Revise and rebuild I suppose...

this guy is making a lot of people on zilvia look stupid


my suggestion? take notes and pay attention


nice work

[s14unimog]

Originally Posted by homeslicej2

I just noticed that from a previous post that you put your wideband O2 in the greddy turbo elbow location. I know AEM recommends placing theirs ~36inches downstream of the turbo bc the heat can damage the sensor.

I run a thermal insulator which pulls the O2 slightly out of the stream. I've heard that it yields an inconsistent reading but I've logged mine in parallel to the dyno operators and seen no difference.

Originally Posted by ixfxi

this guy is making a lot of people on zilvia look stupid
my suggestion? take notes and pay attention
nice work

I appreciate that comment.

In regards to progress:

I've spent the last week or so working on the transmission and final assembly details. I'm literately waiting on my exhaust manifold hardware that was missed during ceramic coating. Its a obnoxious detail that I almost wish I skipped over but I suppose it will be worth it when assembled. Fortunately it gave me a minute to finalize all of the brake lines, rebuilding the slave, swapping transmissions, etc... So as of today, if I got the hardware back I could have it completely installed, plumbed and waiting for the wiring details. So I'll have pictures soon. I can't wait to see everything together!

Originally Posted by ixfxi

this guy is making a lot of people on zilvia look stupid
my suggestion? take notes and pay attention
nice work

a lot of people say i am negative

and you are all very right, i am a very, very negative person.

so i would like to quote the above post as a sample of my kind and gentle side


with that said, i was taking a leak thinking about this thread. i would like to give a thumbs up (with my other hand, the one not holding my penis) to the s14unimog. for a guy doing what appears to be almost all of the work single-handedly, he's doing a fantastic job.. for fucks sake, even the paint is turning out real nice WITH that shitty shop-vac make-shift spray booth. and whats even more impressive is that he appears to have a machinists mentality or background, whichever... which basically means that machinists are rarely artistic because he thinks with numbers too much.

either way, i like this thread and would like to give it my approval. two thumbs up and an erection, nice job.

[jr_ss]

Originally Posted by ixfxi

either way, i like this thread and would like to give it my approval. two thumbs up and an erection, nice job.

So, you either way you made a mess, because you are no longer aiming with one hand and it's damn near impossible to piss into a toilet with an erection...

But on a serious note, I do agree, he's doing some legit work..

[s14unimog]

Originally Posted by drunkmunky

Great job on the wiring. Doing it proper takes for ever and it is a little appreciated item.

man, don't I know it; lol.

Originally Posted by Buddy

Ive just finished up the whole back end of mine and de rusted it front to back. All bar the bay. If / When my SR packs up in the Kouki I shall be coming back to read this up again. Love the attention to details and all the little extras.
Keep it up man.

Thanks bud, good luck with it.

Originally Posted by ixfxi

a lot of people say i am negative and you are all very right, i am a very, very negative person. so i would like to quote the above post as a sample of my kind and gentle side
with that said, i was taking a leak thinking about this thread. i would like to give a thumbs up (with my other hand, the one not holding my penis) to the s14unimog. for a guy doing what appears to be almost all of the work single-handedly, he's doing a fantastic job.. for fucks sake, even the paint is turning out real nice WITH that shitty shop-vac make-shift spray booth. and whats even more impressive is that he appears to have a machinists mentality or background, whichever... which basically means that machinists are rarely artistic because he thinks with numbers too much.
either way, i like this thread and would like to give it my approval. two thumbs up and an erection, nice job.

Right on man; I appreciate the props. I hope I can prove to people that you don't have to have a ton of money or resources (although it helps), you just have to give a fuck and commit to not half-assing it.

Originally Posted by jr_ss

So, you either way you made a mess, because you are no longer aiming with one hand and it's damn near impossible to piss into a toilet with an erection... But on a serious note, I do agree, he's doing some legit work..

Thanks bud, I hope yours is coming along well.


Sorry for the lack of updates, I've been in a mad dash to get everything done and sort the last details before time comes to turn key. As you guys saw, I went deep into the wiring, systematically de-pinning and eliminating ALL circuits that no longer served a purpose. A lot of people have asked me why; if its just a drift car then what gives. That's where I guess I'm different. I consider a drift car just like any other purpose built machine. Do it right and you won't spend your days fighting problems or areas that didn't receive enough attention. I've also educated myself on the inner workings of my entire engine and chassis harness. If there is a problem, I know just where to look.

Now for the bad news.

I had a lot of great pictures and the original start up video on my iPhone. Well unfortunately for me, I left my virgin condition phone on the hood of my Jeep, then forgot about it and drove about 2 miles before it slid off. The case didn't help... So I killed it in epic fashion.



Fortunately for me, I use my wife's Macbook to load music and iTunes is a god send. I'd like to take a moment and thank who ever the genius over at Apple was that decided to instruct iTunes to save your contacts, personal settings, photo's etc... Essentially $700 later, I'm back like it never happened. Unfortunately however I hadn't downloaded anything lately so I lost those more recent shots and video.

However! Not before I uploaded the video to FB (don't hate). So, if you really want to see it and have the patients to use that website. Here is the link to that. Otherwise you can check out the video I shot the other night.

FB link - first start

First night out - no boosting

To close out the wiring project, I tried to snap a couple pictures from under the dash; I'm not taking it back off just for pictures, lol. Basically what I did was split the forward chassis harness so that only the necessary connections for the lighting, brake light and fan ran over the drivers fender (when I say over, I mean to say I removed the driver fender and secured it to the top of the uni-body rail) and then ran all the power connections for the kick panel, head lights, brights, etc... to my Blue Seas power block. Here are a couple shots of that.





Once I got everything wired up, there was a quiet moment before I put power to the block. Luckily when I turned the battery key to the "ON" position the car didn't burn to the ground; lol, I knew it wouldn't. Then I moved to turn the ignition. Since I had the dash off while testing all of this, I sorta lost reference for where the wiper switch was and had a bit of a scare when I turned the key and the wipers were on full speed. For a second the thought crossed my mind, "what the fuck did I do that could have caused that!" Luckily they were just at the "on" position; whew...

After that I went on to try starting the car. She wouldn't fire without some throttle and sounded like a subaru when it was running; surely I was down a cylinder and it wasn't the timing. Or was it any one of the MANY connectors I de-pinned so I could loom the harness ??? fortunately it was just the #3 injector not "clicked" into position. After that the car fired right up. All systems go from fuel pressure, oil pressure, head lights, brake lights, blinkers, EDFC, everything. I can't believe it, after all that, I just forgot to plug something in all the way; I'll take that.

Since that night, I've just been buttoning up the little details. bled out the new steering rack with my Chase Bays reservoir and line kit; which is working flawlessly. I roughed in my alignment and I'm accruing miles for break in. I plan to hit about 500 before she see's boost so I'll be setting a dyno date within the next week. I've already set up an appointment for corner weighting and alignment with a cool shop that builds Porsche cup cars. Its fun to be around a group of guys who have no idea what drifting is about yet they blast around road courses in 100k sports cars; cracks me up to see them crawl all over my build. Anyways, more video's to come but I think we're pretty much done here. Can't wait for my first event!!!







Look for the bumper duct next to the fog light opening...