My White Hatch‬ by sekang0

6 minute(s) of a 51 minute read

Deuce Cam wrote:

Are you happy with the mishimoto fans, and e fan conversion in general? I've had one of their fan shroud kits and conversion stuff in storage for a while and just haven't got around to trying it. I'm hoping it's not another mod I have to find out the hard way that I don't like lol.

The fan is good. Not too loud. I use a Derale relay switch with temp probe between rad fins. Just takes up a lot of space in the engine bay cuz the shroud adds thickness. Will have to make the fans easy to remove if you do any future accessory belt maintenance. I could tuck my wires down lower but I just put them on top in case I ever need to yank the radiator out.

Also to make the rad fit properly... The rad support sides should either be trimmed a bit or hammered in to fit lower pegs into the rubber mounting bushings.

12-28-2013

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Been busy and haven't had time to update in awhile. sooo...

Here goes!:

This damn oil filter didn't even work. Guess I ordered wrong one. Liked the pic tho.

Me at a Word Up event in Stockton, CA just watching awkwardly.

And the next 2 days of work begins! Glowing parts of awesomeness.

Parts List: 

T3 LCA, tension rods, PS knuckle and tie rods, RCAs, strut tube spacer/gland nut

Cusco camber plates, tension rod bracket brace

TRD sway bar w/ TRD bushings, 8kg springs, front 5-way adjustables short strokes, rear 8-way adjustable short strokes

Was stuck here until someone told me I should turn the steering to shorten the rack!

Spider-web caliper suspension.

Really dirty.

Needed a new tool. Next day I picked up a plumbers wrench as recommended by local 8-6ers.

Last time I would see these beauties outside of the strut casing

BEEFY! T3 setup.

Sad to say I've had this sway bar for ~3 years. Been sitting pretty in the bag until now.

Rears I put on a few weeks later. This was Dec 27th.

Plans for 2014: Looking forward to the new year! 

Front subframe rigid collars. These are not the spoon units.

These will hopefully be put to good use on a build.

These ITBs too will either be on a build or on the 86.

And the carbon drive shaft in the background from gaijin_rokurunner will go on as well.