Minimoto's 1989 wagovan
minimotos95
Wagonist
d15b2 FWD 5spd
i picked her up for $550, runs good, burns some oil in the number 2 and 4 cylinders. 251k when i bought it(3/16/2011). going to DD it until the motor dies, then swap in a d16.
i may make a custom subwoofer enclosure and amp rack that goes in the spare tire area, and mounts flush so i don't loose any cargo area
attack of the wagons!
.... 3/18/11
cleaned up the exterior a bit and got the parking brake working, kinda.
..... 3/19/11
cleand the inside of the dash....
oil change
upgraded main grounds to kikker 4awg hyperflex, using a scosche terminal
installed jensen 6x9"s
3/20/11
all i did was shorted the ground wires and repaint the battery terminal cover
my goal is to keep it mostly clean looking and only use OEM engine part, i may lower it an inch or so. depending how well putting in a rear sway bar works
i picked her up for $550, runs good, burns some oil in the number 2 and 4 cylinders. 251k when i bought it(3/16/2011). going to DD it until the motor dies, then swap in a d16.
i may make a custom subwoofer enclosure and amp rack that goes in the spare tire area, and mounts flush so i don't loose any cargo area
attack of the wagons!
.... 3/18/11
cleaned up the exterior a bit and got the parking brake working, kinda.
..... 3/19/11
cleand the inside of the dash....
oil change
upgraded main grounds to kikker 4awg hyperflex, using a scosche terminal
installed jensen 6x9"s
3/20/11
all i did was shorted the ground wires and repaint the battery terminal cover
my goal is to keep it mostly clean looking and only use OEM engine part, i may lower it an inch or so. depending how well putting in a rear sway bar works
Comments
Good, clean pickup.
hopefully tomorrow i can get ~20ft of kicker 4awg, buy RCA's and start building the box/rack.
^ holy long sentence batman, i just noticed. i think i need to stop using commas so much....
edit, i tore apart the back some more
dusty like most of the car was, but no cigarette butts so...
i also(poorly) made a cardboard template of what will be the top of the box/rack set up
i think i will run the alternator wire up on the firewall, past the TB on the firewall, then on the bottom of the intake tube over to the battery
edit2: i moved that ground to the tranny
i also went to HD and got:
4X8' .75" MDF sheet
gorilla wood glue
door screen mesh stuff
screws....
edit3:
pieces for my box will be
H......W.....quantity.....where.........notes
5.5....21....2..............side
5.5...12.5..2..............side
14....21.....1..............top
16....21.....1..............bottom........one 21" wide side cut at a 45* angle
9......21.....1..............amp rack.....will need trimmed width wise to clear
got the kenwood deck installed, and ran all the signal wires under the carpet on the drivers side.
going to run the power tomorrow or wednesday, going to build the box on wednesday
edit: i got bored and ran the power and remote... it took 3 hours, 2.5 of which were trying to find a good hole in the firewall.... and i just finished at 1AM...
random, some cop was creepin' when i was running the wires under the carpet...
then i started building the custom box.... less then 20" into the MDF the circular saw dies... now i have to wait till thursday night or friday
the pink stuff is bondo, for reinforcement of the seams, liquid nail is actually what does most of the sealing
EDIT
that amp rack was a fail. now i have to figure something else out.
test fit after i removed the rack.
i also installed a better kenwood deck
all i have left to do in the back is:
carpet
grill
eventually:
alpine type R or a DC audio ___
audiopipe amp(great bang for the buck)
yes i used green duct tape for masking, LOL
i need to pick up some bondo....
yes, that's green duct tape you see
when i was bored of watching bondo dry i started looking at random chit on my car.... i found a vacuum(?) line that was plugged with a .357 mag case
i am liking that so that's staying until/if i swap MPFI
But looks like a good start and you're givin that wagon some needed love
also, stealthy-ness
i was looking through my phone and found a before picture of the back
nasty
also, home depot, forester, 2x4s, and a roof rack
found out that my shaking at 55+ is more then likely the front driver side wheel bearing. i don't care really because it doesn't pull....
i need to get some nice carpet for the back
and painted the KX144 frame
today i finally ran a 4awg wire from the alternator to the positive on the battery.
i think i may get an NSX alternator and a pc680 battery for in the back
this confirms that i need to upgrade my alternator... probably either NSX or egay 130amp high output.... might as well run a secondary battery so when i am running my music and/or power inverter without the car running it won't kill my primary/starting....
now i have something to do tomorrow...
i need a job dammit
i sanded some of the rust off of the back seat
then i took the front H off...
my current hatch prop
Just a pic of rlthe hitch and exhaust just incase anybody wanted to see
Also alot rust on the quarter panels