Mutant Motorsports Laboratory

09/19/2022

My 1991 300TE 4Matic has been getting some love.

New valve cover gasket, new spark plugs, new injectors, new front rotors and pads, new rear rotors, pads and calipers, new rear diff fluid, new front sway bar bushings, new Depo e-codes and new right rear wheel bearing.

I couldn't find caliper guide pins on Rockauto, which is where I ordered the bulk of the parts, so I reconditioned the old ones with some steel wool and elbow grease. JK I put them in the 1/4" impact and ran them at mach 17 while pinching them with steel wool.

The Depo headlights required more fitting than I expected, so they took twice as long to install than I'd originally planed. I got the ones with the harness adapter but I didn't see a pin out guide on how to wire it. I'll have to search the forums I guess.

Got everything done but the rear right wheel bearing.

It's been a massive pain! I took my time to thoroughly clean the triple square bolts on the axle, so they all came out fine using two jack handle breaker bars.

The slide hammer method didn't make the hub move a millimeter, so I pulled the whole knuckle and put it in the 20 ton press. It took almost all 20 Tons to pop it out. Couldn't figure out how to press out the hub out without mangling the dust shield, so I cut it off with a narrow kerf dremel wheel. I'll put it back together with the MIG.

08/07/2022

Haven't posted in a long while. Most big shop work has kind of been on hiatus for the last 7 years since I've had a lot of things going on in my personal life. I'm primarily an Engineer in the Aviation field and have 3 kids + a wife who's been working on her own endeavors.

Unfortunately my shop isn't open to the public, but you can follow me and my projects as they evolve. I'll start sharing YouTube videos of the builds as they progress, but they won't drop at the rate of a professional YouTuber as I have minimal free time. I don't have anyone to help me. I'm doing this all on my own, at the pace in which I have free time.

I had to replace the high pressure fuel pump in my 6.7 Powerstroke a just under 100k miles. I was fortunate enough to see the signs in a filter change and didn't have any contamination in the high pressure side of the system. I installed the newer Bosch CP 4.2 and an S&S bypass kit to ensure I'm able to preserve the high pressure side again in the event of another failure. I also took the time to replace the cold-side intercooler pipe with another OEM pipe as a precautionary change along with the serpentine belt, 😆 which was the most difficult part.

If you took the time to read all that, thanks!

I'll be actively updating this site with our current project, along with some smaller ones.

09/03/2017

Making things fast is fun!

General maintenance is not.

100k mile plug service on the wife's Suburban looked easy. . . Because I was only looking at the driver's side when I got into it. The passenger side was not fun.

06/10/2017

I love this color so much.

06/09/2017

Getting ready for the AutoX event on Saturday at Regency Furniture Stadium. Hopefully I'll post some better times this go around.

04/08/2017

Before and after Eibach Springs.

04/08/2017

So MMS officially got an unofficial shop car.

2017 Mustang GT in Ruby Red with Performance Package.

To date, we've added a Magnaflow Competition catback exhaust, Boomba Racing short shifter, and Hurst shift k**b.

Adding Eibach Sport springs tonight.

- 1.5" in the front and - 1.3" in the rear

02/12/2017

The previous owner must have driven with their foot on the clutch pedal a lot. The pressure plate was chattering, so I installed a new clutch set. It's a shame because the clutch plate actually looked really good.

02/12/2017

The MMS TJ YeloSno has been on the disabled list for a few months.

I had to install new upper control arms to fix the pinion angle issue that was created when I installed the UCF low pro skid plate.

When I put the Jeep up to install the upper control arms, I noticed the rear axle seals were leaking really bad, so I threw some new seals on.. . .Which led to new bearings. . . .Which led to new brakes.

07/18/2016

10/17/2015

The Mutant Motorsports TJ has been upgraded! 35" tires on 15x7" aluminum ProComp wheels. 4" Rough Country lift, Barricade bumper and tire carrier, 52" 100 L.E.D. light bar and two 6 L.E.D. fog lamps.

02/18/2015

Not much progress on the Volvo. . . . but now I can walk around the shop without tripping over car parts and I actually have a space on workbenches to work.