Winter 07/08 Projects and Plans?

[Pro3racer]

May you post a picture of your PS cooler. I've been thinking about where to locate mine as well.

 

[talonTSIDriver]

I guess I have one more winter mod to do, replace my broken center diff

 

[mavisky]

Mine is tucked in behind the front bumper vents I have. It's seen here mounted in front of my old crap radiator and behind the ghetto intercooler.

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It's right behind the driver's side vent in this pic.

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[talonTSIDriver]

Took the car for a test ride last night, well to put a long story short, look at my center diff:

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The bright side, car is all back up and running already. However its 3:30am and i have to work in a few hours.

 

[absolute_DSM]

Ouch Andy, did you have a 4 spider laying around or settle for the stock center?

 

[tsiboosted]

Damn Andy that stinks man. At least you were able to get fixed by morning. Have fun at work on 3 hours sleep

 

[talonTSIDriver]

Ouch Andy, did you have a 4 spider laying around or settle for the stock center?

Replaced it with another stocker. I REALLY wish i had a 4-spyder on hand. If it breaks again, I will be overnighting a 4-spider. RA is this weekend so I did not really have much time. I wanted it fixed asap so i have time this week yet to prep the car.

Damn Andy that stinks man. At least you were able to get fixed by morning. Have fun at work on 3 hours sleep

Dude, I am so feeling it right now. And i still have that really gross smell of trans fluid in my noise.

 

[tsiboosted]

Dude, I am so feeling it right now. And i still have that really gross smell of trans fluid in my noise.

HAHAHAHA....Nice. Im sure thats really what you want to smell all day after only get a few hours sleep as well. Sorry man

 

[talonTSIDriver]

HAHAHAHA....Nice. Im sure thats really what you want to smell all day after only get a few hours sleep as well. Sorry man

That’s alright, at least the car is fixed. I hate it when the dam thing breaks!!! Especially when you have a track day in a few days.

BTW: I'm on my 3rd giant cup of coffee, I'm wide awake!

 

[tsiboosted]

That’s alright, at least the car is fixed. I hate it when the dam thing breaks!!! Especially when you have a track day in a few days.

BTW: I'm on my 3rd giant cup of coffee, I'm wide awake!

Oh believe me man. I kow exactlly what you mean about breaking the car before an event soon approaching. It sucks trying to get it back together before the event and not getting prepared the way you would normally do it. You get to the event having that thought in the back of your mind. It sucks. Glad you got it fixed though Andy

 

[underradar92]

May you post a picture of your PS cooler. I've been thinking about where to locate mine as well.

It seems I can't repost a pic so here: http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/roa...eason-updates-show-us-what-youre-doing-5.html Post 190.

This was my 666th post!

Am I evil? Yes I am. (Original Diamondhead version)

 

[tsiboosted]

Ok, so I started on my new gauge plate last night and wanted to share with everyone how it is coming along. talonTSIDriver wanted some update pics as well Now, I am no master fabricator, but I believe it will get the job done for me as I need it to.

I started with a peice of cardboard to make my template.

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Here is the "hole" in the dash after taking out all the climate control switches, knobs etc.

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Put the cardboard up against the hole to make a rough outline of where I need to cut it to fit.

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After many, many, many trimmings and resizing marks and more cuts, I came out with this template.

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Now, I got out some abs plastic to lay my template down on, trace and cut out the actual plastic peice that will eventually become the new gauge plate.

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Once again more trimming with the dremel and resizing fits to make sure of the proper fitment that I wanted, I came out with my new "rough" gauge plate.

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Here it is laying next to my cardboard template.

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And lastly last night as I stopped to head back in to watch the Red Sox come back from being down 2-4 to the Indians to win 6-4 in the 9th inning, I sprayed it with primer so I can start to layout the gauge positions, drill the holes and then hit it with some flat black before mounting in the car.

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Nothing all that dramatic, but its little things like this that need to be done before I can get the car to the shop to start putting all the new go fast goodies on. I will be sometime early this week, getting the gauge wires cleaned up and labeled so I can take them out of their current plate and get them all mounted up cleanly in their new home. I'll post up more pics when I continue on with this project. After I get the gauge plate all mounted up, I will begin on the switch panel that will go beneath it that will house the, fuel pump, fan and ignitions switches later down the line.

 

[Ludachris]

They're 285/18's. And the widebody is better than fender flares. Most of my suspension is tubular. The front has some aero work we'll be doing this week then wind tunnel testing afterwards. The brakes just barely clear. They're Alcon XT6 calipers with a 1.375x12.9 rotor. Nothing is photoshopped other than Jess removing the PS cooler line that is hanging down in a few of the pictures. We were still trying to figure out how to do the PS cooling so when we wheeled it out for some early pictures it was still just hanging under the car. Original color was the 95 hunter green (dark green).

Is this Colorado Jake? Nice car man. I need to check it out - were those taken in front of Robert's house? Looks a little familiar...

Really nice job man. Never thought I'd like a body kit like that. Very well done - and it doesn't hurt that it was done for functionality.

 

[talonTSIDriver]

Sweet, keep the pics coming! its looking good

 

[tsiboosted]

Sweet, keep the pics coming! its looking good

Thanks Andy. Hopefully I can finish the gauge panel & switch panel up this week and get the car to the garage sometime next week for the "real" mods to begin. I'll take more pics as I do more work.

p.s. - SLICKS !!!!

 

[v413nc3]

Is this Colorado Jake? Nice car man. I need to check it out - were those taken in front of Robert's house? Looks a little familiar...

Really nice job man. Never thought I'd like a body kit like that. Very well done - and it doesn't hurt that it was done for functionality.

Those were taken in front of my house. Hit me up on RMDSM and I'll get you my address you're free to come check it out.

 

[Ludachris]

Those were taken in front of my house. Hit me up on RMDSM and I'll get you my address you're free to come check it out.

Hey Jake, just PM me your number here so I can have it saved. Thanks man.

 

[tsiboosted]

Sweet, keep the pics coming! its looking good

Ok, so here it is about 98% complete. Still some rough edges to clean up. But overall, I am pleased with the results. Will work out just as I had drawn it out prior to starting this project. Still need to fab up the switch panel to go underneath to fill in the rest of the hole. But that will be easy to do I'm sure. Even left room for the Sponsor Decals

BEFORE -

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[talonTSIDriver]

i see lots of weight that needs to be removed.

 

[tsiboosted]

i see lots of weight that needs to be removed.

Oh yeah man. All in good time, still loads to do for sure. Just trying to get the things I can do out of the way before it goes in to the shop for a while to get everything done. Including more weight reduction things.

 

[asian312]

She's finally back on the ground and rolling. Just need an alignment and have the R888s mounted. Track testing coming this weekend...stay tuned.

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[talonTSIDriver]

She's finally back on the ground and rolling. Just need an alignment and have the R888s mounted. Track testing coming this weekend...stay tuned.

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Nice wheels. I may be getting myself a set of those wheels soon.

what spring rates are you running?

 

[asian312]

Your guess is as good as mine The JICs are Muellerized.

 

[cioc]

Oh man you will NOT be disappointed. I remember when I first got my JIC's on from John, the car was a completely different animal. My springs are a purple color however, I wonder what the difference is. Anyone?

 

[asian312]

In what little I've driven the car, I'm amazed. It's a little darty at the moment with the alignment being off (tape measure can only do so much), but man does it respond. It honestly feels like someone took an AWD system and slapped into a Miata. Big task in front of me adapting to so many changes, but I know one thing. The limiting factor isn't the car.

Thanks Cioc for that feedback. It's statements like that, and many others like it, that cinched the deal to go with John. I'm a decent hand under the hood and an aspiring driver, but suspension is one area I'm mystified by. I was fortunate with my first setup being very stable and a good mix, but I was ready to step up. Orlando made the same comment when he notified me that they were being setup on his car. His were also purple. I'm not sure if it's how I filled out my criteria form that made the difference.

Just curious how long have you had yours?