Last post was all over the place, crazy right? 2021 went by like a blur, so many things happened. A lot of WPC as you can see…. Now let’s continue from where I left off
At Formula S… Jason’s R33 Nissan Skyline GTR. This dude goes through cars like people wear socks. He’s probably like 5 cars further along since then.
TVR I saw a at meet, this guy is always on the west side of LA.
Mint Mercedes 190E 2.3-16v Cosworth, I believe this is owned by the owner of PERIOD CORRECT
Real RHD conundrum, parking garages in a RHD car….. trick is to us an extended grabber stick….
At the time my friend actually brought in 2 DC2 Type R at the same time! crazy.
I moved the S2k to the center garage spot to really get some work done on it, shoutout to Alvin for helping me out. At the time I was seeing if I can run these crazy 18×11 wheels Advan GT Premiums.
Weapon of choice, harbor freight lift cart.
I bought this CSOHARA DIRECT STEERING COLLAR from Formula S. It converts that hard rubber piece to a solid bush. Installation was a breeze.
Rack mocked up with some spoon solid bushings
Figuring out a way to drop the engine onto my subframe
Man this car looks cool. So great in stock form.
M&M Honda Intake manifold spacer. Best Intake manifold spacer on the market. utilizes 2 OEM S2k intake manifold gaskets
ASM DLC+WPC slide guide on
I managed to get the engine on my subframe with a combination of a lift table, ramps, and a floor jack…. I have a video I should put up on youtube…..
Tranny is mounted on engine
All ready to go with my EG in the background…. the car has seen crazy development since then.
dropping the Engine in using a sketchyyy Quick jack setup with SUV Adapters.
Engine and trans are finally mated to the chassis.
High comp Toda F20c + Toda ITBs!
Rebuilt the 2001 Ap1 Steering rack with a new OEM torque sensor and Spoon Bushings.
Greased up and good to go
Brand new OEM inner and outer tie rods (not shown)
CR Rack Stiffener
Cleared it for Toda Racing Dry Sump clearance
It close boys
Fresh set of Spoon Rigid collars going in
Urge Radiator, Dry Sump Tank, and Oil cooler setup with everything….
Testing out Oil tank to Toda Dry Sump pump lines.
The Urge Oil tank setup is okay at best. The sizing is awkward, -16AN on the tank and the tank does not come apart to service…. It’s cool that it’s bolt on, but the guys at Urge didn’t seem to do any real R&D on this stuff. When I asked them questions or showed my findings while running this tank, they didn’t seem too knowledgeable about real world use. When I asked what other users did with this tank, they all said they are in the “building” process, and I was the only actual user of this right now….. Great. They gave me a slight discount on the unit, but I don’t enjoy being a beta tester, especially with such a high dollar engine setup as mine. I wish companies would flush out their stuff before selling them, it’s what makes a different between GREAT company and a mediocre one. Running stuff to market is useless if you have no real world data on it.
Remember that black E30M3. The same guy bought this white one…..He let me borrow it for a weekend. This example only had around 50k miles on it or so. It was absolutely mint.
I picked up some Ikeya Formula Control Arms front and rear from Formula S
I also picked up Dry ASM Carbon Over Fenders for the S. I didn’t end up running these and sold them.
I installed the Toda Racing heavy duty starter gear since my car is high comp and requires a bit more of a punch. The OEM part is made out of plastic. This is made out of metal and I took it one step further and WPC treated it!
I even WPC treated the planetary gears…. not shown here.
And that’s a wrap for 2021! 2022 is next. Hope you enjoyed this.
The S2k and the Ant 