Andyrews Progress Thread, 1/16/22 A Trip to The Red Barn - Lets fab a Firewall! Options

[Mike Bellis]

Very interesting. Where did you get the larger O rings?

FLAPS

[Andyrew]

Gotcha

[Andyrew]

Replacement injector seats came in. Broke the very first one getting it out... Im now going to vacuum the intake and then make sure the valves are closed and punch the plastic into the intake. The rest of them I used some PB blaster to make sure they didnt snag and break.



Side note, the dash is coming along. I got some glue coming in Monday hope to have it done for 9-14 presentation (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Andyrew]

Last update for the 2016 Build Off Challenge. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)


I tried to glue the vinyl to my dash down but the glue reacted with the primer I had down. It ate the primer thus making it a slipery mess.

I sprayed it with high temp spray paint and let it out to dry in the hot sun to bake, but I cant get call the dash as completed (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif). Soon, but just not now.

I did get the injector seats fixed. I stuffed some rags in the holes and chipped away at it. Then I attached one of my fuel hoses to the vacuum and sucked all the little pieces out and finally blew it with compressed air and sucked it again. After replacing I let the car idle for about 5 minutes. I put gobs of teflon tape on the injector seats and that seemed to solve 99% of it. I still have a pinhole leak but its so minor Im not going to bother with it. There is no way thats going to have any affect on the drivability of the car.


I spent about 3 hours with my tuner last night trying about 7 different tunes. We found a couple of issues, but in the long run not a single one did any changes. He's now starting me on a fresh tune and we'll tackle it again today. I have a feeling my huge injectors are the root cause of my issues.

At this point it runs, drives, stops, and makes super loud noises. We'll keep going on it till its perfect. I have a track day at Thunderhill West for mine and my dads birthday in November and I want to make a local autox this month to shake down the car.


Happy 9-14 day all!

[Andyrew]

So the glue came in and I gave laying down the vinyl a try. It took a few coats till it wasnt just spreading the paint around. Im not 100% happy with the result, I thought I would be able to do the dash but this was an extremely complicated piece. I might have one more go at it as well as put some foam/padding under it but we will see.

Also took it to a local show again, big hit with lots of interested people.

I have a leed on a local tuner that might be able to help me. My current tuner is basically giving me the cold shoulder, he helps me once a week maybe...

[Andyrew]

Got a new development. Were pretty excited about it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Garland]

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Congratulations!

[mgp4591]

This build thread is brought to you by PREGGO - the spaghetti sauce for expectant mothers... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
Congratulations! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)

[rktmn247]

Congratulations!

[914forme]

Congratulations

[Andyrew]

Past couple months have been spent working on tuning as well as getting the car ready for my track day last weekend.

Things I did:
Spent a considerable amount of time on the steering linkage trying to get the notchiness out. I improved it but its still not right.

Replaced the 6 year old rear 400tw tires with some new Federal 595rs-rr tires. Went down from 285 to 275 but the tires are half an inch wider per side..... This meant I had to trim the rear fenders to prevent rubbing.

Before trimming

Got an alignment that didnt do anything

Replaced the pass side CV joint however to no avail, the knocking sound I feel and hear must be in the differential.

Tried as I could to help the trans shift better with adjustment and new fluid, but no luck. Im going to swap in my spare trani and open up this one. Not looking forward to the longer gears in the v6 trans. Its already really really tall gearing.

Did some more tuning on wastegate pressure, bumped up my redline to 7500. Going to bump it up to 8k as I feel the turbo still has lots of pull in it and it really likes the top end.

Changed the oil out from my break in oil to Royal Purple.

Nut and bolted it about 3 times..

Then I headed up to Thunderhill West with my dad coming down from oregon with his car. (I also brought 5 other drivers to the track day...)

[Andyrew]

Next we have some video of the track day. Remember I have an OBD2 port so I can pull live data to my phone. Used an app called Torque Track Recorder to record some of these. The data is delayed but it gives a good idea. Gforce data is on time though since the phone pulls that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z30efFVRMwI



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDDu7-iU92o



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymyGqg5HoTE



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm5XFVJgrFs

Last run of the day, rear tires started to grip at this point. I believe they were designed for a much heavier car as I only have 20psi in them and they were not rolling over like they should. I had an inch of contact patch on each side of the tire that was not being used.

You can see the gforces are there, the car is decently quick, the braking and my lines could use work, but I really couldnt use any power through the turns as it would just spin the inside rear.

Note I have hankook street tires up front which are considerably less sticky than the rears, however I still felt the grip lacking in the rear vs the front.

Photos uploaded in a couple days.

[dan10101]

There are bad days, meh days, and good days, this was a Great day!
We need more Great Days!

The best part of the day was running with Andrew in the video above with his mother in my car going at it pretty hard for us. (we have a ways to go...) I thought I would have to baby it around a couple laps at best then she would call it quits. She didn't, I'm pretty sure she wanted to go faster. Next time we'll turn up the boost and see how she does.

[Andyrew]

Recent track day pics from Thunderhill West








I thought this was cool, My car in the pic above and my dads car in this pic in the exact same spot. I've spent an hour going between the two cars looking at the difference in the tire widths, the angles of the car, ect ect. Its pretty interesting.

[Andyrew]

Couple more.









Shot from my friend with an old 35mm film camera.

[Andyrew]

Last one for today.

Big reveal (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[tygaboy]

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Big CONGRATS

[timothy_nd28]

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Page 8 is gold. I'm currently fighting the 916 bumpers and trying to emulate the techniques you used with yours

[Andyrew]

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Page 8 is gold. I'm currently fighting the 916 bumpers and trying to emulate the techniques you used with yours

At some point i'll finalize the bumpers.. For now, its all about the running gear. Fiberglass was just trial and error, work it till it works.

[timothy_nd28]

Trial and error is what I stand for! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) I do like how you painted the bumpers black. It may look good against my future yellow tub, a bumblebee effect. Are they flat or semi black?