Diggs24 Build Thread - "Tapioca XL"

[victorofhavoc]

Oh and my 16mm crowsfoot fell into the subframe somehere.

I lost a 9mm in the heat shield of the headers on my subaru... Took over a year of on and off trying until I got it!

 

[MSH]

Oh and my 16mm crowsfoot fell into the subframe somehere.

The add an hour+ to the job maneuver. I know it all to well. Good luck w/ that.
I used a u-joint adapter on those hard to reach tranny mount bolts + extension and that seemed to work pretty well when installing my BFIs

 

[Diggs24]

Tried the u joint a few times but they just slipped off or I just couldn’t get enough leverage on them.

 

[daconchslop]

Gotta be just tall enough to clear the mount but not too tall because the plastic wire channel has limited movement.

I opened the lid to the channel and there’s a hole right over the forward bolt that I was able to slide my extension through to use a normal socket on the bolt. No fighting with the cable bridge.

 

[JerseyDrew77]

Stick with BFIs IMO.

So why didn't you go with BFIs?

 

[Diggs24]

Because I like to be contrarian.

 

[jimlloyd40]

Did you drive it yet?

 

[Diggs24]

Holy shit it’s loud.

https://flic.kr/p/2kxst6A

 

[Diggs24]

Pretty sure my tranny mount was gone. I’ll get a video sometime. There is like a half inch gap on either side.

 

[El_bigote_AJ]

Holy shit it’s loud.

https://flic.kr/p/2kxst6A

Sounds quiet, lol. My car transmits soo much nvh and every action of the trans and clutch it’s consistently confuses me like something is broken

Daily I think how I should just go with stock mounts and change them every 10k


Those the 70s?

 

[Diggs24]

yea

 

[JerseyDrew77]

Holy shit it’s loud.

https://flic.kr/p/2kxst6A

Damn Diggs, your car sounds like a diesel truck or a big rig.

 

[jimlloyd40]

What did you change that made it louder?

 

[Diggs24]

The mounts.

 

[jimlloyd40]

Mounts made it louder?