jesus brian , the tank's killer! BTW , have you talked your boy into ditching that LS he has ? :rofl: he's gotta let go and see the light!!

No can do...I have an exam that Friday :(

:rofl: I know, I got outside and Alex made a comment like, I guess he got excited ;)

Weather is killing us right now. Be busted ass to get a bunch of shit done so wwe wouldn't need to be outside for a few days. Still though, it's nice to have the option but we won't till Monday or Tuesday. It's just nasty out.

Sweet man! Glad to hear it. Sucks about the INS though. THey always pull that crap. sucks that it was after the fact. Usually they wait until the surgery is schedualed, and you're all set, then they drop the bomb. Happened to my buddy a few months ago. He was all set for an ACL replacement and 2 days before hand they denied the whole claim. Took three months to get it straigtened out.

You've got to make it next year Tyler. You should drive out too ;)

I gotta tell you T, I LOVE the dash. Its fantastic. I would definately go with it. I mounted it in a rather different way. Many years ago I replaced my stick dash with some Autometer gauges. I built a dash out of steel (I make them out of AL as well) to replace the stock dash. The Autometers drop right in. Works well but real estate is limited. For the AIM dash I built the same basic dash with a few tweaks to accomodate the AIM. So it bolts into the factory location, is at the factory depth and is just AWESOME. The programability of it is unsurpassed, I love the warning lights, the fact that you can display so much, toggle back and forth between channels. Lap times, mileage, speed, tach, adjustable shift points, warning lights for anything that you wany, it's just one of the greatest things.

Mounting it to the steering wheel would be a challenge, but certainly not impossible. Do it man, you won't regret it.

I'm playing with the idea of putting on in the FD, although I don't really think it will look as good. I may get some other digital display for the the FD mounted under the radio and replace the factory gauges with something a bit more accurate. Haven't decided yet. THe FD's dash is just gorgeous though.

Did I mention the warning lights and to DO IT!

Thanks man. I was pleased with those beads :D

Thanks Chris, I've been trying for a long time now. I make about a dozen comments a day about the thing, but he won't let go. Last night even he said something about the dark side being strong, and that he's confused that I haven't joined, seeing as how I am pure eveil

Take it early, you know you want to ;)

FML part three:

my rear trailing plug threads are jacked, it murdered my one plug trying to get it in...im praying i have a tap that big to repair the threads

and i was literally seconds away from fireing it up

on a side not... i have another minor little FML... i went to crank the engine to let the oil circulate...i get out the car and see light in the rear...apparently i connected something wrong which makes my reverse lights light when im not in reverse hahaha

oh btw I installed the seats earlier and just had to sit in them with all the new stuff i have in my cockpit.......it was one of the greatest feelings ever :)

im jealous of all your cool tools...

well if its not one thing its another, fixed the spark plug issue....but now i cant get her to fire up....for some reason the starter isnt getting the juice to spin the engine fast enough i think......either that or the starter is on its way out

idk....this rain sucks, makes it near impossible to work on the car

She lives!!!!!

So any updates Brian?

I am excited to see some more progress :)

you know hes making killer progress when hes not online

for sure lol :)

just thought i would put up this quickie, seats came out amazing just like always thanks again brian
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n.../Photo0135.jpg

Looks awesome Dave, glad you likey.

I WISH I was making killer progress on my car, truth be told I haven't touched it for a week now. Been working solely on Alex's car and a big side job that I've got. I'm basically screwed becuase I have no parts. Waiting on coils, injectors, some sort of wheel speed sensor, and my trans and rear end.........

I'm taking a trip to my guru on Wednesday with hubs, reluctors, and rotors in tow to lock down a custom solution to the wheel speed sensor thing. I don't understand what everyone is bitching about regarding these ABS sensors. I have a rear swingarm with the sensor and wheel in it and when I went to pull it today, the fucker fell out. No-one can get them out and mine jumped off the hub at me. I had to swat it down......

So it looks like I'll be building my own reluctor wheels/modifying the stockers and going with a hall effect sensor. Sigh.....

So I doubt I'll have any updates until the end of the weekend, IFF I'm lucky.

yikes...well im sure you and your favorite drink will have plenty of time together, and you will pull it off

btw, when do you want the parts?

Even the mighty take weeks off :) I'm sure you'll get the car back together. I pretty much gave up on the remote idea of having anything done until after dgrr, lol....

:rofl: Yeah, we're saving all the caffine and making a count right before Deals to see how much Mt Dew and Red Bull was consumed over the course of these 2 builds.

Which parts again? Meh mind ain't what it used to be :rofl:

I wish I had taken weeks off, working just as hard, more allnighters, just not making any progress on my own car. I need parts. I haven't gotten any of the parts that I've been waiting for in weeks, driving me INSANE!!!!!!!!!!!!:banghead:

the hatch, diff, and door handle..i think that was it

How'd alex's ride turn out so far - keeping that one off the internets for now?

She's in color. I told his ass to get on this forum and make a build thread. He's too busy stroking his pistons.

Because I need a place to host these
 

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http://rotarycarclub.com/rotary_foru...1&d=1269461144

http://rotarycarclub.com/rotary_foru...1&d=1269461144

youre workin on your fd right now ya?

Negatory, that's a pic of my FC. Firzen here is the man, that is all. We're trading spindles hopefully in my quest for TC. I found an off the shelf sensor that drops right the fuck in. RIGHT THE FUCK IN, jsut need wheels now

If you needed spindles all you had to do was ask. I have 7 or 8 pairs, a couple are ABS with factory sensors. Don't know if stock sensors will work with your Racelogic(?) though.

Protip: Are you doing wheel bearings while you're in there? If so cut some disks out of 3/16 plate and weld them to the races and hammer them out from the back. I can get the disk diameters if you want them.

boooo

FD uses double wishbone suspension in the front

brian is ignoring me :( lol

I too have a set of spindles off an abs model... just sitting here, lol..

im sure that was a fail on my part... i didnt really LOOK at the picture. i was just thinkin back to when he was showin the pics of the one he picked up and thought he was workin on it... my bad:(

lol no worries man, we cant know everything, its one of the reasons were on these forums to begin with

:rofl: Seriously!!! Scott I posted classified ad's here and on the evil foru, BEGGING for ABS sensors :smilielol5: I will need another pair though. And I'm plumbing a Hall effect signal strait into the MoTeC via custom sensor and I'm looking into getting a custom trigger wheel waterjetted out.

I'll definately take another set of ABS spindles though. I'll hit you up, I MIGHT be passing through your hood on Sat when i pick up my trans

Huh???? Whatchu talkin 'bout?

Just saw this- I can work with those.

Yeah, sorry about that man, I dunno why I hosted them here, but didn't put them in the PM.... been one of those days. Well, yesterday was one of those days :rofl:

Fixord :o11:

It's getting worked out slowly but it is.


I've already done that drive a few times. Never in the FD that would take dedication lol. We'll see what happens next year car should be 400hpish by then.

you asked me which parts i was talking about and i told you lol

Ah, I'm sorry man.... talking with Alex, we're not sure :rofl: Getting the glass back is gonna be tough. i told him to drive to you with no glass on his car.... he didn't really like that.

Honestly, I don't know. Was supposed to go to Daves to get my trans on Sat, thought it would be a good time then, but that appears not to be happening now so honestly, I'm not sure...... Do you need them gon e anytime soon?

nah not really, just wanted to make sure you didnt forget about them

its a bummer about daves shop, i heard hes running into some setbacks, which sucks because im about 150 miles away from my 500 mark...so im just about ready for a tune

Yeah, I spoke to him today, I feel really bad, I wish there was something that I could do to help him out. I'll hopefully be out there Saturday, probab Tues to get my new 6spd WOOT!!!!!!! Machinist came through! Finished it up today!

Frankenwankel - 323ftlbs torque, 405 RWHP, Sequential Twin Turbo 6spd....... yeah baby...

yea i gotta give him a call, need to at least get an idea of when is good for him to stop by for a tune, plus i need to ask him about some future ideas i have for some future projects lol

on another note i would like to go over what exactly is going to happen about these parts and my exhaust being welded, im not in any rush but i would like to figure out how everything is going to work.....ummm...

ohh i knew i was forgetting something....whats going on with the stickers?? now that the car is running i wana show off who did all my fancy welds

boo.....TC????

Why? Use your foot!

Best thing to do is get in touch with him, I feel horrible, wish I could help, offered up a room for him & Kim @ DGRRX, you should try to convince him of the same.

This upcoming week is do or die for me so I'm expecting 14-16 hrs a day to be devoted to the FC. I should have a ton of parts in Monday..... My shop is setup for painting but we can fit your FD in there and get the work done there in a matter of a few hours. Poweder Coating and all. I would say sometime the week of 4/5 we'll have the time. So I guess next week/end we'll figure out exactely when works.

:rofl: Thanks, & I dunno, as far as I know, the files are ready and Alex is shopping printing shops. We'll have 'em in time for Deals for sure.

If you've got 350 miles on her already, how are the seats treating you?

I've gone through my datalogs after some tight auto-x's and my TP was always hanging around 30-40%, and I would hit boost ONLY on some of short straits, most of the time I was in vac. TC will end that.

Foot control is fine if you're driving a 176rwhp FC or a 105 fwGp honduh.... not so effective when boost builds as quick and torque is as low as is with my car. Tires are also a big factor, I need better ones. The new RT615k's are out and they ain't cheap..... I dunno what I'm going to do about tires.... I don't even know what rims to put them on. I think I may rock the Works for street duty... dunno... prob make a poll to see which the majority likes more.