Project ASS2000
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Originally Posted by zeroptzero' timestamp='1441417248' post='23737753
I sold those guys the replacement power steering rack, and front and rear subframes for that car, which you see them doing in episode seven. When I sold them the parts they told me they bought a junker and were making a project car out of it for track use, looks like they made good on their promise. lol. 
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I looked up the specs of that oil , it has about three times the amount of zinc as your typical over the counter oil, not recommended for a street car, probably the reason why it works good for a Nascar pushrod engine, I doubt it has any benefit for an overhead valvetrain engine. It is a thinner viscosity 30 weight oil at 100 degrees C, based on the specs, probably not something I'd run at the track in high temps, but they seem to think it is good. Nascar doesn't care as they rebuild their engines all the time, and they only need them to last 500 miles, they'd rather have a couple more hp.
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Originally Posted by MerlinV12
I've been following this build and enjoying it. I really wanted to refresh my suspension bushings on my S2000 but after seeing how much they struggled getting the front lower control arms off the subframe I am a nervous to take on that project.
Since I'm down with the flu, I finally dove in. Almost caught up on the you tube videos...
Anyway, to the guy above, all ya gotta do is loosen the control arm bolts, and see if the bolts will slide in and out if you whack em with a hammer (loosen nut most of the way, and whack nut, not bolt, so you don't bugger the bolt threads). If they do move, you won't have the problems those guys had. You can then order the parts and plan to diy. Just be sure to lube up the entire bolt shaft with antiseize when you do the work, so you'll prevent the issue ever happening future.
Some of the bolts have cam shaped washers. These adjust alignment. So mark how those are positioned before you loosen anything. Then as you tighten it all back up, you can keep alignment settings. This is just for when you loosen things to test for seized bolts. When you actually swap out the bushings, you'll want to get an alignment afterwards.
Anytime you loosen any of these bolts, you have to make sure suspension is loaded as you tighten them back up. Make sure cars weight is resting on the lower control arm for the corner you are working on.
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Peter Tarach has an interesting history. He's a local Canuck, who went to California and headed up Modified Magazine. The magazine was closed by new owners and Peter returned back to Canada. He started up Speed Academy which is an on-line channel catering to modified sports cars. He's owned some very cool cars , probably still does from the looks of it.
I sold them a couple of subframes and a steering rack for the Ass2000 project, when I delivered the parts I saw a sweet Porsche turbo in the garage that made me drool.
I sold them a couple of subframes and a steering rack for the Ass2000 project, when I delivered the parts I saw a sweet Porsche turbo in the garage that made me drool.
