Das $build thread$ by dasbeast3.0

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cut and polished one fender so far

10/4/11

Going to respray the roof and hood this Sat. I got a little solvent pop from rushing that last coat of clear. most of it sanded out but wasnt perfect so I just wanna reshoot it. Im going to spray the bumpers and other misc little stuff anyway so i might as well get it all done in one shot. Other than that the car looks mint tho, I started wetsanding/polishing the rest of the body.

Windows will go back in next week, and ill start reassembly of all moldings etc.

10/8/11

bumpers are done and hood/roof were resprayed. Came out real nice, hopefully my blend looks good after polishing.

10/9/11

The blended area came out good, i was a bit worried but it polished up to where you cant notice it. Started wetsanding and buffing also. roof and hood look ridiculous, so do the fenders and bumpers. Just have to finish sanding the rest of the car and spray misc stuff like mirrors etc. I def. put some hours in this weekend.

10/23/11

Just bought Spoonfed lower windshield trim, and rain tray... finally. Rain tray will be "trim" black for an oem look. I ALMOST did carbon kevlar but couldn't pull the trigger lol.

Still contemplating what i wanna do with the rear plate tub. so many options but i need it to look "right". I love the mattig delete I have now but its wavy, and it drives me nuts looking at it. its too thin and weird shaped to do any straightening or body work which is unfortunate.

I got things done today, fixed the massive coolant leak with a nice SS part I made, and cleaned the hell out of the interior. Painted some misc stuff too.

Interior looking tight yo







Old piece of crap coolant T:



Painted things:

11/15/11

Motor is being built:

Pauter rods
83mm JE 8.5:1 pistons
Billet mains
Main/block girdle
Undercut, knife edge, balanced and micro polished crank.
Some other ****.

Block goes to the machine shop in 2 weeks, Crankshaft is getting dropped off Thursday. this is the last part of this damn build..finally.

2/22/12

Getting this piece of shat done for dyno day. This is more of a reminder for myself of what i have to finish than an "update" I always write things down and lose the paper, here i wont forget.

Mechanical:

-manifold reinforced/tig welded
-pipe new wg's to DP
-injector o rings
-finish turbo brace 1
finish turbo brace 2
finish turbo brace 3 and 4
-new 02 sensor
-rewire i/c pump

-redo charge piping to fit around turbo braces

-new home for avcr

-brake light switch
-i/c core bracket
-fix relay box top

Paint:
-rockers
-door jambs
-Hatch
-hatch underside
-gas door
-spoiler

-wetsand/buff

-Install window scrapers
-new window molding (DR.)
-find all the parts i lost