That a boy! Congrats bud! Really shows that if you work on something long enough you can get it done! Cant wait to see some numbers!

 

exhaust sounds very good
congrats on finishing up the car
-Ben Martin

 

sweet deal, great car, makes me jealous, mines gonna be nowhere near that neat

 

the more reason for me to wonder why me na turbo isnt firing up....

 

but good job!

ps.i wouldnt mind gettin some tips from whoever that has done this

 

Woo!

Congrats Aaron. Just read everything, downloaded the video, and watched. I like some of the comments in the video too.

"What's that rattling and vibration sound, exhaust?"
"Who the hell knows"

Haha, very amusing. Sounds good too and glad to see you finally finished your project.

 

wow. nice write up! very impressive. thats one cool car.



~Steve

 

Cheers to you brotha, Congrats!

 

"Ahh, no brakes"

really nice work Aaron!!!

 

Very nice work on the car, sounds crazy good on the exhaust note too. post more vids once your done break-in!! And get a haircut. haha j/k.

Also, i noticed that your driving around with no breaks, or insurance on the car. Not even any plates for ***** and giggles . I am now disregarding any and all of your posts regarded safey. hahaa.

 

Congrats!!

 

Thanks too all for the encouraging comments! It's been years since I've heard this car run and to get it going now (even though there's only a month or two of driving left before the snow) is very exciting. I certainly appreciate all the positive response from everyone. There are still issues to be sorted out before I drive it, namely the leaks and the final tasks like setting the timing and getting a reasonable idle (and it's getting cold in the mornings so that cold start is going to be important).


I'm not sure how keen I am on the "center console" look in cars, but the more I think about it, the more I like your idea. Another option would be to use a black idiot cluster surround and then mould them into one piece. For now, a little trimming at the front of the pod and a little plastic/felt trim will make things look a lot better. The annoyance right now is the gap between the curved sections of the dash and the flat gauge pod.

Mainly because I saves me the trouble of fabricating a new manifold at the moment. Since I already had the exhaust spacer and knew it would fit, I figured I would just use the stock turbo until the engine is broken in since I wouldn't be under boost much until then anyway. Making the downpipe and turbo outlet pipe were no big deal so there won't be much labour to repeat when I upgrade. This gives me the whole winter to come up with a manifold design that puts the turbo where I want it without having to constantly look out the garage at the nice driving weather I am missing.

You mean the stock steering wheel?

The only damn way I have found to stop the resevoir from leaking. If I get time, I will eventually make a metal resevoir that attaches with AN fittings.

I looked at some of those, but they all violate my "do no harm" mentality. Each one requires removal or relocation of some stock feature. The DIN pod is an option but that means either loosing my heater vents or the area below my stereo (which I use for switches). And it means that to check the gauges you must take your eyes off the road.

All body kits suck.

Yeah, the car is filthy. Incidentally that's the dirtiest it's ever been...

The rattle was one of the mufflers banging the heat shield. While we were bleeding the brakes I bent the shields out of the way...The idea was to make the video as cheesy as possible and I think I came close!

Yeah, I considered not posting that. But honestly there's no harm in once around the block in my quiet neighbourhood. Rest assurred that before the car is driven out of the driveway again it will be fully insured and plated.

 

its times like this you realize aaron cake is one radical dude...

 

IT only took me a minute or two. There were some really good speeds on that server - I was seeing over 500 KB/sec for part of it.
And on the gauges, that seems reasonable. I'm going to get the 3-gauge cluster and relocate idiot clock myself. I'm going to have gauges for all of the important stuff that has warning lights, so it will me more or less useless. I also don't have switches in the bottom din slot, I keep them in the panel in between the center bin and shifter. I suspect you have more than me though....

 

congrats man! You did a damn fine job on your project and it shows. So I noticed you made a comment about the throttle body not being a responsive as you had hoped. Whats that all about?

 

Great Job Man! I have alot of respect for someone who can do such a variaty of technical work by themselves, its not easy. Even if you are Canadian Congrats, or should I say, Cheers!

 

Sex on wheels...

 

Holy crap, Geddy Lee has a kid...lol JK

Congrats Aaron, glad to see her running. What kind of #'s are you expecting or hoping for from this setup?

Chris

 

i do like that you made it realistic, most people cut out all the problems they run into during a build up. no matter how experienced a mechanic there is always bound to be bugs to work out after doing extensive work.

 

That intake manifold...oh that intake manifold! Good work Aaron.

 

Congratulations Aaron, glad to see its finally running!

 

I happen to love that stock steering wheel
I can't wait to see what is gonna happen after you break in the engine.

 

damn man...excellent work I wish I could do all of that haha

 

amazing...i wanna be more aaron cake when i grow up....seriourly....increadible work

 

So is that the stock steering wheel from all s4's, or just some models? I had honestly never even seen one until last week when I went to a new junkyard. I guess the rest just had the steering wheels removed or other steering wheels.