87Creep's 90s projects: AE101, SW20, GF8 WRX

[87creepin]

Completed a little side quest, got the MR2 to start - I haven’t been able to start it in the maybe two times I’ve tried in the past two years. 

Suspected my fuel filter was blocked and the fuel in it was old and stale. Sprayed a bit of brake cleaner in the intake manifold

Pulled the plugs out too just to check 

 

threw in a new battery, look at that PITA access 

 

Great success, though I’ll have to drop the fuel and change the filter at the very least, but it’s not a priority atm

https://i.imgur.com/C2TAgKI.mp4

 

 

[87creepin]

I Haven’t done anything in just over three months to the Corolla, I’ve been busy trying to save and set up my own business and that’s left little for car stuff. Subaru is gone and I’ve got a new $900 daily, lol 

but I’ve decided to press on with the air box, 

there’s layers and layers of bog in it. It’ll serve as a mould for a two piece wet lay carbon fibre air box. 

hopefully it helps with air temps. And more powaaaah but that’s wishful thinking. 

I’ve driven it a few times and noticed the battery dash light flashing, it happens with another battery too and it happens at random. Somethings up with my alternator and I’ll have to pull it off. This is probably not because of my aliex ground wire kit, as it happened prior to fitting that too. 

it’s also got what I think is leaking valve stem seals. 
https://i.imgur.com/xDisLhp.mp4

got it to disappear, 

but its probably worth me still replacing the valve stem seals anyway; it burns oil, blows blue smoke, and oil in the combustion chamber isn’t good for making power. 

and the heads got to come off anyway so I can go to town on the heavily shrouded combustion chambers. May as well while I’m here etc.