Toothy's wagon build...

so story on this wagon is, short and simple, guy brought car in to get radator fixed, fixed it cuz last one blew into peices. turns out head gasket was bad, i asked him if he ever wanted to get rid of it to call me guy didnt care, its was his only car, we told him to park it until he could fix it time went by got a new job at honda, and got a phone call from my old boss told me the wagon that i wanted blew the motor and was sitting in the shop and the guy wanted to kno if i still wanted it so called the guy and bought it for $200 pulled it home with a buddy a mini truck, and 1 pull strap for 6 miles lol a pic when i got it home and took off the valve cover 390.jpg hole in engine block 391.jpg the miss placed piston.... 392.jpg soo after i pulled the engine i found a old motor of mine, a d15z1 with 10k miles, bought it for $35 393.jpg painted the bay because the car is going to be painted a blue that almost is gonna match bisimoto's before 394.jpg after 395.jpg got the motor in 396.jpg 397.jpg well i have been driving it for a week and hooked up a push button vtec :encouragement: added a fart can i got for $10 622.jpg and heres some rust work i gotta start 623.jpg 624.jpg so far thats all.... stay tuned will have more :) i promise lol

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  • toothytoothy Band Wagon
    few updates....

    painted it blue
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    blew the motor up that i paid $35 for.... lol
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    the rod went completely threw both sides lol
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    slammed it with some cheap egays while it was waiting for new motor, also painted the meshies white
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    picked up a free motor for the work of rebuilding his z6 for him
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    motor in and sitting pretty :)
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    at work
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    purple hids
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    traded my ls's to a buddy for my old konig ultralights and i put honda center caps in them
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    btw this car is the slowest car ive ever been in but snow drifting is a blast lol

    now ive sold those konigs and put on some 14" mk3 jetta wheels and painted them white

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  • Looks good with the Jetta wheels.... Lose the fart can IMHO. Love the color... I dropped my DX wago on Egays when i first got it too and Hated the Bouncy ass ride. Keep those updates coming
  • toothytoothy Band Wagon
    Looks good with the Jetta wheels.... Lose the fart can IMHO. Love the color... I dropped my DX wago on Egays when i first got it too and Hated the Bouncy ass ride. Keep those updates coming

    the fart can will be gone soon, just needed it a little quiter lol and im building a y8 head to swap on cuz this b7 and awd is slow as d*ck...
  • RoRoRoRo Wagonist
    the Jetta wheels looks good! I like the blue and white combo
  • toothytoothy Band Wagon
    got a y8 head im gonna start rebuilding, and but it on the b7, then will run push button vtakkkk

    valves
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    and then while at work i got bored so i wire wheeled my valve cover...

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  • toothytoothy Band Wagon
    slow day at work on saturday so pulled car in align it due to dropping it again, drives much better lol
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    started to disassamble the head last night
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    found the low compression culprit :)

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    now just gotta wait for the valve seals to come in from work and should have this y8 head on my b7 block in no time, but if my passat sells i got my eyes on a 400$ donor wagon with a hand mixer in her :)
  • WagonhoeWagonhoe Wagonist
    Nice wagon. Love the work your doing. I also like those jetta wheels.
  • toothytoothy Band Wagon
    decided to paint my wheels lime green... :) i love it!!!

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  • catchcatch Band Wagon
    :encouragement:
  • toothytoothy Band Wagon
    some new pics :P

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    added some baja lights :)

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    next on list is lift it...
  • simplyhondasimplyhonda Council Member
    Uniquely beautiful - l like it.
  • M!KE K!NGM!KE K!NG Band Wagon
    Looks awesome... i like the combo of royal blue and lime green. Subscribing to build thread now.
  • SPWSPW Senior Wagonist
    The colors do blend in well. Can't wait for more!
  • toothytoothy Band Wagon
    thank you, the wheels are gonna be repainted with grabber green engine paint cuz my wheels look like Mt dew yellow, not liking it lol but hoping i can trade this k24 for some diamond racing wheels so i can lift my wagon, i got tires and everything to lift it just need those rims
  • 1988rt1988rt Senior Wagonist
    its amazing how much fun you can have with a wagon, looking good
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