Well I am in the process of going single and my car has been sitting collecting dust for about the past month and a half. Finally went over and washed her so I could take some pictures. As far as progress on the single conversion its all done just waiting to get some engine bay parts back from my coater so expect pictures of the engine bay next weekend. Please comment and let me know what you think of her progress shes coming together beautifully and i honestly couldnt be prouder to call her mine. IM going to lower the rear about 1/2 inch and the front about 1 inch. Havent put the center caps on because the rims are coming back off to put on the SS brake lines I just got. Waiting on 99 spec carbon fiber front lip and the re-street diffuser shine just finished in carbon fiber. Thanks for looking and reading.

Chris

 

Very interesting paint combination..Sounds like you are doing some good work though.Question:What sleek headlight kit is that??It's very nice.

 

looks nice, can you take some more pics of the doors and the inside of the doors?

i think they are c-west headlights

 

Yeah im going to be taking the panels off in the next week or so to put some new speakers in so i can take some more pictures of the doors. As far as the paint scheme its not paint its carbon fiber I get that alot though its hard to tell without the right lighting. And yes they are c-west lights.

Chris

 

lookin good....
how was the car before(stock...shell..)
are you painting the car....
if so what color you going with...

brad

 

THose are some hot hot wheels, compliments your car really well!!!

 

Nice! Maybe I can come by and look at the car next week!

 

how is the fitment with all the carbon fiber?

 

Trispeed if you are in town and would like to come by and look at it just let me know. As far as fitment with the carbon fiber the only piece I had problems with was the passenger fender. Everything else fit very well with minor fixxings. As far as how the car was when i started well here are some pictures of what it look like when i picked it up in december. Thanks

Chris

 

Well, I get out of the navy next week and will be living in Lathrop (209). We go to fremont pretty often, so I wouldn't mind meeting up, and kickin it, since I will need to get to know most of the norcal rotary guys. I'll just swap info with you next week. I might have a Welcome home BBQ and you're invited to come over!

 

Ahh! So you got it! You just beat me to purchasing this car... I had to get access to a truck and trailer for a weekend before I could put a deposit down. Right when I got access you had just bought the car!

Glad to see it went to someone who rebuilt it. Does it run well?

 

Car runs great motor is very strong ran bolt ons at 12 lbs and made 322 just finishing up my single conversion well see what i can make now. Yeah i went and looked at the car as was like its mine! lol

Chris

 

Well Im just finishing up all the little things. Here are some updated pictures. Feels good to have everything coming together. I cant seem to find a carbon fiber bumper which I like so i think Im just going to get a carbon front lip but I think it would be nice to finish up the front end in carbon. Little detail pieces i still need to get for the engine bay...Red radiator hoses, new filter little stuff like that. Thanks for reading and looking.

Chris

 

I'm not a big fan of carbon fiber aside from it's obvious weight advantages and that it doesn't get door dings...

BUT - nonetheless, you've brought the most beautiful car back from the dead. Props to you. Glad to see it will live another day.

Nice looking engine bay too. I like the black.

 

Shes lookin real nice and it looks like she came along way. Keep it up and if u find some more carbon bits (fenders & doors) let me know. Very nice work.

 

Been a while since i gave an update.... Tore down the engine bay pretty much have it as a roler right now was going to sell it but decided to keep her around for a little havent decided what im going to do, 20b,ls1, or back to 13b. Got some more parts for the outside just put on my gt3 mirrors and wing both carbon fiber along with my new rims enkie rpf1 18x10 front 18x10.5 rear. Here are some pictures I took today. Thanks for lookin...

Chris

 

You could always step the carbon look up a notch. How about wrapping the rest of the body in real carbon sheets then clearcoat it for a nice smooth gloss finish?

I had a friend that covered his20B JC Cosmo dash in real carbon sheets and it came up looking amazing. he has sold that now and is putting a 20B into his 2006 RX8!

PS I love your wheels!

 

Well been lazy lately havent really worked on the car in a while got over there today to take care of some projects I wanted to start. Spent a good 5 hours in the back with a heat gun and a scraper trying to get all the crap in the back up. Still got a ways to go but hey its coming along. Been looking for the two pods i want for the past year and finally got them not sure if Im goign to keep the gauges yet. Hopefully ill be putting something back in the engine bay in the next three weeks.

 

I like the weight advantage of the carbon fiber, however I think it looks a bit silly not painted. I personally hate the Cwest headlights, especially even more so without the entire kit. Just different taste I guess, I think the headlights look cheap and "ricy". I think it looked better wingless, the wing is just too much.

Don't take any of this the wrong way, just personal opinion. Clean car, though. The old pics from the single kit looked nicely done and very clean.

Don't sell it!! Trust me, you'll regret it!

 

cops are going to pull you over for having too much carbon

 

nevermind

 

*** lol or because it looks like a race car!!! lol

 

I esp like the doors/fenders in carbon. Looks great, can't wait to see a engine in there!

 

Well its been a long time coming.... Since the last tear down I have been accumulating parts and got my motor rebiult and ported... Motor finally got finished this week Ill try to post up some pics as well of the progression but it should be coming together here in the next month or two... I have most the parts to put it back together just not rushing and going to take the time to go over everything... Now the parts list...

Motor/Fuel/Cooling:
Large Streetport
CJ fuel rails w/ 720/1600 injectors
Dual fuel pump
Aeromotive Fuel filter with all -6 lines
Aeromotive FPR
FJO Injector driver
Ceramic chrome(LIM,UIM,Water pump housing, Thermostat housing)
Polished(Throttle body,alt, pulleys, water pump, Greddy elbow)
SS OMP lines
Banzai motor mounts
Banzai oil pan brace
Rob bailey solenoids
Black silicon vacuum
Koyo Radiator
Fighter garage polished AST

Turbo/IC/Exhaust:
Black satin cermaic manifold
BNR Stage 3
SMB Downpipe w/ resonator
straight midpipe
5 Zigen dolphin tail exhaust w/ resonator
Greddy 3 row IC for v-mount
Custom Intake w/ K@N Filters
Tial BOV

Suspension/Wheels/Drivetrain:
Stance Coilovers
Derlin Bushings
Enkie RPF1 F18x10 R18x10.5

Exterior:
Full CF RE ADGT kit
CF Doors
CF Hatch
CF Gt3 Mirrors
CF RE Street Diffuser
CF GT3 Rear wing
CF C-west head lights

Electronics:
Greddy Turbo Timer
Greddy Profec B spec ii boost controller
Defi Water temp, Oil Temp, Boost w/ controller

On the waiting list or need to get list:
PFC
HKS twin power
Tripoint front sway bar
Flex lite fans
FJO water/meth kit
Defi Fuel Pressure
Defi Oil Pressure
Wideband

Thats all I can think of right now... Im very excited to get this thing back together my goal is to try and hit the 420 mark seq. i have been thinking about going e-85 but the closest place to hear that has it is like 150 miles away... I have to go clean my garage out in a little so maybe I can snap some shots of all the pieces Thanks for reading..

Chris

 

Here are some pictures of some of the goodies...







All the polished stuff is going to be hit with a nice buffing wheel and the cermaic chromed stuff is going to all be cleaned up as well. Cant wait to see what it looks like all together...

Chris