so today after work i went out to cut and mod the bumper and slap it on.

i also plugged out the factory boost controller and put on an aftermarket controller, this solved my problem with the "cut"

couple pics i caught over the past few days, im going to take more b4 work tomorrow night







got to give the car a good drive tonight and get a feel for whats to come lol
car drives soo smoooootthhh and it just sucks you back into your seat it your seat and holds you, so sick
still a few things i gotta pick away at here and there, but now i can at least drive my car to work FINALLY! lol

i give it a few months before your bored, But than again your lucky enough to have a 3rd gen you lucky bastard

Enjoy! our cleicas are sleepers forever no matter even with a gt4 front end. Everyone thinks you aint got nothing under the hood till you booooost

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haha ya i kinda kno what you mean, im already gettin some what used to it. how ever im not used to the poly mounts and the vibration... lol

i did get a few cheers last night as i boooosstttedd by a gas station, the car just sounds sooo sickk lol

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lets go cruising while i still have a car

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im down lol when im free from work id gladly go for a ride

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lookin great bro!
i gotta get a refill for the argon, and a new blade for the saw to complete your intake.
ill hit you up later this week.

alright so i finally had time to update my thread lol i went ghost for a little bit, been to busy driving my car.. and workin fml

so the car runs greattttt i fckin love boost, end of story. i just love how the car drives and pulls soo smooth and the BOV sounds meann lol turns lots of heads
i love how the car drives just like the 5s around town with everday driving but then comes alive with just a little bit of throttle with out even getting on it, very nice

how ever i did have an issue..

i was being stupid with my car when i thought my clutch let go or my axel may have snapped or popped out so i got the car towed to a garage that just did a tranny seal on the same axel so i was hopin maybe somehow it popped out, im not sure, he checked the axels and said no they r fine your clutch let go. so i got the car towed back to my house until i had the time and money to get a new clutch and swap her in.

almost a week went by until i actually got to look at the car, Dustin and Stef happened to be down and gave me a hand with it and we figured out the axel came out so we tried to pop it back in and it just wouldnt go. we tried and tried but it would never snap, then we just took the axel and out and this is what we found..



you can see the splinds all fanned over






snapped the end of the axel shaft right off




what realy pissed me off was the fact that the guy said my axels are fine... does that look fine? we could pull the axel away from the tranny with our hands lol idk how he didnt notice it wanting to pull out.

made a call to Mike and picked up the spare tranny he had and did the tranny swap and put a new axel in and now it drives great. but i wont be doing that again lol. im in the search for heavy duty axels for the s54 and a e153 tranny, see what i find first, more likely the tranny bc i cant find axels.

quick pics of the car




This post has been edited by Ted95: Aug 31, 2011 - 10:38 PM

some pics for you guys






took the tire off the other day and this is what i seen...




and patched it up for the mean time.. its not pretty but its better then that ^

Wow thats concerning. Do have salt on the roads or something?

> well hes from the northeast so yea. They shouldn't, but what do they know =p

Nice build BTW =)

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lol ya its a New England car, the roads get salty in the winter, and the car has 223k on the body, it used to be a small hole smaller then dime but i guess the 3s had somethin to say about that

and thanks, its a work in progress still

Just fyi, cam. I didn't forget to, or not install the oring on the bov. If I had, it would have rattled and not held its position.
It must have come out when the cclip popped out.

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Ahh i see, i live in Australia so yeah we dont get that here

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ya it probably did fall out, gettin that clip in was a pain that night lol. i could spin the bov before, even before the bov popped off, i put an o-ring in and it doesnt move at all. its no big deal to me as long as it works like it has.



This post has been edited by Ted95: Sep 1, 2011 - 11:31 PM

Just read through your whole topic mate and i have to say im inspired! Im currently collecting the parts to do a FWD 3sgte swap over here in Ireland and ive been getting a bit disheartened lately being let down on parts and an engine deal fell through but seeing the work you put in has revived my want to get this underway!

Car is looking great and the engine just sits so pretty tucked in the bay there

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thanks man! it took some time but i just had to be paitent, and part by part week by week it all came together and man do i love it!

dont give up man! it will all come together in time, just be paitent and do your homework now while searching for parts, thats what i did and it worked out great for me. goodluck my dude!

TRD strut bar on a st205 swap, yeaaa buddy!




its like the same color as the bay too, WIN!




things in great condition, had to do a lil modding to make it fit but overall went well

few pics of the car




anddd last but not least..

the winter beater

a 96 neon, i will b puttin the celi away for the winter in december or so.. hey it was free with 74k on it, cant go wrong lol

ill post up some better pics of the strut bar, had some bad lighting, i will repaint it as well to clean it up a bit.


This post has been edited by Ted95: Sep 10, 2011 - 8:26 PM

Lol the beater = celi's retarded cousin

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ya pretty much, im gunna try and put my old GT wheels on it but i think they have different offsets.. spacerss?? hmm.. lol

This post has been edited by Ted95: Sep 10, 2011 - 8:29 PM

Nice strut bar, I was wondering when you were getting one lol

looks great cam!
gotta love a free winter beater!!

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Just mount the most ridiculous wheels you can find, if you're going to drive a Neon might as well make fun of yourself and have fun with it. Rattle can the steelies pink...

This post has been edited by SwissFerdi: Sep 11, 2011 - 10:50 AM

make it look dope!!!111one11once!