1970 2002 Factory Restoration

[JeLani]

that hood badge is actuallly pretty sick

[knuklehead92]

updatezzz

Added some fancy gold jamz



15inch BBS RS faces came in...



test fit is very tight fit but i think i can make it work, still debating of stepping it up to a 16 or 17.... ill sleep on it..........



Valve Adjustment



Repainted the valve cover



Drilled some holes in the valve cover baffle, to prevent oil getting into the pcv that blows into the intake manifold. So during left hand sweepers and elevation changes oil would get sucked up there and burn it into white smoke. At the new track near me Dominion Raceway, I was smoking screening everyone behind. Very common for S2000 engines.



pic from s2ki forum



New Mr.sideways Radiator w/ 3 inch core, different design than my previous radiator. Rather than flowing top to bottom on the hot and cold side. It flows across then down then back across.





I also started on duct work to force the air through the radiator.



pic of it done and I also added a Peterson Catch Can



GF bought me new badges!!! COT dam she is pretty cool...






First test was Road Atlanta @ Gridlife, I must say it was a bad ass event! Def go again











Supercharged frs and K swapped miata























One of the scariest track I've been to so far, there were 11 wrecks that weekend. I went off about 4 times and spun out at Turn 7. I did let my buddy drive my car and he also spun out at turn 7 and almost caused an accident. Lesson 1 never let anyone drive your own car unless its a pro-driver.

I didn't get to lay down a fast time which was sad but I will be back.
Next steps are shaving more weight and adding aero with some dtm styling.

[rzerob]

I love this thing

Ditto.

[IronFreak]

I love this thing

[knuklehead92]

updatezzzzzz

I made a 3.5 inch intake with a vibrant 6 inch velocity stack and filter. It was grabbing way to much hot air from the fan.











Finally made that leap and bought an AEM infinity 6 and got it tuned!







Pretty good number for stock engine.







stay tuned more coming

[knuklehead92]

How much of the gallon did you use to paint the car?

About half, I still have a bunch left. If you are going to use it, make sure the surface is very clean if not you will get rust forming underneath.

[F34R]

How much of the gallon did you use to paint the car?

[knuklehead92]

So I got my car back from the fabricator last week and the rear roll bar came out awesome!


I also made a 3 inch exhuast from the header back..


Ill take more pictures of the roll bar later.

When I got it back, I pieced together a oil cooler setup. Costed me about 450 for everything including the 25 row setrab.



I also went with aeroquip -10 AN socketless hose which i think lowered the cost quit a bit.









So after installing the 25 row oil cooler, my oil was not getting up to temp... @60 F out side temp, I was seeing a max or 160 in traffic, and 140 cruising... It could also be my oil temp placement reading low... So I ordered a oil drain plug with a bulit in NPT adapter. And if your wondering, I am using a HI temp mocal sandwich plate...

For cold weather I made this oil cooler cover until summer.

Dont worry the bracket is welded onto the bar....

[knuklehead92]

Random Shots (hardparker photos)








Went to a track event a couple week ago, I am happy to say the car performed flawlessly!

Only issue is that my rear was rubbing on high speed sweepers, So I made some spacers because my rear coil over height is maxed out. I will find out next track day if that helps. I will need a new alignment since the rear is messed up because of the height difference.

On tight turns I can feel the car under steer just a little. So I attached a rear sway bar, that should make the rear a little more tail happy for proper rotation.


The Crew...

























I also met a photographer from Grassroots Motorsports, we had a photo session at summit point and there will be a feature so keep an eye out ;)






First time on the track at Summit Point, 1:34 nothing impressive, my goal is 1:28 which I think is doable for a newb.



My buddies spin out. hard to see but its there...



Current status

The car is at Alexander Fabrication to get a rear roll bar, I hope to pick it up next week before Hyper Fest @ VIR

I also plan on installing an oil cooler next week. Stay tuned for details

[rzerob]

I like it.

[knuklehead92]

I did a thing, i did not make that btw.... a buddy did

[knuklehead92]

Mounted a go pro on my front bumper as a test for future autox and road course events. For some reason it took the video in 960p or 980p, I can't recall the actual format. That vtech tho..... lol

[ian e30 318is]

Wow this is rad! Very different, but built for a purpose! Nice work.

[knuklehead92]

more pics from the event

[rzerob]

In the one pic of the trunk, it looked like it had a little bit of rust on the edge of it. I think it is an awesome car and I like the new wheels that are going on. Keep up the great work.