A day working on the Probe

[Jackthehammer]

So, today it was time to put in my new stuff! (Painted valve covers, polished Intake Manifold, gaskets, new hoses, Sparkplugs's, Sparkplug-wires, filters) It's a big job, specially if it's your first time.. But I had help from a good friend, and the right tools. And it's running again, so yay!


Before:



Friends let friends tackle the hardest m*therfuckin' bolt there is:



Old and new IM:



old and new front-VC:



VC's on:



IM on:



Finished!!!:



A new little mod I did too (you Americans don't have side-indicators, we get fugly orange ones):



And some pictures of our 2 cars together:

[Strelok16]

the new stuff looks a whole lot better good its running again too, what was the problem before?

[HairySheep]

wow! im suprised at how good that looks, good job with the paint, especialy on the emblem
did you have the manifold polished or did you order a new one polished?

[Jackthehammer]

Originally Posted by HairySheep

wow! im suprised at how good that looks, good job with the paint, especialy on the emblem
did you have the manifold polished or did you order a new one polished?

How bout I polished it myself? 4 days of endless sanding.. I have no fingerprints left now..

Gaskets and hoses were old, had oil in the sparkplug wells, worn sp-wires.. it runs a lot stronger now!

Some night shots I took today after I cleaned the outside too:















Next job: LOWERING THAT BITCH!

[Ki Adi Mundi]

Originally Posted by Jackthehammer

Next job: LOWERING THAT BITCH!

May I suggest the Tokico Coilover Kit. It has adjustable dampening shocks which you can easily adjust to change the ride height. I'm pretty sure they make one for your vehicle.

[Huffardo]

Looking really nice, but are you sure about lowering it, it looks low already, wouldn't it get damaged in speed bumps if it was even lower?

I guess it would look a bit better, but when driving a car which in the second highest position rivals the ground clearance of e.g. a Toyota Landcruiser you get a bit suspicious about lowered cars, even though the thing hits the ground overnight.

[Jackthehammer]

I'll have to look out at speedbumps, not it's not that I can't take them anymore. It's a low car from the factory, but lowering it will fill the wheel-wells a lot better and generally give it a much better appearance, aswell as handling.

I know the coil-overs are good, but I'm going with a spring-set from KAW. 50mm front, 35mm back. So it gets the nose-down stance like the other white probe in the pictures above.

[Ki Adi Mundi]

Any plans for a body kit? Shaved handles? Etc?

[Jackthehammer]

No, I don't like body kits.. The probe is beautiful as it is.. Lowering and exhaust is first on the list.

[Huffardo]

Yup, body kits with no real car you are trying to recreate are more than likely to be just ricy.

The BX be needing a new exhaust too, and soon or it will completely fall off. It rusted to pieces from the inside faster than I thought, so it started souding and vibrating like a kind of ricy V8 until I temporarily taped it together...

Originally Posted by Jackthehammer

I'll have to look out at speedbumps, not it's not that I can't take them anymore.

Well, I'd figure you can't exactly accelerate over them right now either, so better make sure you don't forget it and follow e.g. a BX into one of those...

Originally Posted by Jackthehammer

It's a low car from the factory, but lowering it will fill the wheel-wells a lot better and generally give it a much better appearance, aswell as handling.

I do agree, but does it really need any better handling? Also, it already looks pretty damn nice as is, I hope you either already have an alarm in it or are getting one soon...

Originally Posted by Jackthehammer

I know the coil-overs are good, but I'm going with a spring-set from KAW. 50mm front, 35mm back. So it gets the nose-down stance like the other white probe in the pictures above.

Sounds good, I'd figure the nose down look would suite it.