The Sexy Grandma 15 day build

[1992awdlaser]

KAIZENSPEED

 

[4Motion4g63]

Downpipe... Thats silly. Thats the whole exhaust. It cuts off right after that last section

And I cant wait to race that Busa again, or anything else that is going to be there. I spoke with Tom at ETS about a month ago about having Paul Nelson bring his Evo to Race Wars also. Now that would be a race.

And for those of you who dont know about the Busa, heres a little teaser from last year.

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just added that to my myspace/cardomain profile!

That will shut up the bikerboys at work....

 

[mitch26753]

just added that to my myspace/cardomain profile!

That will shut up the bikerboys at work....

ok how did you get the right code to paiste that in myspace!

 

[mitch26753]

When i saw all the pictures of this car and all of the excelent custom work that was done to it I almost had tears come to my eyes! This is amazing! I thought john sheppard car was the baddest looking(still with the balls to back it up) car out there, but hands down this beats sheps car when it comes to those aggresive looks. This machine just looks ignorant! It may not be the fastest dsm out there, but it looks the fastest for sure! So happy that there are people out there that don't take the easy way out and build a old muscle car, real man drive dsms!

 

[asd_gst]

true ever worked on a honda its easy i dont think the word hard is there, somethings with dsm's arent what i would call "easy" and v8s are no fun, well they are fun but its so much nicer to make a 4cyl beat a 8

 

[my2AWDgst]

I live in sac and i can't wait to see your car run,i hate 1g's but I love clean cars so good job man.

 

[chavez408]

You coming to the bay area dude? Lol I want to see it run

 

[STI2TALON]

wow thats awesome! i want!

 

[fst91dsm]

Thats quiet a great setup you have. Isnt that a honda radiator? Is that DIY manifold and downpipe? Where did you get the parts to do that? How did you head mess up before? What point do you think the cams need to be changed?

It is a Honda radiator, yes. Its a little thicker than the Fluidyne that was in there befor, but it is half sized. I figure that will be fine for the short amount of time the car will be running. Yes, the manifold was built in house (KAIZENSPEED) as well as the downpipe. Well, all the fab stuff for that matter. Its made out of stainless steel pipe that was cut, fabbed, fused, polished for almost 40 hours, than welded to get the discoloration near the welded area. It turned out really nice!!! The quick and dirty regarding the head is Polk ported into the water jacket when it was being built, in turn pushing alot of coolant, and they never stepped up and took care of it, all after I had sent it back to have them resolve the issue that is still not resolved. So I have a SBR Stage 6 Head for this season. I did upgrade to 280's this year but they may still be too small. We'll have to see.

asd_gst : As far as heading out to the East coast I would love to, but were just a small shop with no sponsors to back a trip like that. Plus right now were just way to busy to even take a breath sometimes. Hopefully next year.

mitch26753 : Thank you for the kind words, but Sheps car will always be what I hope my car can be one day (in every area). Him and that car is what every DSMer should strive to be. If your crazy enough to go that fast. .

chavez408 : We hope to make it down there this season for the BOTI event. But like I said above, were just too busy at the shop and with us, customer cars always come first. We are going to do our best to go however. I promise you that.

 

[Rockbmx1]

On your direct port setup, what are the things with the wires sticking out the back? I have a SMIM that I bought with the direct port lines like yours and it has the distribition blocks, I just don't have what is attached to the distribution blocks. I would like to run no2, but I need a few random things. Thanks

 

[fst91dsm]

On your direct port setup, what are the things with the wires sticking out the back? I have a SMIM that I bought with the direct port lines like yours and it has the distribition blocks, I just don't have what is attached to the distribution blocks. I would like to run no2, but I need a few random things. Thanks

I believe what your talking about are the solenoids...

 

[Rockbmx1]

I believe what your talking about are the solenoids...

Ok, thanks!! I am running dsmlink, and I have an NX express N-tercooler sprayer and I was wanting to swap things over to use the direct port setup. What will I need other then the solenoids? I will be using link to control it, and I have the bottle and lines. Thanks for the help

 

[fst91dsm]

Youll need jets for fuel and nitrous, some way to purge the nitrous and the list goes on. Trust me, do yourself a favor and sell your sprayer and buy a direct port kit. You will be MUCH happier with the end result.

 

[Rockbmx1]

Youll need jets for fuel and nitrous, some way to purge the nitrous and the list goes on. Trust me, do yourself a favor and sell your sprayer and buy a direct port kit. You will be MUCH happier with the end result.

Thanks, I will look into it. I just hope I wont have to sell my car to afford the kit. .

 

[bg300]

Very Nice Project !!!
&
How Much Cost thiz build manifold ? ( Very Nice Too .. The Build )

 

[fst91dsm]

Very Nice Project !!!
&
How Much Cost thiz build manifold ? ( Very Nice Too .. The Build )

As far as this manifold, youll need more alot more than just this manifold for this to work. But Im sure you already knew that. But just a guess, 2000. The main reason for that is the polishing. As far as our top mounts go, youd be lookin at 1100 bucks.

 

[outkastracing]

where did you get the hood that you have on your car??? i really like that one! by the way very nice build

 

[fst91dsm]

VIS Racing makes it, it is there EVO style hood.

 

[EDM95]

Nice build man.

 

[Slippi84]

Hey man, what are you doing that I'm not doing??
I just don't get it, where am I going wrong???
Are you like rich or something?
What do you guys do in order to have the money to make a car this sick?
I am embarrassed to tell you how much I've spent to make a 10 sec street car. Every penny out of pocket and every drop of sweat off my own forehead. What am I missing? Someone let me in on this because I'm going nuts wondering where this money comes from...from normal guys like us??

Bottom line is, whatever you guys are doing to make the money, I want in on the secret.

Well you can start by taking that wing off your car Just busting your balls a little

You have to be realistic you have a caere with nromal bolt on stuff and full interior and aall the stuff us normal people have. Their car is gutted stripped and sporting the notirous 42r. At the end of the day they have sheps car just without the one off stuff that make him as fast as he is. You want to go as fast like this car sell your soul strip your car and sell that wing

 

[v8s_are_slow]

Hey man, what are you doing that I'm not doing??
I just don't get it, where am I going wrong???
Are you like rich or something?
What do you guys do in order to have the money to make a car this sick?
I am embarrassed to tell you how much I've spent to make a 10 sec street car. Every penny out of pocket and every drop of sweat off my own forehead. What am I missing? Someone let me in on this because I'm going nuts wondering where this money comes from...from normal guys like us??

Bottom line is, whatever you guys are doing to make the money, I want in on the secret.

If I didn't have rent, 2 car payments, insurance on 3 cars (since the Eclipse is paid for), child support, and all the other bills, I'm sure I'd be right there along with having a car like this. Responsibilities sucks!!!

 

[mikelv]

Well you can start by taking that wing off your car Just busting your balls a little

You have to be realistic you have a caere with nromal bolt on stuff and full interior and aall the stuff us normal people have. Their car is gutted stripped and sporting the notirous 42r. At the end of the day they have sheps car just without the one off stuff that make him as fast as he is. You want to go as fast like this car sell your soul strip your car and sell that wing

Yeah, yeah, I hear the "wing thing" all the time.

Here is my take on it: I sport a "ricer" wing, and it makes it that much better when I cut some guy in a supercharged Z06 who think he's bad-ass.

My car, honestly isn't just a bolt on, I really did build the whole thing for what it is.

But anyways, yeah I hear ya on the whole theory behind it. I just get fustrated because of the fact. I don't mean to sound mad, jealous, or envious, it's just I look at my accomplishments as failure when I see what they've done.

I mean, I've gutted the car, and gone through the suspension/drivetrain/brakes enough to make a lean 2940lbs with me sitting in the car. I was intending on a clean weekend warrior, not a daily driver.
I know there's some serious modifications that can be encompassed, but I guess in the long run, my intial goal (now reached) is somewhat disappointing, if that makes sense.

As with any project, I set a goal of 600whp and a sick street car. Well, I think I got in over my head when I realized that I built something that cost me about the same it would of chasing an 8 second timeslip.
What I did is common, and noone gives a shit about, what Jake and other have done inspired the whole community. Once again, I'm not mad/ jealous or anything. Just kinda kickin myself in the ass for getting what I want, and it not being good enough. WTF

Once again, I know I spent a few more bucks than I could of (few mistakes along the way) but for my setup compared to what these guys are running, the cost brackets are very, very close.

For lack of embarrassment, I'll keep the solid dollar figure to myslef.

Anyways, great build man, and ya'll keep up the great work. You have totally inspired me to go above and beyond.

 

[mikelv]

If I didn't have rent, 2 car payments, insurance on 3 cars (since the Eclipse is paid for), child support, and all the other bills, I'm sure I'd be right there along with having a car like this. Responsibilities sucks!!!

I hear ya on that brother.
I don't have the whole child support addition....but I hear the responsibilties aspect.
But I mean, come on.....everyone's got that. There has to be something more....this is a dog eat dog world that evolves around money, and without straying off topic bad....there has to be a hitch.
I want that hitch!!!

 

[Slippi84]

You have a stroker a good base and the ability to tune. All you need to do is research I would bet that with about another 2500 you could swap over to a 8 sec setup. Now I know that some of you will come on an go WTF that's a lot of money but I don't want to sound like a dick or rub it in but to some of us it's not. Between little shit that adds up and other stuff I probably spent 3k in the past 3 1/2 months easy.

I will tell you this by looking at your profile abandon you gt35r idea. It has slowly become obsolete. WIth the upcoming of borg warner and with guys liek twick seeing reasonable spool and 700who in a gt4088r there is no point buying a gt35r anymore I feel. It's still a bad ass turbo but there are plenty better for compariable money. Think of it like this sell your setup get a manifold like this one he says is 1100 get a gt4088r or something liek a s366 or such and I would bet with that other tsuff you have on your wish list you would be looking at 9's.

 

[jwcardy]

To the thread starter, i didnt notice if u were running a 2.0liter or if you are runnin a stroker? Thanks
-wes