Cars

Ahh yes, another trying day. I got up bright and early, skipped school and went to town installing my coilovers. All was going very smoothly, did the rears first because i wanted to flush/bleed the brake lines with new fluid. Got the entire rear interior out no probs, dropped the suspension and put the Cuscos in. Dropped the car down...man 2" drop! Definitely going to have to raise that by at least .5"...but that's cool, on to the front.

The front came off easier than the rears...no interior clips to deal with =) Pretty straight forward, and the upper control arm is a 1 bolt wonder. Everything was on their pretty damn good - 20 year old stock suspensions ftl!

So, my good friend had to go to work at this point which was AOK, I can handle re-assembly. This is where the fun started....

Trying to put the strut tower bolts through the 3 holes, I ran into problems...they didn't quite fit. No problem, nothing a dremel can't fix. Problem #2, the bolts are a different thread than the stockers...no problem I can use the TEMS cover bolts for the front. Then....

I lowered the car.

CRRAAAACK! Instant panic, wtf is wrong? why are my wheels bottomed out? What was that sound?! So it appears I have two sets of rear coilovers. Note to self, installing rears suspension up front does not work!

Now to hunt down some front suspension.

Well, if all goes well, a new fuel pump for White Rice is on the way. So what does this mean to the average joe? Nothing really, it's just a pump that will be able to handle bigger injectors. And what does THAT mean, well if you don't know then you're not a car person

ooo, phallic

Yup, that's the name of my car. My current obsession is with my 1987 Supra Turbo. It's very slick, and well, fast too.

A brief history of the car:

I bought the car in November 2004 from an older chap who worked walking distance from his work. He only drove the car on weekends and it was in a garage its entire life. Yup, the thing is an absolute gem. I bought her with only 100,000km on the clock, and have since done a few tasteful (at least I think so) modifications. You know, being 23 you gotta have sweet rims, lots of power and all the fixings. So as it stands, White Rice has work done to her intake, turbo, timing, exhaust and tuned via a piggy back computer. Dyno'ing in at 309hp, I'm pretty happy

So what's in store for White Rice now? Well, she's parked under a portable car garage out at my sister's place. During the winter I plan on upgrading a few parts, but at the very least I must redo the clutch, valve cover gaskets and valve stem seals. If all goes well, and deals are to be had - turbo, injectors, fuel pump, fuel pressure regulator, intercooler and piping and new head gasket...to name a few