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<\/a>\nI must be getting weak, that thing felt a lot heavier than I remember the R200 in the 240 being. \ud83d\ude41\u00a0 The Viper’s rear (which I had in and out many times) was aluminum, definitely not as heavy as this\u00a0 thing despite having to handle 2x the torque.<\/p>\n
Oh well, maybe a sign it’s time to get back to the gym!<\/p>\n From there, work continued with removal of half the rear suspension:<\/p>\n Although it is steel, there’s not much to it, bet it doesn’t weigh more than 30-40 pounds.<\/p>\n The five subframe bushings are a painful mess to remove, so I had someone do that part.\u00a0 From there, all these parts – the rear subframe, 5 rear brace pieces, the front strut brace, a swaybar, and a few pieces of the Takeda intake not pictured, went to the powdercoater.\u00a0 They’re a bit backed up so with the holidays, may not have them back for a few weeks.<\/p>\n Lots to do in the meantime!<\/p>\n Put the diff back together with the Quaife.<\/p>\n Of note, its front bushings have been replaced with the new Whiteline poly pieces.\u00a0 There’s only one more bushing it gets, which will go in to the freshened up subframe.<\/p>\n Moved my attention forward.\u00a0 Not surprisingly, the car spilled some more liquified Smurf entrails (coolant) onto its undertray at some time in Nebraska.\u00a0 Makes me feel even better about getting the oil cooler, these cars really can’t take the heat.\u00a0 And I am as mechanically sympathetic\/careful as any racer out there.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Things start to look more like an engine in there as the layers of plastic trim pieces are removed.\u00a0 In this pic the front strut (yes I know the car doesn’t have struts but this is what all the kids call them) brace is off, along with some engine trim parts.\u00a0 At the back the little XS Power battery is in position<\/p>\n The intakes are out, as they are being replaced, but also because their removal makes it easier to get to a few key bolts on the next mod, the Berk high flow cats.<\/p>\n Here is a stock cat pictured alongside a high flow unit.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nAnd then the rest of it from the other side:<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nWith the suspension all out, removal of the rear subframe is pretty straightforward.\u00a0\u00a0 Just have to undo a few plastic connectors for the rear ABS sensors and it comes out with 4 bolts.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nHere’s the subframe and a few other bits on their way out for “processing”:<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n