I'm glad to see my old project live on. I truly miss this car as a daily. Maybe not with current fuel prices but damn it was sooo much fun.Unfortunately, the other two MB wheels went with the car when I sold it. Actually, I am pretty sure the other two OZ's did as well.

It's been forever since an update but a week or two after my last post I killed the engine. The cars been collecting dust as I've been working on the house. Well, to my surprise I open the shop this weekend and find one of the cupboards came off the wall and fell onto the rear fender. I am...

Been a while since an update. The car was parked for a year or so while I drove my new to me IS300/2JZGTE. However, I pulled the Lexus apart for some updates so the Colt got moved back to daily status. This car is just so damn much fun to drive. I went to set up our booth at this past weekend's...

I made a little pit stop by my buddy's shop on Friday as they prepared a couple 900+ HP Challengers to run the Mojave Mile. The owner of one of the Challengers also has a C6 Z06 so after a little taunting from the guys in the shop we went out and made a couple runs. I have been overly curious as...

I am almost finished with the 5 lug swap up front. All I need is a tap that matches the inner tie rod threads. It is not 12mm x 1.25 as previously thought. As soon as I figure it out I can make my adapters. I also need to notch the struts a little bit more to get proper camber.The rear...

Well, I am still fine tuning with Link. Part throttle is still a little lean but WOT is pretty much spot on while idle is still all over the place depending on ambient temps. When it's warm out (90+) it will idle fine but in the morning on my way to work when it's in the 70's & 80's not so much...

I gave up on the 5 lug conversion. The front went pretty well until it came time to retaper the tie rod end hole on the hub. I have a tie rod end reamer here at work that I used. I had my doubts that it would work and those doubts were confirmed after I started reaming it. The reamer was not...

I decided to keep the Colt so I started swapping the engine, ECU, and brakes over the weekend.Spun bearing engine is out5 lug and big 2 piston calipers going in

It's been a few weeks since an update. Long story short I spun a rod bearing in the Colt. After searching for a short or longblock for weeks I finally gave up and just picked up a complete running car for about the same price as some of the engines have been selling for.'90 Eagle Talon...

Good idea on the 4G61..........Posting now :sneaky:I've got to pick up our shop Camaro (the one pictured earlier) from Magnaflow today so I am going to have Gimmie11's (Dominic) drive my car and try and get some footage on the way back.

I thought I had posted an update in here but apparently not. I went ahead and picked up an internally gated billet 6 blade with a 3" anti-surge cover and a SL2 with a 7cm housing.I was chasing a few unrelated issues but I believe I hove those sorted out so I should be hitting the dyno soon.

I got a late start so he was out of frame for most of it.

Technically it was "street racing" so I can't post the videos here anyway. Once I put them on the stereo here at work I could actually hear throttle application. You go out of frame about halfway through 4th gear on the first video. The other one where you're over a couple lanes is definitely a...

I've been chasing a fuel delivery problem for a few weeks but I have been driving it with the 20G installed. Kinda frustrating driving it at what is probably less than full potential. I am thinking the pump is dying because fuel pressure just falls as boost comes up.Last night was a good...

The Cartridge is a genuine Garrett GTX3071R. This is the billet compressor wheel which flows nearly 57 lb min and has the dual ball bearing cartridge. The 9cm GT30 turbine housing is genuine Forced Performance. The wastegate is a 44mm Godspeed v-band. The 02 housing and wastegate dump were built...

Yep, internally gated 7cm housing. If the car was AWD and I wasn't driving it 400+ miles a week I might regret this decision but even on 15 psi the car was almost undriveable with the 3071.

The Billet 20G/SL2 is here, now I just need to figure out where to mount the wastegate actuator. Which is already proving to be a PITA. I have to drill out the spot weld on the actuator arm and reposition it about 45 degrees and make a bracket to hold the actuator.

I have been busy with work so I haven't had much time with the car. The 3071 had a major exhaust leak at the primary v-band that I couldn't fix with the turbo on the car. After reinstalling everything that leak was gone but now the wastegate v-band was leaking. I tried tightening the clamp and...

Here's a little teaser fellas.http://youtu.be/siL0NjJ4ves

I finally mounted the FPR.I still have quite a bit of work to do but it will have to wait, Mother's Day and all.Here's the new engine mount using urethane from a 5.0 Coyote mount from work.. I still want to round off the edges of the bottom plate but only for aesthetics...

Add one more thing to the list of failures from the previous owner.I yanked the front engine mount and found this. What I thought was window-weld was just regular old silicone. To add insult to injury check out the bolt vs. inner sleeve size difference.I started working on the 02 housing...

I hadn't really thought much about drag racing my car because it is my daily driver. The more I see of your car the more I want to at least go once just to so I can say it traps 'XYZ'. Keep up the good work.

I was looking at your slip again and I can't believe I didn't notice the 31 mph difference between half track and the top end before. That is just flat getting after it on the big end.

Very nice Corey!When are you headed back to the track? I am real curious what she is going to trap now. I am thinking 124-125

The company I work for has banjo fittings made by a local shop. We use them for braided brake lines but they can drill the outlet to whatever size I need. In essence killing two birds with one stone so I won't have to find a proper restrictor plus a fitting to connect the hose. Any potential...

I've got an idea to not only fix that mount but also upgrade the others as well. :rocks:

I spent most of the day working in the yard (getting ready to pour some concrete to have a bigger driveway) so I didn't get much accomplished.Cheapo 44m wastegateInitial mock upThere is 1/4" or so of clearance at the radiator fan, 1/8" at the water pipe, and nowhere for the discharge to...

Made a trip down to RRE last night to pick up a few things(gaskets, hoses and a Zeitronix ZT-2 less gauge).This was waiting for me when I get home.I also picked up a used EMS but I couldn't get it to connect last night at RRE. I am going to try it on my car at some point...

Making a little progress today at lunch.Template for the end tank pieces. I made it just slightly oversized to account for the bend radiuses and also trim to fit.The two ends pieces plus two bottom caps.Trimmed up and ready to be weldedMaking a little progress today at lunch...

I started working on the intercooler end tank change this past weekend. I also picked up a 44mm wastegate, 2.5" v-band, and a 3" v-band. Still waiting for the FP turbine housing to get started on making the 02 housing.first mock up without end tanksEach end tank will need to be moved...

I figured out the previous owner had them filled once I pulled the turbo. I can't see the rear mount but the other three are filled. I have access to a donor car so I will probably just steal those unmodified mounts and get prothanes.

I killed the alternator at the race above trying to charge a bunch of crap I shouldn't have been trying to charge. The alternator couldn't be removed without lifting the radiator. So once the radiator was out I figured I would go ahead and yank the turbo and port the turbine housing...

I finally got around to uploading the video from the Speed/Stop squared.http://youtu.be/r4NSWosJae8

Got a chance to kill a couple cones this weekend. The American Street Car Series | guys were in town and our shop Camaro and a customer's '32 Ford were already racing. We had a 3rd entry that had some tranny issues so I went ahead and used his registration for my car. I was too busy Saturday to...

Pictures are worth a thousand words, thanks guys.The temptation to do this just grew exponentially.

I am familiar with the wheel size differences I just can't picture how that effects the chra, the compressor housing sure, but not the chra. I can even see the backing plate needing to be machined but I just can't picture how the chra is affected.

The CHRA needs to be milled? On the hot side?

Damn it! You a-holes need to quit tempting me.So what would stop me from using a 14B CHRA, swap that turbine, get an 8cm housing from FP, throw on a billet 20G and an anti-surge housing onto it? Of course rebuild it while it is apart. Considering 14B's are a dime a dozen this seems like a...

Damn, I was actually kinda hopeful to find a taller final drive in the KM. That F5M final drive number doesn't match the VFAQ of 4.153. If there is a FWD tranny with a 3.94 final drive out there that could be my saving grace. That would drop the rpm by 200 at 65 mph. Which may not seem like much...

I have only used it a couple times so far and my only complaint is the overall height is limited. I wouldn't dare use it on my wife's car though. That car has almost as much weight on the front axle as the Colt weighs total.That reminds me, there had to be more than 10 gallons of fuel in the...

You should be fine unless you're shifting at 6K rpm.The gearing in the F5M is just :banghead: I keep looking for 6th gear. As easy as it is to swap the AWD (.666) 5th I think the gap between 4th and 5th is going to be too wide.I've never seen the KM gearing break down. If you know it...

I leaned out the AFC at 3K rpm until it started stumbling and then added 5% back. Which ended up at +5 on the AFC. I am monitoring 02 voltage on the AFC. I am still waiting for the wideband so I have no clue what the A/F is.I looked around online and found this car has a .35 drag coeffecient...

Not really but some inconsequential items will effect it......The stock hood is so damn flimsy that I have been thinking about getting something I can use aerocatches on. I haven't even researched what hoods are available yet.I am sure the battery I need to get will save a little...

Curiosity got the better of me so I borrowed the Longacre scales from work. My garage floor is not perfectly level so it was reading a little heavy on the driver's side.Without me in itWith me in it

That car had to be a beast before. What are the plans for the new engine?I love the color BTW

:thumb: That was the one I was leaning towards since I need one real skinny.Thanks for the heads up. It has been crazy cold here the last few days so I haven't had a chance to check. I know, I know, I am in SoCal so cold is relative but I do have snow on the ground right now.Good to know...

I sold my GVR4 5+ years ago so I haven't been around much.I was recently looking for a new daily driver and came across this car on craigslist. The car had some questionable modifications at the time of purchase but nothing that wasn't/isn't easily correctable.I chose "Street" build...

:thumb: I just gave all my spare DSM stuff to the guy down the street too.

Hey James, funny seeing you over here. I saw you on TV a while back(check your subscribed threads at the nazi site). I've been missing my GVR4 ever since a guy down the street bought a white one. ROFL