Still looking for this...

More progress removing parts... http://i.imgur.com/27oKeo6.jpg Eibach springs just like the rear. I've heard these are decent so no reason to upgrade yet. :) http://i.imgur.com/YwlOXTo.jpg That's about all the parts I can remove for now without an engine hoist for removing the crossmember, so I'll s...

Wow that's a crazy thing to find. Almost like that other guy who bought theirs and drove it about 10km to his garage and never took it out again.

Looking forward to hear the story! Are you planning on driving it?

The third winter I've had my car is approaching, so it's time to get started on more restoration work. This time I'm focusing on the front of the car. I am still debating whether I want to sandblast everything and paint with POR-15, or sandblast everything and powdercoat. I'm thinking POR-15 is stil...

Still looking.

Are the front indicator lights available?

Here is what I'm looking for:


If you have both sides I'll take both, but I need the left side more than the right (both metal threaded parts snapped in half).

It doesn't matter if the orange cover is broken or missing. Let me know, thanks!

I am actually curious about this myself. Replacing all the brittle connectors and old wiring and loom would be a pretty fun project.

I've searched for this kind of thing before, but all I seem to get is results for the 20v 4A-GE not the 16v.

:D Thanks again guys for all your help. I couldn't do it without you all! Just replaced the bearing on my idler pulley and it's working great. I'm glad that noise is over!!! Until next time have a great Halloween and be safe! Nice! Which bearing did you end up using? Post the part number here for f...

Why not just get the stock exhaust off of Rockauto? I don't think a larger exhaust will do much for the 4A-C.

Nice progress! That wheel well looks just as clean as the body now.
What are you planning on doing about undercoating?

Nice find. If you're truly wanting to hold onto the car for a while then I also think that rust repair should be your first priority. By repair I mean cutting the rust out completely and welding in new metal. ;) It will be a lot of work, but well worth it in the end when you have a nice sturdy frame...

I asked a friend who had deleted the IACV, cold start injector, and egr and he said his car fires up and runs fine. Your friend is lying. :P The IACV raises the idle to help with cold starts. If you removed yours then *you* have to be the IACV (as in keeping the idle up with the gas pedal). See her...

Instead of replacing the pulley, could you try to find out what bearing it uses and just buy a new bearing? You should be able to press the old one out and put the new one right in. Found an unrelated, but maybe helpful post: http://club4ag.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=5895 They mention a PFI...

Very nice car. Glad you're taking good care of it.

Do you drive the car with the wheel caps on? I have heard of them flying off so I don't even put the ones I have on. :\

How do you deal with idle-up stuff with side drafts? I'm kind of curious. For example the A/C idle up raises the idle to about 1500rpm normally. One more thing I would urge you to do is replace all the o-rings and the schrader valves with the lines off the car. Even if the system was tuned up 4 year...

I believe AC lines are the same between the GT-S and SR5, and I think you're right about just the compressor clutch being different. The electrical harness is different between them and you have to swap the computer board inside the AC evaporator as well. You can access the AC harness and the evapor...

Thanks a lot for this information... very helpful for me at least. Do you know what the average mileage limitations are? 1000 something miles?

I am curious to hear what other people do for insurance on their cars. Do you have collision insurance on your car? Only liability?
Do you tell your insurance the actual value of the car? (ie. how much you could actually get for it)

Thanks you guys. I'm just trying to keep records for myself and maybe other people who might run into similar issues. :P Next on my TODO list: ⋅ Remove and repaint the front bumper ⋅ Remove and repaint all the front end suspension/steering parts, while also replacing the bushings...

Unfortunately a clean stock functioning GT-S is pretty much worth 8k at this point. They are 30 years old now after all...

Who knows though, maybe you'll get lucky!

Yea, it's amazing how just cleaning off grease and grime makes a car and engine look so much better. It's practically free too! Just requires some elbow grease.

Keep up the good work!

I'm just looking for a block to start a rebuild with. Would have to be from someone willing to ship or someone close to NY state... It doesn't really matter if the internals are there or not, just needs to be usable (i.e. no scoring, cracks). If interested just let me know what you have, and where y...

I finally have the AC working! 8-) 8-) 8-) I tracked down the issue to the low pressure switch, which was not plugged in. Actually it's still not plugged in... so in order to finish charging the system I jumped the wires in the low pressure switch connector (since I knew there was pressure). Does an...

Well another update. I've been playing with the AC system again... by the time I'm done with it I should just open my own AC repair shop. :P Both schrader valves in the service ports broke into two pieces when I tried to replace them, so I had to source two new lines and was thankfully able to get t...

Hey ronny you still got that 4A-GE head I PMed you about? Seems you disappeared.

I had connectors priced out for all of the harnesses for Kouki and it looks like it wouldnt be so bad. I was thinking I could sell kits with wiring diagrams and the connectors and pins and then also completed harnesses. I could sell a full kit i.e. Dash+extension, engine, and rear for less than $45...

http://www.tweakdperformance.com/index2.html this guy makes them. this link is direct to 4age harnesses. http://www.tweakdperformance.com/onlinestore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=7_8&products_id=1 This is for a 20v not the 16v, but still awesome that someone makes such a high qual...

You're looking to buy a 30 year old car that you probably know very little about to use as a daily driver? I have a feeling this might end badly... :lol: Seriously, if you only can have one car, I would not suggest buying a project car as your only car. How can you work on it when it has to be ready...

Well since OEM complete harnesses are going for $200-300 now... I'm guessing a new engine harness would be around $1000? That sounds crazy, but once you price out connectors, wires, heatwrapping, etc... I have a feeling prices would have to be in the $800-1000 range. I wish I could buy a brand new h...