boostin05blacksti

Its been awhile and not to much to report on the car. Progress has slowed due to my daughter being born, the new house and the major honey-do list. But I did get new cipher euro seats for my birthday and got them installed a bit ago. They are truly the best bang for the buck. Very nice for the price paid. At the end of the summer after the alignment I did notice that there is a slight vibration through the shifter that can be felt in 4th gear at around 40-50. Only really pronounced at that speed though. It significantly reduces after 50 and none in 5th or 6th. Still doing some reading and chasing that at the moment. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Also Still need to focus on the interior areas and this winter I want to get the ride sensors installed to help with the return to presets. Other than that ill just be waiting on spring to roll around. Here are some pictures of the seats and installed. Enjoy.








My old set of corbeau cr1 seats will be up for sale soon if anyone is interested. New covers from corbeau can be had for around 100/piece.

boostin05blacksti

A buddy of mind just picked up a 09 Shelby GT500 and the trash talking has started. I have been on the look out for a set of drag wheels and tires for track duty. I figure now is a good time to buy so come spring I can take it to the 1/4 mile. I find a somewhat local guy selling a set of weld prostars with M/T 28 x 10.5W and I take the hour to meet up last Friday night for the set. Get there and the wheels and tires look to be as advertised. 15x10 welds with a 28 x 10.5W M/T. They look good, tires have life left. Just to check I ask the guy for a tape measure. He goes and grabs one.. I measure and come up with 4.5" of backspacing when I was told they had 5.5". I express my concern for the lack of backspacing, we agree on the price and I'm on my way. On the way home I'm thinking there is no way these are going to fit and ill clean them up and sell them at a later date. I figure when I try to bolt them up the inside of the tire will hit the wheel wells and stop them from going on. I get home after the hour drive and decide I will try to see how far off they are. Here are my findings and comparisons..








So they bolt on no rubbing issues that I can see. Plenty of room both fender side and wheel well side. The tires do not look that big under there. I actual think I can go bigger. But for the price these will do for now. The only issue I see is that my existing studs are not long enough. I ordered 3" arp studs and the specific weld lug nuts to run the welds. Now my close ended lugs will not work on my forgelines being that the studs will be so long so I had to order open ended lugs for my forgelines. More to come once I get the arp studs in.

zamora7

iTrader: (4)

Damn this car is sick, between yesterday and today I took my time to read this thread during work. Any more updates? I'm working on a second gen bird and I can't wait to amen I can drive it.

boostin05blacksti

Thank you, Yes I have a few.


So I figured out after some talks with jegs that weld makes closed end lugs that can be used with the studs I already have. So I ordered them. In other news we had a nice day in January so I took the car out. It started to stumble and the idle was acting up a bit again. Nothing like before but it was bothering me. I called my tuner up and talked to him and started to do some reading. Well many on the forums really have good things to say about the holley efi setup. I started looking around and the Holley HP EFI kit seemed like the best fit for me with the exception that it doesn't accept DBW. So I talked to holley and if I wanted to stay with my current setup id have to step up to there dominator setup. Searched a bit and found a used setup on craigslist. The ecm was brand new in the box but the wiring had been used. So I made a deal and pulled the trigger. I sold off my old setup and pulled everything out and have spent the last week installing the new harness and rewiring everything to look clean. I can say I am very impressed with the system. The user face is so easy it makes me feel like a tuner. I got the car to start two days ago without a tuner to assist me which says a lot. My tuner is coming tomorrow night to put the final tune on it so ill have it ready for this upcoming spring/summer. No dyno time at this point just doing a road tune and some WOT pulls so I can hit the track also. Next up for the car is installing the level sensors for the airride and I have talked to a buddy about notching the rear 4 link bar to make some more room for the car to go lower in rear. Stay tuned..




I also finally did an actual bolt up of the welds.

mantycarguy

Loosen up the door hinge between the door and the hinge and let the door slide down on the hinge. This will let the door down in the front without affecting the rear. Do this if you can with the door closed and resting on the striker.