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[mdlimy]

klr142, on 04 April 2010 - 04:36 PM, said:

w00w00!

I guess they were having trouble with their optical pick-up or whatever it's called that they use for a tach signal on the COP cars...

apparently =/
oh well, thinking about swapping in the 00R motor with the 20g before davis.....
oh and i got an m66

[nari]

nice numbers on the dyno. Don't loose these maps, I might going to need them sometimes

[mdlimy]

nari, on 04 April 2010 - 07:08 PM, said:

nice numbers on the dyno. Don't loose these maps, I might going to need them sometimes

got em all saved, you get your ms yet?

[nari]

mdlimy5, on 04 April 2010 - 07:14 PM, said:

got em all saved, you get your ms yet?

nah, I gave up on that. Friend of mine is doing a T5 swap into a 7 series..

[mdlimy]

nari, on 06 April 2010 - 04:41 PM, said:

nah, I gave up on that. Friend of mine is doing a T5 swap into a 7 series..

ahhh i see, that should be fun

dropping in the 00R motor this weekend with the 20g so i can cruise down to davis a little faster
stock internals so ill have to make sure the EBC is tuned just perfect.

[klr142]

Come on now, you'll be fast enough...

[mdlimy]

klr142, on 07 April 2010 - 04:17 PM, said:

Come on now, you'll be fast enough...

lol no way, i need atleast 300 at the wheels for that 8 hour drive

[klr142]

I guess I can catch up when you stop for gas...

[mdlimy]

klr142, on 07 April 2010 - 07:24 PM, said:

I guess I can catch up when you stop for gas...

lol which will probally be pretty often actually im going to map a pretty lean cruise for some better gas milage, i wont be driving very fast anyways, cant afford to get any tickets.

[JVC]

mdlimy5, on 28 March 2010 - 06:58 PM, said:

They are bolted on with the stock lug bolts, tighten on evenly by hand and it bolts up nice and flush on the hub then just torqued down really really tight, works fine, i recheck them very often and i have yet to find a slightly loose lug bolt, no shake anywhere all the way up to 100mph, they are hub centric so i dont have to worry about centering the wheels on the lugs.

the benz wheels are 5x112.

I think the reason you were able to do this is because the log bolts for the benz must be 14mm or bigger while the 870 cars use a 12mm so the bolt is actually slightly smaller than the hole it is going through and allows side to side adjustment enough to act like wobble bolts and allow them to bolt right up. I have a feeling with the p2 bolts being 14mm that I couldn't bolt those on my car without getting adapters.

[mdlimy]

It, on 07 April 2010 - 07:32 PM, said:

I think the reason you were able to do this is because the log bolts for the benz must be 14mm or bigger while the 870 cars use a 12mm so the bolt is actually slightly smaller than the hole it is going through and allows side to side adjustment enough to act like wobble bolts and allow them to bolt right up. I have a feeling with the p2 bolts being 14mm that I couldn't bolt those on my car without getting adapters.

you are correct, my volvo lug bolts are smaller than the benz ones.

[mdlimy]

a bit of an update, had a long day at work, stayed after to work on my car till about 10 oclock, got some stuff done.

Pissed off that my koni yellows still arent here yet i assumed i probally wont see them before davis so i ripped out the bilstiens and did some diy coilovers, i have nothing to lose, these struts have been taking a beating on the cut springs already and to my suprise they are still holding up pretty well.

Same procedure as koni diy coil overs except a bit more has to be ground on the top lip of the strut housing as you can see in the pics.

out with the old


this needs to be ground down just slightly


then of course cut and grind the spring perch off...and viola!


after a pressure wash and some paint



jesus that is a gap
dindt bother moddifing or making the upper mount on this setup, it will work fine like this till i get my konis for the real setup.


money shot


uh oh too low for those tires, picking up the 205/40s tommorow, then winding them all the way down.


too much tire in front but it sits better, flush for sure


tinted the fog lights, and mounted them (no pics tho, was in a hurry)


threw the bumper on, still need to do a few things in that department....damn fender liners.



getting down there, hope to alot lower with the new tires, might even need a skid plate


god im so used to volkswagens where this picture would be proving how NOT low i am






Customer grenaded the dif in the m66, still waiting on the new tranny, customer threw a spec stage 1 at me to toss in while its apart.




tore apart the m66, havent pulled the diff yet but the rest of the tranny apears ago, lots of metal shavings came out of the oil tho. Will be getting a quaife soon






and thats it so far, pocket called just at 1:30am his time...that was funny

[gilber33]

Those stock struts that you used for the diy coilovers? Bilstein HDs work for diys?

[mdlimy]

gilber33, on 08 April 2010 - 01:36 PM, said:

Those stock struts that you used for the diy coilovers? Bilstein HDs work for diys?

i am using Bilstien Tourings, going by the 2 pics i have of tourings and HDs i would think it would work, might even be less work since it doesnt have that top lip, but still the main tube could be bigger.

[gilber33]

Nice. By the pics the tubes don't look like they're different sizes. After the swap and everything I'm going to look into this. Glad to see someone doing it on something other than the Konis.

[Mattphi]

Looking good man! What size tires are on there now?

[mdlimy]

Thanks Matt! on the rear i have 245/40s and i just picked up two 205/40s for the front today, they had some mistake at les schwab and i got them for 64 bucks a peice!

soooo, update.

much better







too much gap


ahhhhh much bettttter!


rear needs to come down and out a little











thats all for now, oh and fogs.


ordered my corner light sockets for the Euro corners, trying to get this thing together somewhat before davis!

[gilber33]

Looks way better with the new tires. When's paint going on?

[mdlimy]

gilber33, on 08 April 2010 - 09:11 PM, said:

Looks way better with the new tires. When's paint going on?

not for a while. when the whole build is pretty much done, definetly gonna go with laser/sonic blue

[johnloves850's]

This is exactly how I want my 854 to look in the front..
I guess I'm on the hunt for 17's/18's now