we'll be using the Borg 7163. should be a great all around turbo.

 

we LOVE the 7163-

I will follow up on the order shortly!

we will get everything going for you

cb

 

Finally got around to getting the motor shipped out. we decided to have the head ported while it was off.

 

Good Luck on the build! Looking forward to following along.

 

We had intended on going with at least 18x11" rims and a 305-315 tire .... then we found the WedsSport TC105 in 18x10.5 that weight around 18.5 LBS!!! this setup with a 285 will be several pounds/wheel lighter than most other setups were looking at. It also doesnt hurt that they look amazing!

 

wheels came in!



even more bad *** in person. now if Estes trucking would quite screwing the pooch and deliver our motor!

car is getting the windshield removed tomorrow so we can finally commence on the cage build

 

Those wheels are hawt! But look like they're the wrong offset unless its something different than online.

 

they have a 12mm offset. We have a widebody kit so they will fit with room to spare. Best part - no spacers!

 

made a mounting plate for all of the electronic on the laser. Bryant (car owner) is an electrician and has stripped all of the wire out of the bay and is remaking the main harness. Its going to be much cleaner and easier to work on when done

 

finally had time to start on the cage. took our time getting the main hoop bent but we wanted to be nice and tight.

 

more cage progress and starting to make the mold for a carbon roof

 

roof is off. carbon mold made. laying carbon wednesday - wish us luck

 

Is the CF roof going to have the 2 'MR Ridges' on both sides for aero? Best of luck! Great work!

 

funny story about that. this car is a gsr so its doesnt have the ridges. We thought we had to "ruin" the factory roof to get the negative so we didnt think to use my MR in the garage for a template. Looking back we could have use mine. At a later date (next winter maybe??) we may redo the mold. For now this will remove a good amount of weight and serve its purpose.

Here it is on the table putting the peel ply layer:



getting vacuum setup:



it was laying weird on the table so we sat it on the car overnight to cure:



the bottom was sucked TIGHT!



a few lessons learned:

we were worried about the mold being too flimsy so we threw a strip down the middle for bracing. This made it rock during layup and also slightly warped the mold from the added heat of that epoxy.

Make sure the plastic is square before you tape a corner. we didn't double check both sides and had a couple weird folds that required extra care to seal.

just like everything we'll do it better/cleaner/faster next time

 

^ Well, regardless, that car is going to be bad ***! Keep up the great work!