holy hotness batman. winter?

what the flip? its only the end of may and we're hitting temps of +27?!?! does anyone else remember our record breaking snowfall we had this last season? we had a few weeks of magic when there was fresh snow and it was fun cuz it was deep. but then it didn't stop. and people just let it pile up on their cars. and then the cars disappeared in the snow banks. i LOVED it. my little work truck was a blast. ya it was RWD but i had snow tires. BALLIN'!!

but then it got ugly. the snow got dirty and wasn't going away anytime soon. streets were in desperate need of plowing. i remember spending a good 4 hours late one night with my bro's and dad helpin people just get off our street! good times.

anyways. that was winter. today was HOT. i'm in the roofing business so being up there is like workin in an oven all day. sittin on a cooking sheet and not gettin flipped over so your back just BAAAAAKES. i love it tho. get to be outside, meet new people all the time, work with my hands, and actually get to provide a great service to people. cuz i'm a legit worker in the roofing business. i know lots of companies are out there rippin people off and it sucks. sucks for the customers and the legit workers out there cuz we get a bad rep cuz of them! i treat the customer's home like its my own. i don't want my roof leaking. so i do what needs to be done so it don't leak. (good english like my brother clark)

and actually i never liked summer that much until liz came into my life. now i LOVE summer! we do so many awesome things together in summer and its the greatest time ever. whenever i even think of summer i'm always reminded of the first summer i spent chasing her which eventually led to our relationship. days at the lake. passing the throwing disc around. our first "unofficial" date where we were the 2 "singles" with 2 other couples. we had a blast tho! man. cars, snowboarding, everything. every thing comes and goes. that's why they are things. but love. true love. i believe in that stuff. it lasts forever. you gotta look after it tho. you gotta always pursue it. dang this entry is gettin long and deep. time to cut the embilly cord. this baby is done for today.

a pic from the first summer spent with liz. us at the fireworks!

FN01RC up front.

some pics of the new wheels up front. i'm really happy with the fitment. a narrower rim than the work wheels and a slightly lower offset. XD9's were 17x9.5 +17, and now the fronts are 17x9 +15. its nice tho. i no longer rub at full lock and i like that the front wheels don't poke as much as before. plus now i get major DK points for running 2 sets of wheels. HAR HAR..

on a sad note, my buddy matt sold his car. its good for him tho. i know he'll miss it but selling it makes him happy. it was a beast, my goodness! probably making around 300 ponies. he had a full microtech standalone engine management system and a GT2871R with all the goodies for power. like FMIC, bigger injectors and all the fancy stuff. his engine bay was niiiiiiice. on the outside he had rims, but sold them first and then sold the car. so in its final days it was a sleeper. here's some recent pics of my wheel change and the last day matt drove his car.









matt's car





my car waving goodbye to matt's car.. :*(

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on a car related note, got some new rubber mounted on a different pair of wheels for up front. wheels are nothing JDM TYTE, but still cool in my opinion. 5zigen FN01RC 17x9 +15 with 215/45 mounted on em. a healthy stretch for the rubber, nothing to cRaZy. its nice runnin a 17x9 instead of a 9.5 up front so i dont rub at full lock. guess i'll pound out the fenders next time i got the front up with the wheels off. just didn't feel like doin a whole lot today. need to take the one wheel that got clipped to get checked for proper balance and such. hopefully its not a write off. no pics yet of the new wheels mounted up, but here's what they look like without rubber.

the end?

well had a slight encounter with a barrier drifting this morning in the rain. some other crazy events too, but i don't feel like giving those details. but. it all made me really re-think everything. maybe its time to sell the car. the damage is only minor so no big deal. yes i would be sad to see it go but its gotta go eventually. we will see how things go. i'll post it up FS and see if i can get what i want for it. otherwise i'll hold onto a bit more i guess.

pic pic pic.

damage-zor

stealth mode.

painted the bumpers flat black today. so no more white, altho i kinda miss it. got an alignment done yesterday. toe was way off on the passenger side. good thing i went sooner than later so i didn't destroy that tire. i'll post camber/alignment specs later. car drives much nicer now. its great. no pics tho. sorry.

instead, heres a gooder from a spring day at whistler last year with liz. gotta love snowboarding. i do love summer, but i always miss the blue bird days shreddin.

son of a beach.

its officially summer for me now. had the first beach day last sunday. awesome times. small group of good friends, skimboards, throwing disc, and perfect weather. summer is great.

me and my girlfriend liz. ps. she's completely wonderful.

1st night out.

well, first night out with the new setup and we get popped. :)

we had 4 cars, one guy left before the heat was on. 3 of us in a church parkin lot. one guy kinda ran, he got pulled over. me and the other guy left. we drive out slowly, and then i get pulled over. so we all eventually got pulled over. my passenger and myself were prayin a lot of the time for the other 2 guys and then ourselves.

1 guy got $100 fine for noise violation and he has the quietest car out of all us. but he kinda ran. the other guy and i got no tickets. PHEW!! close one. praise the lord for he is good! i had a female cop and she was very nice to us. i think there were 5 cop cars around me and the other guy. and 1 or 2 with the first guy.

on a different note, car was rad. really notice the bigger tires in the front and rear. i was runnin 18x10's in the rear tonight, but would rather have 17x10 or 9ish. up front the 17x9.5 was nice. lots of grip! but no power steering yet. jus need to get a belt and then i'll loop it on and be all set. car could use an alignment probably. i got'er pretty straight by eyeballin' it, but gettin it properly done would be nice and reassuring. the new turbo is great. more power is fun. and the new 2way locks great! still gettin used to it. pretty good for 1 night i'd say.

random pics.

no sleepy yet. thought i'd throw some car pics up.

pah. hoto. sha. hoot. w/ chris' dub caddy

went for a little cruise today with my buddy chris who is into volkswagens. he's got a sick little truck with some rad fitment. it's seen lower days but he recently got a V.I. so he had to make some adjustments. his buddy phelix (not sure on how he spells his name) took the pics. thx man!

so a highway cruise, then a little hard parkin. here's some pics.

Scam Care.

thx ICBC. like air care does anybody any good any where.

so i couldn't get my car to pass aircare. yet. tried twice, still got some things that might help it so all hope is not lost.

instead! i got 3 months temp insurance on it so i can still drive it and park it on the street. yesssss.

-front and rear bumpers need to be painted flat black. along with the rear overfenders.
-ride height could use some adjusting/fine tuning/dialing in.
-should pound out the front wheel wells some more for better clearance at full lock. (rubbin a little.)
-FMIC could be tweaked to sit a little more straight. (no performance gain or lost tho. just fashion.)
-breakin' in the new clutch (STIFF! yikes. grabs hard and great tho! love it.)
-car feels great. more power. more traction. hope this motor lasts longer than the other :)

And then God said let there be light!!!!!!!!

she lives!!!! wahoo wazzoo!! yippee.



errrm.. ya.

car started today! vacuum lines issues and CAS/timing.

timing is still a little off i think, so some final adjustments still to be done. bleed the breaks and clutch.. adjust timing. cool beans. so pumped that it starts up. so many hours and pennies into this project. feels great to hear some noise tho!!!

thx to everyone that has helped thus far!! couldn't have done it without you.

in no particular order.

liz - for being patient with me and all the encouragement. best gf ever.
dallas - inspiration and guidance. as well as gettin the motor out/in
matt f. - tools. wrenchin with me and guidance as well.
ben - parts! help, advice
matt mc. - tools!! as well as wrenchin.
clark - my bro. chillin, helpin with puttin the motor in.
adam - advice, and lots of knowledge! man talk with adam for 5 mins and you learn a lot!
jf - good times wrenchin! helped a lot with the diff and other big projects as well.
my dad - for keepin my head straight and the props.
matt s. - helping me with the drives for parts! H.O.V. lane! uhhhh son!
kelly. - crank that motor over!
don @ pdm - so many trips for parts and hours and of convo's.
seth @ pdm - great advice and insight into the SR20 world.

theres many others that have helped along the way. lets not forget our lord and savior Jesus Christ. all things are possible thru him. AMEN! lets get this car on the road ASAP!

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car won't start.. troubleshooting time......... yay...

just run already car!