also been working on a sump upgrade (unfortunately no dry sump yet)

new designed oil pick up ands pan

 

and finally for now, I removed the old steel 1/4s off by drilling the spot welds out, this should make for a nicer fit of the fibreglass ones.

the f/g ones are 2.2kgs so a big of weight saving along with better tyre clearance.

also while its off I can cover in the wheel arch so air pressure doesn't build up in the boot like it has done in that past, it was like a big sail.








also de-dagged the inside of the head to help with oil return to the sump.

 

Awesome work mate!!!!
Do you think you will have it ready for 2014 Nats Winton/Deca August 22-24th???
I really hope so as I am very looking forward to seeing this beasty in action.

 

The only thing I can fault is that lockwire, the aircraft mechanic in me feels sad looking at it.

Sorry, I'm just very picky when it comes to lockwire these days as I do it all the time.

 

yep I should be there depending on when my second child is born (due on the 21st lol)





duly noted mate, far from my finest work

 

Read the whole thread. What an amazing build. Cheers!

 

thanks mate

 

just want to say I really enjoyed reading through this build thread. I am a DSM owner, so obviously EVOs I, II, and III have a special hold on me. Your build reminds me a bit of Alex Grabau's (Dent Sport Garage) EVO here in the States.

 

thanks mate, I have always liked the pleasure evo, great build.

work continues on fitting the quarters today and then I got over excited and removed the old roof which I didn't plan on doing for some time, another few kgs saved there








I also had an old head chopped up to see if any port improvements could be made

 

That's a lot of bad *** work going on there. Before you went wide body I'm interested what did you use as the front lip spoiler on your early pictures.

 

cheers


its lawn edging, its flexible plastic and comes in different widths, that was 100mm

 

Wow, a lot of work into this car, it's good to see a 2 around once in a while, not many of them.

 

fast forward two months and we have made some good progress leading up to WTAC 2014

ill summarize:

new engine is built and back together on the stand, a few small upgrades from last year;

now 86mm bore
a much better port job on the head
larger exhaust cam
ATI balancer
GTX35 compressor wheel in the S259 turbo and a .85 turbine housing
new sump

 

got a few new bits...........

new style front arms



new front crossmember in cro mo

 

roof and quarters back on