darthripley
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ya'll wouldn't expect something non star wars aka geeky from me now would ya ... so ya'll aren't disappointed then i suppose :wink:
here's a small history & our new beginning with Vadar:
after searching and reading for 1 1/2 years for "the alltrac" for us, we finally found him & named him Vadar, for he would be the most powerful car joe & i had ever owned.
we bought our 1990 alltrac from the original owner, a very nice man & his wife located in California.
there is ZERO rust on the body, no major accidents, cloth interior in very nice condition, decent repaint in original super red,
the main engine problems were minor compared to other alltracs we had seen for sale & included a CEL due to EGR malfunction, valve cover leaking oil, stock turbo leaking oil.
the car was stock other than a few things the owner's son had done which included ricer pep girl pedal covers, sub & amp with cheezey wiring job, crappy pep girls chrome shift knob & magnaflow dual tip muffler welded on.
after a long flight we finally arrived to meet the owner.
i'll never forget walking outside and seeing Vadar for the first time, what a moment that was...i've been hopelessly in love ever since.
here are a couple of pics below of Vadar with his bra on ready to leave his home of 16 yrs to come to a new home with joe & i.
after the 1600 mile drive in 2 days, including a speeding ticket :shoots:
Vadar came home to meet our '89 MR2 (Artoo) and my '99 Camry (Darth
Maul).
the first "mod" performed was debadging for a much cleaner look
the next step was fixing the annoying EGR CEL by removing it, plugging in a JDM ECU & replacing with the EGR with KO Racing block off plates.
bye bye EGR & CEL. hello leaky valve cover
after removing the valve cover and cleaning with simple green and adding the twosrus.com bolt kit things were looking much better.
the next addition was the replacement of the stock plug wires with Magnecor 8.5mm wires, new OEM dizzy cap & rotor & new Denso plugs.
more OEM parts arrived to perform more maintenance, better safe than sorry
the HFH, HFHOE, oil return hose, radiator hoses, and a variety of gaskets and other hoses were all replaced with the turbo & alternator off.
a used but supposedly "ok" stock CT26 was purchased & installed only to crank the motor & see smoke pour out from the turbo & exhaust & cover the entire neighborhood
it was no good to say the least.
in the meantime, trying to save money & unable to spend it on a turbo rebuild due to an unstable job situation, the alltrac has been sitting since the summer
however, things have happily changed on the job front and we have recently purchased many new parts to install along with a rebuilt & upgraded CT26 "while we are there anyways" (at least that's the excuse i am sticking with)
after selling some star wars stuff & saving money we will be able to get the turbo rebuilt & upgraded in a short couple of weeks.
here's a small history & our new beginning with Vadar:
after searching and reading for 1 1/2 years for "the alltrac" for us, we finally found him & named him Vadar, for he would be the most powerful car joe & i had ever owned.
we bought our 1990 alltrac from the original owner, a very nice man & his wife located in California.
there is ZERO rust on the body, no major accidents, cloth interior in very nice condition, decent repaint in original super red,
the main engine problems were minor compared to other alltracs we had seen for sale & included a CEL due to EGR malfunction, valve cover leaking oil, stock turbo leaking oil.
the car was stock other than a few things the owner's son had done which included ricer pep girl pedal covers, sub & amp with cheezey wiring job, crappy pep girls chrome shift knob & magnaflow dual tip muffler welded on.
after a long flight we finally arrived to meet the owner.
i'll never forget walking outside and seeing Vadar for the first time, what a moment that was...i've been hopelessly in love ever since.
here are a couple of pics below of Vadar with his bra on ready to leave his home of 16 yrs to come to a new home with joe & i.
after the 1600 mile drive in 2 days, including a speeding ticket :shoots:
Vadar came home to meet our '89 MR2 (Artoo) and my '99 Camry (Darth
Maul).
the first "mod" performed was debadging for a much cleaner look
the next step was fixing the annoying EGR CEL by removing it, plugging in a JDM ECU & replacing with the EGR with KO Racing block off plates.
bye bye EGR & CEL. hello leaky valve cover
after removing the valve cover and cleaning with simple green and adding the twosrus.com bolt kit things were looking much better.
the next addition was the replacement of the stock plug wires with Magnecor 8.5mm wires, new OEM dizzy cap & rotor & new Denso plugs.
more OEM parts arrived to perform more maintenance, better safe than sorry
the HFH, HFHOE, oil return hose, radiator hoses, and a variety of gaskets and other hoses were all replaced with the turbo & alternator off.
a used but supposedly "ok" stock CT26 was purchased & installed only to crank the motor & see smoke pour out from the turbo & exhaust & cover the entire neighborhood
it was no good to say the least.
in the meantime, trying to save money & unable to spend it on a turbo rebuild due to an unstable job situation, the alltrac has been sitting since the summer
however, things have happily changed on the job front and we have recently purchased many new parts to install along with a rebuilt & upgraded CT26 "while we are there anyways" (at least that's the excuse i am sticking with)
after selling some star wars stuff & saving money we will be able to get the turbo rebuilt & upgraded in a short couple of weeks.