WTFPerformance

No talking, just work. Today I assemble all the restored suspension parts and set the Corvette down on its own wheels again.

I stuck the Corvette in storage before we moved and that is where it sat all winter long. Today we take the burro on a mission from God to retrieve the Corvette and get it back in the WTF:Garage.

The used car market has been insanely overpriced lately so when I saw this cheap 300ZX Turbo on Facebook I decided to jump on it! It was kind of last minute so I didn't pack any tools which ended up complicating things when the tire IMMEDIATELY blew out! It turned into quite a Roadkill style adventure.

I have been waiting to drive my 1985 Nissan 300ZX Turbo! I finally get some fresh bucket seats bolted in along with some better tires for the front. And the last piece of the puzzle was a broken intake boot on the throttle body. I have learned a bunch more about the car, it needs ball joints, tie rod ends, brake pads/rotors, and misfires under boost... Tune up is next! Follow us on instagram: Joel - wtfperformance Linz - lindsayvillarreal9

Joel and Lindsay Villarreal closed on a new house and take you on a first day tour. This was a huge moment for us years in the making. We landed on the wrong side of the Illinois/Iowa border, but this was a great opportunity to check off a lot of boxes on our list! We officially doubled our square footage and then some + paid off ALL of our debt including having paid for this house cash! Subscribe for future videos restoring the house as well as many of our other interests!

Finally got these closets completely done! I am super stoked with how they came out! Now these rooms feel like real bedrooms! I skipped forward to give you a sneak peek at the finished project because we had to get the flooring done before we could install the closet trim and door. BUT to get the flooring done, we needed to decide what to do with the BIG STUPID BUMP in the floor! and you will see that on the next episode of WTF:Construction!

Thanks for checking out my 1985 300ZX Turbo, if you liked the video consider subscribing to the channel too! Let's blow up rumble with some good car content! With the Z misfiring under boost conditions there was obviously something wrong, I had the tune up parts already so I decided to throw some spark plugs and wires at it to see if that helped at all. I actually tracked down a torn hose on the charge pipe from the turbo to the throttle body. After that was done I was FINALLY able to get the Z out around the neighborhood and feel some boost building. It also exposed just how terribly it drives down the road, but we will tackle that in the next episode!

After we took 3 weeks off we are back in the garage with the 1985 Nissan 300ZX Turbo making some simple improvements that make old cars like this WAY more useable IRL. First up we add a door lock actuator and keyless entry kit. Next up we tackle the fuel level power source as it had a bad connection in the connector. Then I pretty much had to wire up a new head unit from scratch! I ran new speaker wires to all four corners and even had to grab power from the fuse box! Knowing how much gas you have, having some tunes, and easily locking the car when parked turn an old 80's car from a pain into a more useable functional car! Which means you can drive and enjoy them even more!

We have had many gym memberships in the past and many variations of "home gyms" too. This extra bedroom just happens to have a super sturdy floor and used to house heavy machines, so it's the perfect spot for a small home gym. We already had the equipment we just needed a great place to put it, and the nicer the place the more you will want to spend time in it! I installed a TON of track lighting, painted the walls bright clean white and threw down some gym mats over the fresh flooring. We use a half rack, a set of dumbbells, a couple adjustable benches, and a treadmill to get all our basic workouts in. Keep an eye on Lindsay's channel and subscribe to catch some of her easy work outs soon! Lindsay's Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-1352002

Joel and Lindsay Villarreal hit the Mammoth cave national park on their way through Kentucky. It was hard to get footage but this really shows you just how dark it was down there! The park also contains many old cemeteries, we included a quick walkthrough of the Little Hope Cemetery. We will be dropping more cemetery walks this October, so if you like them definitely subscribe to the channel!

Joel Villarreal continues prepping the Whale King RV for the road with some electrical upgrades. A new 4000w Giandel inverter coupled to 5 new AGM batteries, 30amp Surge Guard, Vitron 712 battery monitor with Shunt and battery cut off switches, Go Power TS-30 Transfer switch, a new circuit breaker for the converter and Washer/Dryer. We are all set for some quiet boondocking! It was a lot to think about but this is a LONG video that breaks down how I did it.

I am super motivated to attend more car events this summer and my excuse is to make videos like this! This is a track day put on by GPSTracktime.com, this one is at Blackhawk Farms Raceway in South Beloit, IL. I was able to tag along with Mitch and Rich from Avant Speed out of Schaumburg Illinois while they tested out a pair of Miata's. Everyone was insanely nice. The event was VERY friendly to new racers with ZERO experience and had an advanced group full of instructors too! If you have any questions about the event or want to know more check out GPSTracktimes.com. If you are looking for a shop for your race car reach out to Mitch Hoel or Rich DeHaan at Avant Speed in Schaumburg.

Wow, I can't tell you how much work this bathroom was to finish! In this episode I cut out hours of footage to trim it down to only FORTY FIVE minutes, and I still had to break it into ANOTHER video! So enjoy part TWO of our bathroom and laundry room remodel! We tackle the electric and lighting, start some plumbing, prepped the floors, fix all the walls, and get the room painted!

Finally got a legitimate test drive out of the Z! I had never done a FULL PULL in it till this video and it is finally running great! Thanks to fresh ball joints, inner and outer tie rod ends, pads and rotors front and back, timing belt, water pump, thermostat, plugs, wires, a battery, and a little love she is running better than ever! There is still a few gremlins to figure out, and a bunch of work left to do, subscribe to help us build the channel so we can keep bringing garbage cars back from the dead! Thanks for watching!

The last thing the Z needed to actually be enjoyable to drive was an exhaust system. At some point, someone smashed the T-top, stole the sound system, and cut the cat off this poor Z. The straight pipe sound under the car resonated so bad it was legitimately undrivable. Now that the car is more reliable than ever and looks pretty damn good too, the exhaust was holding me back from driving it more. It was starting to get pretty cold but I fabbed up a quick exhaust with a random 2.5" muffler I had laying around and some piping from the local auto parts store. It turned out to be a solid setup, the car sounds deep and performancey but also pretty quiet. Now we will see how she does with daily driver status this winter in Hellinois.

Joel and Lindsay Villarreal decide to change plans on their road trip house hunt and change direction to head back north closer to family. With that in mind we enjoyed our day in Franklin Tennessee before heading to see some houses back towards Illinois.

By far my least favorite part of this project! When you are installing drywall you think, man this is so easy! Then you have to finish the job still! OMG other guys on youtube make this look easy! Its not super hard but there is definitely some finesse to it. The closet did not come out perfect by any means but I will say it looks pretty dang ok to me!

I finally got the new garage properly set up for some work! We check out the improvements to the garage and I talk through some plans for the 1980 Chevy Corvette project. Make sure you subscribe so you don't miss getting this pile of corvette on the road!

I needed an excuse to flip these manifolds for some motivation on the C3 Corvette. So why not get in there and fix those old broken exhaust manifold bolts! It's a simple trick to get these old bolts out if you have enough threads showing, I never tried it before because it seems impossible to get such a rusty stuck bolt out with a pair of Vice grips, but it totally works! I can't wait to get the body back on soon so I can work on turbo placement!

This is a little promo video I put together after tagging along on a track day with Avant Speed out of Schaumburg Illinois. Check them out! https://www.facebook.com/avantspeed.us https://www.instagram.com/avant_speed/ https://www.instagram.com/mitch_at_avant/

I must have been pretty burnt out because I just realized I repeated myself like 3 times in this video LOL! Today I tackled upgrading all the burnt out bulbs in the digital dash, compass, G-force gauges, and climate controls. It looks so insane! I also proceeded to fry my new keyless entry box too, womp womp. The interior of the Z starts to go back together with some quick reupholstered door panels and we start to do the final reassembly. I'm so pumped on how the car is turning out! These babies just need some TLC and they come right back to life! Thanks for watching! Don't forget to hit that SUBSCRIBE button and follow me on instagram to see more of this Z plus get sneak peeks of progress on this and future project cars. Instagram.com/WTFPerformance

Joel and Lindsay Villareal take a hike through the Morton Arboretum to check out Daniel Poppers art exhibit "Human Nature." The mosquitoes were brutal and attacked in full force but we managed to find most of the massive sculptures before literally running out of there!

It wouldn't be any fun if it was easy. Well I have never installed a water heater so this was bound to be tons of fun. After noticing a puddle under the old water heater the thoughts of a flooded basement would come to mind every time we left the house so it was time to suck it up and get to work. Might as well update the awful old water lines while I'm at it! #Cheapoldhouses

I've been getting a little crazy with the smart home stuff bringing our cheap old house into this century while trying to keep it classy. We had the idea to install a more efficient thermostat and it took a bit longer than expected due to some unforeseen issues. Two weeks and one massive furnace repair later our new smart thermostat is working and looking great!

Every remodel starts with tearing out the old garbage. This is very accurate when it comes to this TERRIBLE old bathroom and laundry room space. This was easily the biggest project we have tackled in our cheap old house to date! But the payoff of having two functional beautiful bathrooms will be SO sweet. Subscribe to see what we transform this space into!