My turbo 24v alpine coupe

[mitchlevy7]

s362sxe is here....

and its too big. Its hitting the strut tower area... and the hood might not close.

Im going to see if I can put a flange spacer and raise it up like 1/4" because its sooo close.

Shes getting ceramic coated today and the 4" marmon flange should get here today as well. Might also try raising the passenger side of the motor a tad. Worst case scenario I may cut the flange off the manifold and bring it down some or put it at a better angle.

[mitchlevy7]

more parts, no progress!

Bought a fuel rail from 22rpd (go check them out www.22rpd.com), hybrid racing FPR, and all the fittings and lines to go to -6 from the firewall. Once I go to my "stage 2" of the build and run straight e85, ill run a surge tank and -8 lines but I really just want to get the car started and running.

A few weeks ago I went to install the new fuel pump.... went terribly. The one I ordered doesnt fit in the hanger well and I tried to desolder the wires and resolder the new wires on and just melted a bunch of plastic. Plus one of the studs for the level sender was broken. I think at this point im just going to get a new hanger assembly and put the 255lph kit I had originally back on as its enough to run the future surge tank anyways. One step forward, 2 steps back.

[mitchlevy7]

f**k photobucket. Company just got real greedy.

Bought the chase bays engine bay brake line kit so I don't have to fab in bay brake lines and vanos line along with a rebuilt vanos. Going to switch vanos and remove the cams to make sure all the headstuds are tight since it got heat cycled, and also doublecheck timing. Have a powdercoated m50 valve cover going on too in wrinkle black.

Also bought billet throttle cable things, magnetic oil drain plug, and antenna delete plug from garagtastic.

And I just drove up to NJ and bought a autopower race roll bar.

Going to switch turbos to the s362sx-e from borg warner. Thing is CRAZY cheap and ive only been hearing good things about it and it should give me room to grow. Going to run a small exhaust housing and then go to a bigger one when I need it.

Been spending too much time on my Fiesta. In the last 2 months went from coilovers to bags, and back to coilovers and now im switching coilovers.

[ngampleh]

My coworker took a few legit pics













Coilovers are all the way up. I may try and pull the fenders before i start cutting for flares.

Should be working on it for most of next week.

those wheels & tires looks badass!

[mitchlevy7]

Surprised that the rears are that close to fitting. With the way 16x9 ET15 with 225 on my car looks, I wouldn't have imagined that had a single hope.

Looks meaty

the pics make it look a little better than it is, the edge of the fender is still in the tread of the tire. I have the coilovers at max height for the sake of getting the car on the lift at the shop, so I am hoping once I lower it some camber will come into play. The subframe is raised 12mm so it won't be that much.

I cant run fender liners up front because the tire is already so close to everything. I can hit full lock just barley.

maybe ill get the car running this year =/

[Northern]

Surprised that the rears are that close to fitting. With the way 16x9 ET15 with 225 on my car looks, I wouldn't have imagined that had a single hope.

Looks meaty

[mitchlevy7]

Man, I love your build. Can you share the wheel/tire specs?

fronts are 16x9, et 14 with a 12 mm spacer
225/45/16 Toyo R888

rear are 16x10 et 2
245/45/16

Thanks!

[VitalkaE30]

Man, I love your build. Can you share the wheel/tire specs?

[mitchlevy7]

My coworker took a few legit pics













Coilovers are all the way up. I may try and pull the fenders before i start cutting for flares.

Should be working on it for most of next week.

[mitchlevy7]

Wheels are one. Buddy said the tires were a pain in the butt. Wouldnt seat because the sidewalls are so stiff. Didn't think the rears would look so bubbly but at the same time it looks super mean.

Going to need the flares I have sitting around.

got the uuc caliper on, one side stripped and they are sending me another one.

Form + Function. I think.

[CorvallisBMW]

Nice work on the welding! Looks beautiful :up:

[mitchlevy7]

from last week





from today.

Finished sealing them this week. Did a layer of sealant. Let it dry for 3 days and then did another layer. Don't want to risk a leak.

Tires saturday I hope. Moving this week and work is crazy busy.

[mitchlevy7]

terrible pic. Clear over the polish really dulled it but i think its worth it to keep them looking nice for years to come.

[mitchlevy7]

Another day of work complete

Also got a few things done this week too.

Welded up a new V-band on the turbo housing because the other one leaked and was shit. This interlocks and it is stainless. Welded the inside and outside.



Outside was even worse because the ceramic coat was getting in and I only wanted to sandblast that area. I think it will hold up pretty good.

Cleaned the carpet on the inside of the car and it turned out pretty good. Eventually I want to take it out, take some padding off and all the sound deadening underneath and then put it back, or not.

I got the AKG stage 2 shifter installed and DSSR made by someone on this site, I forget the name, quality piece. At first I torqued the bolts too tight, and the shifting was terrible. Loosened them up to about 20ft/lbs and WOW! I'm not usually the guy to have a $450 shifter setup but this is worth every penny.

In their "instuctions" it says that there are 3 holes. There are 2 holes that needed to be punched out and one stud. I took off the stud with pliers and drilled out the hole and pounded the square part of the bolt in. Seems firm.



Tried to get the harness into the 318is harness covers. First try...NOPE

Then i went wire cutting. Lots of it.
Deleted:
-All the wires going from the DME to the C101 that are not used (A/c and stuff)
-O2 sensor wiring as well as relay
-diagnostic connector (Standalone FTW)
-other round connector on the harness
-MAF sensor wiring
-EVAP wiring

Will try to get it all in the harness next time I get a chance

Order from ECS on the way and thinking about getting some new headlights to compliment the front end.

[mitchlevy7]

My GnT/RSI manifold made it in this week.



Today I blasted it in our signature "titan finish". It strengthens the welds and gives it a nice uniform finish.



I also put my mtech 1 wing together and put it on (or e28 technically)



Spent a decent amount of time working on the engine bay wiring. I deleted the ABS so I finished taking all that wiring out as well as the wheel speed sensors. I unwrapped all the wiring, cleaned it, took out some unneeded crap and I am about to put it back together with friction tape.