Well here I am after nearly a one year long build process. I had planned to do a build thread this past spring, but the build came to a complete hault for nearly 5 months. As you can see from my signature, the goal of 9's on the stock block has been achieved! It has been a road of ups and downs, but one heck of an experience!

I'll take you back to the beginning and lead you along the way of my build!

I know many of you will recognize this car immediately. It was owned by Tyler Wolf who set the stock turbo world record in 2012 at the DSM/Evo Shootout. I followed his build thread, and loved the hard work he and Jamie(JackofTrades) put into making his car run low 10's on a stock turbo. At the time, I had never met Tyler, just knew of him and the car. Fast forward to fall of 2013. My wife gets a job relocation to Rhode Island from Michigan. This is where I get a job working along side Tyler. Turns out, this car is sitting in his trailer for sale as a roller.... Of course it didn't take much arm twisting to get me to buy it off him.

Here's a picture of him in his car the last time he drove it at MIR in 2012.



Breakdown of how the car was when I got it.

Tyler and Jamie wanted to keep the frame of the car in once piece from front to back so there was nothing cut from the car. All the body panels were there. The trunk and hood had been cut to drop weight. Lexan side windows. Curt Brown wheel bearings. Lightened headlights and taillights and a 25.5 roll cage.

My initial goal with this car was to go after his stock turbo record which he was surprisingly supportive of. This was a goal I had wanted to go for before he even set the record, but I never had the initial drive to start the project.

When he set the record the car weight 2241 without a driver. After the roll cage was put in the car was sitting closer to 2390. I knew if was going to have any chance of setting a new record I had to start cutting weight. I love to fabricate anyway so I was more than happy to cut away! I set a goal of 2000 lbs when I was finished. A very lofty goal, but if you set a goal like that you find anything and everything you can to cut off. Not a good mix with a plasma cutter.

First thing I did was cut off the front end behind the motor mounts. A good friend of mine designs parts so I decided to do custom motor mounts.



A good 8-10 hours later and all the seem sealer and unnecessary tabs are gone from the fire wall. Plates are welded onto the frame so I can start mocking up the front tubing.



Unfortunately I don't have many progress pictures for the following photo. Here you can see a lot gone from the back end. The car still had the factory rear deck which was where the rear cage bars went through. I cut the bars to make them go straight to the frame. While cutting out the deck I got too close to the glass with the plasma cutter and the heat caused the window to shatter.

I found everything behind the wheel wells to be useless so out it came. A hoop with tabs to hold the rear bumper on is really all it needed.



I will continue to update as I organize photos. Thanks for taking the time to follow the build!

 

9s on stock block is wild man! in for pics of the build!

 

Was this the white car at the shootout?

 

It sure was. Hard to not get nervous every pull on the dyno and pass down the strip.

Yes it was. I'll be updating more pictures soon. The white photos will come near the end.

 

After seeing the total transformation at the shootout i'm anxious to hear how the whole story unfolds. Car is simply amazing! Best of luck on your 9sec goal.

 

Thanks man! I appreciate it!

 

Sub'd cant wait to see this!

 

amazing, very excited for updates!!!

 

Well Im back at the fab work. Starting to mock up the front end. I had done something similar on another evo I owned that i never finished. I like how it was designed so I figured I would try it again and possibly finish it this time.



Once I got the motor in the car to mock up the motor mounts I realized the bars were a few inches too far forward. Good thing i had only tacked everything into place at this point. I cut them off and moved them closer to the block.

As you can see in the picture the motor mounts don't look pretty. I simply needed the distance from the tune to the center of the bolt hole, then sent out the mock up section to a good friend of mine that does CAD work and had the mounts laser cut and boxed in.

I never got a picture with the front bumper in place, but I build the support I was going to use to hold up the intercooler. I had started my idea for mounts for the hood latches. I left the extra tube from the straight section thinking I would use that to mount the front bumper to it. I later decided against it so the extra section and hood mounts were chopped off.



Here's a shot of the finished product of my shifter and staging brake mount. The thought was for it to be more comfortable for the driver (me) and function so once the staging brake was released your and was on the shifter ready for 2nd gear.

 

I can't wait to see the finished product!

 

More updates on the evo. Got a nice painless 6 switch panel. Had some custom brackets for an old battery tray laying so I chopped it up and made the raised brackets for the switch panel.





Got the motor mounts back from CNCing. They turned out awesome! They were designed in 4 pieces each with creates a stronger box.









Here's a few more pictures of what I've already done with the shifter base.





Spent a lot of time inside the car cutting out more weight. Took out the remaining seat brackets and the second layer of metal on the firewall.

 

Looks great

 

Looking great i always wondered what happened to Tyler Wolf's car glad to see it making a come back . Good luck with your goal .

 

Great job guys! Still disappointed this car never ran 9s on stock turbo, it definitely had it in her!

 

Brad how come you are suddenly taking the car back apart is it time for a new project?