Project: Mavro Gato - 99 Turbo'd 3L

[FastCougar]

Originally Posted by Arhethia

eivai mia malakia

It's (it is) one hair (or soft, depending on the accent)?

Did you mean "eivai to skato"?

[Arhethia]

Originally Posted by FastCougar

It's (it is) one hair (or soft, depending on the accent)?

Did you mean "eivai to skato"?

lol, no it means "it's a bull$hit thing" kinda means that.

That phrase is kinda hard to translate.

more like that thing is fuken b.s lol. obviously your engine is sweet and not a bs engine at all

Your wife must of not thought of the word.

malaka which is ahem, and malakia is ahem with more ahem in it lol.

[fordrule]

aren't u happy now u didn't sell ur whole set up u had for sale and just fixing up the cougar now. awesome build trevor

[FastCougar]

Originally Posted by fordrule

aren't u happy now u didn't sell ur whole set up u had for sale and just fixing up the cougar now. awesome build trevor

Yes & No ... Yes because I really enjoy doing the work and will REALLY enjoy driving the car and what not, but No because when she is fully broken in and running great with the turbo on her, the plan is to sell the car as a whole and quite frankly, she will not return the money I have in her ... because of this, I'm having second thoughts of selling the car when she is done. In that case, I will have to hear about it day-after-day from the wife and well, that will drive me

[FastCougar]

Originally Posted by Blackcoog

I picked up the exact same stuff and put two coats on. It seems to be holding up pretty well. It does still let off steam if water gets on the wrap and you start it up. It's not a big deal though.

I goofed on the product ... it arrived last night and it wasn't the DEI stuff, I got the "Thermo-Tec" version called "Cool-It" ... same ratings on the wrap & paint though, so hopefully they hold up as well.

For reference, here are links to the wrap I got:

2 of: http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku

1 of: http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku

3 cans: http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku

[warmonger]

Originally Posted by DanG

If it's not too late, I'm going to try to steer you away from the header wrap... I finally ditched it and got the pipes coated... The damn stuff never stopped "curing" (i.e. smoking like a chimney every time I came off a hard accelleration run)...

That is pretty weird, mine only did it about 2-3 days, each of the 3 times I've used it on my piping systems. The curing was pretty quick but if you get oil in the wrap....oh man maybe that is what happened to you. The wrap with the thermotec paint has to cure first. I left a section under the oil filter area unwrapped just for the reason because of oil changes dripping oil on it and taking a long time to burn off.

[warmonger]

Originally Posted by FastCougar

I goofed on the product ... it arrived last night and it wasn't the DEI stuff, I got the "Thermo-Tec" version called "Cool-It" ... same ratings on the wrap & paint though, so hopefully they hold up as well.

For reference, here are links to the wrap I got:

2 of: http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku

1 of: http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku

3 cans: http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku

Don't worry, that thermotec Cool-it stuff is awesome. Just clean the bare metal very well then spray it two coats. Then cure it or carefull not to scratch it until it cures on the car.

[warmonger]

Originally Posted by FastCougar

Yes & No ... Yes because I really enjoy doing the work and will REALLY enjoy driving the car and what not, but No because when she is fully broken in and running great with the turbo on her, the plan is to sell the car as a whole and quite frankly, she will not return the money I have in her ... because of this, I'm having second thoughts of selling the car when she is done. In that case, I will have to hear about it day-after-day from the wife and well, that will drive me

Just thought I should point out the fact that just one good year of driving it will earn back some of that money you spent. Figure how much it will cost to lease, and service a car for one year, especially a cool fast car, and then factor that amount off the cost of the build.
I mean crap, you drive a new car you get value out of it and it depreciates. You get a good year out of your car and you not only prove out how well it runs and work out any bugs, but you make it easier to sell it for less than you put into it.

[FastCougar]

hmmm ... maybe I should get hold of some sheet aluminum and fabricate a drip channel

[FastCougar]

I have changed the first post in this thread and also included the "Index" at the top as well ... more updates coming soon.