Progress...

Ok, making a little more progress!

The plenum is finally ready to go onto the car after a year in the making... don't even ask! This thing was such a massive headache, but it's done now and I'm happy with the final result, if not the process of getting it.

The unit was custom made by CPC, and is the first of it's kind they've produced, hence the dramas. I'm combining it with an 84mm throttle body, so the reults should be interesting. I'm hoping I can keep nice throttle modulation with it... but we'll see!

Plenum fitted up:

Custom fuel rail and 850cc injectors:

Nice :)

Sam has also completed a few other bits and pieces over the past few weeks.

Water hoses all fitted up, waiting to be dropped back in:

Rocker cover painted in the new Dr Drift shop colour:

This looks great with some light on it, subtle and industrial looking. I really dig it. I had the end plates of the strut brace done in the same colour.

1 peice tailshaft and hoop made up:

Kakimoto 3 inch exhaust cleaned up and ready to go back on:

Next up is finishing the wiring for the cabin, and then the engine bay wiring. Not tooooooo much to go now...

Battery Install time

We decided to mount the battery on the passenger side of the cabin, behind the seat. The idea of this is to help offset the weight of the driver. All work on this was performed by Adam Kaitler, who came up with the whole setup in his car, and I just copied!

I went for a PULSE battery as they're a cheap option, and after having an odyssey a long time ago and not being particularly happy with it I thought may as well give it a go. We also installed a FIA approved kill switch, and mounted the box for the Painless wiring switch panel.

Battery and mount

Switch panel in place

Suspension

The suspension is going to be left as it was prior to the rebuild. I've been really happy with the handling thus far, and the car has great traction even out of second gear corners.

The suspension currently consists of the following:

Tein Super Street Coilovers (Japanese spec)

Kazama Castor rods

Kazama Hicas lock bar

Cusco rear camber arms

Cusco castor rod brace
Tomei triangulated strut brace (front)

Integrated strut brace into the rollcage on the rear
Unknown aftermarket swaybars front and rear

I also have a under guard braces from an unknown japanese brand.

The Super streets were my only concern in that setup, but so far they've proven very good in combination with the big swaybars.

I'll be doing some aero mods to help the suspension work a little better. I've bought a GKtech undertray for the time being to try and smooth out some of the airflow under the car, and protect the sump from ripple strips. I'm thinking I will just extend upon this to create a full undertray with splitter for the front end, similar to this:

GKtech undertray:

Pity I have no skills, so it should be interesting!

I've also got my hands on a C-West GT wing. I used to have one on the car, and took it off due to a defect. I sold it to a mate, who put it on his S14 that he races. After going in his car and feeling the rear end stability it has, I decided I needed to get one again. The only issue is how I mount it to the boot... I'm thinking of doing a system like the one show below, or alternatively just mounting a straight bar across the inside, and putting the wing posts straight through the boot. This will impede access to the fuel system though, so I'm trying to decide my best course of attack that will provide a solid mounting plate while still giving relatively easy access to the boot area (within 10 minutes to get in).