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    Been here a while, figure its time to make a page on my ride, since i got a crowd of haters finally with my plastidip stunt.

    Start with a little history on the cars origins..

    I bought it already modded, body looked pretty decent, interior is okay. So i go check it out, first things first i pop the hood, check the fluid, check for leaks. First thing i find is the radiator is empty.

    The guy goes to put just water in it. It pours out the side of the radiator, he had put a hole in the core during reinstallation of the engine. Im like hmm, Upon further inspection, i find he bent the power steering pressure line putting the engine back in as well.

    I tell the guy, no thanks, and to give me a call if you get this stuff fixed.

    I forgot about it, and i get a message saying he swapped in another radiator and replaced the bent pressure line. So i take a look at it, seems legit, so i test drive it, i instantly fall in love with the torque and the rush in the gut when you give it some gas.

    he offered it to me for $2100 Had receipts for rebuilt engine:
    -hot tanked block
    -new cam and rod and main bearings
    -arp rod studs
    -L32 block
    -L67 heads
    -nic cam
    -hai
    -sd headers
    -tb spacer
    -slp loudmouth
    -no cats
    -zzp canned tune
    -3.5" pulley

    so i take it, drive it home.

    next day at work(at the time i worked at a engine machine shop) i drained engine coolant, put on a new engine coolant temp sensor(current one was broken) put on a new 180* tstat and tstat housing(old one was cracked) and new upper radiator hose.

    while i was parked i noticed a small puddle of oil forming. im like wtf. i drive it to school (UTI in irving, tx) Show it to my friends and stuff.

    The following day i get a no start, bc the battery is toast. Pick up a new battery from Napa, Also change the rear valve cover gasket to fix the oil leak.

    Go to my car and start to take off and the engine sputters and dies, pop the hood and there is smoke and steam pouring out of the head gasket. from the rear. Get it towed to my house, and tear it down to the block.

    Will add as i was tearing things down, all the LIM bolts were loose and so were the supercharger bolts. Head bolts didnt take much tug to get loose either.


    Being i work at a machine shop with access to a vat and machines to surface and rebuild my heads. Mind as well right? So i pick up all the gaskets and seals from zzp for the rebuild of the top end of my motor.

    milled the heads .005", did a 3 angle valve job, ground out the castings sticking out in the exhaust ports on the heads, and thoroughly cleaned them.

    Replaced old gaskets with 4 layer .052" cometic head gaskets and viton valve seals, with comp cams hardened valve keepers, 90# valve springs.

    Now onto the supercharger, stuck it on out old milling machine and opened up the outlet.

    here are some pics of my port job.


    i also opened up the inlet to match the 72mm tb spacer, which is no longer on the car. no pics of the opening, and i smoothed it out nice and shiney.


    Finally get the engine back together and it runs like a champ, but still has that pretty heavy oil leak. turns out to be the front main seal, was installed crooked, and the mating surface was all scrapped up. so cleaned that up and installed new seal. no more oil leak.

    Time to actually drive the car..

    Scanned the car and found my fuel trims maxed out 16.4+

    Tracked down a few vac leaks, he had left the vac ball behind the bumper unhooked, evap unhooked, had a code for map signal too low.

    he left the map sensor uninstalled. got a new map sensor and hooked up the vac lines.

    Also found the egr tube split open. so i deleted the egr and evap both to take those out of the equation.



    Got some things fixed, time to test how the engine runs. Couple guys want to run my car, so im like okay i need to test the car out anyway.

    Race one is a Honda S2000 with intake header and exhaust. Go from a 55 roll and let off at around 95 with a car lead and walking.

    Next race is from a 66 roll against a 6mt infinity g35 with intake and exhaust, walked him let off at about 85 with a 2 car lead.



    I still feel like its kind of lagging, not running at its full potential. At this point it has 0* KR so im happy. Slowly working out other kinks to smooth it out and getting it to where i can beat the newer muscle cars with light mods.

    Any ways, im sure most of you are caught up the recent plastidip experiments and Fast n Furious vinyls, but here are the pics of how she stands right now.




    I will be adding subtle changes, and post them up as i go.

    Here is a clip of my exhaust with the NIC cam and SLP Loudmouth exhaust



    And a quick goose of the throttle here with some wheel spin, and i need a belt wrap with the 3.25" pulley



    Just picked up some 42.5# injectors im gonna install and tune in, then i want to do a fuel pump rewire with 255 fuel pump. either drop pto a 3.0 pulley or swap in a gen v with my 3.25 pulley and call it a day.

    After that, going to overhaul the suspension with goodies and replace worn interior parts and mess with color combos, likely beige and black.

    Thats all for now
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  2. #2 Re: La Flama Blanca AKA Plastidip whip 
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    Cars looking good the trans isn't going to last much longer with those power levels though
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    Screw the haters,sounds like you are on the right track. Pretty soon the Prix will be Fast and Furious enuf to blow the stripes off.
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    I like the way this ride looks and sounds, making me want a NIC cam. I still want those SLP tips. Keep up the good work.
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    Thanks for the comments. Seems my oil pan gasket is getting worse along with my oil pressure switch, i think the oil filter extension housing is cracked too.

    When i was dipping my wheels i noticed it is getting worse on the passenger side, and thats when i also noticed the oil pressure sensor soaked in oil along with my axle and LCA.

    Funny thing is i just changed a oil pressure sensor on a Kamotsu fork lift for this exact same reason lol
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    Legit! check out the arrowhead son!

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    Arrowhead looks great, just the right touch to finish it up. Now the fun begins...attacking the oil problems.
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    So, what else are you putting on The White Flame to go with them goodies?
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    yeah **** hater car look good and as long as u like it that all that matters =]
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    trying to find a racetronix fuel pump rewire kit, waiting for word from PRJ Performance, they just took off a kit from their turbo car.

    after this, a tune and pulley drop again. then im done. then i overhaul my suspension with goodies.
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    One day I will have to cruise up to DFW area and do a La Flama Blanca/ Eldorado photo shoot.
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    that would be sweet. perhaps a little fun run as well ? :-p
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    Quote Originally Posted by TEK310 View Post
    that would be sweet. perhaps a little fun run as well ? :-p
    Right, stock vs nicely modded. I'm down, even if I do lose.
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    You were cold during that pull :P
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    you have roof rails... cut through the wind. (momma said they was my magic shoes... momma said they'd take me anywhere...)-forrest gump* except you have magic rails.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ginseng View Post
    You were cold during that pull :P
    that is about normal on a cool day, and if im not stopped, when stopped and city driving it rests a hair above the quarter mark.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TEK310 View Post
    you have roof rails... cut through the wind. (momma said they was my magic shoes... momma said they'd take me anywhere...)-forrest gump* except you have magic rails.
    Oh yeah, forgot about them secret weapons up there.
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    fuel pump is installed, will have vid up and hopefully 0* KR again
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    Quote Originally Posted by TEK310 View Post
    fuel pump is installed, will have vid up and hopefully 0* KR again
    Wait...you have KR, oh sh1t I might stand a chance then LOL, I haz no KR!!!

    Jus kidding, hope it runs better.
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