man, everything looks awesome

 

Thats the plan .

Thanks I bought a new SLR.

I am excited for Deals as well, Let me know what trac events you are going to. I will try to tag along.

Thanks Bryan.
Yes it will.

I believe it is a replica mazdaspeed spoiler made by Shine Auto Project.

Thank you.



Ordered some parts last night hopefuly they arrive by the end of the week.


John

 

Hell yea!! You might have to turn down the boost on the BNRs though when we run...

 

UPDATE!

Today I ended up removing the LIM again so I could install some stainless steel braded OMP lines. I decided last week after the LIM was installed to order them.





Once the OMP lines were installed I reinstalled the LIM and the UIM as well as the throttle body Hopefully for the last time .



After that I marked and drilled my exhaust manifold for my dual digital egt's

Disregard the blue dot.


The box on the left is the 0-5v signal converter so I can log the EGT's


I will have the threaded bungs tig welded tomorrow I also have to drill the hole in the downpipe and have that bung welded as well for my zietronix wideband.

Will be updating throughout the week as I will be doing some work on my brakes tomorrow.

John

 

Everything looks great. Where close to the same point in putting everything back together!
Good Job!

 

^ Thanks


I Figured i would post up some pics of my coilovers since this is a track build thread. They are Zeal Fuction Xs The spring rates are 13kg/13kg with x coil type R springs. Have pillow ball upper mounts. And aluminum shock bodies. I purchased these from Miata_mx5 . Thank you Ganesh. The spring rates are high but the ride is not bad. I am very happy with them, here are some install pics from last year.





Here is a rubber isolater I made so the clamp does not scratch the shock body



And installed


I used new brake line retainer clips as well the part number below


And one last pic, I love the sticker on this box. I think they are trying to imtimidate the postman.




John

 

^^or let potential thieves know this is a great target

I put about 500 miles on my FD this past weekend, and set my Zeals to '2' (mine are 6 way) for the weekend. The ride was bearable, and a helluva lot better than my track settings of 6/5

My spring rates are a little tamer at 12kg F/ 10kg R but on the atrocious roads up here it still makes for a less-than-comfortable ride when on full stiff.

John, the BNRs will be ready soon and headed your way, so no worries bud

 

Looks great John. Time to upgrade your brakes or your brake pads next

 

^ Who says I do not already have a BBK? .


John

 

I like the speed this is going at. Keep it up.

 

UPDATE


Last night I had my friend Matt (tig418) weld the EGT bungs to the manifold and also welded the wideband bung to the down pipe. Here are some progress pics.

All cleaned up ready for welding


Action Shot


Finished product




Here is a pic with the probes temporaly installed.


Another


aaaaaand another



Here is a pic of the setup right before I drilled the hole for the wideband sensor. This made it very easy.


Welding the bung on



More in a few mins


John

 

Continued.....






BRAKES!!

I had purchased a M2/AP racing front BBK from Fritz Flynn. They arrived exactly as described. But I wanted to clean up the rotors a bit as they were covered in rust. I was not sure how to go about cleaning the rust off of the rotors when a few days ago I was looking in a tool catalog at work and there was a brake rotor finish hone. Seemed like a good product. So I ordered it. Here is a pic of the product



I took some before and after shots and I am Extremely happy with the way the rotors turned out.











Pictured is also a Racing Brake rear BBK I purchased that from allrotor93 again everything is as described. I did the same thing to those rotors as well







And here is a PIC with all of the rotors completed. Again, I am very happy with the results.




Let me know what you think. To clean up all 4 rotors front and back took about 30 mins. Very easy to do. You do need a lathe or something to spin the rotor though.



John

 

Rotors look alot better John almost there cant wait to ride in it!

 

The brake rotor refinishing hone looks like a tool I could use. What is the name of it? Id like to get one.

 

^ http://www.brushresearch.com/brushes.php?c1=6

I used the medium grit one.



John

 

wow, your friends welds are amazing !

 

Those welds on the manifold and down pipe do look really good. It's all in the details, man!

 

I definitely need to get some of Matt's welding on display in my engine bay

 

^ Rich, He's waitin' for the call. I'm going to have him "practice" on my intercooler piping in about 2 weeks.



John

 

Any serious DE Junkie or track guy should have Flex-Hone for their brake disks. A lot of various friction materials available on the market are not compatible with one another (I.E: Trying to bed X brand Race pads on disks that have Y brand race pads). A Flex-Hone will help clean the disks off so fresh pads can be re-bedded should you find brake pads that you like better than the ones you had before or frequently switch from soft street to race pads.

 

Brakes Pt. 2


This week I painted my front calipers. I am not sure if I like the color or the finish. It is VHT flat red. Looks much more like orange. I will probaly refinish them after deals gap.



After painting both calipers I installed them.

BEFORE


AFTER





I also installed the rear BBK as well.

BEFORE


AFTER





Just need some BNR's


John

 

I had some parts arrive Thursday and Friday. Big thanks to Rich, Dan, and to Bryan at BNR.

On Thursday the Sakebomb Dual oil coolers arrived. Thanks again Dan. They are 19 row and have the nylon braided race lines. Excellent packaging and fast shipping.



Friday was a monumental day. my BNR turbos arrived. Thank you Rich and Bryan. Bryan was able to finish these for me on Wednesday and ship them 2 day air to me so I could have them for Friday. I really appreciate it. These were packaged well and even had a diagram so the installer would know which studs go where on the turbos.





I also recieved my Braille Battery it is the carbon fiber version. I think it looks cool...... I like carbon. Compared to the odysey PC-680 this one blows it out of the water.



What is nice is the battery is shipped with a slip showing the performance. I do wish it showed what temp the test was performed at. I would guess room temp.






I also received a resonated midpipe i didn't take a pic though. I also received my tweak-it racing airpump delete pulley and also an RE-Speed oil filter pedistill.



John

 

Today I had t take the GRE exam so I had a half day off of work. I started off by installing the BNR turbos







I also installed the Y pipe and the vacuum lines as well as the tweakit racing pully but for some reasin i didnt take a pic.

After I installed the BNR's I went ahead and started tackling the task of installing the sakebomb dual oil coolers. I was really nervous about taking off the front bumper but found out it is really easy. I was pleasantly suprised. I do not know why it takes some people so long to remove it.

The pics are fairly self explanatory







LOL I have a big mess of parts. I have a question for the wheel fitment gurus... What do I need to make that 33x3.5 Wire wheel fit my fd? Will I need spacers? What size tire should I run with out it rubbing?



Here I am installing the oil cooler brackets. My girlfriend took the pic.



Dan, Is there something wrong with this .



More progress in a few mins.


John

 

And some more progress



I had also decided to change the bolts in my calipes to stainless because i think it looks better.

Before:


After:


Here is the motor ready to go in. I hope to have it running tomorrow so I can check for leaks then reinstall the bumper. After that; finish my gauge install and install the midpipe. I should be driving it towards the end of the week after I can fabricate my intercooler piping and get it welded up. Gotta get some miles on it before deals gap.






John

 

I like how you pulled the engine to do most of the mods. It's so much easier to inspect things and NOT having to work around the vehicle.