Final stage of my stock internal M6 build
06-28-2010, 07:14 PM
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I know I really want to but as soon as I feel I've tapped all I can out of the SI setup I'm going to put the A/C back in and I'm not sure I want to go through the hassle of removing it just to put it right back in a few months later.
07-13-2010, 05:08 PM
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Well I still have no major progress. Fortunately my back is feeling better but unfortunately that means my boss can start sending me out of town again (currently sitting in a hotel in Arkansas 
) I've finished with most of the porting/smoothing of the intake and it has a couple coats of primer on it but it still needs some more sanding and primer before I can paint it, then comes the engine bay.
I think I've decided to delete the HVAC and I'm going to order a sheet of aluminum tonight to make the cover with. I have a quick question though for anyone who can help, do I just loop the two coolant lines that used to go to the heater or can I cap them?
I also decided to change up the hood, Sunoco pin-on and rails came in a couple weeks ago
So with that unexpected addition, the deletion of the hvac, and my recent decision to hold off on the roll cage, the raceweight is going to be considerably lower than I originally planned. It's still too early to say for sure, but the RW should be very close to 3000 or even 29xx 
) I've finished with most of the porting/smoothing of the intake and it has a couple coats of primer on it but it still needs some more sanding and primer before I can paint it, then comes the engine bay.I think I've decided to delete the HVAC and I'm going to order a sheet of aluminum tonight to make the cover with. I have a quick question though for anyone who can help, do I just loop the two coolant lines that used to go to the heater or can I cap them?
I also decided to change up the hood, Sunoco pin-on and rails came in a couple weeks ago
So with that unexpected addition, the deletion of the hvac, and my recent decision to hold off on the roll cage, the raceweight is going to be considerably lower than I originally planned. It's still too early to say for sure, but the RW should be very close to 3000 or even 29xx Last edited by NSSANE02; 07-13-2010 at 05:29 PM.
07-16-2010, 05:37 AM
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Well I still have no major progress. Fortunately my back is feeling better but unfortunately that means my boss can start sending me out of town again (currently sitting in a hotel in Arkansas ) I've finished with most of the porting/smoothing of the intake and it has a couple coats of primer on it but it still needs some more sanding and primer before I can paint it, then comes the engine bay.
I think I've decided to delete the HVAC and I'm going to order a sheet of aluminum tonight to make the cover with. I have a quick question though for anyone who can help, do I just loop the two coolant lines that used to go to the heater or can I cap them?
I also decided to change up the hood, Sunoco pin-on and rails came in a couple weeks ago So with that unexpected addition, the deletion of the hvac, and my recent decision to hold off on the roll cage, the raceweight is going to be considerably lower than I originally planned. It's still too early to say for sure, but the RW should be very close to 3000 or even 29xx
) I've finished with most of the porting/smoothing of the intake and it has a couple coats of primer on it but it still needs some more sanding and primer before I can paint it, then comes the engine bay.I think I've decided to delete the HVAC and I'm going to order a sheet of aluminum tonight to make the cover with. I have a quick question though for anyone who can help, do I just loop the two coolant lines that used to go to the heater or can I cap them?
I also decided to change up the hood, Sunoco pin-on and rails came in a couple weeks ago
So with that unexpected addition, the deletion of the hvac, and my recent decision to hold off on the roll cage, the raceweight is going to be considerably lower than I originally planned. It's still too early to say for sure, but the RW should be very close to 3000 or even 29xx
07-17-2010, 02:24 PM
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to the top with this thread we need more pics of the goodies !...im going to get a sonoco pin on wheni get some more money i love the look and its light as a feather, going from ur stock hood to that shouldnt u loose around 40 lbs ?
07-23-2010, 12:54 PM
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These are the only other pics I have right now. Hopefully I'll have some soon with this **** actually on the car
07-25-2010, 03:46 PM
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WOW i love the strange brakes !! you are really really loosing some weight on this round of parts thats for sure....what is ur prediction after this round of parts is on ? your doing everything to ur SI car i have in mind for mine, only one difference is you have the money ! lol
07-26-2010, 08:48 AM
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Same can be said for the PA Racing K member... but those are the only 2 things that could have done it.
Ive found one other mention of it on another site as well.
I never noticed it until I used an empty block, the mounts, and PA K to set up front and mid plates. Without the full weight and trans it royally goofed up the engine alignment -should have known better than to take a shortcut.
Ive found one other mention of it on another site as well.
I never noticed it until I used an empty block, the mounts, and PA K to set up front and mid plates. Without the full weight and trans it royally goofed up the engine alignment -should have known better than to take a shortcut.
07-27-2010, 12:36 PM
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WOW i love the strange brakes !! you are really really loosing some weight on this round of parts thats for sure....what is ur prediction after this round of parts is on ? your doing everything to ur SI car i have in mind for mine, only one difference is you have the money ! lol
Yeah I've heard the same thing, thanks for the heads up. That was actually part of the reason I decided to get the hood right now because the intake pipe was already close to the stock hood the way it was.
07-28-2010, 09:46 AM
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Good luck with the results. I had some brand new Spohn mounts about a month or two ago. Ended up returning them but I was trying to sell them.
I don't see why you couldn't create a small loop off of the two heater hose connections on the water pump. Some short (2"-3") rubber lines and a 180 degree return would do it.
I don't see why you couldn't create a small loop off of the two heater hose connections on the water pump. Some short (2"-3") rubber lines and a 180 degree return would do it.
