Road Race Build: 1994 EVOLUTION II RWD from Sweden

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fitted the front diffusor today while waiting for my welderfriend Pelle

frontspoiler laid on top of the diffusor, which is an 12mm thick
water resistant plywood plate.


measuring since this plate was cut to fit an Mazda RX7, it will have an "overhang" of 80mm.
:lol:

Stainless SPARCO fittings:


All done:



Now i need to cut the plates rear part and make a serious but easy
fitting under the car/engine.

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Time to work with fibreglas which i hate since i´m allergic to it:

The front splitter needed some serious fittings to be able to hold it in place & it will only hang onto the frontspoiler.


Epoxy + hardener + fibreglas:


poured the epoxy in two plastic cups (double) then went to get a snack :lol:


returned to this:


what to do but start over

The 5" hole for the former dragpipe was covered :


8 layers of fibreglas on the lower sides ´the front will be strong enough i think.. but only time will tell:

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reinforced the fittings a bit more, now 9 layers of fibreglas:


tested to se where i might need to cut a bit more on the splitter.


need to make a hole for the oilpan/oilplug, oilpan is 12cm fron the ground, the splitter will be 15cm


The front fenders are held by 3 bolts on the topside. the front one is its stock place, the middle one is 1cm further out, & the rear one is 2cm out:



This is what it looks like with the front controlarms widened 35mm with
ET 38 7,5"x17:

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A total of 24 17" tires.. all with atleast 5mm on them.


small hole for the steeringracks lowest point, big hole for oilsump:


In its place !


Pelle the welderman welds my radiator:


All done:



Stock wateroutlet has been welded shut!


2.nd version of the new wateroutlet done: the pipe was straight
out before, not its 45degree sideways & tilted a little down.


Also decided to use the leftovers from the radiator as the new 2:nd oilcooler,
with the long way the oil needs to travel within the cooler it will most probably
lower the oiltemp a lot more than in a smaller but "taller" cooler:

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Got an sudden urge to change colour on all my wheels today :-)

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Built 2 "hangers" for the rear end of the frontsplitter to hang on to :-)







Head hotwaterwashed (dont know the name of this dishwasher
look-a-like machine



Frontsplitter is done & tested.

Brakebooster fitted together with the pedal-set:


Just enough/perfect groundclearance.......

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Arches beeing fitted:

Measure,measure and a bit more measuring: Then using any tejp to hold them in place: (my front fenders were already raised/cut 2cm some years back)


drill 3mm holes, and use 4mm wodden screws to hold in place temporary:


Bet you thought this was it right ? ?


But its not.......

Because now the arches will be taken off, & will cut the fenders a bit more. so the lowest point will be an additional 2-3cm upp.

painted a line: 2cm below the holes:


cutting:


Almost done:


So, fenders probably 4,5cm higher than stock now:


These plastic arches hav a similar "angle that folds under the arch like on any stock car., here you see how i have cut this angle off, so that i really can get the tires lowered&further out, if this hadn´t been done, moving the tires out would not have been possible:
Also here are my XYZ Drift-Specs Coilover maxlowered:


maximum lowered, oilpan is 4,5cm above ground:


left turn:


right turn:


All for today: 8)

[92awdgsx]

Awesome build.

[DJ Raydiate]

A+++ Build man!! I'm loving it. Just one thing I was wondering though, what did you use for your front hubs to not have a CV axle there?

[KHRacing]

Originally Posted by 92awdgsx

Awesome build.

Thank you kindly !

Originally Posted by DJ Raydiate

A+++ Build man!! I'm loving it. Just one thing I was wondering though, what did you use for your front hubs to not have a CV axle there?

Hi!.. I used the stock hubs from an Galant GTi -88 (same as EVO)
Also cut them down as much as it would allow in order to get as
little centreweight as possible:




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Right front arch fitted:


Started on the left rear by measurning it in place:


Drilled the holes & attached the screws:


Removed the arch to measure where to cut the stock fender:


Also cut a little off the rear bumper:


stock fender cut 4cm:


Cut:


Started weldning inner/outer fender together:


The inner fender is hammered out & then welded to the outher one:


All welded & grinded:


Painted after grinding/cleaning:


4 hours work is what it took.

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went back to the garage after a few hours.... the paint had almost dried..
So I fitted the arch & wheel to see how it looked with the Coilover in
maximum LOWERED position.




The part of the cage i had to remowe in order to raise the propshafttunnel,
is in place againg (a new pipe)

[DJ Raydiate]

Kristian, Thank you so much for letting me know. That was one of my concerns for my build. Keep up the great work!

[KHRacing]

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A few more pictures of the arches beeing fitted:

Rear arch seen from behind: the part that stick out need to be cut off:



rear arch seen from behind/low, here you see that the part of the arch that i had "cut" off, had to be exactly that, cut off, because it would have hit right into the rear bumper:
here i only need a small for example 5mm bolt/nut/washer and drill another 5mm hole in the bottom part & neatly fold it i towards the bumper

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Radiatorfun:

Fitted the Volvo 850 fan/shroud for the last time:


M5x120mm bolts hold the shroud to the radiator.



And ofcourse the fan itself :-) :

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I have no ide as to what these extended "rods" are called. but the move down the connectiongangle for the steeringrod.& help prevent bump-steer.

[PotatoFlakeSTi]

Originally Posted by KHRacing

I have no ide as to what these extended "rods" are called. but the move down the connectiongangle for the steeringrod.& help prevent bump-steer.

Tie-rod Bolts

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Originally Posted by PotatoFlakeSTi

Tie-rod Bolts

Thank you som muchfor the name, i had been searching for the english name for a while.

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But anyway: :-)

This is Mickael, he took a doublewin today 12/8-12 at Anderstorp raceway with his SPEEDLAB Corvette with 850bhp engine

The Speedlab-Crew supports my DriftEVO , as you can see.

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Space between engine and radiator with coolingfan fitted:


9mm from cambelt to new wateroutletpipe:



FIA-approved "seatbelt" fasteners:


oilfilter relocation-kit:


different dumpvalves:


Dumpvalve & wastegate-fittings/stuff:

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My oldest 17"´s spraypainted...
The tires are crap...


Another set of 17"´s:


Pretty good i think:


Great contrast:


only eight rims left to paint....


Attended Northern Europes biggest carmeet/show today, Vallåkraträffen 18-19 Augusti 2012 | Skandiaviens största bilträff - Showtruckar, veteranlastbilar motorträffen för alla
visited my sponsor REALCAR.se stand & collected my new racesuit.:

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got an radiator off an "microcar" (yess, its called just that) they´re lika a moped.
It will be used with the chargecooler


The Wastegate-"thingy" have no name in english for ut ):


watertank (3gallons) for the chargecoolersystem

Picture later

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Wastegate-bell beeing modifyed:


M10x1 tap:



done:


painted the door hinges:


exhaustmanifold all welded & lowered 30mm so it clears the hood.


checking so that all is correct,


turbo:


3,5" downpipetest:


wastegate-bell placement:

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Time to build the downpipe:

A great big thanx to Jesper at FLATOUTPREFORMANCE.SE
who is helping me with a lot of parts, includning the exhaust & new guages.

Chose the easy way by using 3,5" exhaustpipes:

first part spotwelded to the outlet & the second part attached to it:


It fits:


Down by the gearbox/firewall there is approximatley 8mm free space around the 3,5" exhaust:


first 2 pieces welded together & grinded:


All done and testfitted. nothings rubs :You_Rock_Emoticon:



first coupling will be an 3,5" V-band

After Dp & manifold was done, it was time to wrap them up in exhaustwrap:


Downpipe up first:


Done, a single package of 50mm wrap was just enough:


tested on the car/turbo:


Underneath exiting from the firewall/gearbox:


Time for the headers:


Two pipes done:


Three done:


All four done finally:


A small stabilising rod made from an welded 10mm nut/bolt / fully adjustable to keep the manifolk from hanging/cracking because of the heavy turbo:


hoseclamps on each end of the manifold:

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photoshoot today !

[arrowhead]

Originally Posted by KHRacing

photoshoot today !

How did you get all that camber? HA HA

[KHRacing]

Originally Posted by arrowhead

How did you get all that camber? HA HA

very carefully :-)

The last arch beeing fitted finally:


cutting the stock fender:

Done:

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Johan @ Konstruktions-teknik AB gave me all the pneumatic couplings i need for the dupmvalves & the wastegate etc etc.


Also found these add-ons on an Volvo S40 that looks like the stock EVO3 .

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These are the outer shell of the Volvo B230 engine´s thermostat housing,
I´ll be using these two fitted together as a thermostat attached to the short welded water outletpipe :


finally the intake manifold has been machined, took just 2,5hours


Also a 35x80mm 4mm plate has been welded into the plemunchamber
where i will drill & tap the holes for all the pneumatic couplings for wacum hoses.
The intake will be grinded down a bit & the painted black, & finally
covered in real carbonfibre.

[arrowhead]

Good hard work my friend.

[KHRacing]

Originally Posted by arrowhead

Good hard work my friend.

Thanxs man !


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Put in a steel plate which has been drilled/taped for the vacuumhoses:



Sanding sanding & sanding, i hate it since im allergic to fibreglas :-(



But it turned out pretty good.
All the welds are covered except the ones by the throttlebody:


Now the intake is at the local paintshop beeing painted gloss black:

Then its time to wrap it with real carbonfibre:

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feederline:


AN-couplings:


Returnline, had to cut this one & weld a plate to it to make it fit:



The brake-wacumhose fitted, will run to the intake:


Here is the hydraulic brakeline from the brakefluidcup to the brakecylinder
by the drivers seat. this hose is NOT preassurized, you can also se the
drilled hole in the firewall at the top, if you look closely!

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The coupling for the E-brake is done & leaktested, filled the plasic hose with WD-40 over night & nothing hade leaked:


Also visited FLATOUTPREFORMANCE.SE

an mostly dragracinginfluented speedshop in the south of Sweden. Nice guy the owner Jesper, his remarks were.
Take what you need on the store :You_Rock_Emoticon: Jesper. This picture only shows the upper storage :-)


Came home with some stuff, like: QSP 300mm steeringwheel with 50mm depth, 4 (!) pairs of raceboots, 3,5" V-bandclamp,
new 4" K&N airfilter, 2pcs OMP shiftknobs (one for the gearlever, the other for the e-brake, + several siliconehoses for the intercoolingpipes.



Also thought about getting another steeringwheel.. but. naaah :-)