Day 1 Build Ebay Kit
Tomorrow im going to finish hooking up the gauges, 1 wire to the water temp sender, and 1 wire for the lights so they go on with the parking lights.
Need to also mount 1 puller fan somehow =/.
Need to bolt on the bottom bolts for the shocks.
Find some type of plate for to hold the radiator/ac condensor.
Need to buy 3 new ones to replaces the ones that are too big.
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Need to replace the motor mount with a solid lol. Wish I would have done it sooner but i got so caught up in the build and kept putting it off to buy the motor mount.
Also Ground clearence SUCKS! I have DSM springs, and the exhaust is maybe 2 inches off the ground. Need to buy new springs and raise it up a bit. I guess its the excuse I have been waiting for to buy Sam Strano springs.





Ground clearance issues, huh? Well I think we'll let the coke can be the judge of that. You know the rules. Ground clearance is to only be judged with the referencing coke can... or beverage of your choice... so long as it is a 12oz, free from manufacturing/consumption defects/damages, in the vertical position, placed on perfectly flat ground, and photographed from at least 24 different angles. Then we can all decide as to the degree of ground clearance issues that you may or may not have.
Your A/F may be a litte lean due to the exhaust being just open... right? It sounded like it wasn't being run thru a muffler. I know I have read a post or two about people melting an engine that was tuned for the catback, and then they had a cutout installed. Obviously you're fine in the driveway, but the lean A/F could be from the lack of exhaust. Maybe?
Dont the STS guys run open downpipe?
As far as the coke can, i will take some pics tomorrow =).
No intercooler because it has to force the air back up that mile to the engine. Good point, but I'm not sure. They could also be tuned for that lack of exhaust. I imagine that if you were to take your car to the tuner right now they could make it run like a champ with an open DP. 

So you said you bought 2.5" clamps and those fit too big? 

