The RatWagon ""PARTS ARE IN FINALLY!! ""
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Wagonist
i bought my 88 wagon FWD. about a year ago . in plans on just driving it with little to no modification , about the only mods i did do was my spacro lap 5 steering wheel , eagle hammer wheels added a volvo 740 lip and lowered it .
in the next few months to come i had repainted it Satin Oil Rubbed Bronze metallic .
then the engine started giving me fits . to i pulled it out and was looking to just rebuild it . well in the mean time i had wrecked my CTR powered Eg sedan . so i pulled the engine out and then looked at my wagon and said ok that is your new home and the process began .
i pulled out the the old D15 and sold the motor and trans to a friend . called a buddy up and sold him my CTR hydro trans he had been dying for . and went and picked up a YS1 Cable out of a B17-GSR
spent the next few months collecting parts here and there . got tired of just waiting for arts i started tearing it down more and began the wiring process . with it being a Dx DpFi i converted it to MpFi and tucked all the wires in the engine bay even went as far as re routing the fuel lines and the brake lines as well . took out the a/c"might go back in " and swapped it for a si non power steering rack .
the interior is going to remain stock in appearance short of the driver seat .and steering wheel . i have changed the color to black on black and stll havent decided on the head liner .
now on to the list of mods to the engine
1 B16B ctr out of a 97 CTR hatch
2 swapped the guts out of the dizzy From a D16z6 "easy swap " with an accel high power coil .
3.SK2 intake manifold "mine didnt have one when i got it "
4 H22 throttle body
6 eagle fuel rail
7 Itr injectors
8 Godman high performance oil filter re-locator and oil cooler kit
9.Hondata S300
10.spoon oil pump kit ,\.
11 acl rod and main bearings and total seal piston rings
12 cometic ML head gasket
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the body current mods
1 painted oil rubbed bronze
2 slammed on nuespeed coil overs
3 volvo 740 front lip
4.tinted the windows
5 eagle hammer rims
mods to be done
1 fender marker lights
2 slammed on F&F suspension
3 urethane every thing
4 change out the front door handles with matching rear handles "no key"
5 add power door locks and viper alarm
6 amber corner lights and new amber bumper lights
7 add brick fog lights
8 add roof rack "making my own "
9 add front mount external oil cooler "rx7 polished oil cooler "
10 checker the roof
interior .
noting set in stone A.T.M. lol
in the next few months to come i had repainted it Satin Oil Rubbed Bronze metallic .
then the engine started giving me fits . to i pulled it out and was looking to just rebuild it . well in the mean time i had wrecked my CTR powered Eg sedan . so i pulled the engine out and then looked at my wagon and said ok that is your new home and the process began .
i pulled out the the old D15 and sold the motor and trans to a friend . called a buddy up and sold him my CTR hydro trans he had been dying for . and went and picked up a YS1 Cable out of a B17-GSR
spent the next few months collecting parts here and there . got tired of just waiting for arts i started tearing it down more and began the wiring process . with it being a Dx DpFi i converted it to MpFi and tucked all the wires in the engine bay even went as far as re routing the fuel lines and the brake lines as well . took out the a/c"might go back in " and swapped it for a si non power steering rack .
the interior is going to remain stock in appearance short of the driver seat .and steering wheel . i have changed the color to black on black and stll havent decided on the head liner .
now on to the list of mods to the engine
1 B16B ctr out of a 97 CTR hatch
2 swapped the guts out of the dizzy From a D16z6 "easy swap " with an accel high power coil .
3.SK2 intake manifold "mine didnt have one when i got it "
4 H22 throttle body
6 eagle fuel rail
7 Itr injectors
8 Godman high performance oil filter re-locator and oil cooler kit
9.Hondata S300
10.spoon oil pump kit ,\.
11 acl rod and main bearings and total seal piston rings
12 cometic ML head gasket
..
the body current mods
1 painted oil rubbed bronze
2 slammed on nuespeed coil overs
3 volvo 740 front lip
4.tinted the windows
5 eagle hammer rims
mods to be done
1 fender marker lights
2 slammed on F&F suspension
3 urethane every thing
4 change out the front door handles with matching rear handles "no key"
5 add power door locks and viper alarm
6 amber corner lights and new amber bumper lights
7 add brick fog lights
8 add roof rack "making my own "
9 add front mount external oil cooler "rx7 polished oil cooler "
10 checker the roof
interior .
noting set in stone A.T.M. lol
Comments
the engine bay
why spend 80 bucks on a ground kit when you can make one for 5 bucks .
the dash dyed black
the valve cover shaved and painted
s2k push button start
started out white .didnt last long
then started in to this
then the rear down began
the heart of the beast
ill be updating more
so far he is whats don
1.engine bay painted
2. motor cleaned up
3,got my trans
4, wiring, fuel,brake, and every thing else tucked
5. interior dyed black
6,my twinloop muffler came in ,
what still needs to be done
1. top hats need to be cut and extended
2. suspension needs to be put on
3. put the interior back in and figure out what kind of seat i want .
4, put the damn thing back together lol .
chevy 1500 power distribution block . for my battery relocation .
wire tuck . still needs to be cleaned up some
got all the wiring and under dash parts back in
painted the dizzy housing high temp black and some other arts are going that way too
oil filter and cooler relocation kit
i have more pics of progress need to upload them tonight
after shaving it hit it with some high temp matt black
then went back over it with some satin khaki to lighten it up
then this is the final product . house of color . ultra violet pearl
also cleaned up the intake and painted and baked the intake high temp matt black
dash and all the pieces to it dyed black
this is for you 91 rt4wd since i moved my battery to the back im using one of the 12mm bolt holes and mounted it over by the trans . i had it there in my old ef sedan and it was out of the way and easy access
deleted this as well . didnt like the factor oil cooler
hoping to get more done soon...
i also cut the front cross member mounts off that holds the front trans mount and smoothed it today ... that was a pain in the ass ...
Excellent work in the engine bay - I love your valve cover!
- Rob
powder coated bolts
wire tucked headlight on the driver side
still have alot of wiring and cleaning up to do
dont ask why .. i was in the mood
doors are now black
dash is in finally
painted the washer tank and the over flow tank to blend in to the bay . didnt get a pic of the tank but will soon
didnt have a b-series throttle linkage so i ran mine a different way to take alot of the length out of it and kept it tucked inter the engine .
hoping with how smooth things are going back together i should have it back on the ground in 2 weeks . still need mounts and some minor things .. but its coming back together fenders should be going on today