Sally, new pics, etc... Options

[xian 1g]

allright, well gsx, i love what you did with your car... starting a thread based on your project, so, i'm kind of stealing your deal.. Some new pics of the car, and a to do/ done list of things coming and going on sally...

for the sake of time, right now here's where she sits... later on i'll post whats on and what's still on the shelf....
Sally's Garage

I stole 's custom hood... Sorry , i've wanted to hump it for a while... I think it's the ricer inside of me that tries to hide behind 'it's for performance' comments.

going to go glossy black on the hood...


and here's a side shot,

geez that back wheel is floating in there... light little lady is ready to be lowered.


a shot of the engine bay as it stands now...

mmm... all that space... leaves more bolts readily exposed to be broken...


she's ready for another wash and wax job, but i'll be happy that i'm doing it to a car that runs now. I'll be posting up my laundry list of things to do, and things already done later today... these are just a couple of updated pics that i finally got around to uploading to reward her for running, and leaking oil.

[SCCA Stang]

thanks for the credit for the idea of a project write up!!!

[drewgvr4]

Nice work Christian, hey where were those pictures taken?

[xian 1g]

in my basement.
new shop....

[KOU In3]

new shop....

Looks like I might as well start that thread tonite. lol

Do you have the overhead shots around or are they on my computer still?

[xian 1g]

not sure how they would have gotten there... send me a pm with more clarification to which overhead shots your talking about?

[Rollout]

wahoooo, looks good man, hopefully i see ya drivin around sometime, im usually out crusin the town on friday or saturday nights.. give me your number or somthing maybe we can hook up and cruise dsm style one night

[awd4kicks]

Yeah, Xian the car is looking good and I've always admired that hood!

BTW...I was going to mention how nice the garage/shop looked in the background and ask of it's roll in KOUmotorsports...hmmm

[xian 1g]

hey roll out, pm sent there with my number... the champaign dsm mafia is always looking to expand, we need to be able to compete against those p-town high rollers and the steady growing number of bloomington college crew.
(by the way, we are trying to steal drew from you guys. muahahaha)

BTW...I was going to mention how nice the garage/shop looked in the background and ask of it's roll in KOUmotorsports...hmmm 

i'll leave travis to respond to this one....


thanks for the feed back.

[xian 1g]

allright... more of a to do task list than a hey look at how pathetic me and my car are... but for added motivation, i'll make myself accountable to the board... this is a temporary list of things done, and things that are had that need to be done, more will be added later...

parts that are on the car....

RICER:
shiny side view mirrors
spy's air scoop hood
2g shift knob

INTAKE:
2.5 UIC
2g throttle body elbow


SPARK:
8mm excel spark plug wires
ngk 08's spark plugs

EXHAUST:
ported 02
ported 14b
ported exaust manifold
(thanks to midwest dsm)


DRIVE TRAIN:
Ricer blue light flywheel
stage 1 clutch
cable end bushings

COMPUTER:
eprom ecu


TIRES/WHEELS:
2g stock swirlies



MISC:
Gut and Rape job- back seats, tire, jack, dash, sound dampening material, miscelaneous brackets, back bumper, fog lights, ac, power steering, cruise control, heater core, so far....

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PARTS ON SHELF- need to go on...

RICER:
spy's air scoop hood - need to glossy black


INTAKE:
3" gm maf
maft translator


FUEL:
supra fuel pump



COMPUTER/MONITERING:
boost gauge - installed, but needs mounting.


TIRES/WHEELS:
2g stock swirlies- need to glossy black rims.


MISC:
5 pt harnesses
battery relocation kit
manual boost controller
Gut and Rape job- need to remove: front bumper, stock power seat belts, and some heat shields under the car.

[xian 1g]

akamaimi... heard you might be a good person to ask... 5 pt harnesess, meant to connect to a roll bar...

i have no roll bar, and i have stock seats... although a roll bar is in the plans, long term, for now, what advice do you/anyone have???? I've heard stuff about extensions and certain 'back seat belt' locations... any pointers?

thanks in advance.

[turbohcar]

I think the only way to safely/DOT legal way to do it is put them on a roll bar. Say you get into an accident with 5 point harnesses anchored to the floorboards. The problem you will be facing is that if you get hit hard enough or wreck hard enough the car will flex and bend. Thus, the floorboards and chassis is going to flex creating slack in your seatbelts and therefore doing no good. The reason stock seatbelts work is because they are attatched to the B pillar and other stronger points in the car. A good rollcage will stiffen your chassis and prevent the accordion effect.

BTW, beautiful car. Mine is a close twin.

[SCCA Stang]

for premium bucks, sparco (and i'm sure some other companies) make a bar that attaches at the b pillar and the floor and like two other locations that runs behind the front seats at about shoulder level that you can attach the harness to.

[Justincredible]

actually, the reason you dont attach belts to the floor board is because if you are moved forwards you become in line with your belt mounting points thus removing all give from them and compressing your spine. you dont want your spine compressed thats never a good idea.

[MidwestDSM]

looks very good Christian. As soon as I get my beast up and running again, I think I have a couple contenders to come play with it C-U.

[turbohcar]

"I think the only way to safely/DOT legal way to do it is put them on a roll bar. Say you get into an accident with 5 point harnesses anchored to the floorboards. The problem you will be facing is that if you get hit hard enough or wreck hard enough the car will flex and bend. Thus, the floorboards and chassis is going to flex creating slack in your seatbelts and therefore doing no good. The reason stock seatbelts work is because they are attatched to the B pillar and other stronger points in the car. A good rollcage will stiffen your chassis and prevent the accordion effect."

This is what I was told at the dirt track why we have to have the belts mounted on the roll cages. Just going off of what track officials have told me.

[xian 1g]

thanks for the feed back, appreciated...

allright... so general consensus is to wait on the harnesses...

but, just to clarify... i have a daily driver... talon is rarely taken out, for fun... main intentions are track car that is streetable...

so question is, with those goals in mind, and the fact that it is driven rarely, does that change any opinions????


if so, on to the next mod on the shelf... I'm sitting on a supra fuel pump becuase the 19mm to 14mm combination on the fuel line running out of the fuel pump is on there damn good. I have pb blasted for over a month on a regular basis... but it still feels like the hard metal line is either going to snap or kink when i'm trying to break that combination... unless some one has a better idea, my plan is to use a line cutter to cut that line, install the pump, and then use high pressure line to connect the two ends of the metal hard line...

comments suggestions???

thanks again...

[xian 1g]

there's something strange happening to sally... she seems to be growin some satan horns... she might be sick, the color of her face looks like she's going to puke.....

muhahahahaha

[SCCA Stang]

if so, on to the next mod on the shelf... I'm sitting on a supra fuel pump becuase the 19mm to 14mm combination on the fuel line running out of the fuel pump is on there damn good. I have pb blasted for over a month on a regular basis... but it still feels like the hard metal line is either going to snap or kink when i'm trying to break that combination... unless some one has a better idea, my plan is to use a line cutter to cut that line, install the pump, and then use high pressure line to connect the two ends of the metal hard line...

comments suggestions???

this is what happened to my fuel line when I installed my walbro 255 pump..... and the high pressure hose patch trick hasn't failed me yet

[xian 1g]

thanks!