Murphy's 99 Coupe

zack11122 said:

Delete the ac :thumbs:

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Never haha I live in Florida are you crazy? Besides no woman would tolerate riding in my car without a/c.

Murphy said:

Never haha I live in Florida are you crazy? Besides no woman would tolerate riding in my car without a/c.

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Haha I used to always go to Florida. Almost moved there with my dad actually.

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So I finally finished tightening my valves along with replacing the stripped studs and nuts on the valve cover along with the gaskets and new spark plugs. Also bought a password JDM battery tie down.

After all these she runs perfect, idles at a steady 500rpm after warmed up, engine stays cool, temp gauge stays below half, has great pick up and fixed that valve lash.

Wrapping the center consul in new black leather is what's next.

Other things I did recent are repair two coolant leaks and clean out and greased all of my electrical connections.

So I've noticed for a while this oily substance has been spattered on my hood for quite some time. I finally looked into it and decided that it couldn't be coming from anywhere else but the power steering pump.

So instead of spending $120 for a new one I researched rebuilding my old one. Eric the Car Guy on YouTube has nicely detailed Honda power steering rebuild video, it looked straight forward so I ordered the $12 seal rebuild kit and went to work.

After several hours of work the pump looks brand new, I surprised myself by how nice it turned out.





I'll post a new engine bay pic in a few.

So here's the cleaned, polished, and painted manifold.



I cleaned and polished all components, replaced the tb and intake gaskets, and replaced all of the coolant hoses.

After I put the manifold back in the engine fired right up and idled much better than before. My engine now idles 200rpm higher and noticeably quieter and smoother. All this work was well worth my time so glad I committed to it.

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Wicked and subtle maintenance work man.

Where are the pics of the 'new' engine bay?

Here you go.

What valve cover hardware is that?

Felpro washers and regular open end nuts instead of those capped nuts. Felpro gasket as well. I figured it would be easier to avoid stripping the studs with open end nuts.

Other than that NGK wires of course and a stock oil cap.

I like it, I like it a lot. I wonder if that will affect intake temperature.

Thanks man! I have no clue, I'm just glad everything is finally cleaned out.

This wrinkle paint is so durable, I'm thinking about painting my rims wrinkle black with a polished lip.

Murphy said:

Thanks man! I have no clue, I'm just glad everything is finally cleaned out.

This wrinkle paint is so durable, I'm thinking about painting my rims wrinkle black with a polished lip.

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I wanna see that.

Not bad pimp.

Clean up those hoses and you'll be legit.

Any plans for the intake?