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This is my 1994 SL2. I bought this car in downtown Chicago about 5-6 years ago. It had only 45k miles on it, but had a few scrapes and cracks from the previous owner.
Summer 2008 on the road back from Mt Lemmon, AZ
The car looks perfect in the pic above, but there are several dings, scrapes and cracks that cannot be seen from that angle.
Work done so far includes:
Timing chain set (at less than 60k miles! WTF?
)
Motor mounts
Transmission fluid/filter
Brakes
Lower control arms
Tie rod ends
Tires
Window tint (5% back/rear, 35% front)
Remove front license plate and holes, dents, dings and cracks
My plans for the car include:
Auto to MP3 swap
Short throw shifter
91-92 header
Geo Storm throttle body
Lowering springs
16/17" rims
2.25" mandrel bent exhaust with glasspack and dynomax super turbo muffler
AEM cold air intake
Completely new paint job
Thinking about Prothane motor mount inserts, sick of replacing worn out rubber mounts
Battery relocation (trunk)
Fuse box relocation
In the future I may consider nitrous or boost, but for now I want to get the car how I want it while running a NA setup.
How the car looks right now, in the middle of the MP3 swap:
The gray nose is from filling and priming the front license plate holes. Don't need those in AZ!
Dashboard out for pedal installation:
Oh no where's the tranny?
One greasy-pig of a transmission:
Short throw shifter from VMS150 going in:
MP3 buffed with wire wheels and dissected:
Transmission reassembled with welded diff from punkboySL2, painted with Rustoleum engine enamel, "aluminum" color:
I pulled the engine cradle to the backyard, degreased and cleaned with my grinder and a wire wheel. Painted with Rustoleum gloss black engine enamel:
91-92 Header from RevCyanide. I had to drill out the rusted bolts and cleaned it up using wire wheels. Painted with Rustoleum 2000 degree flat black paint. Made a godawful amount of smoke from being baked in the oven at 450 degrees:
Summer 2008 on the road back from Mt Lemmon, AZ
The car looks perfect in the pic above, but there are several dings, scrapes and cracks that cannot be seen from that angle.
Work done so far includes:
Timing chain set (at less than 60k miles! WTF?
)Motor mounts
Transmission fluid/filter
Brakes
Lower control arms
Tie rod ends
Tires
Window tint (5% back/rear, 35% front)
Remove front license plate and holes, dents, dings and cracks
My plans for the car include:
Auto to MP3 swap
Short throw shifter
91-92 header
Geo Storm throttle body
Lowering springs
16/17" rims
2.25" mandrel bent exhaust with glasspack and dynomax super turbo muffler
AEM cold air intake
Completely new paint job
Thinking about Prothane motor mount inserts, sick of replacing worn out rubber mounts
Battery relocation (trunk)
Fuse box relocation
In the future I may consider nitrous or boost, but for now I want to get the car how I want it while running a NA setup.
How the car looks right now, in the middle of the MP3 swap:
The gray nose is from filling and priming the front license plate holes. Don't need those in AZ!
Dashboard out for pedal installation:
Oh no where's the tranny?
One greasy-pig of a transmission:
Short throw shifter from VMS150 going in:
MP3 buffed with wire wheels and dissected:
Transmission reassembled with welded diff from punkboySL2, painted with Rustoleum engine enamel, "aluminum" color:
I pulled the engine cradle to the backyard, degreased and cleaned with my grinder and a wire wheel. Painted with Rustoleum gloss black engine enamel:
91-92 Header from RevCyanide. I had to drill out the rusted bolts and cleaned it up using wire wheels. Painted with Rustoleum 2000 degree flat black paint. Made a godawful amount of smoke from being baked in the oven at 450 degrees:
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