Ows

On 2/17/2024 at 12:00 AM, SoobyDoobyDoo said:

@Ows Curious to see how much nvh the Cusco braces add, if any? Or add any stiffness? 

cant tell if any additional nvh was added cause the group n mounts already add so much

and may be a placebo effect but i think i feel somehting lol

1 hour ago, BoozeRS05 said:

Does the front crossmember brace replace anything or does it just bolt-in/over the existing front crossmember?

 

Yes it replaces stock piece, same bolt pattern, the part doesnt bare any weight of the engine either so unbolting with no trouble

. However the control arm brace behind it did not exist and is a total addition

cusco front crossmember brace

cusco front control arm brace

cusco steerting rack brace

ralitek aluminum splash guard

one of the last few things left on the car to stiffen up. Cusco diff brace and WL rear laterals

alot of heat, alot of banging, alot of cutting, alot of prying and bleeding fingers

diff looks like its made out of a flakey biscuit,

subframe is so rusty, upper toe bolts are seized to the frame, couldnt do those, need help

rear diff stud bushing nuts arnt even nuts anymore

is a rear subframe something is usually swapped at some point? 

210k mile stock engine

Autobahn hose kit

UPDATE

just finished replacing the following hoses

upper radiator

lower radiator

4 overflow tank hoses 

drivers side  front and rear valve cover breather

passenger side front and rear valve cover breather

2 heater core hoses

3 throttle body hoses

i did these 1 or 3 at a time on a complete engine in the car in my driveway, with slight disassembly

   i had to remove the following 

for the overflow tank hoses  - removed the flat intake , and overflow tank

for the valve cover hoses  - removed the flat intake, the S shaped airbox to turbo inlet tube, intercooler

for the heater hoses - removed intercooler

for the throttle body hoses - removed the throttle body, and 1 L shaped bracket under the throttle body

radiator hoses - removed flat intake

all together took about 3 hours to disassemble, install, and reassemble 

the Autobahn kit has many more hoses, appears to be for

lower water pump ( which apparently you need to remove the timing belt housing in full to get to? ) 

crank case vents under the intake manifold, ( i do not possess the knowledge to remove the manifold, and it looks like a pain ) 

and some other unlabled ones i do not know 

most likely save the hoses that are hidden for if i ever need to pull the motor

will post pictures tomorrow when its light out

 i just bought this Autohahn complete hose kit cause im tired of going to autozone and getting a length of random hose to replace the brittle hose i broke when working on  something completely unrelated 

hoses look great , but there is so many of them

ovbiously the 2 big ones are upper and lower radiator

and i just cleaned my throttle body so i recgonize the shape of one of those  hoses

but there are so many hoses left

the kit came with some pictures, but mostly pictures of disassembled engines. and my enginer is assembled lol

does anyone have a clear cut diagram(s), pictures of which hoses are to what?