Back To Basics: Budget Rebuild

[sergechronos]

Not much more to say..finally got the bumper I've been wanting semi locally..with gas to get it its going to be about $140-160. Now gotta sell that 94-96 and the old 1g TT to recoup some of the cost.

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[sergechronos]

Went over to Greenlanterns, he was nice enough to let me use his car to mock up bumper and splitter, as well as measure and such for the side mounts. Unfortunately the biggest ones with the most surface area didn't fit according to my advanced prototyping (read: cardboard and tape measure) but I can still run an 8x8x5 (128 sq in surface area, 640 cubic inch volume) core plus end tanks with some room to spare. Still giving up quite a bit of surface area to a FMIC, (dual core FMIC measures 22x11x3 core, so 242in^2, and 726in cubic inches of volume) but I'm hoping that with good ducting and the deeper core I can still see gains..Let's face it, FMICs are overkill for 99% of the guys running them and upgraded side mounts that don't break the bank should be a hit. I'm ordering one of the ICs this weekend and going to test fit it in the next couple of weeks, then just have to figure out the piping situation.

Whether universal eBay 2" stuff or getting it made locally I'm not sure. Aluminum pipe in a 2" diameter with a ~2mm wall comes in around $6-8 per foot and I've measured it out to need about 11' of 2" piping (assuming I merge to a 3" charge pipe.) Realistically there's going to be additional length eaten up by the bends and what not, so I'm expecting to have to purchase about 14' (so roughly 100 bucks worth of aluminum piping for the ICs, plus another 30-40 for the charge pipe) and then whatever it costs to get bent. The universal eBays kits are a possiblity, but I'm unsure of overall length of pipes (ie, how much straight pipe would I have to supplement) and if it's going to have enough bends to accomplish it.

I am thinking trunk mounting the battery and running the rear turbo to the passenger side IC and the front to the DS IC. This gives each pretty close to the same length piping before merge. I still expect this to run about 600-700 total, but I'm alright with that. I have decided against trying to sell this as a kit because the rear turbo pipe for anyone still using 3S compressor housings costs about $60 and would just devour my profits and push the price too high to make it worthwhile, and there's no sense adapting larger cores with 2" inlets down to the smaller factory IC pipes even if it is possible to do it. This does suck a bit, but I want to build this to suit my needs first and if I can produce a kit (or 90% of a kit) later out of it then that's great.

Bright side is we did get a different material to use for the splitter prototyping stuff as we would like to duct that gap between the bumper and level splitter to cool brakes or similar, and I am still wanting to seal the bay and don't want to tear up my Morgan splitter test fitting stuff. With it loosely mocked into place, I think that I can cut a small shelf like area (ie. a lap joint in carpentry) that I can then use to mount hardware to and make the seam between the splitter and belly pan flush, as well as give me possibilities for mounting openings to the pan to pull off to change oil or similar without having to drop it. Lots of ideas floating around the ol' noodle with it right now.

I will also be pulling the red interior out of the Stealth in a few weeks and likely will wait to install the tan as I want to do some sound proofing work to the car while it's out for which I will try to post some updates for whenever it eventually happens. Need to get a buyer for the red though as I don't have room to store 2 interiors where the car is at.

Given up on having it together in time for BRG this year, goal is now BRG next year. Intercooler solution, exhaust and transmission are really all that SERIOUSLY stand in my way from completion, but that's at least 2 grand right there (700 for IC, bout a grand for new DP and Tanabe Medallion Touring catback, and who knows what the transmission will cost.) Even if I skipped on the catback for now and just went open DP, that's still a grand for the IC and DP. Slowly but surely I'll get there.

Better to build to win Dragonslayer 2015 than to rush and end up with Least Likely To Make It Home 2014.

[futurevr4man]

listen here, least likely to make it home is a great trophy. don't act like you're not jealous.

[sergechronos]

Totally jealous. But Dragonslayer is the one I really want..Just without the expensive speeding ticket.

[green-lantern]

That garage is a mess

[sergechronos]

Its cause of all them damn kids at that house.especially the really big kid withthe pony tail and beer in his hand

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[green-lantern]

Its cause of all them damn kids at that house.especially the really big kid withthe pony tail and beer in his hand

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Damn big kids

[sergechronos]

As another update, working on selling some misc stuff to get the money together for a TIG welder for the SMIC project. I did get a stock set of IC pipes (or at least a good number of them which I may need to supplement) so that I can use that as the basis for mocking up the cores to see if it's feasible to connect the cores to the stock stuff to sell to the general public. I will still be going something more custom for my own usage.

I did also order some vibration dampening material and butyl rope, and will be getting some carpet backing stuff and some closed cell foam as I will be pulling my red interior in around a week or two once my finals are done. The red interior will be getting sold (hopefully) and while it is out I will be sound deadening the interior as best I can to try to make the car a bit more on the GT side.

[sergechronos]

After getting some quotes from some makers of intercooler cores, I am working on solidifying this side mount project for mass reproduction. It seems to me that there is a sufficient demand there for them even at crazy high price points that a reasonable size core and a price that competes with FMICs should move at least a few units. Thankfully as a student I have free access to AutoCAD so I can work with those vendors to get something made that fits exactly to what I need/want out of it, however this will likely be the last update you get from me out of it until I either have a few sets ready or I abandon the project.

[sergechronos]

Interior freshly removed. Unfortunately looks like water damage of some sorts. Especially rusted around a bolt for the driver front seat., so my interior overhaul may have to be put on hold until the car is done to drive the car somewhere and get the rewelded perhaps.

I did check on the engine block and everything is in good shape which is a relief since its been sitting and waiting for me. I may loosely mock up the long block and hang the Mani's and turbos off of it for pictures to sell them.

Going to try to get the front suspensions back on the car so I can push it out of the garage to clean all this saw dust from carpenter bees off and have a bit more room to do the engine bay stuff..and also mock up the coil overs

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