07-22-2006, 11:06 PM
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Location: Southern California
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If Roxanne is going to be a commuter/track car, then maybe a good rollbar is all you need until the 3.7 is done.
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 Though, it will remain registered so that Jonas can get his joy ride  I'm still leaning towards the Autopower cage as it is cost effective.
I think Roxanne will serve most of her remaining days at the track, and few commuting. Though, on days when it is not 110F like today, I may commute in it for the heck of it and the smile on Jonas' face  In my 10 years here, this is the hottest days I can think of.
Anyway, today I put the entire engine bay back together: new radiator, new coolant hoses. Filled some water on there and fired it up with new timing belt etc after 4 weeks of hibernation. Sure helps to plug in the ECU  Anyway, it fired right up - I guess Roxanne showed some appreciation of all the hours I have spent with her Colin stopped by and helped with the car. We got some engine degreaser and he brought the pressure washer - sure helped. See below. Happy now Pete?  Yeah, yeah, a few things were covered up to protect from water and need separate cleaning: ABS stuff, distributor... Anyway, the car is back on 4 wheels and running.
Also got some mineral spirits at Colin's suggestion for removing the remaining black stuff (from the sound insulation). Guess what I will be doing tomorrow.
After that the transaxle with Dedion comes out for bushings, mounts, shifter linkage, etc. Perhaps a rebuild of the LSD as the one in there does NOTHING, but it still costs me points for classification (being a Platinum).
Jes
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87 Milano Verde - daily driver - Juliet
87 Milano 3.0 Motronic - budget race car - Roxanne
87 Milano 3.7 24v - race car
(Repeating what I suggest or do is at your own risk - be critical)
Last edited by AR4me; 07-22-2006 at 11:12 PM.
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