I finished welding the cat back portion of the exhaust. I tell you what, back-purging is a good way to kill a tank of argon. I purged the entire section of pipe, letting argon escape from every joint. Now that I think about it, I probably should have taped all but one joint shut and welded them one at a time. Live and learn. Here it is, hung in the car:




I pulled the piping up as tight to the body as I dared. It is probably 0.5" away in some places. I'm still a little worried about hitting the clamps on speed bumps. I might have to measure a speed bump or something. After the cat back, I moved on to the downpipe. It's a disposable piece to get me through until the next engine/turbo. Design credits to Dr. Seuss:




The downpipe was finish welded and the wheels are back on the ground. I have driven the car to work a couple times. I was thrilled that nothing smoked or caught on fire. The clutch is rather light. I think the little coil spring on the clutch pedal assembly is partially to blame. There is an fluid accumulator on the transmission that I'm also figuring out if I want to keep. The transmission shifts fine, although it is a very different feel from the 2GNT. It seems heavier and like there are more mechanical things happening with every throw of the shifter. I'm also trying to figure out how many of the noises coming from the rear of the car are normal (I'm not used to having a diff back there and I have the interior removed so all the noises come right in).

I swapped the hatch and spoiler from the 2GNT over to this car:




You can barely tell in the picture that the hatch is a different color. The whole car is so dirty, that it all blends together.


Corbin
'95 ESI-T

Now with more power and fewer leaks



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