Well, it's about time I start my thread for my wagon(starting to lose track of things). This was going to sit and get worked on in my storage but seeing as Mahina is no more, here she is. Day one.
Acquired about three months ago, with 288k on a working odometer, I'm 8,122 miles away from 300k. She's handled very nicely on the three major trips I've gone on so far. Eats up water from somewhere though. I'm thinking a Waterpump connection that I can't see straight on. Once my Mahina project is out of my storage, I'll be chasing a lot of gremlins.
A few pros the car came with:
Newer alternator
3 row, non leaky, radiator
New style front window/seal
Roof rack removed two owners ago and plugged.
Rebuilt AW70 around this^ time
Same owner^ added a push button for the locks, still neutral on this
Not completely destroyed sheepskin seat covers
Curt tow hitch with wiring
'82 398 head. Part number and discussions with John Laughlin have determined this to be a just a regular 398 sporting a B cam(was actually an M cam)
Cons:
Grapefruit sized dent in roof corner
Previous owner was a smoker(smells gone now)
Rips in drivers seat
Random dash trim broken(fixed)
The usual minor problems from owners not caring of course
Projects completed so far(mostly swaps):
<s>Virgo wheels</s>215/55 Hydras
Truck liner-ed lower mouldings, front lip, belt line trim and the skid plate
IPd skid plate bolted up
52mm Tachometer and Volts gauge wired in
Fogs wired up
'92 beltline trim(<s>missing rear doors ATM</s>)
'92 Black door handles
<s>iPd wires</s>Kingsborne 8mm wires
Kn air filter with airbox mod
Battery with new terminals added
<s>GT strut braces</s>
^Removed to make room for kalphenke tower brace
Installed dog gate
Euro side marker lights wired up
New front axxis ultimate brake pads
2?" over axle exhaust with single front magnaflow muffler, no cat.
Future projects(so far):
<s>Install turbo front bar/19mm rear bar</s>
<s>Install Exhaust system</s>
<s>'91 530 head, RSI N/A Cam, iPd gear, larger valves(46/38s), larger seats, isky double valve springs, shaved 40 thousandths from deck</s>
Fix Hatch harness to third light and wiper
<s>Replace intank fuel pump</s>
<s>Oil breather box</s>
<s>Install Rad. Reservoir</s>
<s>Install Silicone rad. hoses</s>
Injectors professionally clean and flow tested.
New tie rod ends
New ball joints
<s>New inline Fuel pump</S>
<s>Install black door handles</s>
Install black hatch hinges
M46 swap
<s>KGT 4-2-1 Header</s>
New trans pan gasket and filter
In progress:
As she sits now:
To be continued...
Acquired about three months ago, with 288k on a working odometer, I'm 8,122 miles away from 300k. She's handled very nicely on the three major trips I've gone on so far. Eats up water from somewhere though. I'm thinking a Waterpump connection that I can't see straight on. Once my Mahina project is out of my storage, I'll be chasing a lot of gremlins.
A few pros the car came with:
Newer alternator
3 row, non leaky, radiator
New style front window/seal
Roof rack removed two owners ago and plugged.
Rebuilt AW70 around this^ time
Same owner^ added a push button for the locks, still neutral on this
Not completely destroyed sheepskin seat covers
Curt tow hitch with wiring
'82 398 head. Part number and discussions with John Laughlin have determined this to be a just a regular 398 sporting a B cam(was actually an M cam)
Cons:
Grapefruit sized dent in roof corner
Previous owner was a smoker(smells gone now)
Rips in drivers seat
Random dash trim broken(fixed)
The usual minor problems from owners not caring of course
Projects completed so far(mostly swaps):
<s>Virgo wheels</s>215/55 Hydras
Truck liner-ed lower mouldings, front lip, belt line trim and the skid plate
IPd skid plate bolted up
52mm Tachometer and Volts gauge wired in
Fogs wired up
'92 beltline trim(<s>missing rear doors ATM</s>)
'92 Black door handles
<s>iPd wires</s>Kingsborne 8mm wires
Kn air filter with airbox mod
Battery with new terminals added
<s>GT strut braces</s>
^Removed to make room for kalphenke tower brace
Installed dog gate
Euro side marker lights wired up
New front axxis ultimate brake pads
2?" over axle exhaust with single front magnaflow muffler, no cat.
Future projects(so far):
<s>Install turbo front bar/19mm rear bar</s>
<s>Install Exhaust system</s>
<s>'91 530 head, RSI N/A Cam, iPd gear, larger valves(46/38s), larger seats, isky double valve springs, shaved 40 thousandths from deck</s>
Fix Hatch harness to third light and wiper
<s>Replace intank fuel pump</s>
<s>Oil breather box</s>
<s>Install Rad. Reservoir</s>
<s>Install Silicone rad. hoses</s>
Injectors professionally clean and flow tested.
New tie rod ends
New ball joints
<s>New inline Fuel pump</S>
<s>Install black door handles</s>
Install black hatch hinges
M46 swap
<s>KGT 4-2-1 Header</s>
New trans pan gasket and filter
In progress:
As she sits now:
To be continued...
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