Money has been really tight not a lot done but here are a couple videos I wanted to share. This first one is just a drive around the block with street tires on the back.
This next one is just a burnout after I got married and includes a groomsmen in his 240sx ls2 swap. His car is the highlight and thought you guys would appreciate it.
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The flares are DTM Fiber Werkz.
I was originally going to get the dtm fiber werkz hood but they never replied to an email I sent them so I went with IE. The fitment isnt perfect. It kinda has bow in the middle. I wouldnt get this hood for a car that you want to look perfect. I imagine with rubber hood stops placed around the bottom of the hood you could get it to sit perfect, but that would take some time and work. The part that matters the most to me was the hood lines down the middle and those look really good to me. This is a picture of the underside.
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how is the fitment on the IE hood? i'm interested in picking one up.
also, if you have the time, could you snap a pic of the underside? i want to know if it's possible to mount the rear hood catches and just front two front pins.Leave a comment:
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Took forever to get some hood pins but I ended up ordering the Aero Catch. More than I wanted to spend but they looked really cool. I took my time because I had to line all 4 up perfectly and it came out great. They are a bit of an eyesore but I may paint them later. I had to also weld up my own bracket for the rear pins. I copied another guys idea on that Im not sure if it was on this site. Here are a few pictures. Also my new Carbotech brake pads came in Im really excited to see how those work out for me.
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Cool project! Building my own Alpine coupe for the track. Addicting, isn't it?!Leave a comment:
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IE fiberglass hood showed up today but my hood pins got lost in transit so I will have to find some locally. So using just a at home scale these are my numbers
-stock hood and front monting bar = 38lbs
-ie fiberglass hood =11lbs
-hood pins dont have
weight loss about 27lbs
The interesting part is right on IE website they say the hood is 14lbs.
Here is the picture of it just sitting in place for now.
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So this weekend I got to head down to pacific raceways and run a test n tune day.This was my 4th time here and im learning alot everytime I go. I normally run in the intermediate and was doing well all day. The last run of the day they stuck us with the advanced group so as we all headed to line up I got behind a nice m3 I had my eye on earlier to try and learn from by following or trying to atleast. By the end and on the way home I felt awesome had lots of compliments on the car. Once I got home and reveiwed the video I was very dissapointed and relized I left a lot on the track and my best run was about 1:40. I did have brake fade and was compression braking to help slow down also I didnt use up the track fully and missed lines. Im planning on finally figuring out some kind of brake ducting and maybe upgrade the pads. I also have a lap timer and will get that hooked up so I can get instant feedback on how Im doing and not just how im doing compared to the field. I must also mention it was a blast and love it out on the track. This is a video of the first 15 minutes of the last 30 min session.
Also I got my welded spare rear end back here is a picture of the inside.
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Im not sure what brand they are but they are 16X7 and have DP on the bolt cover that I never put on. I still have them as a back up or if I want to drive the car on the street and dont want to use up my good tires.
Thanks for the kind words it has been a long project and still going. As most of you probably already knew but I used way to much bondo on the roof and ended up spending forever sanding it down and learned my lesson but it is now finally finished. The car should be ready to plasti dip once the hood shows up.
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