[speedfoos]

Oh no. The Rubicon will be in addition to my current vehicle fleet. It can pull my Civic when it turns into a trailer queen. Which will be never.

I used to have a '78 CJ5 (w/the 4-banger Mitsu engine) and driving this '03 Rubi really makes me want a Jeep again. Since I get a new (to me) car when I get promoted in 2009, I'm still shopping around. I had my heart set on an S2K, but the Jeep is (a little) more practical than a 2-seater roadster and just as much fun to drive. Its just a different kind of fun.

[greeen01civic4d]

ive had 3 jeeps, and loved em all, not more than my vic, but jeeps are so much fun, just dont get the 3.7, get the old 4.0, ull like it much better, that 3.7 is junk, and the new ones are all really cheap plastic interiors, looks like crap

[MURDOCK]

I love my jeep lots of fun in the mud.
79 Cherokee.
Hey foos I think the Rubi would be a lot of fun for you and theres tons of wrenching fun to have with it and lots of money you can sink in it

[burke420]

someday closer to finshed.. btw, how them leprechauns taste... i needa try them...

[speedfoos]

Originally Posted by burke420

someday closer to finshed..

Yeah. I know. It'll get there. This week at some point as there isn't a whole lot left for me to do. I'm back to waiting on my welder and the USPS. I'll do some minor stuff tonight because I'm rebuilding a scooter for my daughter and need to finish that up. Its almost done and I've been neglecting doing some simple stuff on it in favor of working on the turbo.

But I get to drive the Rubi around till the Honda is done! Well, hell. I get to drive it till January when my buddy gets back from Afghanistan!

[LT2004ever]

has the exhaust guy started working on your stuff yet?

[Alpha 5]

What where you doing to the scooter? Turbo, NO2, Reverse Glow Gauges, Body kit, I know SPINNERS......

[speedfoos]

I don't think he's started Travis, I'm going to swing by and see him tomorrow to see what's up.

I'll post some pics of the scooter later. Its one of those electric ones (the big one not the little one) that we salvaged. I stripped it down and repainted it and have replaced all the guts with new parts.

My couplers arrived today so I can lock the IC piping into place, bolt up the turbo assembly and re-assemble everything. We'll see if I get to it tonight or not. Scooter is first, then car.

[exturbo6]

coool. shouldnt it be the other way around. car then scooter.

[DsevenEm2]

car is for dad..scooter for daughter. daughter > dad

[speedfoos]

^^^ Yep.

So today is not a Dre day. Once again, if I had one, I would have to use my AK.

Day 10 of Install

First things first. Almost done with the scooter. Got the foot plate cut, painted and cleared, its just drying now. I need to re-wire the charger and plug on the scooter, but that will wait for tomorrow. If anyone remembers my "Time to tidy up the Teins" thread, you'll recognize this color green.




Gonna be cool when its done. No Travis, you can't have it. I know it matches your car, and its an automatic too, but you'll have to make it past the gun show to get it.




Since my couplers arrived today I figured I was good to go. II threw the gaskets on my turbo, made sure it was clocked correctly, teflon taped and installed the water and oil lines, and was ready to put it on. See? It's a burto.

I mean it's a torbu. Ah fuck it, you know what it is.




Well, I wrangled it into the engine, no small feat with our tiny little bay and everything attached to it, and bolted it up the head. I ran all the lines to their appropriate location and screwed them in. And then I saw something.




Any guesses as to what you're looking at?


Here. Try another picture.




Yep. Muthafucka. It does not clear the AC anymore. Not just the lines. It doesn't clear the left compressor mounting area. Jesus H. Christ. This kind of sucks. The downpipe originally did when Dezod had it designed, but I've modified it by adding a new flange on top of the old one and by putting it on a different turbo.

Then I thought about for a while. I looked at that picture of the gun show....and thought about it some more. I even thought about grinding away that part of the AC compressor and only using three bolts to mount it.

Then I came to the realization the AC is for the weak. It's coming out.

Now I just need to somehow find a the right-sized belt to run just the alternator off the crank pulley. I thought I remember a thread where someone listed it.

Does anyone know how to safely (for me, not the environment) release the freon from the system?


And yes, I'm still having fun.....

[_unclejuice]

just push a screwdriver into the high or low side service port. dont get your fingers close or they will freeze. its r134a anyway, not bad for the environment. no cfc's.

[2k1civic01]

hahahah ac is not for the weak. Its a must have thing here in Texas!

[7thgen.nick]

haha, yeah no doubt.. same here in AL

Good luck with all that foos

[Polo2k4]

Who needs A/C when u got turbo? Just open the windows while in boost! Looks good man.