[Skidmarcx]

Wow this is impressive so far

 

[Dr. Design]

Looks good. Looking forward to seeing this beast on the track!

 

[Junior1]

UPDATE * 9/14/2012 *

Just got a couple of teaser pics from the shop...

The car is off the lift, washed up and driving on its own
The windshield support bars were installed and getting ready to install the front & rear lexan

 

[crankedupforit]

Lovely. Well done.

 

[HAMSTAR]

You are building one hell of a hard-core daily driver. It's starts with UMI mounts, folks, and ends with this...

 

[Rollbar]

Great project.How much does car weigh wet with no driver?

 

[Junior1]

Great project.How much does car weigh wet with no driver?

Should have the figures in another week or so...

 

[Junior1]

UPDATE * 9/18/2012 *

Had a track day at NJMP with a friend and Aaron Povoledo so I decided to stop by the shop.
The rear bulkhead is now completely finished and painted.
Both Front and Rear lexan has had the edges painted black and are installed
They did some grip tape in the foot wells and clear protective tape by the door bars.
Also, since the steering wheel trim was scratched, I had them remove the buttons on the left and relocate them. I can now toggle through my guages again.
Just some odds and ends left before we go to corner-weight and dyno...

 

[Junior1]

UPDATE * 9/21/2012 *

Tuned and Dyno'd today... 401 hp and 376 tq
Weight is 3366 lbs
Aligned, corner weighted, and ride height was adjusted

 

[Skidmarcx]

Sure did lighten that thing up... Turned out sweet!

 

[Junior1]

Sure did lighten that thing up... Turned out sweet!

Still got some room to go too

 

[crankedupforit]

Lookin great Chris!

 

[jclayc]

wow, looks great but, more than that - WOW, that's light!

 

[Junior1]

wow, looks great but, more than that - WOW, that's light!

I'm gonna need to lighten up the driver now too
You would think adding that cage would have negated it but...The stock front seats are like 60-80lbs a piece, I got rid of that anchor of a clutch/flywheel. The TD wheels are lighter, the 2 piece rotors helped and switching to lexan helped alot. The best part is there are still some things I can do

 

[crankedupforit]

Chris
You're running headers only right? Nice dyno numbers for only headers. What does ST2 allow in the V?

 

[Junior1]

Correct that is headers, no cats, and magnaflow. ST2 is pretty open. If my math is correct I have some room for improvement. The horsepower to weight ratio is 8.7. The way I added the adjusments it puts me over a little bit which means I can add horsepower, take off weight, or both. My plan was to go as light as I can make it and then add horsepower to get as close to 8.7 as possible. Heads and Cam are definitely in the cards and if I play it right down the road a dog ring box can make it in

 

[Guest]

Correct that is headers, no cats, and magnaflow. ST2 is pretty open. If my math is correct I have some room for improvement. The horsepower to weight ratio is 8.7. The way I added the adjusments it puts me over a little bit which means I can add horsepower, take off weight, or both. My plan was to go as light as I can make it and then add horsepower to get as close to 8.7 as possible. Heads and Cam are definitely in the cards and if I play it right down the road a dog ring box can make it in

Good idea to get the weight down before you add power. Less weight will let you push harder in the corners.

 

[FuzzyLogic]

Hey Junior, have you considered a 16 volt battery?

 

[Junior1]

Hey Junior, have you considered a 16 volt battery?

Out of the batteries I checked on it seemed the Braille one that I bought was lighter @ 21lbs. The only ones I found that weighed less were full blown lithium ion and the prices were a little too crazy. They weighed next to nothing tho.

 

[crankedupforit]

I'm gonna need to lighten up the driver now too
You would think adding that cage would have negated it but...The stock front seats are like 60-80lbs a piece, I got rid of that anchor of a clutch/flywheel. The TD wheels are lighter, the 2 piece rotors helped and switching to lexan helped alot. The best part is there are still some things I can do

I'm assuming the AC compressor is gone right?