***UPDATE***Part 1 - EJ257 Short BlockAfter a fair amount of research I ended up going for a new ej257 short block and some extras in an attempt to stop issues in the future. (Which didnt work
) The car was at the ichiban for about 2 weeks and I got it back on the 1st of August
Drove it for 1 week and on the 7th I was driving along and a rattle started to come from the engine. I had no idea what was going on so I pulled over to check it out and it sounded horrible, so I drove it home and put it up on stands to have a better look. Turned out the sound was coming from the sump. Anyway the car will be ariving in sydney tomorrow and I'm praying that the issue is related to the work they have just done or else I wont be able to afford to pay to get the car fixed for a while. So yeah not the greatest time but hopefully things will go up from here
I should also mention that throughout this whole process Ben and the rest of the guys at Ichiban have been really great about everything, very professional and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them.
Video of the horrid sound -
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Here's the work I had done -
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And here's the dyno report -
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Part 2 - Plastidipping WheelsOkay so I also decided to plastidip my wheels, some people will probably hate the idea of this but the way I look at it, I can remove the dip whenever I like so it's no big deal! I was just sick of the silver and I actually love the way it looks now. I paid about $24 for each can from SCA and it took a few hours to do as I have done about 6 or 7 coats and took the wheels off to do it. I think it came out pretty well
I do actually really like the wheels silver too so im considering removing it. I haven't decided yet so let me know what you guys think. Either way I will eventually be getting new wheels but that will have to wait until I can save some money.
I used playing cards to stop overspray and masked off a couple of bits and also took the center caps off.
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Some more pics.....
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After
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Part 3 - Tein Coil OversI also got some 2nd hand coilovers when I picked up the car from forum member Paul
Installed them with a mate and it was actually allot easier than I was expecting so that was good! The ride is allot stiffer (obviously) but IMO it isn't too bad and I also havent played around with the dampness yet so I'll have to do that when I get around to it! I really like the height now also!
The coilsovers....
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For now thats everything!! I'll post up and let people know whats happened to the engine and what the plan moving forward is too
Also sorry the pictures are so fkn big :/ I can't remember what I need to type in at the end of the file to get the correct size :/ If somebody knows let me know and I will edit the post
Thanks everyone!