since you last heard from me in this section (on the old forums) i have got a much better job (earning what i used to get in a week in but one day now...)
little while ago i was driving along and had a brake line burst on me...promptly ridding me of any brake pedal at all. now, even though a $8 line owuld have fixed it, i said "screw it", got onto dattoman and a few local places and $800 later the brake specks looked more like: rebuilt front callipers, 3mm spacers (from dattoman) so i can run xu-1 thickness disks, of which are the dba slotted variety, ferodo ds2500 pads and braided stainless hoses (from dattoman), and a stainless sleved master cylinder. this is working with my dual diaphram booster and stocky back drums (for now).
there arright, definitaly needs disks on the back though. the pads are good when they warm up but a bit shakey when cold lol. ah well ya get that on those big jobs.
next, i am going to be pulling the little motor out of torry in a week or so, prolly over the chrissy break. just gonna freshen it up, new rings, bearings and gaskets, got a mildy worked head (equal to about yella terra stage 2), a stage 2 heatseeker cam, the exhaust and igniton (geni extractors and 2 1/2" mandrel bent system, msd6al and blaster 3 coil) on the car atm, twin strommies for the intake and a new clutch. should go alright, it's only a quick throw together to keep me happy (and stop some oil leaks) till i can afford to finish the 202 and get a driveline that will handle it. even so can't wait to get the little motor to the strip and have a run. i'll keep yas updated.
i also just spent a few hundred bucks on my sterio.
i got a new hu and front speakers, now has latest model alpine cde 9834 mp3/cd player and 6 1/2" type s splits. goes fairly well but my old amp seems to be severely underpowering the splits...infact the shitty back speakers (which i have running from the hu) seem to be getting a lot more power...they dominate the system. i have it faded right toward the front atm so it's not to bad, but no where near as loud as it could be. the amp just keeps clipping if i try to turn it up. as i said to a mate who was helping me " seems the lil amp in the hu is making more power than the big amp in the boot". i'll just live with it for now, cbf'd rewireing half the system just to change it back again when i get a better amp. so now i gotta save up for the next batch of audio gear...to finish the system of. will more than likley be gettin a type s 10" sub (type s gear matches my cars color scheme), a v power monoblock to run it and a v power 4ch amp bridged running the front speakers...the back ones can stay running from the hu, i like the stage to be toward the front a bit. i will prolly take the back speakers right out and just put the grills back on...would vent bguckloads of bass through to the cab lol. but yeah, thats about another $1000 or so in gear so will have to wait a little while lol.
i must say it's nice to spend a bit of time on my own sterio for a change. i got the impulse when i went into the local car audio shop with a mate looking for bits for his. i'm doing all the work on this thing and so far it has gone around the 5k mark...still only half done. i'm not that keen to spend big money, but this cheeper gear should do me well once i get the rest of the stuff. will be loud enough for me anyway. i only really use it when on the highway....
