GSR_ITM

Whats up H-T... I've been a member on for a while but haven't really posted all that much in the past but i wanted to start a build thread to share my new setup for 2012... i bought my Del Sol back in June of '09 100% bone stock with the intent to lower it get some rims and drive with few little mods, but no swap... i drove it for a year like that and fell in love with the car and became very attached to it so when the single cam took a **** i decided it was time to upgrade!! in November 2010 i started to do and h22 swap and as it progressed i got the bright idea to throw some boost at it and did so.. the car made 300whp on 9 psi and i drove it like that from March 2011 until October 2011 when out of no where the cylinder 2 dropped 100psi of compression. i was just going to do a piston and rod set up but a friend of mine convinced me to sell it all and begin a k20 swap but after having boost in my life i couldn't go without it so its going be boosted but this time no off the shelf kit!! with all that said onto the pics!!

i dont have a stock pic but this is after i lowered it


w/ rims and new headlights


bye bye single slam


fresh paint in the bay


h22 installed


w/ boost


this is what it looked like about 3 weeks before the motor went




motor out ready for the k


k in for mock up


beginning to fab the turbo manifold


manifold all tacked ready to be welded



on the car to make the downpipe




while the manifold was off getting welded i decided to do some wiring





manifold all finished welding w/ waste gates


back on the car for more test fitting



then it was time for an intercooler custom same side 2x backdoor



with the ic done charge pipes were next




bumper test fit with the intercooler


and thats where it is currently about to come apart for paint... big thanks to Kevin Maecha and Victor Pena from K&V Fab for all the time spent on fabrication!! progress from this point should be fairly quick so stay tuned for more updates!!

ToryluvshisDA

Looks great man keep it up

SolScifen

ex manifold looks awesome. this just a fun daily or you gonna put her out on the track?

jdmkid1989

its weird because i saw this car all the time around town, good to see its out again, best of luck with it.

Do-Work

iTrader: (1)

This looks like a sick build i love lots of pictures lol

GSR_ITM

its gunna be more of a fun daily but there is no dout it will be on the track!!

im guessing ur from pearl river? it will be back out by the end of february hopefully.

01oemTeggy

I always had a soft spot for the del sols. I woulda built mine like that as well, looking good and can't wait to see the end results.

maxwellmercer

Nice fab work. I love me a black delsol!

GSR_ITM

some updates i started to shave the bay this is the progress so far













thats as far as i got the first night... gunna go at it again tonight!!

Freshdot

looks tight so far...what part of NY you hailing from?

ChaseIntegra

Man, looks promising!

GSR_ITM

thanx! im from rockland county just north of nyc

GSR_ITM

Some updates on the car... i took the car back from the shop to my buddys house to do the body work on the bay and to do final assembly... heres where im at so far...





after sanding for days i decided to throw some bed liner on the bay i know its not for eveyone but i love it and it is easy to maintain







motor finally in the car!!

usdm-honda-r18

ive never seen that b4 but thats really awsome man goodluck!

01-0720

you know that bedliner is gonna melt off right? the firewall by the mani and the shock tower


plus it looks like ***, and how is it any easier to take care of then a couple coats of single stage paint, just hose it off

GSR_ITM

uhhh ohh we got a h-ter in the building... fist off its not gunna have any issuse with heat and second i had the bay painted already single stage and it doesnt hold up, looked like **** after one 8 months of daily driving... well see how well it holds up and if it doesnt then o well ill paint it again next year!!

WhiteSlips

I'm not a hater at all, just going to state my opinion.

The bedliner looks horrible.... If you like it though and you want function>fashion, then who cares though.

The rest of what you've done looks promising though. Good work on the manifold.

1crazyk

i agree it looks like ****. but he wont just able to "hose" that off. that **** will be on there forever lol. stripping that **** off would be a huge headache.

idk why you even shaved the bay then to just throw some hillbilly bed liner on it. you cant even see the shave job. might as well saved you some time and left the bay as is and then put the liner on.

i was expecting to see a nice build when i seen k20 with a turbo. seen the manifold i was kinda happy.. wasnt too sure on the placement of the turbo seeing the issues with how close the DP is to the firewall.

but any turbo k in swapped car is a tight fit i would know. i ran a 4" dp on my setup.

you can prolly make the car turn out nice just dont rhino line anything else.

ChaseIntegra

I doubt you're building your car to have ultimate internet approval, but everyone wants to put together a car that's appealing and pleasing to the eyes, no? I'm in agreement, the bed liner is a janky move.