Well since I was in the tinkering mood, I decided to get out the sheet metal brake to make a heat shield to go in between the intake and the turbo/down-pipe out of some thin aluminum. I will be using some self adhesive heat shielding plates to put on the "hot" side of the shield. This is what I thinking in terms of the heat shielding....
http://store.summitracing.com/partde...art=DEI-050501


The shield


It will go here...

 

Here is the mock up of the shield.

 

Went to work on the flares tonight......

 

Nice sev dude. You gonna paint the flares or leave them black?

You should try and get it sitting a bit lower that would look sick!

How much clearence do you have with the inside of those wheels and the springs/shocks?

 

Thanks,

For now I am just going to paint them satin black however I do have enough paint to color match them, I just do want to do it now. The ride height is going to be a bit lower, I had them raised up because last time I set them it was for getting traction. Its also sitting a little higher because the 3rd gen tranny is out of the car.

 

Got to work on the rears a bit.

 

Got it running again with the new transmission, and also lowered the car to sit better.

 

nice work man!
one day ill be there...one day.
still trying to find a 13b rew.

 

Nice.

 

subscribed

 

Thanks for the complements guys!


Here is what the heat shield turned out like.




Tonight I put the passenger seat in and the shift light.

 

i have to see more vids of this car!!!
i looks F&*KING amazing!

 

Thanks! I will try and get some interstate vids up, I keep on forgetting to bring my camera.


I went to APE and had a tip welded on to deflect some of the exhaust off of my bumper.

 

very nice, good job sir!

 

More pictures please!

 

nice race car

 

what about a turbo "beanie" and wrapping that downpipe as well? I did that to my brother's 79 and made a world of difference

 

I have already wrapped the down pipe, however I don't want to put a "beanie" on the turbo because it is only oiled cooled.

Here are a couple pics of the fender cutting/welding, boost controller installed, and the down-pipe wrap.





Fenders after cutting/slotting



Spot welding



Seam sealed after painting (after the sealer dried I painted the area again)

 

Fing AWSOME!! i may have missed it, but whats the purpose of the car? jusfor fun or purpose built? also, how well did the ZG flares fit? did you just manipulate them with a heat gun? do you have any close up pics of the bolts you used to mount them?

im so jealous

 

where's the radio?

 

The fender flares are looking o' so sweet......This is turning out really nice.

 

looking really sweet there .. don't know how i've missed this thread before

 

This is an awesome build up thread. I hope to apply some of the aspects of this project that you have done to your beautiful A body to my FC. Excellent work! Great taste aswell.

 

Here is a clip of it the night before I got some bad gas...... running low boost at 11psi.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjJ9HYpDFi8

 

HOLY **** STAIN OF JUSTICE!!! OMG mang this fb is beyond words! Wow! Amazing JOB!!! more pics and vids please!