Been a bit since I updated here with pictures. I'm slightly behind. As you saw in the past two videos... or maybe you didn't, because you wanted to save yourself from hearing me (I get it). The FUCA's were replaced with SPL thanks to Andrew / DEpoint50(sp?). I gacked the bolts holding FUCA front arm, I was being lazy trying to do it with a wrench and not the proper socket. Shame on me. I picked up new bolts... two bolts and nuts literally cost 10 bucks from the hardware store.
The other video showed the car running and there were issues after. The coolant system had air, oil leak under the pan returned (AN seat issue), oil drips on the turbo drain orb (loose), scavenger pump oil drip on the lower side where the threaded pipe goes in (needs more teflon tape /tighter), every single line after the ID750 filter leaked (including the crimped line), primary fuel pump hose fell off in tank (secondary pump triggered in video). New build pains... ALL the leaking fuel lines were taken out and will be replaced with XRP crimped lines. I don't like the idea of fuel leaks at all.
I had a chat with my buddy Justin Good, owner of Redline Design, about printing the goat logo... Well, he did and they came out amazing! I'm going to put that on my rear quarter. I'll probably tack a small one on my race helmet on the back possible.
My other fender is finally on the car! and both fenders are secured with bolts. That was a requirement prior to doing the front dump exhaust. My paint/body buddy, same owner as the white TT G8, cut out 3" holes which were the ID of the trim rings. Well, turns out you don't want the same size inside diameter of the pipe... both are 3". The holes were left on the bumper so that I could guide the pipes out the hole to the exact same location on passenger and driver's side.
Lining out the drivers side exhaust was pretty easy (still took time). The piping that I mocked up to go out the bumper happened to be perfect length and almost the exact angle I needed. All I had to do was massage the angle on the long pipe, clock the 90 pie slightly different and cap the out side with a pie.
I wish the passenger side was as easy... because that was a dirty hooker. The orientation of the pie was clocked back coming off the turbo to accommodate more air gap (driver side has more now too). The exit angle was way off after clocking (and before clocking). I used what pies I had to change the angle but tried to keep it somewhat limited. Reason I used the pies was because I could change how the pies oriented which changed the pipe angle multiple ways while keeping maximum space away from the tire. The pies also had a perfect flat surface. I only had my Metabo to cut pipe. Using the angle grinder is time consuming, dirty, and it runs a risk of personal injury (I'm not joking. It crosses my mind every time I use it cutting pipe). After 12 HOURS! the passenger side was completed. I was hot, tired, and angry at the end of this one. The v-band was on and off no less than 30 separate times. Every time a section was added it was harder to clamp on. Yeah... long day.
Yesterday I worked on making a small bracket for my bumper. It's going to tie into my A2W. The past couple days kicked my butt getting my exhaust ready for TIG and I wasn't able to finish. It sounds simple but there are a few small hurdles.
