Riggy

Forget it

Looks like it was a good time

Regardless, i'm not ripping out my engine just because you dont like the 2200.

NIce vid, but why were you guys spinning street tires? Just for the sake of the video?

Clear Coat, i just used some touch up to do the edges of the decal where the wiper crosses. like the edge of the "e" and the bottom of the "nF" From what i read it'll make the decal last longer

Because she just the decals put on, and they didn't have time to bond and dry to the glass, so wipers would have just ripped them off

I didnt have any issues like that, thats why i ask, did you CC the parts that the wipers go across?

Basically the same as my stickers lol

try driving in the snow without using your windshield wippers haha...not easyyy!

Why couldnt you use the wipers?

Yeah........ its wicked light. Although its a cast iron block and the Ecotec is all aluminum lol.

Well it must be the tranny thats heavier then, because springs for the eco's are longer in the front than the ones for the 2200

there's nothing wrong with the 2200 except it's underpowered. the older LN2 had better power :S

port and polish, up compression a bit, +1 valves, and a cam = win

ecotec swap isn't worth the work IMO. i guess it's not as bad in a 98+ but in anythign older(i.e. no BCM), unless you wanna use something like a megasquirt to control the engine, it's WAY too much work

Definitely not gonna do a swap, if i was planning on building a 250+hp monster then maybe, but my thing is autoX i think Drag racing is boring. With a shaved head, more aggressive cam, bigger tb. This engine can put out like 150 hp which is plenty for class2, with the suspension i'm workin on for it.

That intake looks almost as big as that engine too

How much HP does that wing add on your FWD car?

Have you looked into the pre-amped woofers? I know those sound pretty, and dont take up a ton of room. Bazooka tubes, or i know kenwood makes a woofer that is about the size of an amp that you can mount to the back of a seat. Check out Cruchfield.com they have a ton of stuff there, do research there and then see if you can find it cheaper somewhere else.

Most j guys refer to the old 2.2 as the LN2 and the 2200 as just that, because they have different intake manifolds.

But yeah the only other serious mods i have planned are some exhaust work, slightly larger plenium, and a shaved/polished head, and a 50 shot for when i wanna play on the strip. I'm building this car mainly for autoX so i wanna keep the 2200 in there its wicked light. Makes getting close to a 50/50 weight distribution easier to achieve. Thanks though guys.

My only other car

1999 cherokee sport with a 4.0 I6. Smoked the front lights. Full blue LED lighted interior. Power Acoustik 1,000 watt amp. 2 12" Power Acoustik woofers (those things could rattle your brain out of your skull) 2 2" power acoustic tweeters. 8" Infinty speakers in the back, 6" in the front.

i dont care where you live. you are just asking for someone to break in and steal your sh!t. its just a matter of time

Putting it a little frank, but i have to agree. You ever seen "it takes a thief"? They always look for unsuspecting people/places. You should at least tint the back window's, maybe a cover that goes between the top of the back seats and the hatch? Its an awesome set up, i'd hate to see somethin happen to it.

i can facebook creep you too

Well as long as its mutual haha

I now know what she looks like, adam wasnt lying haha

Thats how i got here too haha

Me on prom night

Bein a toolbag in the bahamas

Day off? whats that? i just got done workin 12 hour days, and now i'm bored haha

Looking good Matt, sometime this summer we'll have to take a cruise over the Gap...

Definitely. I was already at school by the time everyone started getting organized last year, missed the app gap run and both 802 meets

custom eye lids?

Yeah, i really want a lidded hood, but theyre really hard to come by. The only company i know that makes them charges like 400 for a lidded vader hood, thats actually heavier than the stock one. And i dont have the skills to make one myself.

Thanks guys, if all goes to plan, by the end of this semister i'll have a full racing set up for my interior. I'm workin on gettin a Kirky racing seat and a simpson 4pt harness from school, along with building a harness bar and a fire extinguisher mount so i can hill climb.

reminds me of when I was your age.

Wut? haha

Good lookin car. If your gonna paint the rims you should go with gunmetal, to tie into the CF but i think they look good as is

That thing looks like a pissed off animal. Great work.

I feel like this would be a bad idea, as far as sound quality goes. When i had woofers in my jeep, i remember the hatch was one of the worst places i got vibrations from, i'd imagine it would only get worse with the woofers mounted on it.

Reminds me of a time i was at walmart. Made eye contact with a pretty cute blond girl so i gave her a smile. She shot me a dirty look and stalked off. 15 min later me an my friend were headin back to the car and we see her standing on the curb in front of an audi yelling into a cellphone. I happen to glance down and see that she had hooked the bottom of the bumper on the curbby about 2in. I just busted out laughing and walked off. Gotta love karma.

Bummer, what are you using for tuning?