Drag Race Build my journey to a 9sec street car

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What boost level is wg pressure

 

[OH91awd]

What boost level is wg pressure

It has 23 psi springs in the gate. Looking at logs last night it saw around 28psi

 

[Vegas Smith]

Damn, maxin out the spring pressure like a real man.

 

[AWD-Tony]

Congrats on the pb!!

 

[import solutions]

Well at that boost level final power level stills on medium 400s so time is quite right
Congrats and def if kevin put his magic on it , it will do awesome

 

[OH91awd]

Well at that boost level final power level stills on medium 400s so time is quite right
Congrats and def if kevin put his magic on it , it will do awesome

Not sure on hp numbers. I know stick cars making mid 500s on a hx40 at same boost level but obviously the auto sucks some of that up . Once we turn it up I have very high hopes of it seeing a 9 second pass

Damn, maxin out the spring pressure like a real man.

We don’t play up here in the north . Hoping to add another 10-12lbs and see if it’ll go 9s

Congrats on the pb!!

Thank you I knew after the first pass letting out wayyy too early it was gonna be a good day

 

[OH91awd]

First round of pics the wife took of the car from Sunday.

Moved into the top 100 1g dsms on mitsutimes as well. Super stoked on this

 

[OH91awd]

Few more:

 

[OH91awd]

 

[awdmonster1904]

Very nice What suspension coil overs do you have on your car ?

 

[OH91awd]

Very nice What suspension coil overs do you have on your car ?

Megan racing currently.

 

[OH91awd]

Here’s a video of me in the prepped lane. Did a 1.49 60’ which is my best in the car. I think blipping the rev limiter is what dropped the et tho. Bunch of low 1.5s in the unprepped lane

 

[OH91awd]

Winter upgrades are already coming in!

volk metal craft ate eliminator kit came in. Gonna order new cam bolts and get this all installed so I can finally get a full alignment. Thinking about longer wheel studs or not. Then it’s oil change in the spring and then up to mr jewer to get tuned

 

[OH91awd]

Surprise upgrades are the best ones

got an early Christmas present from the wife. She knows car parts make me happy haha

no more cold bottle in the car with the new bottle heater.

 

[OH91awd]

Little inside tinkering with this new bottle heater this morning. Supposed to be a high of 49 here in Ohio so idk when I’ll get out there and wire everything up

also need to find time to pull the trailing arms off and get the ate kit welded in

 

[OH91awd]

Been a loooong cold winter here in Ohio so not much to update. I did pick up a 2g cas for the new motor to switch the car over to. Waiting for some warmer weather to get the new suspension upgrades put on and get the bottle heater wired up.

 

[OH91awd]

Small parts update while there’s snow still on the ground.

New cam bolts for the trailing arms

Mishimoto radiator cap. Little higher pressure than the one that’s on it now.

Figured while I was gonna have the trailing arms off I’d go ahead and upgrade the wheel studs

Once the weather quits being indecisive I’ll hopefully be able to get this stuff on.

 

[Ludachris]

All these pics of new parts! Need to see pics of them installed!

 

[OH91awd]

All these pics of new parts! Need to see pics of them installed!

I’m hoping this cold weather breaks here in Ohio so I can get everything put on. Since we moved to the new house I do t have a garage that I can pull the car in and work on.

 

[OH91awd]

Finally some progress! Started with wheel
Studs then got stuck trying getting the trailing arm off. Cam bolt is froze so going to have to cut it out. Good thing I bought new ones . Going to get this wrapped up in the morning.

These were super easy to swap.

Stud installer, lug nut, and a wrench was all a I needed.

Spend 2.5 hrs fighting this thing. Couldn’t get enough leverage to get the active toe bushing out to make room either.

 

[Ludachris]

Finally some progress! Started with wheel
Studs then got stuck trying getting the trailing arm off. Cam bolt is froze so going to have to cut it out. Good thing I bought new ones . Going to get this wrapped up in the morning.

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These were super easy to swap.

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Stud installer, lug nut, and a wrench was all a I needed.

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Spend 2.5 hrs fighting this thing. Couldn’t get enough leverage to get the active toe bushing out to make room either.

Time to talk to Paul about a whole new rear subframe!

 

[OH91awd]

Time to talk to Paul about a whole new rear subframe!

Honestly contemplated it this thing has been a total pita. That and the weight loss wouldn’t hurt this girl

 

[Ludachris]

Honestly contemplated it this thing has been a total pita. That and the weight loss wouldn’t hurt this girl

The only downside is the impact on the budget.

 

[OH91awd]

The only downside is the impact on the budget.

You are right on that one . I will end up doing it eventually. Probably be one of those things I do after I get the other motor done. I did get the other rear wheel studs put in. Had to go pick up a sawzall so I can get these bolts out since they’re froze

 

[OH91awd]

Well took longer than planned but finally got some more done. The cam bolt for the trailing arm was froze in the passenger side arm so had to go pick this little guy up.

Started easing n the way back to the house… this evening after dinner the weather was decent so decided to get to work and cut this bolt off.

Finally! So got the trailing arm out of the way and noticed that the end looked a little rough but the flap of rubber was in the way so cut it off and this is what I found

This thing is pretty beat up where the piece for the ate kit needs to go. I’m seriously questioning if I should attempt to try to fix this or bite the bullet and have the arms chopped and made into a tubular piece.