Here is my car as of September 2012:
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This is just after the completion of the Manual Trans swap. Car is dirty but I love this pic. Thanks Ryan.
Performance:
Manual Transmission Swap :woot:
Quaife LSD
Energy Suspension Shifter Base Bushings
Megan Racing Short Shifter and Shift Knob
SpeedSource.net Brass Shift Cable Bushings
OEM Flywheel with new OEM bolts, pilot bushing and adapter plates
ACT Street Disk Clutch with ATE Super Blue DOT 4 fluid
AEM short ram intake with dry flow filter
Invidia N1 cat back
OBX Header
3 guage pillar with AEM wideband, Innovate Motorsports oil pressure and vacuum/boost guages
Wheels, Brakes and Suspension:
17" Evo VIII Enkei wheels
Kumho Ecsta ASX 235/45-17 tires
Evo VIII Brembo Brake Swap: Drum to disk on the rears, fresh powder coat all 4, red with black decals
Goodrich SS brake Lines with ATE Super Blue DOT 4 brake fluid
KSport Kontrol Pro Coilovers with front camber plates
Ingalls rear camber adjustment kits, -1* to +3* camber
Suspension Techniques 22mm rear sway bar
Moog swaybar endlinks, front and rear
ProSteer Serviceable front tie rod ends/ball joints
Megan Racing front lower tie bar
Megan Racing front strut bar
DC Sports rear strut bar
Energy Suspensions Front sway bar bushings and Front and Rear Control arm Bushings
PrOthane rear knuckle bushings
PrOthane Motor Mounts, front sleeved with a 1/2' bolt
Dorman front and rear ball joints
Show and Interior:
ED Shine Street Flared lip kit, front, rear and side skirts
Stock 3G wing (replaced the SS wing)
Grillcraft 5 piece silver grill kit
OEM GT Aluminum Fuel Door
Siebon Vader Style Carbon Fiber hood with locking pins
Sonar CCFL Chrome Housed Halo's
1st Gen TYC Chrome Housed tails
Depo clear front and rear corners
GT leather seats swap
Custom painted red and black dash and interior pieces
Red dash LED swap
Red dash underglow
Audio and Electronics:
Optima Red Top battery relocated to trunk with Knukonceptz Kompression terminals
0/1 AWG Custom Big 3 Upgrade and Audio wiring with Knukonceptz wire
Jensen VM9314 7" TFT flip out HU w/ XM and HD radio, Bluetooth adapter, Backup Cam and iPod direct connection
JL Audio 300/4 4 chan amp 75w x 4ohm per chan
Kicker DS Series front 6.75" front component set with 1" tweeter 60w RMS/120 w max
Kicker DS Series rear 6x9 3 way speakers 100w RMS/300w max
Kenwood 9105D 2 output monoblock amp 500w x 4ohm per output
2 12" Kicker CompVR subs, dual 2ohm coils 400w RMS/800 w max each, wired to 4ohms each
0/1 AWG audio wiring with Knukonceptz wire, complete factory bypass, speakers on 16 AWG wire
Stage III lighting relay wire harness made by Ken, wired to make the non-OEM fogs work, plug and play
Future Mods:
Manual Trans Swap, rebuilt with Quaiffe LSD and upgraded racing clutch (finished collecting parts :yesway: ) COMPLETED SEP 03, 2012
Custom sub and amp box based off of Future3G's design Started
Engine bay beautification: powder red and black and ceramic hyper silver (already have the spare parts)
Yellow capsule fog light retro and refinish the sonars
Evo VIII 16G turbo setup (finished collecting parts :yesway: )
Grind and re-paint chassis (last done in 2009), slight rust on fuel tank and crossmemebers
Rebuild current I4 motor (possible 4g63 head swap) to handle 300-350 WHP
http://www.club3g.com/forum/rs-gs/152541-drewskis-16g-build-long-term-process.html - my build thread
Thread Index
Page 1: Current pics, current mod list, introduction of the car and first impressions, clear front turns, finding the right wheels
Page 2: Evo 8 Enkeis, intro of the turbo, intro of the Bembos, plans for urethane bushings, more turbo parts, bad seller experience
Page 3: Replaced siezed passenger caliper, moog endlinks and urethane bushing talks, rear drum to disk swap talk, guages
Page 4: Wideband guage discussion, Injen IC pipes, turbo talk, wheel and caliper problems, Brembos ready for powder, car off to the body shop
Page 5: Ordered suspension bushings, car back from the body shop, black leather seats swap, enter the electrical issue :noplease:
Page 6: Enter Raman the troll, trolling, trolling . . .
Page 7: Continue the rice, EvoM and C4G discussion, Brembo powder talk, turbo talk
Page 8: Turbo talk, Raman Rice, urethane bushings, disck swap backplate, new dash, enter the build thread, Raman rice
Page 9: Raman Rice :facepalm:, electrical problems
Page 10: Wheel problems, rear knuckle bushings ordered, I4 rear motor mount issue
Page 11: Raman . . . , more of the rear motor mount issue
Page 12: Sound deadener discussion, rear knuckle mounts, motor mount install, front motor mount sleeve, Dorman control arms and rear toe arms, UPS messed up the Brembos :noplease:
Page 13: Front and rear ureathane bushing install, front center crossmember bushings, Brembos are ready for install
Page 14: Brembo install
Page 15: Answer to the rear motor mount issue, rear motor mount and moog endlink discussion
Page 16: Raman Rice, rear motor mount solved
Page 17: Christmas 2011 Rice with Raman, rebuilt e-brakes, Dorman rear toe arm install
Page 18: More of Raman, Alignment discussion, Ingalls rear camber kit
Page 19: Dog talk thanks to Raman, new AEM dryflow filter
Page 20: front center crossmember bushing install, rear motor mount finally installed, Moog endlinks installed, Ingalls rear camber kit: complete with review, dryflow filter replaced
Page 21: Strongarm rear hatch struts, new pics of the car, aluminium fuel door, my girls 96 Mustang
Page 22: All Raman Rice
Page 23: Front caliper bolt busted off :noplease:, MD meet pics
Page 24: Rice of Raman, 5 speed swap discussion
Page 25: Trans talk, new windsheild, current suspension setup
Page 26: New AEM wideband, Spring Break 2012 plans, turbo talk, new interior install start, COTM :woot:
Page 27: Sound deadener install, guage pod install, wiper cowling and arms painted, LED guage swap, motor mount and sound deadener discussion
Page 28: Electrical problem fixed :woot:, powdercoat talk
Page 29: Ordered Kens lighting wire harness: This, JDM yellow fog capsule retro parts, bought a 5 speed
Page 30: New trans, clutch, flywheel, Quaiffe LSD, new pics as of spring 2012, old pics of the day I bought the car and the first work I did on it
Page 31: Trans swap talk, Raman Rice, Kens stage 3 wire harness install
Page 32: Shifter cable bushing discussion, Megan SS instal and ES shifter base bushings, completion of trans swap and 16g part collections
Page 33: Engine bay cleaning, Trans swap talk
Car Timeline via Pics :yesway:
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Megan front lower tie rod and ES front control arm bushings
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Engine bay as of July 2012, no more red
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My electrical setup as of my light harness relay install, the 1/0 wire is the only red left, still goes to the T then to the fuses in-line for the alt and audio, the OEM starter wire is still there, the 2 8 wires go into the smaller distribution block with 2 8's going to the fuse box and 1 8 going to the lighting relay (the only way to make it work till I get my optima red top)
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Lighting relay harness and wiring
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Rear Prothane/ES bushings and Ingalls camber kit
More current pics of my car, Feb. 2012
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My car, Oct 2011
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Grillcraft Grill and Vents, SS Lip, Siebon Hood, Sonar Heads and Depo corners
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Ride height for my DD on KSport Kontrol Pro Coils, it is hard to see but the lip is just below the top of the label (16 oz coke bottle for reference)
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Evo VIII Enkei's, no more pinstripe, stock wing back on, need some 5% tint
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Sonar tails and Depo corners, SS side skirt and rear lip
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Invidia N1 tip, not crooked and doesn't hang out
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GT leather seats
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Amps and power distribution system, cap will go as soon as I build custom box and amp enclosure
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Big 3 upgrade with 0/1 wire, fuses, terminals, and distribution block for alt and audio
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Before: August 2011
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18" KMC Luna wheels wrapped in 225/45 18 Yoko Avid ENVigor's
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This is just after the completion of the Manual Trans swap. Car is dirty but I love this pic. Thanks Ryan.
Performance:
Manual Transmission Swap :woot:
Quaife LSD
Energy Suspension Shifter Base Bushings
Megan Racing Short Shifter and Shift Knob
SpeedSource.net Brass Shift Cable Bushings
OEM Flywheel with new OEM bolts, pilot bushing and adapter plates
ACT Street Disk Clutch with ATE Super Blue DOT 4 fluid
AEM short ram intake with dry flow filter
Invidia N1 cat back
OBX Header
3 guage pillar with AEM wideband, Innovate Motorsports oil pressure and vacuum/boost guages
Wheels, Brakes and Suspension:
17" Evo VIII Enkei wheels
Kumho Ecsta ASX 235/45-17 tires
Evo VIII Brembo Brake Swap: Drum to disk on the rears, fresh powder coat all 4, red with black decals
Goodrich SS brake Lines with ATE Super Blue DOT 4 brake fluid
KSport Kontrol Pro Coilovers with front camber plates
Ingalls rear camber adjustment kits, -1* to +3* camber
Suspension Techniques 22mm rear sway bar
Moog swaybar endlinks, front and rear
ProSteer Serviceable front tie rod ends/ball joints
Megan Racing front lower tie bar
Megan Racing front strut bar
DC Sports rear strut bar
Energy Suspensions Front sway bar bushings and Front and Rear Control arm Bushings
PrOthane rear knuckle bushings
PrOthane Motor Mounts, front sleeved with a 1/2' bolt
Dorman front and rear ball joints
Show and Interior:
ED Shine Street Flared lip kit, front, rear and side skirts
Stock 3G wing (replaced the SS wing)
Grillcraft 5 piece silver grill kit
OEM GT Aluminum Fuel Door
Siebon Vader Style Carbon Fiber hood with locking pins
Sonar CCFL Chrome Housed Halo's
1st Gen TYC Chrome Housed tails
Depo clear front and rear corners
GT leather seats swap
Custom painted red and black dash and interior pieces
Red dash LED swap
Red dash underglow
Audio and Electronics:
Optima Red Top battery relocated to trunk with Knukonceptz Kompression terminals
0/1 AWG Custom Big 3 Upgrade and Audio wiring with Knukonceptz wire
Jensen VM9314 7" TFT flip out HU w/ XM and HD radio, Bluetooth adapter, Backup Cam and iPod direct connection
JL Audio 300/4 4 chan amp 75w x 4ohm per chan
Kicker DS Series front 6.75" front component set with 1" tweeter 60w RMS/120 w max
Kicker DS Series rear 6x9 3 way speakers 100w RMS/300w max
Kenwood 9105D 2 output monoblock amp 500w x 4ohm per output
2 12" Kicker CompVR subs, dual 2ohm coils 400w RMS/800 w max each, wired to 4ohms each
0/1 AWG audio wiring with Knukonceptz wire, complete factory bypass, speakers on 16 AWG wire
Stage III lighting relay wire harness made by Ken, wired to make the non-OEM fogs work, plug and play
Future Mods:
Manual Trans Swap, rebuilt with Quaiffe LSD and upgraded racing clutch (finished collecting parts :yesway: ) COMPLETED SEP 03, 2012
Custom sub and amp box based off of Future3G's design Started
Engine bay beautification: powder red and black and ceramic hyper silver (already have the spare parts)
Yellow capsule fog light retro and refinish the sonars
Evo VIII 16G turbo setup (finished collecting parts :yesway: )
Grind and re-paint chassis (last done in 2009), slight rust on fuel tank and crossmemebers
Rebuild current I4 motor (possible 4g63 head swap) to handle 300-350 WHP
http://www.club3g.com/forum/rs-gs/152541-drewskis-16g-build-long-term-process.html - my build thread
Thread Index
Page 1: Current pics, current mod list, introduction of the car and first impressions, clear front turns, finding the right wheels
Page 2: Evo 8 Enkeis, intro of the turbo, intro of the Bembos, plans for urethane bushings, more turbo parts, bad seller experience
Page 3: Replaced siezed passenger caliper, moog endlinks and urethane bushing talks, rear drum to disk swap talk, guages
Page 4: Wideband guage discussion, Injen IC pipes, turbo talk, wheel and caliper problems, Brembos ready for powder, car off to the body shop
Page 5: Ordered suspension bushings, car back from the body shop, black leather seats swap, enter the electrical issue :noplease:
Page 6: Enter Raman the troll, trolling, trolling . . .
Page 7: Continue the rice, EvoM and C4G discussion, Brembo powder talk, turbo talk
Page 8: Turbo talk, Raman Rice, urethane bushings, disck swap backplate, new dash, enter the build thread, Raman rice
Page 9: Raman Rice :facepalm:, electrical problems
Page 10: Wheel problems, rear knuckle bushings ordered, I4 rear motor mount issue
Page 11: Raman . . . , more of the rear motor mount issue
Page 12: Sound deadener discussion, rear knuckle mounts, motor mount install, front motor mount sleeve, Dorman control arms and rear toe arms, UPS messed up the Brembos :noplease:
Page 13: Front and rear ureathane bushing install, front center crossmember bushings, Brembos are ready for install
Page 14: Brembo install
Page 15: Answer to the rear motor mount issue, rear motor mount and moog endlink discussion
Page 16: Raman Rice, rear motor mount solved
Page 17: Christmas 2011 Rice with Raman, rebuilt e-brakes, Dorman rear toe arm install
Page 18: More of Raman, Alignment discussion, Ingalls rear camber kit
Page 19: Dog talk thanks to Raman, new AEM dryflow filter
Page 20: front center crossmember bushing install, rear motor mount finally installed, Moog endlinks installed, Ingalls rear camber kit: complete with review, dryflow filter replaced
Page 21: Strongarm rear hatch struts, new pics of the car, aluminium fuel door, my girls 96 Mustang
Page 22: All Raman Rice
Page 23: Front caliper bolt busted off :noplease:, MD meet pics
Page 24: Rice of Raman, 5 speed swap discussion
Page 25: Trans talk, new windsheild, current suspension setup
Page 26: New AEM wideband, Spring Break 2012 plans, turbo talk, new interior install start, COTM :woot:
Page 27: Sound deadener install, guage pod install, wiper cowling and arms painted, LED guage swap, motor mount and sound deadener discussion
Page 28: Electrical problem fixed :woot:, powdercoat talk
Page 29: Ordered Kens lighting wire harness: This, JDM yellow fog capsule retro parts, bought a 5 speed
Page 30: New trans, clutch, flywheel, Quaiffe LSD, new pics as of spring 2012, old pics of the day I bought the car and the first work I did on it
Page 31: Trans swap talk, Raman Rice, Kens stage 3 wire harness install
Page 32: Shifter cable bushing discussion, Megan SS instal and ES shifter base bushings, completion of trans swap and 16g part collections
Page 33: Engine bay cleaning, Trans swap talk
Car Timeline via Pics :yesway:
Megan front lower tie rod and ES front control arm bushings
Engine bay as of July 2012, no more red
My electrical setup as of my light harness relay install, the 1/0 wire is the only red left, still goes to the T then to the fuses in-line for the alt and audio, the OEM starter wire is still there, the 2 8 wires go into the smaller distribution block with 2 8's going to the fuse box and 1 8 going to the lighting relay (the only way to make it work till I get my optima red top)
Lighting relay harness and wiring
Rear Prothane/ES bushings and Ingalls camber kit
More current pics of my car, Feb. 2012
pic thanks to grift3r
pic thanks to grfft3r
pic thanks to grfft3r
pic thanks to grfft3r
pic thanks to grfft3r
pic thanks to grfft3r
pic thanks to grfft3r
pic thanks to grfft3r
pic thanks to grfft3r
My car, Oct 2011
Grillcraft Grill and Vents, SS Lip, Siebon Hood, Sonar Heads and Depo corners
Ride height for my DD on KSport Kontrol Pro Coils, it is hard to see but the lip is just below the top of the label (16 oz coke bottle for reference)
Evo VIII Enkei's, no more pinstripe, stock wing back on, need some 5% tint
Sonar tails and Depo corners, SS side skirt and rear lip
Invidia N1 tip, not crooked and doesn't hang out
GT leather seats
Amps and power distribution system, cap will go as soon as I build custom box and amp enclosure
Big 3 upgrade with 0/1 wire, fuses, terminals, and distribution block for alt and audio
Before: August 2011
18" KMC Luna wheels wrapped in 225/45 18 Yoko Avid ENVigor's
2 questions 1 what paint did you use for the dash and interior? and what did you do for it to stick so nice 
