Modding: Not Just for Computers. :)

[Caj Darkmoon]

'94 Nissan Sentra, $1500 (The Biege Box)

Pioneer Deck
2 x Pioneer 3"x5" fronts
2 x Pioneer 6" fronts
Rockford Fosgate 1000 watt amp
2 x Sony Xplode 12" subs
~ $800 (The Mod)

Amazing sound in a half decent car: Priceless

[silenze]

Hm.. my car has a wire dressing kit and an Injen shortram air intake, they were already installed though.. easiest mod. ;)

http://www.fawkit.org/tmp/images/underhood.jpg
('01 eclipse gt)

[XPTB]

im amazed about how much that engine looks like the 3000GT hehehe. i know where they got the design idea :D

I just hope you don't have the infamous Getrag tranny :lol:

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these trannies supposedly share most of their parts with the EVO's... so it better hold up :P

[undergroundtech]

Since were posting car mods (in this case its a truck) here is mine.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v407/undergroundtech/motor.jpg

I did manage to clean up some of the wiring since the pic was taken

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what engine and truck out of curiosity?

[undergroundtech]

79' Chevy w/ 350 SB

The truck is nothing special (except to me for sentimental reasons) a real sleeper, but I have a good bit of time & $$$ in the motor. Heh..I actually built it on my living room coffee table, my GF at the time was having a fit :lol:

[Caj Darkmoon]

Heh, believe it or not, my car kind of qualifies as a sleeper too. It doesn't kick right off the line, so when I drag random people through my downtown they always take an early lead. But about halfway through 1st gear (it is an auto, sadly) it takes off, so any time I win a drag race (the unofficial kind that start a stoplight between a couple of teenagers. :) ) it's always a come from behind.

[TenaciousPD]

Extreme Modding

Pics can be found at:

http://users.marshall.edu/~davis184

[Caj Darkmoon]

Wow man, your an insane modder. You probably did that mod a lot faster than I did mine. :) All that metal bending must have been tough too. :P

[TenaciousPD]

I had a view mods to the engine I was going to do, i modded the inside of it with a stereo and guages, i had to pull all of that while the car is at the body shop, dont want no one looting my shit.

[Roadracer_4ever]

79' Chevy w/ 350 SB

The truck is nothing special (except to me for sentimental reasons) a real sleeper, but I have a good bit of time & $$$ in the motor. Heh..I actually built it on my living room coffee table, my GF at the time was having a fit :lol:

Looks pretty clean for a 79. I just bought an 81 Ford 4x4, in excellent condition for all the road salt they lay down in the winter up here...Should have it on the road in the next couple of weeks or so, has a few minor repairs to be made before it will pass a safety. Looking forward to adding a few performance goodies under the hood as soon as I check the engine over thoroughly(compression check, and oil sample reading) to see if it needs a full rebuild or if I can get away with just adding a cam, headers, intake and 4 bbl carb.

[undergroundtech]

Thanks man :D......Keep us posted on how it turns out.

[Roadracer_4ever]

Thanks man :D......Keep us posted on how it turns out.

Took the time to throw the vacuum gauge on the engine today...pulling a solid 25 lbs psi off the manifold with no flutters or wavers on the needle...means the valves are good and compression should be up. After I dialed in the carb with the idle/air mixture screws it ran a lot better, but had a few other assesments to do as well. Some idiot used crimp connectors instead of solder and shrinktube, so that's tomorrow's job for under the hood. Need to grab three new batter cables(being a Ford, Pos to solenoid, solenoid to starter, and ground) and take the time to clean everything up. Cleaned up the battery posts, but did little with the condition of the cables(hard starting hot, and the solenoid is new) Cables are to blame here for sure, as I've run into this before.

Wasn't really something I didn't expect actually...was prepared for it being an old truck. I bought it off a buddy, who recently bought it but then ran out of cash to fix it. The guy he bought it off of took care of the body and keeping it clean, but didn't do much for it mechanically or elecrtically...I've gotta replace the steering box(seal by the output shaft is leaking, might be an easy fix, but 250 bucks replaces the whole box, why take a chance?) steering parts other than that are tight, needs a hub kit for the 4wd, but I've noticed they were installed wrong, and will hopefully be able to rectify this without much work or $(depends on on long it's been this way) Hub kits are about 100 bucks give or take for Warn units anyways...not to much to worry about. Will do my standard ignition tune-up in regards to replacing plugs, wires, cap and rotor, add a K&N air cleaner filter, and have to apparently replace the heat riser tube and air intake tube so things are working right. Some vacuum lines are missing abd blocked off, and the A/C is unplugged(will remove it if it doesn't work) The engine was just replaced with a used one, so some things were missed. I have to buy a new connector cable for the cruise control to make that work again, but looks like the rest of the system is intact and in working order...time will tell for sure.


Ah the joys of a new project truck....will say this, had a bit less room under the hood of the 69 Ford 4x4 with the 390 in it, but this one stands taller, and has more crap in the way of what I want to reach and get at...(a/c for one) Still, not disappointed...I expected most of this, front brake calipers, pads, flex lines and rotors on the way as well..

[silenze]

79' Chevy w/ 350 SB

right on, like that body style. :)

[Roadracer_4ever]

79' Chevy w/ 350 SB

right on, like that body style. :)

Didn't change much from 78 to 85 except for the square headlights. Providing you're willing to change rad supports and body mount rubbers, an 85 front end can be easily added to a 78...go figure? ;) Need the grill as well to make it look right btw....and might have some minor trimming to do with respect to the fender/door alignment, but for anyone into that stuff it's not a big deal. Chevy's are the easiest to mod.
I pick Fords mostly...as a good bud of mine once said(mechanic for GM) Anyone can build a fast GM product(all bolt on) It takes a real mechanic to build a fast Ford...with maybe the exception of Carrol Shelby, and Saleen ;) On the other hand, I don't go for speed with my trucks, I go for reliability, use-able power on a daily basis, etc. Most hot-rod guys fail in that department and fall flat on their face in street use situations. Overkill is one thing for a track use situation, but every day use...mild mods, useable power...they mean everything...especially at the pumps ;)

[undergroundtech]

79' Chevy w/ 350 SB

right on, like that body style. :)

Didn't change much from 78 to 85 except for the square headlights. Providing you're willing to change rad supports and body mount rubbers, an 85 front end can be easily added to a 78...go figure? ;) Need the grill as well to make it look right btw....and might have some minor trimming to do with respect to the fender/door alignment, but for anyone into that stuff it's not a big deal. Chevy's are the easiest to mod.

Certainly you can change out the front end cap on a Chevy, if you don't mind the slight butchered look. Question is is why would you want to? It would be much easier and cleaner, to find a good chassis that is all ready the model your looking for and start with that. Older trucks are some what plentiful and can be had at a good price (at least around here they are).

I pick Fords mostly...as a good bud of mine once said(mechanic for GM) Anyone can build a fast GM product(all bolt on) It takes a real mechanic to build a fast Ford...with maybe the exception of Carrol Shelby, and Saleen ;) On the other hand, I don't go for speed with my trucks, I go for reliability, use-able power on a daily basis, etc. Most hot-rod guys fail in that department and fall flat on their face in street use situations. Overkill is one thing for a track use situation, but every day use...mild mods, useable power...they mean everything...especially at the pumps ;)

I'm not trying to start a ford V.S. Chevy debate, as I see it as senseless. Personally I think there both good trucks. Also I didn't build the motor for racing (I wouldn't have put it in a truck to begin with if thats what I had in mind), I had built it for pulling a load and as a daily driver. However, as it happened to turn out, its not slow either and if your worried about the pumps, why not buy a Toyota truck?

[Roadracer_4ever]

Very true on the Ford Vs Chevy debate...that's a personal preference, not really a debate that's worth getting into. I've owned a few models of the big three at various times in my life.

As far as being worried about the pumps...I'm not overly concerned with it, but it is something I keep in mind when I consider the average use of what I'm fixing. Most times people go way to gung ho trying to build the ultimate engine, only to find that for real world daily use, it's overkill, or doesn't live up to their expectations. I've seen more than a few vehicals over the years with really expensive, proffessional built engines, but installed in a vehical with highway gearing, and there's no way to get the RPM's up high enough to put the engine into it's actual power band(legally anyways) I just tend to build up with that sort of idea in mind.

Your rig sounds like it was built the same way, and as a by product, ended up being a fairly quick little hauler.