Alex --- Daily Driven Track Abused----Road Race--Drift--Street Build----PICTURE HEAVY
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01-25-15, 01:47 AM
#32
Now that the car is done theres a couple things i have to finish up before hitting the dyno.
Up next is my ducting, 80% of cooling issues at can be solved by proper ducting and radiator/intercooler angle in vmount setups.
And now finishing the clear coat on the carbon pieces
Up next is my ducting, 80% of cooling issues at can be solved by proper ducting and radiator/intercooler angle in vmount setups.
And now finishing the clear coat on the carbon pieces
01-25-15, 02:05 AM
#33
Car is now ready for the dyno. Off to my buddies Fris shop/dyno at Lucky 7 Racing.Donuts for dyno time oooyeehh.
Long time friend and tuner Nelson Siverio about to put in some hours. Our goal is to make as much power we can safely put out in extreme track temperature conditions. Lucky for us that day was scorching. 110 degrees in the dyno 29% humidity. Pull after pull he kept fine tuning. I will later show how well my car has been driving on the track with zero issues. What we wanted out of the tune was a car that could lay solid power and not break 15-20 minutes in a race. Since the car was been built to compete in NASA. Anyone can raise the boost make 500hp but will that 500 hp let that motor last on an avg road race track where you are basically doing 7-9 dyno pulls every lap.
we made 385hp@ 19psi on 50/50 water/methanol on stock ports.
The first drive and wash I wanted to take pictures of her.
Long time friend and tuner Nelson Siverio about to put in some hours. Our goal is to make as much power we can safely put out in extreme track temperature conditions. Lucky for us that day was scorching. 110 degrees in the dyno 29% humidity. Pull after pull he kept fine tuning. I will later show how well my car has been driving on the track with zero issues. What we wanted out of the tune was a car that could lay solid power and not break 15-20 minutes in a race. Since the car was been built to compete in NASA. Anyone can raise the boost make 500hp but will that 500 hp let that motor last on an avg road race track where you are basically doing 7-9 dyno pulls every lap.
we made 385hp@ 19psi on 50/50 water/methanol on stock ports.
The first drive and wash I wanted to take pictures of her.
Last edited by Alex Rodriguez; 01-25-15 at 02:54 AM.
01-25-15, 03:09 AM
#35
Now the interior. Besides a complete black interior which I already had I needed to make door panels due to my cage design. Goal was simple make a flat 90s porsche style door panels and incorporate Miata door handles on them. One this i hate is the oem door handle its bulky and weird in flat panel door panels. Lets talk about safety wise with door bars. In an accident you wont be able to reach it and even worse if you have a broken rib or arm. Since I am keeping full interior I had to make my own. Thats where B2A came in measured the doors to make a CAD for me and sent them to a company that does water jet cutting and bends. After that I went to a local upholstery shop and they made my door panel skins to my design.
Since my seats dont have head restraints window nets had to go up.
Since the car will be tracked in california summers here can get pretty hot. Allstarperformance helmet blower with my custom ice cooler solves the heat issues. Kartek supplied me with the custom mounts for the blower as well.
Since my seats dont have head restraints window nets had to go up.
Since the car will be tracked in california summers here can get pretty hot. Allstarperformance helmet blower with my custom ice cooler solves the heat issues. Kartek supplied me with the custom mounts for the blower as well.
Last edited by Alex Rodriguez; 01-25-15 at 03:11 AM.
01-25-15, 03:15 AM
#36
Safety is paramount. I wanted a fire extinguisher that i could reach and was quick release. Boom
Old momo out new Suede in
01-25-15, 04:22 AM
#42
Time to get corner balanced and alignment by Gilbert at massimo power
Since i was building the car to fall under NASA ST2 i had to make sure i was over 2900lbs with me in it. We manage to top the scales at 2910lbs with me and all my gear and full fuel.
And back to Lucky7racing so i can do a few adjustments and install the Pineapple racing BT pulley
Load up now gotta be at the track tomorrow for the first shakedown!
Since i was building the car to fall under NASA ST2 i had to make sure i was over 2900lbs with me in it. We manage to top the scales at 2910lbs with me and all my gear and full fuel.
And back to Lucky7racing so i can do a few adjustments and install the Pineapple racing BT pulley
Load up now gotta be at the track tomorrow for the first shakedown!
01-25-15, 04:36 AM
#44
Photography by Cali Photography and others on the track that day. I manage to run 1:54 consistent on 3 sessions but kept having issues with oil blow by. Since i had a small catch and only 1 -6AN line its not enough. I later hit up Ihor at IRP and he hooks me up with a -10AN port unit, I also made a -10AN fitting on the rear iron and ran two -10AN lines to the catch tank. NO MORE BLOWBY also not bad for a car that was built 4 months to this moment and on its first track day manages to run outstanding
Mocal thermostat did its job oil temps were solid.
NO MORE PRETTY PAINT
Track use!
Mocal thermostat did its job oil temps were solid.
NO MORE PRETTY PAINT
Track use!
Last edited by Alex Rodriguez; 01-25-15 at 04:40 AM.
01-25-15, 04:47 AM
#45
No more oil blow by issues. IRP oil filler neck with vent in the rear iron running the -10AN hose overthe top of the motor and to the catch. It will fill maybe 1/4 to 1/2 of oil in the whole day.
landed a sweet deal from Ken at shine auto for my Carbon rear diffuser ,vortex generator, and side generators. Also added bonus the tail lip wing!
landed a sweet deal from Ken at shine auto for my Carbon rear diffuser ,vortex generator, and side generators. Also added bonus the tail lip wing!
01-26-15, 12:14 PM
#50
I don't know your credentials so excuse me if this is a dumb question, but have you ever considered opening your own shop? You've done some excellent work on this build that people would pay good money for. I'm definitely taking notes for my upcoming FC track car build. Good stuff!