John5788's 1993 2.6 190E

[UberE500]

aftermarket LCAs built for our cars are 5-10mm shorter depending upon how much negative camber you have. You can only use the shorter LCAs when the car is lowered

[John5788]

lots of goodies. I finally got the axles from metrix motorsports. everything looked good except for the zip ties, but they couldnt find the right clamps for it for some reason. ill fix that later.

i also rebuilt the wheel carriers left and right. new ebrake shoes, wheel bearings, and bushing. the new wheel bearings took care of the huge growling noises and vibrations that I thought the LSD was making in the first place, car runs pretty smooth now.

last time I posted I showed pics of the rebuilt LCAs, and those were installed as well along with all brand new bolts. here are the pics:

[190eFanatic]

I wonder how many more times you're gonna look underneath your car and just ignore that exhaust

Your work is inspiring, keep it up

[chuni959]

hawt
how do you get the old subframe bushings out? Mine wont hammer out

[danwatt]

You could probably build some sort of press with some bottle jacks. We don't have issues with corrosion or anything here so there are no rust-welds to worry about.

[Cephallus]

Originally Posted by chuni959

hawt
how do you get the old subframe bushings out? Mine wont hammer out

make one of these:

[chuni959]

Originally Posted by Cephallus

make one of these:

oh noice
ill have to do that. Then once you rip it apart from the outer bushing, the rest will come out?

EDIT: err that looks like the small bushing. Ill have to give it a try

[UberE500]

nice work again john...did u replace wheel carrier bushings?

[TiE10]

looks great dude. The underbody looks like it just came off the lot.. excpet for the exhaust. haha.

[Cephallus]

Originally Posted by chuni959

oh noice
ill have to do that. Then once you rip it apart from the outer bushing, the rest will come out?

EDIT: err that looks like the small bushing. Ill have to give it a try

this is the whole bushing. i made two of these with the same design/materials...one larger and one smaller. like 30 seconds per bushing to remove with an impact driver.

[John5788]

evo ii: yeah there are new bushings installed on the wheel carrier. the old bushings were so shot that the old LCAs would click whenever i turned. the LCAs would twist around on their own, really bad stuff.

exhaust will be dealt with sometime after I get the 5 speed swapped in. as for now, I think i need new wheels :)

[chuni959]

Originally Posted by John5788

evo ii: yeah there are new bushings installed on the wheel carrier. the old bushings were so shot that the old LCAs would click whenever i turned. the LCAs would twist around on their own, really bad stuff.

exhaust will be dealt with sometime after I get the 5 speed swapped in. as for now, I think i need new wheels :)

i may be able to help you out in that department...

[190ed]

New wheels for sure

[John5788]

small update: had to smog the 190e. failed smog first time horribly. replaced the EGR valve and the car was happy.

pics of new EGR valve and vacuum lines:



smog readings:

first try:
15mph @ 1474rpm:
%CO2: 14.6
%02: 0.0
HC (PPM): Max: 86, Ave: 21, Meas: 160
CO (%): Max: 0.50, Ave: 0.06, Meas: 0.16
NO (PPM): Max: 697, Ave: 150, Meas: 903

25mph @ 1423rpm:
%CO2: 14.5
%02: 0.1
HC (PPM): Max: 51, Ave: 13, Meas: 64
CO (%): Max: 0.48, Ave: 0.05, Meas: 0.04
NO (PPM): Max: 724, Ave: 136, Meas: 237

Bold results are fail
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second try:
15mph @ 1460rpm:
%CO2: 12.9
%02: 1.4
HC (PPM): Max: 86, Ave: 21, Meas: 85
CO (%): Max: 0.50, Ave: 0.06, Meas: 0.0.03
NO (PPM): Max: 697, Ave: 150, Meas: 168

25mph @ 1412rpm:
%CO2: 12.7
%02: 1.8
HC (PPM): Max: 51, Ave: 13, Meas: 47
CO (%): Max: 0.48, Ave: 0.05, Meas: 0.01
NO (PPM): Max: 724, Ave: 136, Meas: 144