I am keeping PS. I try and keep all the comfort I can

 

Dan posted it on his facebook, obviously I bought one as well, lol...

 

were did you get your little carbon plates from?

 

I actually cut my plate out of this random carbon fiber evo side skirt spat i've had in my garage for 2 years... I'm sure there's plenty of places you can buy carbon plate from though.

 

Motor will be going in this weekend. I have all the fluids and gaskets and everything needed so it should be up and running during the week or next weekend after we fab the IC pipes and other small things. Only 35 days or so until the Shootout, which should give me plenty of time to drive it around and hit a test and tune at our local track to dial it in at full power.

I did all new t-case seals and trans seals. They weren't leaking but I know they're getting old. I also replaced the outer metal round piece on the end of the t-case. It was severely rusted and had some weird dents.

I haven't posted anything yet, but the car has a new ignition that offers full CDI power at a 1/4 of the cost. I'll post up some information once she's tuned From what I can tell, no one has gone this route but its pretty popular in other platforms.



Too much time on my hands so I cleaned and painted it also.






I found this weird jdm wide angle clip on mirror attachment in my friends garage and tried it out. It's actually kind of nice! You can fully see out of the back side windows.

 

Looking forward to more updates, your car is immaculate .

 

Thanks man. My tires came yesterday. When the car spun out last year I destroyed all four tires.

 

Sorry I have not updated the thread much this year. I have been busy with a new job and I mostly took a break from the car to catch up on some things.

We are planning to hit the track November 1st! She is still on the 2.0L and 6266. Last outing with this setup it ran a 10.0@139-141mph on WG pressure (26psi). We will be back out with 35-40psi. I honestly believe it could have done a 9.7 or 9.8 @140mph. There were some huge driving mistakes I never knew about until we looked through the logs so I am looking forward to racing it again with a better driving technique. The car is also now on the AWD D2 drag spec coilovers, where last time I was on the stock suspension almost pulling the front wheels up.

We've done a couple things to the car in the meantime.

Rewired some of the engine harness and moved the fusebox to under the dash. Over winter I plan to tackle the rest of the harness with a milspec connector at the firewall. No more wires cross the front of the car either. I saved 9lbs in wiring alone.





Finished result. Really cleans up that area nicely.


We fitted a 4" garrett core FMIC with 3"inlet/outlet for 3" IC pipes. I believe the 4" core is perfect for my little 62mm





We found the limit of the sparktech Non-CDI ignition on my car around 45lbs of boost (around 830hp). Instead of going with an expensive CDI unit we decided to run AEM smart coils. They have built in ignitors and will be triggered sequentially directly from the AEM. This setup will be good for up to 300hp/cylinder. They have already been well proven in the race industry. Did I mention all 4 coils cost under $300 new?





More billet!


Finally got around to putting the window net in.


I plan to clean up the car and take some good pictures with my camera. These were just grabbed off my phone.

 

looking good! do you have a rear mounted battery? im in the middle of a fuse box tuck as well and if i leave my battery int he bay, im 90% sure ill have to extend the main power wires and a few others, vs mounting the battery under the dash i would not have to...? my only concern is fire ( i have no ac components under dash (full dash gut)

 

Wiring looks good Scott! I am in the process of modifying my harness as well. I voted to keep the main part of the fuse box in the bay still. Just not ready for all that cutting and soldering lol. I am making it so thats the only part in the bay as for wiring, that and the harness for the motor.

 

Got any pic's of the fuse box relocation ? im in the process of doing mine soon and I'm wondering where about's you have located it .Car is looking great by the way ..

 

Yes, I have a full size battery in my trunk. I probably wouldn't put the battery under the dash but I suppose you could! In regards to positive wires running through the car, just make sure its quality wire with good shielding and you have a circuit breaker.

Thanks sir! Yeah it is definitely very time consuming. I think I had 8 hours in the project total.

I do not have any pictures, but the fuse box is located between the hvac box and the blower. It sits on top of the black tunnel piece between those two. If I blow a fuse I'll have to remove the glove box and reach in there with a flash light lol.

 

Oh and these push lock fittings are amazing!!! Rated to 250psi. Never again am I touching vacuum line...

 

The build thread section just isn't the same without your thread being updated regularly!

 

thanks for the reply badevo!

did you convert ALL vacuumlines to push lock or jut the turbo, wg and bov?

for the intake mani you would have to drill and tap and weld im sure?