Got some more stuff done on the car, alignment is finished and ran it with the track day wheel set to make sure nothing interfered.






New helmet, just a budget setup, we also have some open cockpit cars come into the shop so this might come in handy.



SKF hub adapters so I can upgrade the front hubs to something safer with sticky tires. There are quite few documented failures of stock hubs and replacements are dodgy as is.



Replaced the stock rack with an FE4 rebuilt setup. I didn't feel like trying to do the EPAS setup because a manual rack alone for the fbody is stupid expensive.

 

Anything different with the rack or it's just a stock rebuild?

 

Supposed to be an FE4 rack.

 

Dunno what the means. Edumacate me please.

 

Better rack than stock v6, quicker lock to lock.

 

Finally got to run the car, I've still got a lot more learning to do with it and felt I left with a few seconds to gain. Fastest of the day for me was a 60.3, FTD on course was a Z06 w/ 56.1. It tracks through the corners better and it feels great to have 80 more whp and tq available, even if this was a tight miata-ish course in some of it so the whole run was in 1st gear.

I feel the 275s are a good start for me this season as it will help me at least learn more about the car and get some seat time. The BFG Rivals were very predictable but I'm not sure I even found their limits. The icy stuff was from all the gravel kicked up as the event wore on.

• I need a harness, I found myself fighting to stay in position a lot.
• Proper coilovers will have to be something to look into once I move up to a wider tire.
• I need more seat time.

Video:

 

Many of yall might have noticed a large portion of photobucket images are now dead due to changes in their TOS for free third party hosting (which is what they have been this whole time).

Until I get this stuff straightened out, I've still got a facebook page I post to regularly as well: www.facebook.com/ProjectSturmvogel

 

Uploaded a pdf of the brake conversion, will be uploading a video hopefully tonight:

https://www.scribd.com/document/3624...S-v-Conversion

 

Nice PDF and write up


So you have the $2,000 rear brake package installed?
http://www.bigbrakeupgrade.com/aiengineering.html

 

I actually built mine for a lot less since I opted to get the rotors/calipers/pads elsewhere.

 

How much are the backing plates alone? Cannot find on their site

 

You'll have to contact them. They're able to spec it out however you need.

 

Finally got the video up! I have links to my facebook page/instagram and stuff in the description as well as the pdf.

 

Excellent job, Dane! I've added this section to the Brake Mod sticky in the Brakes & Suspension section to steer some of that traffic here for a look.

 

Thanks, just did a full post write up in the brake section, took a bit to reformat and make it flow nicely here: LINK

 

Thanks, I'll change it to that link.

 

Looking back on this thread makes me sad. I'm gonna try and curate this a little and get the images back up finally.

Oh yeah, new stuff is happening

 

OK! So newest of new updates.

Still running the NA build nice and strong, still need to do an intake upgrade and E85 conversion. This current build is going to be interesting once it is all together, if it isn't already interesting enough!

This is my second attempt at a boost build, the other one was abandoned and sold to pull off the current NA build that's in the car.

Full CNC Blueprinted block, billet Bryant crank, Callies Rods, Ross pistons, billet main caps, etc. etc. Lot of the nagging issues the 3800 has had in the past including oiling has been corrected.





So with that being covered, I'm now going to need to snag a good intake and heads. Fuel system will be a must, and I'll be dumping the stock pcm for a standalone ECU.

On top of that, I'm looking at coilover options, will more than likely run the NA engine another year or so, move up to 315 tires all around, and then 335/345 with the boost block.

 

been following ya on FB - you do good work. i enjoy watching and reading your threads

 

Is it going to need to be a custom intake? Not many options out there for us poor 3800 guys.

How terrible is the stock intake in a boost situation? I know NA the rear two cylinders get a little air-starved (even on my car I can see that just looking at the spark plugs and it isn't as tricked out as yours).