FD budget..ish track day build

DieselDakota · 03-30-2015, 12:41 PM

here's some pics I dug up of the install into my friends car.
It was done pretty quick, I think I can do a better job

Back to my build
started cleaning and painting various battery acid tainted parts.

not my best work but they will hold the intercooler well enough and they are hidden so, good enough. they are ugly but the pictures make them look far worse.

I figure with the power steering and AC gone this could be a good place for a battery, is it bad for a battery to be that close to the engine/ heat? Present time edit: I went with a better plan for the battery

got the bumper mostly cut away to fit, might still take a little trimming. I don't like how small the bumpers airflow path is, it only exposes a small chunk of the intercooler to airflow and the rad is even taller. Tempted to just cut away alot of the bumper lol, but that would be haggard and look like shit.

got a new boot and the steering rack put back in. I think it needs an alignment pretty bad now lol.
spent the rest of today trying to get my rad mounts figured out. got them tacked in place then decided I didn't like how low it was so I raised them at the last minute and welded everything in. they are still lower then the bottom of the front bumper but they are higher then the rest of the bottom of the car.

with the start of next week, well maybe even tomorrow afternoon, I have to get back to real life,school etc. So tomorrow will probably be putting as much together as I can and rolling it out the door followed by a massive clean up. I'm the guy who pulls stuff out when I need it and doesn't put anything back until I'm done, so I have tools spread out everywhere as well as both useless and needed parts.

hopefully tomorrow I can get the top rad brackets and rad hoses figured out.

03-30-2015, 12:41 PM	#5
DieselDakota The Newbie Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 29 Rep Power: 0	here's some pics I dug up of the install into my friends car. It was done pretty quick, I think I can do a better job Back to my build started cleaning and painting various battery acid tainted parts. not my best work but they will hold the intercooler well enough and they are hidden so, good enough. they are ugly but the pictures make them look far worse. I figure with the power steering and AC gone this could be a good place for a battery, is it bad for a battery to be that close to the engine/ heat? Present time edit: I went with a better plan for the battery got the bumper mostly cut away to fit, might still take a little trimming. I don't like how small the bumpers airflow path is, it only exposes a small chunk of the intercooler to airflow and the rad is even taller. Tempted to just cut away alot of the bumper lol, but that would be haggard and look like shit. got a new boot and the steering rack put back in. I think it needs an alignment pretty bad now lol. spent the rest of today trying to get my rad mounts figured out. got them tacked in place then decided I didn't like how low it was so I raised them at the last minute and welded everything in. they are still lower then the bottom of the front bumper but they are higher then the rest of the bottom of the car. with the start of next week, well maybe even tomorrow afternoon, I have to get back to real life,school etc. So tomorrow will probably be putting as much together as I can and rolling it out the door followed by a massive clean up. I'm the guy who pulls stuff out when I need it and doesn't put anything back until I'm done, so I have tools spread out everywhere as well as both useless and needed parts. hopefully tomorrow I can get the top rad brackets and rad hoses figured out.