Bought me a 3.0R (Lots of Custom Goodies, Flared, EVO X Calipers etc...)

Well I'll be around. Whacha gettin?

Well I'll be around. Whacha gettin?

 

Don't know yet, looking at a couple 3rd Gen Legacy wagons tomorrow, if not a subie I might end up with a go kart (Mini Cooper).

So I made some more progress this weekend. Trying to get this thing buttoned up so I can work on some other crap I have going on. Started by redoing the EGR pipe to mate up with the new location of the valve.

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x223/badwagon/Lego%2030r/D3C128AF-6002-4F30-BEC6-617876406425_zpsp8vthnma.jpg

Then I cleaned everything up and got the inside painted.

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x223/badwagon/Lego%2030r/5069C3CC-3318-4B65-95E5-E26FD6763CD6_zpsju99f7fe.jpg

After that was dry I could finally install the velocity stacks for the last time.

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x223/badwagon/Lego%2030r/031273D8-DE75-4568-8727-5071CEDFEE81_zps61syk6ww.jpg

Also last week I forgot to take pics but I made a cover for the back of the manifold to cover the throttle body.

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x223/badwagon/Lego%2030r/8CBB7167-2EE4-4AD7-9F89-FEBB836A86D7_zpsettnxbch.jpg

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And to finish out my weekend I painted the underside of the lexan flange and welded it to the top finally sealing the manifold for good. Last was to install it one last time to check fitment before I paint it. Intake isn’t actually attached since the TB wasn’t installed for these pics but you get the idea.

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x223/badwagon/Lego%2030r/7291E78A-069D-4A9A-AAE5-4B50AEEB98B9_zps3qtckpn3.jpg

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x223/badwagon/Lego%2030r/610DB8AF-D4C1-4367-995D-ABA8CF04886B_zpso9ipvfnu.jpg

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http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x223/badwagon/Lego%2030r/AA3B224A-7BA9-4D5D-BC6C-5DBD6F8AFCA4_zpsssjnknfy.jpg

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Anyways thats pretty much all i got for this week. I will be trying to paint and finish this thing up this weekend but I have to draw up and get the lexan cut so I can drill and tap the flange. Taping the harness and just a few other things and we will see if all this effort to make it have all the stuff the stock had so it will run without issue. I think the MAF location could cause me some issues similar to cars that have Big MAF pipes installed without tuning but it should be enough to get it tuned.

 

Johann

Have you thought about relocating the battery to the trunk?

Ya. But I like having my spare. Thinking I might actually put it in that hole on the passenger side where a CAI would go once I redo the fender liner. Prolly Tackle that while the paint on the manifold dries.

I'm watching as well. This is definitely one of the most unique setups I have seen and I'm anxious to see how it sounds and what numbers it puts down. I bet it will be really responsive. It's looking good man

Started the build thread for the MR2 if anyone is interested.

 

http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php/proubly-my-last-big-car-build-91-mr2-werks-252101.html?p=5385885#post5385885

Had a sick day today and just read this whole thread and it's awesome! Keep up the great work! Too bad you're selling it...

Hey all. Finally got some more work done to the Lego this weekend. Last couple weekends I needed to give the MR2 some attention and was getting ready for an Anime Convention that I registered to be in the Artist Alley. As with just about everything I do; my skill set allows me to do things most cannot and the biggest issue with that is that I have little to no restraint when designing something. So about 14 weeks ago I started designing and constructing the components to make a booth. I figured if I was going to do I would go legit so that I can use it for future cons cuz I really wanted to promote my art more in the next coming years if I could.

 

So I started with an initial design of a tri-fold and a table with in inset monitor so I could display progression vids and other things.

 

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x223/badwagon/anime/3305A6A2-89E5-4174-823D-3C90EDBB2F06_zpsnzil77ak.jpg

 

Over the next 11 weeks I worked on this and the Legacy as time allowed and the design progressed from an entire table to a folded table topper and I was having issues with my prints because the scanner was bleaching them out so I had to build a photo booth to take pictures of them with a Nikon 7100 camera and they came out much better but it ate into a lot of my time for the Lego and the booth. I finished everything pretty much the night before despite the time frame I had lol. I was also hoping to have the Lego done for the event so I could use it to transport stuff to the con but that didn't end up happening so I had to load it onto the MR2 which was interesting...

 

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x223/badwagon/anime/48BAF778-A358-406C-B313-8019BDDBA0A4_zpsjpb0pge0.jpg

 

But thanx to the rack it all worked out. Originally they asked me to bring my DH bike to the con cuz its covered in anime girl stickers and I was promised more space but when I got there I didn't have the space they promised, so I have to improvise and put the bike and tri-fold across the hall which would have been a disaster since the tri-fold was to hold up all my art for display if not for the monitor. Luckally, I just put my art in a slide show with a faster timer that seemed to work well enough.

 

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x223/badwagon/anime/26DC9E81-6463-4C10-8922-E7316E9EBB6F_zpskskshcdi.jpg

 

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x223/badwagon/anime/488B45DB-E8B9-485F-9B4D-2C20060D8A25_zpsmb1krqsk.jpg

 

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x223/badwagon/anime/3F55EC49-4E00-4B26-9161-C16DB29A8D28_zpscnj8ecgr.jpg

 

I had planed to have more things to sell but I cut my losses and just had prints and my thumbdrives to keep it simple. So the night before I hastily made some displays for that.

 

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x223/badwagon/anime/96022E82-89DD-4447-B927-75642CB2A42C_zps4a5hvc70.jpg

 

In any case the con went really well for my first time. I sold more then I thought I would and I don't know if any of you anime guys know but Tiffany Grant was going to be there who was the voice of Asuka Langley in the English dub of Evangelion so in the weeks heading up to the con I did a drawing of the character hoping I could sell some prints and get the original signed by her. In the end I managed to sell 9 prints and when I went to get my original signed she was very nice and told me she loved the perspective of my drawing so that was a pretty big honor.

 

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x223/badwagon/anime/2576905C-2584-4EE5-AC69-AB09CA0C3C82_zpsatqyculw.jpg

 

Anyways, that pretty well catches us up to the present aside from some work I did to the MR2 but you can check that out in my other thread.

 

This weekend was all about the Lego trying to hammer this girl home.

 

I started back on the Manifold by cutting out by hand and fitting the Lexan windows in it.

 

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x223/badwagon/Lego%2030r/CCF0A24A-7005-4461-9C37-2B7D57D2B281_zpsycfesuyi.jpg

 

Once I finished I traced the fitted pieces onto a piece of paper with a scale so if I need I can get more cut out using a Laser etcher to replace them.

 

Once finished I buttoned up and cut out the unneeded pigtails from my wiring harness and installed it for the last time. My wiring tools were with a friend so one section had to be left unfinished till i could get them back but its a quick fix.

 

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Next up was a big moment and that was painting the manifold finally. All the wires were fitted underneath, bungs welded in metal grinded and cleaned up. Took a long time to get to this moment but it was awesome to finally say she was going into the car for the last time.

 

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x223/badwagon/Lego%2030r/AE28E52E-D689-4B19-908B-82E4B48BDBF0_zpstadpxj4s.jpg

While she was drying I moved on to another part which was my fender liners. I had been contemplating how to go about fixing this and the issue was that with the flares I had to cut the liners so the wheels wouldn't rub on them, but even with trimming there were areas they did rub down and it left large holes in them allowing dirt and water to get into the engine bay and on the backs of my headlights causing them to take on water on the inside. Finally while browsing through the local hardware store looking for booth stuff I stumbled upon this in the garden section.

 

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Its made of black plastic and its every thin. I think they use it to separate soil for growing plants I'm not sure but it was cheap at 3.50 a foot. So I made some cardboard templates and then traced and cut them out in the plastic (with just scissors) and installed them with some of those universal tree type automotive fasteners. It worked perfectly!

 

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x223/badwagon/Lego%2030r/2B42B69A-790B-4F9A-8CC7-173DD0DF74D3_zps8plm26co.jpg

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Finished both sides and it only took about an hours start to finish this will be my new go-to for installing flares on any of my future cars.

 

Once the manifold was dry, it was time for install. Finally all in with the harness and the EGR pipe I modified it all went in perfectly and looks great. Used a little bead of black gasket maker in the inside edge of the lexan flanges and then let it mush in to seal and it didn't fully spread out like I was hoping, but looks pretty great till I get the finalized laser cut pieces swapped in.

 

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x223/badwagon/Lego%2030r/660F064A-B59F-40F3-8E66-052408B62F1B_zpsaqb2t4ng.jpg

 

Also got one of the modded fuel rail covers on and it really looks great covering all that wiring and stuff. Tucking is nice, but I think this looks much cleaner.

 

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x223/badwagon/Lego%2030r/80034AAD-238F-4BD9-8642-F4314857CB9A_zpsvfalqz2y.jpg

 

Anywhooooo.... that's all I got for this installment. I have to finish the harness on the other side, clean up the engine bay, fab and mount my new battery, make a couple cover pieces out of that plastic sheeting and install the intake which I painted the same purple that is on the engine to give it some contrast. Hoping to finally hear her fire up with the new manifold next weekend so she can get aligned, and tuned, and then all dolled up for a photoshoot before I let her rest till her new owner is ready to take her. New car is pretty well decided. She is a 2002 Outback but.... A bit of a Frankenstein and needless to say she will be getting a hopefully quick and dirty build thread over in the BH5 section of this forum.

 

Till next time.

Johann

Edited June 6, 2016 by Dead Mr.

Oh and also my website is actually starting to look like a website finally. Go check it out and if any of you guys are looking for some custom art of your car hit me up I'm always looking for work.

 

http://www.deadmrdesigns.com

Beautiful build. Bravo, sir!

Hey fellas. Just about to the end of the tunnel. Spent the weekend getting her all buttoned up to test fire.

 

First order was to fab and mount the new batter in its hidden location.

 

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Then mounted it to the passenger side frame rail and it fits like a glove.

 

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Then it was just a matter of running the last of the hoses and the power wires to the battery.

 

Once she was all buttoned up she looked like a million bucks.

 

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x223/badwagon/Lego%2030r/45B14512-E127-4AD9-8FAF-434C80B986AA_zpsjwy6ecld.jpg

 

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http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x223/badwagon/Lego%2030r/59C9CB91-8648-4751-8842-42F68076151C_zpsxlhqeur3.jpg

 

So after that i test fired her and she started right up but then her idle slowly started to deteriorate and then she died. After that she was spotty and hard to start and keep running and she was misfiring and stuff....

 

I believe its because of the new location of the MAF and that more air is getting past it causing the engine the run lean. But since all the fab work is done is just playing with bolt-ons now so this week I am going to start ruling stuff out before I get her tuned.

 

First I will stick my stock intake manifold and original intake on it to see if the car fires and that will tell me that the engine and the wiring harness is okay.

 

Then I will install the new intake on the stock manifold and see if the symptoms come back and that will tell me the MAF location is causing the issue and it can be tuned out like they do when they put a Big MAF intake on WRX/Sti.

 

If its not the intake then its the manifold I built and that could be due to a leak somewhere so I will look it over and install it with the original intake so I know the MAF isn't contributing to the problem and figure out whats going on. If its the intake then I can put it all back together with the stock style MAF and take it to get tuned and swap the intake there.

 

If its the manifold then I will determine the issue and get the car tuned on the stock manifold and new intake and then swap the manifold once I have addressed the issue since the manifold should behave like the stock one aside from the internal volume differences. I think there could be a leak around the mating flanges around the TB or even that the manifold may be slightly warped and not sealing at the heads. I'm hoping its just the intake but either way I will sort it out. Regardless I think it looks amazing and I'm very happy with the looks. Once I get it to fire I will be cleaning up and getting her ready for her photoshoot and then she will be ready to sell to my buddy. But here is the lat pic I took and you can see fuel vapor in the manifold so proof that for a little while she did run... lol

 

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x223/badwagon/Lego%2030r/0CB63E71-3F3B-4550-80F6-62A9E7C23372_zps6y2q95eh.jpg

 

I will update once I finish my process of elimination crap.

 

Later

Johann

Can't wait to hear what this thing will sound like! As always looks awesome bud!

Mini update:

 

Pulled the manifold to trouble shoot the engine issues and found a slightly bent valve. Dry cranking without the injectors connected isn't making any ticking sounds so I don't think the piston is touching it. not really sure what the deal is but engine is coming out this week to swap the valve and see if there is any other additional damage... I had a small leak on the timing cover at the bottom so I guess this would be a good time to fix it lol. I hope to have the work done in the next day or 2 so this weekend I can try and get it going again.

Edited June 16, 2016 by Dead Mr.

it's funny how most of us piss and moan when even thinking about removing the intake manifold. You on the other hand 'Dead Mr.' just willy nilly swap intake manifolds for testing and fun! haha. Build looks amazing and can't wait till it's all done!

Mini update:

 

Got the engine out and the head off. Valve had a slight bend in it. Swapped her out with a new one and she sealed back up. Yay! Also checked the other cyls to make sure they are sealing and it looks like I'm good to go. I need to go through my manual and print off the torque specs for the head and the timing instructions. I get my engine stand back today so I can reassemble everything and get the engine back in the car today. Id love to fire it up but i don't think imma get that far today. I'd like to assemble the manifold again back on the engine and check for leaks and make sure everything is perfect with it on the stand.

 

Hoping soon this weekend she will be good to take for a test ride.

Holy Moly I'm Subbing for updates... She looks awesome!!

Edited June 20, 2016 by Dead Mr.

Do you sleep?

I did after reading that entire story lol. My gosh he must be three people rolled up into one.

Do you sleep?

 

I do but I get a lot of night terrors....

subscribed. this build looks like a blast. can’t wait to see the finished product.

Boss status

Mini Update:

 

Legos engine is back in but I still need to bolt everything to it. Been working on the GC8 Front ended Bugeye all week trying to get the engine buttoned up I will take some pics of it soon when it looks sorta like a car lol. Lego should be ready to fire again by this weekend so I'm hoping she can finally move towards end goal of this project. I've have enough setbacks with cars for a while lol.

 

Johann

Love what your doing and the art. I've always been an anime even though I am getting closer to 30 now....

 

I'm bringing my 05 LGT 5MT Wagon back from the dead. Had it for many years, but life gets in the way of projects sometimes.

 

Can't wait to see what else you do with your projects. I remember following the original leggy build and that celica you did.

Edited June 22, 2016 by lofthouse_gt