The car has been running now for a little bit but I’ve been busy working on other things so I haven’t posted this. This is a completely cold start just jumped in and started it on a basically untuned vipec v88. Base tune is done now and the car starts perfect cold or hot and drives great under 4k rpms. Need to get it to the dyno to get a good tune. The video is showing the QuickTime performance cutout and how quiet the car is with the full exhaust now.
Since I brew my own beer I decided I may as well spice up my margaritas as well. So I picked up a bottle of tequila to try a habanero infusion in. I love habanero I use them in my salsa, hot sauce ect. but knowing how quickly they can get out of hand I decided to only use 2 and I seeded them to hopefully get some more flavor without the insane spicy. I’ll give it 3 days to infuse and then strain it and give it a try.
Today at lunch I started on the rest of the chassis side wiring since the engine side is all finished up now. Fuel pump, ignition switch and everything else needed to get the car running is already done now I’m just working on lights and accessories. Here is how far I got in 40 min or so at lunch. Probably just keep plugging away on it at lunch till everything is wired. This is door harnesses. Power windows, power door locks, speakers, sunroof and dome light.
Made this intake pipe real quick for the s13 so I can finalize up the engine bay. It has a fitting for intake air sensor and two -6 fittings for IACV and PCV.
Pumpkin Ale is one of my all time favorite beers so I decided to brew up my own version. This recipe will probably be a work in progress but I think it’s a good starting point. Also racked the Grand Cru that I previously brewed tonight and added the sorbate to the cider so I can rack it sometime this week.
Started on the new chassis harness today. I really hate stock harness they are usually over complicated and ugly. This car is a little more hassle since it will retain power locks, windows, and sunroof as well as DCC and a/c heater plus all of the required items. So I made up this little fuse panel/relay panel that fits in the passenger foot well so I can start wiring up the car. It uses a stock super multiple junction connector de-pinned of the extra wires I don’t need. This makes it super easy to remove the car as I can just unbolt all the wiring with one bolt. Here is what it looks like in progress and all finished up.
The exhaust build begins! I started with vibrant stainless steel exhaust flanges, then made my own y-pipe to bring the dual 3″ pipes into one 3.5″ pipe. Since this is a street car I’m trying to keep it as quiet as possible but I want to be able to enjoy the V8 noises when I want and at the track so I added this QTP 3.5″ electronic cutout. Then after the cutout I reduced it back down to 3″ to mate up with the high flow cat and the rest of the exhaust.
