What did you do to your DSM today?

[ryztriumph]

Got her all soapy and then snagged a spot in the garage since dads truck is out for repairs!

 

[Ghost_92TSi]

Got her all soapy and then snagged a spot in the garage since dads truck is out for repairs!

Nice! I always do that and they get mad, I'm like hey open spot is an open spot.

 

[cypok]

thank you for your answer
i will try to find an engime as well
i want to do this because i want to participate to drag race and awd is better then fwd

 

[Archer Fabrications]

I wet sanded and buffed the spoiler. Not too bad, oh and i put it back on

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Heres also a pic with the PS removed and a custom 4" intake i welded up

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My gf just got a nikon D3200 DSLR and won't let me touch it for a shoot of the dsm bummski

 

[rebellpntball]

Sprayed my VC that I just got setup for a breather/catchcan , wrinkle black came out pretty good. We shall see how long it last. Baked it in oven between coats etc... Hmm...more pictures to come once installed.

 

[Bud92gsx]

I love wrinkle black.

 

[gofer]

Well, thanks to Brian (snowborder) I was finally able to assemble these damn things. Us simple minded folk need pictures...

Can't wait to get them under the car and see how they perform.

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[Archer Fabrications]

Well, thanks to Brian (snowborder) I was finally able to assemble these damn things. Us simple minded folk need pictures...

Can't wait to get them under the car and see how they perform.

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I'm gonna need to know this also, glad the group buy is comming along, i ordered 650 rate fromt and they are on their way. Only at this stage so far, and still need snap ring groove cut and to get RTM upper mounts for the 350 rate rear

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Gofer, what bump stops are those? Mine are oem and cut about an inch.

Can someone draw a good line to cut my trunk out if i want to use the stock fender well plastucs bolt to, to bolt a sheet of aluminium in, or brackets for a fuel cell.

Someone circle the best area?

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Dunno what shape the front line fab cover calls for

 

[gofer]

You can see it pretty well in these photos, the one with the opening has a "ghosted" outline of the F*F cover so you can see the line.

http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/bolt-tech/465892-tubular-rear-subframe-install-3.html#post153301875

 

[Archer Fabrications]

Word thanks!

 

[91-GS]

Gofer, is that a spring on top of the spring in your suspension? Never seen it done that way.

 

[Archer Fabrications]

It's a "helper" spring, designe to collapse as soon as any impact is on it, it's basically just to keep things tight in the spring area.

You can see it pretty well in these photos, the one with the opening has a "ghosted" outline of the F*F cover so you can see the line.

http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/bolt-tech/465892-tubular-rear-subframe-install-3.html#post153301875

So following these raised points here cut wherete red line is?

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[gofer]

Gofer, is that a spring on top of the spring in your suspension? Never seen it done that way.

Like urban said, it's a helper spring. I'm not familiar with the theory behind running one but, I've got'em.

.So following these raised points here cut wherete red line is?

No. For now just cut to the 90* lip that is the spare tire well. You'll notice that up against the back of the trunk there are two "shelves" that the delete cover will sit on.

I'd take pictures of mine for you but my car's off at the fabricators getting an exhaust made to clear this subframe. If you can wait a few days I'll have it back and can take a "sky" shot of my so you know exactly where to cut.

 

[gofer]

Like this dude. In the "orange" lines that's supposed to represent a metal bracket that supports the bumper in the center with two bolts, be careful not to cut it.

Also be careful that you don't cut into your exhaust/exhaust hangers/fuel filler neck/subframe/sway bar/etc. You get the idea. I started the cut by popping out the small rubber grommets and worked around making a small hole in the bottom so I could see what I may hit. Then went a bit wider each time, I think I went around it 4 times before my final cut...

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[Archer Fabrications]

Oh I'm in no rush right now to cut into it. I'll just buy sheet aluminium in the mean time if i do though. Ff if i wanna spend the $

I'm smellin what ya steppin in, pickin up what your puttin down,

 

[gofer]

The F*F cover is made from .090 (3/32) aluminum so it's pretty thick, you'd probably want a 4'x4' piece. For the sheet alone you're looking at ~$100 and the local water jet charges $25 to cut, I think I paid $150 for mine plus $25 to powdercoat from F*F.

 

[Archer Fabrications]

Thanks for the specs man!! Where exactally does it mount? And do yo use any sort of vibration retardant (rubber) around the metal to metal contact?

 

[gofer]

The F*F cover uses those factory screws to hold it down and two of the stock 12mm bolts on both sides of it, they're towards the back of the hatch on either side. Not sure what their purpose is from the factory but you can put them to good use with that cover.

My car is loud as shit but I still used foam around the edges, Home Depot special. Tubular Foam Pipe Insulation

 

[Turbomaniac18]

Okay so putting a 2g maf in my 1g i looked up on the vfaq but i cannot figure out how to wire this up i need help pls if someone can send me a pic of how to wire this and will an evo x fuel pump work in 1g dsm

 

[Bud92gsx]

Okay so putting a 2g maf in my 1g i looked up on the vfaq but i cannot figure out how to wire this up i need help pls if someone can send me a pic of how to wire this and will an evo x fuel pump work in 1g dsm

http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/articles-intake-exhaust/440902-2g-maf-wiring-dummies.html

 

[curt-s]

Finalized the wiring for these, which will be installed on Saturday...
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5kAeaPhe_g]MVI 1230 - YouTube[/ame]

A quick breakdown:
Arduino controlled via custom signal converter board
NXP PCA9685 PWM controller
275 Philips SuperFlux LEDs (HPWT-DH00-G4000) per side
7 individually controllable segments per side, each with a custom Sharp PQ09RD21 based driver
I2C RGB 16x2 LCD + 5+1 Keypad for remote control

I'm adding a span of 14 LEDs to the instrument cluster that will be paralleled off the power supplies so that I can monitor the sequence up front.

 

[rebellpntball]

Cleaned the shit out of my engine bay.... Still not done, ugh...

 

[Evil98GSX]

Finally got my VRSF FMIC kit installed yesterday. I painted and baked the intercooler and pipes in flat black high temp paint, gotta love that black on black look. No HP or anything was effect by painting and baking. Came out great, some issues with install but it went together good and the GSX is running strong thanks to Allen and his team at Strictly Import Motorsports (SIM) in Kalamazoo, MI.

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[ofgofg]

Im jealous. All ive been doing is driving my dsm. Today I was cruising in 3rd at about 2500 rpm when a big ole pickem up truck settled in front of me, so I romped on it, and passed at about 5000 rpm still in 3rd,, what a rush! Thats a good roll on situation, no lag, and the pipes and bov just sing those pretty wooshing and hissing sounds at the shift... yeah,, just drivin .

 

[crash89]

I weighed my car on the way home from a buddys tonight.. Pretty sure I dont believe the scale is calibrated correctly.. with me in the car and 40 miles on a tank of fuel, the scale said 2840.. I tried to take a picture to prove it but my phone wouldnt focus on the thing..

The only weight "reduction" Ive done is cut out the spare tire well. There is no way I lost 400lbs from the last time I weighed the car by cutting that out and deleting a few wire connectors.. Full interior, awd swap, heavy turbo setup.. No way that thing is right!