my front mount journey

92ss satinsvoice · Post by **92ss satinsvoice** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 6:25 am

ok every one i jumped in with both feet and dont give a damn! i didnt sleep before i went to work, so when i got off at 12:30 afternoon. i started tearing my car apart.

here we go.
first i got the lights out and side lights with grill.

then i took the front skin off with the fenders attached. it made it really easy to take off.

another view.

beam is off.

you can see the saw i used a little and figured it cant do the job. so i went to ralli-tek to talk with my buddy for help. ill post more pics tomaorw as the story unfolds.

im dead tired, ive been up for two days. now im hittin the clubs with some friends to keep my mined off other crap in my life.

evolutionmovement · Post by **evolutionmovement** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 5:02 pm

Whatever you cut, I recommend getting some zinc galvanizing spray from an electrician suppy place and coating the exposed metal. You can paint over it after if necessary, but the zinc will give you about as much weather resistance as the uncut metal had where it would otherwise get under any paint rather quickly. Grind away the old paint a little way around the new cuts before zinc-ing it so it's a smooth transition.

Good idea removing the bumper and fenders as a piece.

92ss satinsvoice · Post by **92ss satinsvoice** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 5:12 am

one of the fellers accidentally cut off the top bar so we had to weld it back on, then we cut off the bottom and it still needed more cut off. so the next day i brought my intercooler with me and cut it for the threrd time. then we went to a hard wear store and bought some bolts to mount it on the beam. drilled holes in the bar and it fit really nice.

here is the re welded top beam.

heres it done at the shop

bolted up nicely

and here is the final product.

all done in about 8-9 hours. now all ive got left to do is the piping and ill be done

ill take a pic of it in the morning went its light out.

boro · Post by **boro** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 6:52 pm

where do you plan on running your pipes? through the fenders? you have ABS correct?

92ss satinsvoice · Post by **92ss satinsvoice** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 4:44 am

yes i have ABS. like all turbo models. im going to run the pipes off the turbo through the hole where the snorkel box should be. then im runing the rest eather under the front cross member or though the other fender where the battery is.

Adam West · Post by **Adam West** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 6:25 am

What brand IC is that?

92ss satinsvoice · Post by **92ss satinsvoice** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 6:15 pm

ive got no idea. my friend bought it from rev motor sports for $380.00. so im guessing its good quality. got some more things for my car.

avo fuel cut defender and a perfect power. picking up another tappered cuppler today and some t-bolt clamps. rest of the pipes will be welded together.

92ss satinsvoice · Post by **92ss satinsvoice** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 2:56 am

lookin like this up coming monday im getting my perfect power and avo fuel cut defender installed. hopfully ill get my pipes all ready to be welded soon. then it will be time for a few road pulls for tuning

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update: the project is moving along but its very expensive to do this type of set up. and if some one tells you its not. they dont know what there talkin about. it would be safe to say it would cost about $800-$900 or more to have this done. espesually if you dont have any connections or the equipment.

ive got about $300 more worth of stuff to buy now just to finish my project.

this is just freakin insane.

im going to bash my head into the wall for not thinking this all through.

555BCTurbo · Post by **555BCTurbo** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 8:13 am

I hope you have a wideband O2 for tuning your Perfect Power...because you cannot adequately tune it otherwise

92ss satinsvoice · Post by **92ss satinsvoice** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 10:39 am

i dont have one yet personly but we're going to barrow one.

IronMonkeyL255 · Post by **IronMonkeyL255** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 11:22 pm

What size is that core?

You still have a/c, correct?

Looks nice. That's almost exactly what I was planning on my '91, though when I tried to remove my bumper cover to scout out the fitment, I broke all the bolts I tried to remove......

92ss satinsvoice · Post by **92ss satinsvoice** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:51 pm

i be leave its. 8.5" tall. 28" chamber to chamber. 2.5" core.

shes almost done.

gto7419 · Post by **gto7419** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 10:46 pm

very nice!!!

92ss satinsvoice · Post by **92ss satinsvoice** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:51 am

thanks, not a bad job for my first time doing such a mod.

i have my perfect power installed and the fuel cut defender. but i think we got the two wires back words on the defender cause im still hiting fuel cut

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oh for the love of acceleration

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QuickDrive · Post by **QuickDrive** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 1:52 pm

Did you change anything else? Turbo? MBC?

Or did you just add the big motha FMIC?

92ss satinsvoice · Post by **92ss satinsvoice** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 2:28 am

well i installed my boost controller like a month ago. im still running the stock turbo till i can afford a vf30 or a tdo5.

when my front mounts done, the exhaust is next.

BXSS · Post by **BXSS** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 6:44 pm

I see tubing in the fog light holes, is the FMIC finished?

This took me & my buddy 1.25 days to complete, fitting the I/C (31"x12"x3") into the beam & b-cover was a pain in the butt.

Looks good .

92ss satinsvoice · Post by **92ss satinsvoice** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:13 pm

ya there 90 degree into another 90 degree then up through the engine bay. no its not finished but im almost half way done with them though.

i just ordered new front seals, cams and main. also a timing belt all to gether for 59.00.

dropdfocus · Post by **dropdfocus** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 11:36 pm

Very nice!! A lot more stealth than mine sticking way out there for everyone to see...

92ss satinsvoice · Post by **92ss satinsvoice** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 1:47 am

im thinking on cuting the little beam on the bumper skin like yours. but i dunno. this weekend i installed new front seals and timing belt. man that was a pain in the ass. im really tired.

92ss satinsvoice · Post by **92ss satinsvoice** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 1:20 am

update: so far these passed days i dont have anymore oil leaks. no more giant burning oil clouds billowing out from my car. YAY!

NOW i finally believe i will have time to finish cutting my pipes this weekend. i reseved my t-bolt clamps, and 2 more cupplers. 5 ply buddy, that shit its thick!

now all ive got to buy now is a 3"/2.5" reducer cuppler, a 1.75" 90 degree silicone cuppler and the HKS BOV!!!

patients is a verture

92ss satinsvoice · Post by **92ss satinsvoice** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 11:19 pm

this last weekend i was able to finish cutting the pipes as i wanted. mission accomplished. ive got a few pics for yall.

both sides are going to go under the frame notches for the wiring harnes. looks really cool.

there all cut and ready

i should of toke a pic when all the pipes where on the car.

smh0101 · Post by **smh0101** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 6:02 am

How did you remove the bumper so easily.

nexgt week I am installing JDM fogs so I need to know.

92ss satinsvoice · Post by **92ss satinsvoice** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 6:39 pm

it qiute simple. first you remove the grill, then the corner lights and head lights. you will see plasic type rivites with screws in them. take them out. there will be about 6 more under the car for the bumper skin. there a bitch to get out. next there are two 10mm bolts that hold the skin to the fender. there right in front of the wheel. then there are another two 10mm nuts that are in the fenderright where the corner light goes.you will need an extention and maybe a deep socket.

92ss satinsvoice · Post by **92ss satinsvoice** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 1:50 am

heres the pipes all tack welded and in there homes.

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my front mount journey

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