Nathan's EE4

[nathan_carmona]

head off:

reeeeaallly ugly valves:

ugly pistons:

clean cylinder walls:

took the head to the shop with the rebuild kit. probably gonna have a valve job done. hear back tomorrow on the condition of the head and I resurface the block.

 

[nathan_carmona]

got the call today about the head, needs a valve job. $360 for all the headwork. considering I make $100 a week and i've been n saving for like two months to afford this and was planning to spend $150, this is gonna suck

 

[emerican]

Sorry to hear about that man.

 

[nathan_carmona]

thanks man. I had 80 bucks in my paypal i didnt know about so that will help.

and started my work on the block today

getting there:

looking pretty good:

tomorrow comes the 400 grit on the 2x4 to flatten it out. also gonna take a straight edge and feeler gauge and see if its flat. if its not, idk what i'll do. probably just do my best to sand it flat.

 

[nathan_carmona]

my work on thursday:

it then started to rain. hard. so i got in my truck and got the call from the machine shop saying the head wouldnt be ready till friday so i packed up and went home.

friday, i filled the tranny with honda MTF:

and thats all i could do. picked up the head around 7 that night. found out that there was a sizeable chunk missing from one valve and thats what was causing most of my problems.

started putting it back together on saturday.

dad working on car:

finished up around 5ish:

 

[nathan_carmona]

found out my ground control sleeves were for stock struts sooo I found 89-91 style stock rear struts, purchased BWR rear lca's and I'm going to order all new rear hardware. Looking to drop it before the end of april. Also planning to pick a drivers side mirror to mutilate and make a block off plate out of. Hopefully a decent suspension build and the fender mirrors will be on before ECHM

 

[nathan_carmona]

got fork style rear struts today.

 

[nathan_carmona]

so on saturday the 28th, with the help of m,y friend Trey, I got the wagon slammed. Stock struts, Ground Control Springs (didnt even put the adjusters on so I could get maximum low), and BLOX rear lca's

 

[Decipher]

haha! Awesome. You going to be at the ECHM or the MegaMeet at PTuning this month? I'm hoping to see some CC familiars out there.

 

[Tig.]

The slam looks dope!

 

[nathan_carmona]

well its been a few weeks since my last post. after slamming the wagon, i started on finals for this past semster. weekend before all my crap was due I got a CEL on a way to a hooka bar to chill after a long day of work. well bad things happen in threes right? well finished up my finals on tuesday, packed and was getting ready to leave school. had to drop off a book on the opposite side of campus and parked in a parking garage. forgot my bike was on top.... had no problems getting in but this happened when I left:

strike 2!

then this past saturday, I was on my way to NOVA for a meeting for some graphic design work and got lost in suburbia trying to find my way to the highway. drove down this 2 lane wide road (each side) for a couple miles. no stop signs, lights, nothing. decided to turn around. sure enough coming back the opposite way was ONE stop sign, hidden in a bush, two lanes over. saw it at the last second, tried to stop, but skid into someone turning. did NO damage to their 92 camry but was strike 3 for the wago:

 

[nathan_carmona]

got a new bumper and decided to cut out the grill and shave the license plate bolt holes. gonna cut down the old one and make a lip. still need a new drivers side mirror (unless I JB weld the tab back together) and the metal piece that sits behind the bumper. junkyard tomorrow. also got a drivers side mirror to cut down into a block off plate. progress pics from yesterday and today:

 

[emerican]

Sorry to hear about that stuff happening to you man.

 

[nathan_carmona]

it happens. luckily I got the funds to fix everything. money will be tight for a few paychecks, but i'll get by.