GreenGSX
DSM Wiseman
- 371
- 5
- May 13, 2002
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Rochester,
New York
Although it was only 14 degrees outside on Sunday I tuff'd it out for a full day of wrench turning in the garage. At this stage in the build the order in which you do things really starts to matter. If you put the intake manifold on before the rear mounted JNZ alternator you're just going to have to pull it back off again later. Doing things twice is not a lot of fun.
The cruise control was the first thing to go back in. The VR4 was in street fighter mode when we started so it was missing that crucial piece. No way I'm driving to Florida and back without it. Then I wired up my COP ignition system. Its a home made piece using Intrepid coils. We are using the COP because road racing can be very hard on plug wires and I've had failures in the past. When I wired it up I also pig-tailed a stock coil plug so if need be we can swap back to the stock coil/wires. That also makes it nice to set the ignition timing because it only takes 5 minutes to swap.
A friend and fellow Galant VR4 owner stopped over to donate his trailer hitch. Trailer hitches for a 1992 Galant are pretty hard to come by these days so having one locally is great. We had to deal with some rust issues (they salt the roads in upstate NY) but eventually it came off the car. After some cleaning, new paint, and new hitch ball it should be ready for installation. Steve is working on finding a trailer for us to use. We are down to three choices....
1. Harbor Freight- cheap ($200), the right size 4'x4', and it has 12" tires.
2. Home made- free, bigger then we need 4'x6", axle is wide, 12" tires
3. Build our own- Most expensive option, we get whatever we want for size/tires/etc...this takes a good deal of time to execute.
I am leaning towards purchasing a trailer that we can modify to meet our needs then strip back down and sell after the race.
Finally, I slipped on my custom intake manifold and started the process of fabbing up the intercooler pipes. The OLOA VR4 is going to use a GM MAF with ECMlink, a Tial BOV, and big Spearco 2-216 core FMIC with the classic short route piping. The pipes should be pretty easy to build.
We've made some headway with our sponsorship drive and we've managed to sell some add space on the car and a video sponsor. We will have formal announcements when we get them officially singed on.
pictures to come later...
The cruise control was the first thing to go back in. The VR4 was in street fighter mode when we started so it was missing that crucial piece. No way I'm driving to Florida and back without it. Then I wired up my COP ignition system. Its a home made piece using Intrepid coils. We are using the COP because road racing can be very hard on plug wires and I've had failures in the past. When I wired it up I also pig-tailed a stock coil plug so if need be we can swap back to the stock coil/wires. That also makes it nice to set the ignition timing because it only takes 5 minutes to swap.
A friend and fellow Galant VR4 owner stopped over to donate his trailer hitch. Trailer hitches for a 1992 Galant are pretty hard to come by these days so having one locally is great. We had to deal with some rust issues (they salt the roads in upstate NY) but eventually it came off the car. After some cleaning, new paint, and new hitch ball it should be ready for installation. Steve is working on finding a trailer for us to use. We are down to three choices....
1. Harbor Freight- cheap ($200), the right size 4'x4', and it has 12" tires.
2. Home made- free, bigger then we need 4'x6", axle is wide, 12" tires
3. Build our own- Most expensive option, we get whatever we want for size/tires/etc...this takes a good deal of time to execute.
I am leaning towards purchasing a trailer that we can modify to meet our needs then strip back down and sell after the race.
Finally, I slipped on my custom intake manifold and started the process of fabbing up the intercooler pipes. The OLOA VR4 is going to use a GM MAF with ECMlink, a Tial BOV, and big Spearco 2-216 core FMIC with the classic short route piping. The pipes should be pretty easy to build.
We've made some headway with our sponsorship drive and we've managed to sell some add space on the car and a video sponsor. We will have formal announcements when we get them officially singed on.
pictures to come later...
