The Half Monti

vr4 · Post by **vr4** » Mon Oct 15, 2018 7:39 pm

[quote=""DCIV""]How do you know thats a shim and not just a head gasket? Looks like all the holes are pretty dang perfect for a shim. Only real reason for a shim is lower CR. NA cars been doing that for years when going turbo.

Coop[/quote]

Or to replace metal lost from machining.

DCIV · Post by **DCIV** » Mon Oct 15, 2018 7:58 pm

[quote=""vr4""]Or to replace metal lost from machining.[/quote]

ohhhhh, never thought of that.

Coop

ChargerX3 · Post by **ChargerX3** » Mon Oct 15, 2018 8:46 pm

[quote=""vr4""]Or to replace metal lost from machining.[/quote]

That was my thought and why I checked the deck surface of both the head and the block. Looked all within tolerance. When I strapped the HGs on I got the timing set and spun the motor around to see if it would free spin. All went well so I finished wrapping it up.

ChargerX3 · Post by **ChargerX3** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 5:59 pm

Weekend Update:

Had a lot of other things going on this weekend with the family, so not much accomplished. I did however look into swapping out the rear bumpers on my 89 and my 95 SR and I think I can make it work with a little welding. Will have to see. Also changed out the frothy oil from the leaky head gasket. Running some nice 15W-40 now.

Got the chance to take her out on the road a little (sloppy as hell with those huge tires) as well as climb my favorite little mountain for a photo shoot. 4x4 worked great but im pretty sure this rig still only has an open rear diff. Managed to climb some steep cliffs and scare the crap out of myself though. I thought the Jeep was fun. The SWB might just take the cake.

Still needs some suspension, tires, brake upgrades along the way, but im starting to get attached to this little thing.

Chris GTO TT · Post by **Chris GTO TT** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 6:10 pm

Nice picture looks like it was a great day

ChargerX3 · Post by **ChargerX3** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 7:31 pm

Yea sunny and 72 degrees. Oddly enough there was a Cherokee full of Highschool girls right next to me. They were like that dude drove all the way up here to snap a photo of his car? I was like...YEA, see this view!

stealthee · Post by **stealthee** » Mon Nov 12, 2018 12:59 am

https://meadville.craigslist.org/cto/d/ ... 55356.html

ChargerX3 · Post by **ChargerX3** » Mon Nov 12, 2018 3:36 am

Little rust there but Nice 4 cyl. You buying?

stealthee · Post by **stealthee** » Mon Nov 12, 2018 3:43 am

Nah. I still have to try to finish the 3s before I even think about another project. Would be cool to do a 4g swap on it though.

DCIV · Post by **DCIV** » Mon Nov 12, 2018 10:25 am

2,200?! Dudes huffing paint.

Coop

vr4 · Post by **vr4** » Mon Nov 12, 2018 10:06 pm

Your typical 30 year old Mitsubishi from this area...

I looked all over this thing to find rust. This is the worst spot

ChargerX3 · Post by **ChargerX3** » Mon Nov 12, 2018 11:59 pm

She looks real clean. Looks like he did a several inch body lift. Probably one of the guys on the forums.

Mind snagging his muffler for me?

vr4 · Post by **vr4** » Tue Nov 13, 2018 12:22 am

[quote=""ChargerX3""]She looks real clean. Looks like he did a several inch body lift. Probably one of the guys on the forums.

Mind snagging his muffler for me?[/quote]

Yeah it had a decent body lift. No suspension.

Had a glass pack but I can cut the muffler off my 91 before it goes if you want.

ChargerX3 · Post by **ChargerX3** » Tue Nov 13, 2018 5:03 am

I need the whole thing from its flange back.

vr4 · Post by **vr4** » Tue Nov 13, 2018 5:47 am

[quote=""ChargerX3""]I need the whole thing from its flange back.[/quote]

Ah.

Don't take this personally. Just an observation...

Why are people so afraid to just go to a real exhaust shop? (Not Midas) getting a system built isn't terribly expensive and will fit.

ChargerX3 · Post by **ChargerX3** » Tue Nov 13, 2018 10:29 am

Two words. Stainless Steel. Its expensive compared to regular steel and much stronger. If it were made out of anything else I would think about it. I also dont want anything else out back in there. The factory exhaust is quite strong and well built so I dont care to chance something else

My issueI have is that the inlet for the muffler has a weld that broke along the stainless sheet metal its constructed from. Im betting its from the last owner wheeling it a little too hard. I may try to weld it up, but it doesnt look to be easy. Nearly 30 years and 280k miles of abuse and corrosion has paid its toll. Finding a nicer lower mile part would be ideal.

vr4 · Post by **vr4** » Tue Nov 13, 2018 3:04 pm

We charge 100 more for stainless

ChargerX3 · Post by **ChargerX3** » Tue Dec 04, 2018 12:56 am

Coop

You missed your shot. Hope this link works.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/it ... 379077924/

DCIV · Post by **DCIV** » Tue Dec 04, 2018 12:31 pm

Link worked. Your right, I would have bought that. Cheap enough I could have gotten away with it and I bet I could have fixed it.

Coop

ChargerX3 · Post by **ChargerX3** » Tue Dec 04, 2018 1:16 pm

I thought you would like. We could have been twinners.

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