damn i bet the viper was hot w/o ac.

6/6/2012 3:18:24 PM

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"stock cams or?? i know the 5 valve motors can breath well... but don't usually stock. (mostly because why have a great breathing head when you have a turbo that chokes at ~200whp"

stock cams..
mine is the first 1.8t, the AEB, which has significantly larger intake ports. the head is pretty much stock, except a refresh and supertech inconel exhaust valves.

don't really need cams for my power goal, which is 400 bhp.

6/6/2012 4:45:48 PM

^^ There was some sweat on the brow

6/6/2012 5:49:47 PM

Quote :

"There was some sweat on the brow"

pshhhh

take that thing to the drag strip yet?

6/6/2012 6:27:37 PM

Not yet. The VIR charity laps are the only "event" I have done so far. I have signed up for VOI12 (Viper owner's invitational) in Charlotte this year and there will be a bunch of driving events (track, autocross, & drag) that I will finally get to try out.

6/7/2012 11:42:28 AM

Autox seems ill suited to Vipers (at least from my firsthand observations). That's like a bull in a china shop.

Naturally she'll shine at a track event.

6/7/2012 12:00:20 PM

last night... bolted up the accesory brackets, valve cover, spark plugs, oil pan, etc

6/7/2012 1:11:50 PM

Installed a wideband. It's like a fucking rave party in my car now.

6/7/2012 1:25:26 PM

- last saturday visited TLC transmission in Rally for a TF 904 rebuild, fun stuff.
- painted trans/cross member/ driveshaft
- monday night i cleaned underside of gremlin.... 35yrs of grim soaked in oil... peeled off about 5# with a plastic scraper
- tonight ill reinstall trans

6/7/2012 2:28:36 PM

Quote :

"Installed a wideband. It's like a fucking rave party in my car now."

analog ftw! those vegas casino gauges annoy the shit outta me, hahaha

6/8/2012 12:47:41 AM

i put a fmic on it.

ugh. i didn't finish before i had to drive it to work.

haha keepin' s13 ghetto' ness strong the streets.

6/8/2012 1:45:49 PM

its better that way... you blend in.

a pristine 240 makes me do a double take to wonder what's going on under the hood.

Yours i would think was an SR swap as is but all buttoned up i'd listen and be like that mofo's running an RB.

6/8/2012 1:55:12 PM

soon to be disco potato RB.

bumper is going on tonight.

one of the few who keeps the crash bar when going fmic. grinding and sawzawing in my front yard. pretty sure my neighbors have put a contract out on my head

6/8/2012 2:06:05 PM

i still keep wondering if i want to go fmic, bigger tmic, or a/w tmic with front mounted heat exchanger.

I would just go fmic if it wasnt like 7'+ of piping on a damned subaru.

potatoes are good for what? mid 300s right?

6/8/2012 2:10:25 PM

yeah around 330wheel.

top mount has nasty heat sink I hear correct?

6/8/2012 2:58:48 PM

Yeah the problem with the hood scoop is its an air scoop while moving... and engine chimney when stopped. With and air to water the heat soak is negligible with an air to air... the thing is a boost heater until you hit about 20mph. The fmic introduces another ~100-200rpm lag.


[Edited on June 8, 2012 at 3:01 PM. Reason : .]

6/8/2012 2:59:43 PM

yes my fmic has introduced more lag I can feel it.

The ARC sidemount that I had was sick, insta-spool. I just don't believe it was getting enough flow the way it was setup. Besides i picked up this godspeed setup at a good deal.

[Edited on June 8, 2012 at 3:24 PM. Reason : .]

6/8/2012 3:23:28 PM

disco potatooooooo! definitely no bigger on a 2 liter. if anything, go smaller for quicker spool

i washed my car today, it was nasty. then snapped a picture with my housemate's two tone hatch.

6/8/2012 3:26:57 PM

I ALMOST got the same turbo as you this week, but with all the adaptors and shit i'd have to run I said fug it and will stick with the disco. probably going to hang a disco ball too while im at it.

know anyone that wants to buy my arc sidemount setup?

[Edited on June 8, 2012 at 3:45 PM. Reason : nice 2tonage]

6/8/2012 3:45:23 PM

I always wanted a s13 hatch with an s15 nose.

6/8/2012 5:41:07 PM

Quote :

"know anyone that wants to buy my arc sidemount setup?"

nope. the only people that run side mounts are RB guys, and you're the only RB guy i know around raleigh.

6/8/2012 7:14:37 PM

got most of the accesories on, intake manifold, coolant lines, pcv crap, etc.
http://apex-tuning.com/projects/1998-audi-a4-1-8tq/

will be installing oil cooler and the last couple of water lines tonight, pulling it off the stand, installing the rear main/flywheel/clutch and bolting up the trans and starter. might get to dropping it in the car, just have to see how i feel. hope to have it running by mid-week, if not sooner.

6/9/2012 2:51:20 PM

I have a lot to learn about my newly acquired S13 coupe.

6/9/2012 3:23:53 PM

^ there are 5 s-chassis within 100 feet of where i'm sitting. if you need any help, let me know! haha

6/9/2012 3:30:17 PM

tires, timing belt, water pump

6/11/2012 8:33:24 AM

I put a bumper on it

6/11/2012 4:29:35 PM

My friend picked up a sr hatch for 2500. We replaced the thermostat, waterpump and have begun tidying up the car. Going back through it and making it a less ragged hatch. So far runs well. Man so much room in the bay with those sr's.

6/11/2012 4:33:08 PM

Spent 3 hours Saturday morning putting 2 coats of Zaino finish on the S2000. To do that I had to go over the surface of the car 6 times, what a pain in the ass

6/11/2012 4:56:44 PM

New tires are tits. I didn't have to slow to a crawl on the highway to get home during the rain.

6/12/2012 6:22:02 PM

I'm tempted to get a set for my Integra!

nm, they don't make them for 15"s

[Edited on June 12, 2012 at 6:59 PM. Reason : k]

6/12/2012 6:56:13 PM

lol

Hell, I'm surprised they make them in 16 these days

[Edited on June 12, 2012 at 7:45 PM. Reason : ]

6/12/2012 7:43:57 PM

In semi related news, Tirerack apparently doesn't sell snow tires in a 14" size. WTF?

6/12/2012 7:57:25 PM

Just recently acquired my auto. I drove an A6 for the past 40,000 miles...this is a rude awakening in a good way.

6/12/2012 11:20:43 PM

new tires..

6/13/2012 6:32:37 AM

^^ Congratz Cole, you'll enjoy it s2ki.com is a great resource for learning stuff about the car btw.

6/13/2012 8:44:09 AM

gremlin aligned yesterday; will be installing axle wedge shims soon to set pinion angle. Also doing road-tuning for the carburetor, suxors.

6/13/2012 8:46:01 AM

completed buying my turbo parts for my 50 trim for the rb20.

bought a RB26 alternator.

6/13/2012 7:28:26 PM

God dammit, stealership is claiming I have a fucked up valve on cylinder 1

You've got to be kidding me

6/14/2012 11:26:04 PM

whats the redline on the rb 20 i know the 26 is pretty smooth out to 9k i can only imagine what it would do with a shorter stroke and pistons that weigh nearly nothing.

6/15/2012 8:04:54 AM

^^shit man

6/15/2012 8:10:17 AM

^ I'm pissed

But I'm sort of not buying it. I said fuck it and drove the car last night and it was smooth as ever

6/15/2012 11:01:35 AM

Compression test.

6/15/2012 2:35:34 PM

I have to wait until Monday to do it

but thanks

6/15/2012 2:53:48 PM

air80 to the front windshield of the lexus. about to wash and wax it now too

There's a lot of bugs in VA

6/15/2012 3:06:22 PM

^ ps - the car i'm bitching about isn't the miata

6/15/2012 3:08:04 PM

I had a productive day . . . . found the exact perfect transmission for my newly acquired 92 F150 XLT 4x4 at LKQ. It was a shot in the dark, never thought there would be an M5OD transmission of the right year range (4x4 and manual), but was there anyways and took a bit to look. It was in a wrecked 96 Bronco with a crazy purple paintjob of all things.




Now my truck will actually have reverse! Currently its perfect aside from that . . . . just makes parking interesting.

6/16/2012 12:36:26 AM

got the engine dropped in my audi last night. going to work on it some more tonight to get all the hoses/wires/etc connected. hopefully will be able to get it running this weekend.

6/16/2012 12:01:16 PM

My truck is in the body shop. My poor grandmom backed into it a few weeks ago.

6/17/2012 9:50:39 AM

shiny new shoes

6/17/2012 10:29:15 PM

got most of the stuff on my audi hooked up. still have to connect the wiring that runs to the radiator support, but that shouldn't take long. also have to hook up the rad hoses and install the coolant reservoir and add fluids. was making good progress saturday night, but stopped around 1am. initial fire up hopefully tonight.

6/18/2012 10:34:16 AM