i have no idea what to do with this mess... im going to clean all the dirt up and armor all it to give it a nice shine but id love to do a wire tuck i just dont know where to start...




and heres what the top of the fuel tank looked like. A few minutes with the air compressor got rid of that just fine... walbro went in pretty easy except that annoyance of a retainer ring. >_<

 

Cleaned up the tb as much as i could but i wasn't too worried about it, i'm prob going to have it sent out to get opened up a little. But i did change the shaft seals while it was out. the old ones were horrible

 

Then I insisted on removing that horrendous wing, popped myself in the mouth... and as I was peeling the double sided tape off, got a call from a buddy with an amazing deal on a brand new cf trunk lid.
Couldn't have worked out better! anyone want a trunk lid and wing?

 

last but not least heres my head just mocked up.. i love the way the colors came out i think it's going to be a cool scheme.

 

Been so long since the beginning I forget, but what are your plans for the intake mani? I would go send that tb out for a 65mm and that should be good to go my man. Suggestion for the calipers too, what do you think about balck? Blue car with black calipers would be hot!!!!

 

yeah i was planning on sending the tb out not goin too crazy with that. I'd like to get a jm fab intake or magnus i just dont have the money for it right now.

I was actually thinking about black with the calipers though. I think that would look really good, blue was just an idea that probably wont go too far lol

 

Yeah to much blue isn't a good thing. I am a believer in accents. I would go either or intake mani or even through the AMS F1 into the mix as well. Reguardless of what you decide to go with I am sure it will be sweet.

 

yeah i wasnt thinkin too much blue just the calipers but the more i think about it i think the black would look better. that'll all come with time though... i need to get this block back so i can get crankin!

 

so im a little unsure of wether or not the stock oil pump will be fine for this build. it has about 65k on it and id like to replace everything but an oem replacement is $230... f that. any input?

 

$230 considering the money you've already put into it isn't that bad. i would get a new oil pump since your already replacing the water pump. then your worry free for another 100k miles

 

looks like a nice setup! good luck!!

 

Rebuild it. Call JNZ and see if you can get the gears from them. I am sure they will have them in stock. I did that with my talon and it ran me about 50 or so dollars.

 

yeah I wouldn't care about spending the money if I wasn't runnin right at the end of my budget and still Need a tune and fluids... lol

Ill try giving jnz a call today. I'm headin home to put the cf trunk on and check the status on the block. I'll take a look at rebuilding the oil pump, thanks for the advice!

 

Not a prob its what we are here for

 

finally got home and got the carbon fiber trunk on. i love how cf looks on blue, makes me think i have stm's evo in my garage everytime i walk in :P just kidding...



this is what i come home to...racecar sh*t