2.3L GT3076Build
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From: Redmond - Lake Tapps ,WA
I finally finished all the splitter mounting and revisions to the air dam - Beard of Zeus this thing is so fricken' awesome. This is the splitter that I've had in my mind for years now. The thing is rigid as hell, super strong, mounts to ONLY the chassis and is independent of the bumper, AND it is easily adjustable.
The way I have it setup now it mounts rigid at -2 degrees and by simply twisting the two front turn buckels I can bring it up to 0 degrees. And the coolest part is that the air dam is a 2 piece sliding joint so that as angle of attack adjustments are made the air dam self adjusts. No swapping out flashing, or taping up the air damn.
Down the road if it seems reasonable to run even more angle of attack I just need to build some larger spacers to make the adjustment range -4 to -2, but I really think the sweet spot is in the -2 to Zero area I'm setup with now.
Here's my mock-up of the air dam. I put it together, taped off the splitter and traced the profile of the air dam so I could add the 2nd part to the splitter itself.
Here's the finished splitter off the car. The wood blocks are the spacers that go between the splitter and the chassis, this is what sets the basic angle of attack. You can see the lower section of the air dam as well, it's held in place with 6 brackets riveted to the splitter.
The way I have it setup now it mounts rigid at -2 degrees and by simply twisting the two front turn buckels I can bring it up to 0 degrees. And the coolest part is that the air dam is a 2 piece sliding joint so that as angle of attack adjustments are made the air dam self adjusts. No swapping out flashing, or taping up the air damn.
Down the road if it seems reasonable to run even more angle of attack I just need to build some larger spacers to make the adjustment range -4 to -2, but I really think the sweet spot is in the -2 to Zero area I'm setup with now.
Here's my mock-up of the air dam. I put it together, taped off the splitter and traced the profile of the air dam so I could add the 2nd part to the splitter itself.
Here's the finished splitter off the car. The wood blocks are the spacers that go between the splitter and the chassis, this is what sets the basic angle of attack. You can see the lower section of the air dam as well, it's held in place with 6 brackets riveted to the splitter.
The way I see it the only reason to use a 3076 is for quicker spool over a 35R, at which point you should use the smallest A/R turbine, the .63. The .83 will be really laggy. And in general I think the 3076 is a slower spooler than a FP red. But if the Red is not easy to get in Australia the 3076 is probably the best option. It's really nice to have the "bolt-in" nature of the Red though. All the stuff for a T3 based kit is kinda a hassle.
Like I said, if I started now it would be a Red - makes things easy as it just bolts in. And it has been proven to make serious power.
Like I said, if I started now it would be a Red - makes things easy as it just bolts in. And it has been proven to make serious power.
On the 30R the .63 seems to just stop the fun up top with not much of a gain.
I made 490/480 on my .82 on 93 octane a whilst back, plenty of HP to have fun.
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That's what happens when you slowly rationalize things one part at a time. I didn't plan on doing a complete build - I was going to pull the head and replace the gasket. But it was also time to do the timing belt, water pump, valve seals and other things related to 100K miles... sounds like I should buy a complete engine gasket kit. Hell, if I do that I should rebuild the engine - let's go stroker. The stroker is going to be ok on the stock turbo - actually no it won't. I'll just buy a turbo because I found a good deal. Might as well install the turbo right away it will be easier than doing it later - better buy the rest of the stuff for the turbo kit. Crap, my HKS cams are old fashion. While the heads apart I'll throw in bigger valves. It went kinda like that in my head....
Every time I feel that I'm nearing completion I get more ideas. Current list:
- Bigger injectors and fuel pump for E85
- Accusump
- Build a rear diffuser
- Build GT wing
- 2 piece rotors
- Finish my harness bar
Things I've thought about, which could get on the list:
- Bigger radiator
- Bigger oil cooler
- AMS oil pan
So I finally got around to finishing the brake ducts. I cut the nozzle plate out with the plasma cutter for more practice, and then filled the edges smooth. Then welded the tubing in place. You can see the part sitting on a CAD drawing of the GT wing air foil shape
People with Sherlock Holmes type skills will notice that I've been ghetto and building parts for a long time. You can see the slightly rusty Mitsu style air guides I built years ago still in place. Didn't want to pay for them so I hacked some together out of sheet metal. I've just left them in-place because they act as a nice guide for the ducting. I started with the sheet metal guides, then added duct tape reinforced dryer ducting which only lasted about 1 year, then upgraded to plastic vacuum hose. Now I'm finally a big boy with proper silicone hose and inlet/nozzles.
Last edited by jid2; Mar 2, 2009 at 08:23 AM.
simply awsome.
I purchased your lowering brackets and am extremely happy. After prototyping the splitter mount do you have any plans of marketing it, or selling the brackets as a semi do it yourself kit?
This setup is what I have been searching/asking for! Just not impressed with the APR body mounting system.
I purchased your lowering brackets and am extremely happy. After prototyping the splitter mount do you have any plans of marketing it, or selling the brackets as a semi do it yourself kit?
This setup is what I have been searching/asking for! Just not impressed with the APR body mounting system.
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simply awsome.
I purchased your lowering brackets and am extremely happy. After prototyping the splitter mount do you have any plans of marketing it, or selling the brackets as a semi do it yourself kit?
This setup is what I have been searching/asking for! Just not impressed with the APR body mounting system.
I purchased your lowering brackets and am extremely happy. After prototyping the splitter mount do you have any plans of marketing it, or selling the brackets as a semi do it yourself kit?
This setup is what I have been searching/asking for! Just not impressed with the APR body mounting system.