This winter I will be doing a lot of work on my own car aside from the work I'll be doing for CodyCat91. Before I get slammed by everyone for "destroying" my car like I have on other forums and venues, a little back info. The car has 108k miles, and last year on July 3rd last yr, the car was parked on the street and some drunk idiot hit it quite hard doing about 6g in damage, including messing up the uni body so that it had to be straightened. Although the car wasn't totaled, its value has dropped sharply. Since then I have decide to make a car that would be designed almost completely for a road course. The car is in the process of being stripped down, I have all of the interior out, and most of the suspension off, and the A/C, heater core, and all of the sound system parts removed. It was a little over 3700 pounds when I purchased the car, and it currently weighs just over 3000 pounds. The goal is to have the vehicle weigh 3100 pounds while still having the factory iron block till I can afford to build a new engine utilizing a Teksid aluminum block. I also plan on using a On3 Performance forward facing single turbo kit with a precision 67mm turbo and a QA1 front suspension, and Maximum motorsports rear lower extreme duty control arms, UPR uppers, and a MM pan hard bar (this is temporary do to money constraints, eventually id like to run a Maximum motorsports front suspension and buy a torque arm to eliminate the uppers). Although i know this will cost more money in the end, I cant afford to go all out right away sadly. I am also building my own aluminum inner door panels and an aluminum dash. This should be a very challenging and time consuming project but i hope to see it actually be finished by May hopefully before graduation.
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looking good so far man hows everything else coming?
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well, i hit a bump in the road, i have been waiting on parts for FOREVER! i guess i should of overnighted the from Japan like Vin Diesel.... but they finally shipped out, and more progress should be made here soon. Monday i get my TiAL blow off valve and wastegates, will be running her at 13psi on the wastegates till i can get a boost controller, and my fuel system should ship out from Lethal Performance monday or tuesday, ive run into a few issues here and there, had to modify a few things on the turbo kit to work on my car, and so on and so forth, but all together, its coming along well
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Wastegates came today, Tial 38mm wg's with 13psi springs, probably run 13psi on street, 18psi at the track once i get a boost controller, and i intend on running open wastegates
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Tial 50mm BOV
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Both turbos mounted, now to get it all ironed out so i can work on the rest of the crap
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Tial 50mm BOV
Both turbos mounted, now to get it all ironed out so i can work on the rest of the crap
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Lookin good.
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thanks chris, much appreciated, i scaled the car yesterday, after its fully together, might sit around 3200 pounds, thats pretty light for a twin turbo iron block car! hahhaa
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shes a rolling chassis again!
i decided while it was all apart, to relocate the fuse box
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i decided while it was all apart, to relocate the fuse box
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does anyone know if oil line restrictors are needed on garrett t3/t4 57mm journal bearing turbos?
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finished my wire tuck, put fenders back on and mocked up the bumper, only thing i am upset about kind of, is that i need to remove my fog lights and also cut the bumper where the fog light mounts to the bumper
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autometer ultralight 30psi boost gauge
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ford racing a/c delete pulley
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autometer ultralight 30psi boost gauge
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well, it looks like i should of maybe changed that fuel filter a little sooner.... this is kind of disgusting...
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started to coat the wheels in Plasti-dip, i figure id do the rear wheels first for now, and if i dont like how it looks, i can always just peel it off, but i think they look great, and the chrome is destroyed on my wheels anyways
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started to coat the wheels in Plasti-dip, i figure id do the rear wheels first for now, and if i dont like how it looks, i can always just peel it off, but i think they look great, and the chrome is destroyed on my wheels anyways
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i like chrome lip with colored center sections, but the chrome on the spokes is clean and the cgrome on the lip is just completely pitted and destroyed. thanks for the props though man, i hope it ends up clean, i already have a long list of things i need to do next year lol, even though i just partially did my rear suspension, i plan on building my t-56 next year as well at adding a moser m9 rear axle, and also cleaning up the engine bay more
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Dont hate Cody, it keeps me from wanting to buy new wheels for the street for another year or 2... i know a lot of people love the FR500 wheels, but thats the key reason i dont like them, EVERYONE has them. hopefully someday i will be able to run some fancy iForged or CCW or HRE wheels... or even a nice set or Weds Sport wheels!!!
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Some great news finally on the "final" stages of the build. My Lethal Performance Budget Return fuel system came in today. All of it looks like such amazing quality parts. This utilizes the stock lines and rails which is the limiting factory on power production at this point, but there is an upgrade kit with bigger feed lines and rails that i will probably buy next winter.
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The new style Division X Fuel hat with black E85 safe anodized coating
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Walbro GSS342 255LPH fuel pumps, can be upgraded eventually to the Stealth 340 pumps or 400 pumps
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OEM style connectors on the wiring harness
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Magnafuel/ Division X FPR with 0-100psi FPG
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The new style Division X Fuel hat with black E85 safe anodized coating
Walbro GSS342 255LPH fuel pumps, can be upgraded eventually to the Stealth 340 pumps or 400 pumps
OEM style connectors on the wiring harness
Magnafuel/ Division X FPR with 0-100psi FPG
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I feel like Lethal uses the definition of "budget" pretty loosely.
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Yea, $900 before injectors isnt too budget, but for only $500 more dollars into lines and rails, makes this support even more power and this system is "safely" rated at 750whp... but i agree chris lol
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Did you at least get the SVTP discount on the order?
And btw mines almost there. It cranks and pops for a few seconds but dies. Almost there.
And btw mines almost there. It cranks and pops for a few seconds but dies. Almost there.
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i actually used a military discount, its the same as the SVTP one anyways lol, im gonna order my 80# injectors tomorrow from Lethal because they shockingly had the best price for em, and finding good used 80s has proven challenging. good luck on getting it running! i want to see it so bad, you and cody must race!!! also, would you mind sending me one of the passanger side seat brackets??? im gonna use 2 passanger seat brackets and make custom mounts for the Kirkeys when i order them.
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Pretty sure Cody's would kick my ass. He's got 3.73's, a SRA, the 4.75, etc... Only edge I have is my budget. :banana
I'll see if I can get the seat bracket, the seats are still up in storage in NY. I'm headed to the junkyard this weekend for a radiator, it might be faster for me to snag one from there for you.
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if you do, just let me know how much it costs, doesnt matter what its from as long as its from a 94-04 i believe... ill be looking around here too! we can find somewhere to go 3 wide and the 3 of us can run, i want to see how much im really going to lose down low from going TT lol
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