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i was starting to think that honda had shipped him off to japan.

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Nope, nothing like that! I won't bore you with the details, but suffice to say I just haven't worked on it much over the past year. Anyway, this summer it will be finished!!! At least that's what I've been telling everyone - for the past 3 years.

Once the car is rolling I will start working on an ITB + Turbo setup for it (I know what you're going say - that's stupid... turbos don't need ITB's... and ITB's are pointless on a 2-valve cyl head anyway... all I can say is I know it's stupid...)

Until then, I'll just run the stock TBI unit. Being as I am, I couldn't just throw that unit back on without cleaning it up...

This is what it looked like after teardown:


And so I couldn't help but clean it up and port it out:




Also, I opened a can of worms that likely should have stayed shut... eliminating all the unneeded wiring. Once you start to tear into it, the stock wiring layout is really silly, like this remote relay box to make room for the A/C fuse that they'd never thought of when they first made all the tooling for this car (and my car never even had AC... so I've moved the fan fuse back into the main box, and put the fan and horn relays into the AC relay spots - likely where they were planning on having them in the first place:




So far I've got about 10 lbs of wiring and sundry other bits of harness, etc out of the car... I'll update soon with pics of more weight down efforts, some surprise rust problems, and the end (I hope) of the engine build until it's in the car

Okay... 3 areas to update:

1) Rust in the floor - I've got replacement panels and I'll be fabing up some replacement parts too:
passenger side


drivers side


This was an unwelcome discovery, but of course very common... at least I can fix it.

2) Engine - now just waiting to go in the car:




Ported the entire intake - O/B throttle body. There are more pics of the engine in my gallery if you're interested.

3) Assembly of other components:
Fr Control arms + attachment forgings + Murr brace surplus from T3Ragtop

Rebuilt shift linkage with new bushings

Rebuilt steering rack, new driveshafts, new engine mounts (Superpro RR mount)

New addco RR stabi, refinished 24mm Fr stabi, cleaned up intake

New struts w/ new bearings, mounts, H&R springs, and new KYB bumpstops and boots

Cleaned up coolant resevoir w/ new lid (old one was cracked)... okay these pictures are too detailed.

New radiator w/ cleaned up shroud, fan, motor, etc


Sorry about the volume of pics all at once. I said I was going to update!!

You, Sir, are truly an inspiration! Definitely brings things to a new level. Excellent work!

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1991 Metro 3/5, 3Tech 222/365 Head pkg, 4.10 final drive, TBI bridge delete w/Edelbrock intake

yes indeed evan, the work is beautiful.

that will end up being the newest old car i've ever laid eyes on.

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1991 Blue Geo Metro Convertible highly modified 1.0L Turbo3 5 spd. - 2000 Chevy Metro 1.3L MPFI automatic. - 1991 Red Geo Metro Convertible customized 1.0L 5 spd.

My Turbo3 Project

My Cardomain Page -Ol' Blue

My YouTube Channel

My Photo Gallery

SAAB Sonett II

OK, now I've gone through it.
Actually, I only saw the one post where he showed the oil pan from you and that was about 2 years ago!

Thanks for the link.

He actually is 'Evan' on the forum....duh.

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Once you get the cars dialed-in (compression, leaks, bearings, alignment, brakes) swap in new rubber and glass, you've got something which should last for years!

Thanks for the comments everyone - hopefully I'll have more updates in the near future.

Once I'm finished fixing the front end rust, I'll be able finish painting the underside, and then reassembly can start!

Again, target is running this year.

you told me that 2 years ago.

that's okay, i've got time. i can wait if you can.

seriously, evan, the project is looking very, very nice.

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1991 Blue Geo Metro Convertible highly modified 1.0L Turbo3 5 spd. - 2000 Chevy Metro 1.3L MPFI automatic. - 1991 Red Geo Metro Convertible customized 1.0L 5 spd.

My Turbo3 Project

My Cardomain Page -Ol' Blue

My YouTube Channel

My Photo Gallery

SAAB Sonett II

evan, check out the rust remediation products at eastwood company.

they have rust encapsulator and zinc rich phenolic internal frame sprays that are applied to internal cavities like in the frame horns and frame rails using an 18" teflon tube with a 180* brass spray head.

you push the tube in through a small hole, push the spray button while withdrawing the tube. the spray completely coats the inner areas. with the light rust you have, the rust encapsulator would convert the rust and coat it to keep condensation from causing any further problems.

it beats the heck out of rust eating the chassis from the inside.

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1991 Blue Geo Metro Convertible highly modified 1.0L Turbo3 5 spd. - 2000 Chevy Metro 1.3L MPFI automatic. - 1991 Red Geo Metro Convertible customized 1.0L 5 spd.

My Turbo3 Project

My Cardomain Page -Ol' Blue

My YouTube Channel

My Photo Gallery

SAAB Sonett II

Good info, Rich. Ill have to check it out.

Thanks!

'This year' I'm guessing I'll hear that again come January? So are we going to ice race this beast until it's so beat on that we demo derby it to death?

If you want a project to work on that will actually see the road I can give you my donor struts and you can order the koni inserts and mate them all up with new mounts and these springs I have.

9 months since my last update... geeze.

Edit: Sorry about the image size, I'll fix that tomorrow!

Anyway, visited a friend in Georgia over the weekend - found the solution to my front end rust problem. This doner car was in great shape, except for where it had been hit and was poorly fixed. The entire underside was basically rust free... it hurt me more to do this than it's hurting you to look at the pics.


Don't need any of that crap

But I'll take that!

What was left

I was a fool to get rid of my Honda Fit - borrowing one for this trip reminded me what a great car it is. I'll have to get another.