This Spring’s mods are going to be a combination of adding more engine power, a gearbox cooler, a few suspension tweaks, several proactive road rash repairs and mods and a very exciting all 3inch tubing valved exhaust with three pipes and big tri- trapezoid exhaust tips that will fill out the entire area between the two vertical bars on bumper. Should be a very exotic looking and sounding exhaust with it’s quiet setting to be very quiet and with it’s a loud setting screaming loud, completely catless and shooting fire. I can also adjust it anywhere in between the two setting via an electrical switch on the dash.
After 22,000 miles on the car with about half of them track miles, I am discovering some body maintenance needs. Although I’m doing this mostly for my tracking, I think some of them might be interesting for people who want to protect the car from the street road rash.
Big plans for some really fast laptimes at many big tracks around the West. I think I can do it.
Car is in many pieces now. Sucks that she has to sit in the shop for weeks right next to that blue Corvette. I can hear them jawing at each other.
Punch list:
Make new metal fender liners of aluminum and plastic sound deadened.
Make abs plastic skid plates underneath lower rocker panels to support worn body panels and protect for scraping on curbs on racetrack.
Repair and paint lower rocker panels.
Install modified turbo.
Install Racing ECU.
Custom tune ECU for my custom engine mods.
Change turbo oil inlet piping.
Change banjo bolt turbo micro filter.
Install metal turbo to intercooler pipe.
Install 3 new Nomex intercooler hoses
Install mod intercooler (57% larger and good for 2.9 bar)
Install mod larger fuel injectors.
Make a cold air intake and air filter system.
Install gearbox cooler in the intercooler area.
Raise car so it is 1 inch higher off ground than it is now as it was too low and rocker panels were grinding on curbs when I went around some corners.
Full suspension alignment and camber check to be -3.5 camber.
Switch out front worn out Girodisc brake rotors to new Girodisc rotors.
Rebuild rear brake calipers install new PFC 13 brake pads.
Change brake fluid.
Make the hood quick remove.
New custom exhaust with electric valved catless-LOUD/2 muffler-quiet exhaust with tri-piped hexagon tips.
Install Pro-Tint 8 mm windshield protection film.
After 22,000 miles on the car with about half of them track miles, I am discovering some body maintenance needs. Although I’m doing this mostly for my tracking, I think some of them might be interesting for people who want to protect the car from the street road rash.
Big plans for some really fast laptimes at many big tracks around the West. I think I can do it.
Car is in many pieces now. Sucks that she has to sit in the shop for weeks right next to that blue Corvette. I can hear them jawing at each other.
Punch list:
Make new metal fender liners of aluminum and plastic sound deadened.
Make abs plastic skid plates underneath lower rocker panels to support worn body panels and protect for scraping on curbs on racetrack.
Repair and paint lower rocker panels.
Install modified turbo.
Install Racing ECU.
Custom tune ECU for my custom engine mods.
Change turbo oil inlet piping.
Change banjo bolt turbo micro filter.
Install metal turbo to intercooler pipe.
Install 3 new Nomex intercooler hoses
Install mod intercooler (57% larger and good for 2.9 bar)
Install mod larger fuel injectors.
Make a cold air intake and air filter system.
Install gearbox cooler in the intercooler area.
Raise car so it is 1 inch higher off ground than it is now as it was too low and rocker panels were grinding on curbs when I went around some corners.
Full suspension alignment and camber check to be -3.5 camber.
Switch out front worn out Girodisc brake rotors to new Girodisc rotors.
Rebuild rear brake calipers install new PFC 13 brake pads.
Change brake fluid.
Make the hood quick remove.
New custom exhaust with electric valved catless-LOUD/2 muffler-quiet exhaust with tri-piped hexagon tips.
Install Pro-Tint 8 mm windshield protection film.