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Quality and thoroughness of this is amazing man. Keep it up! Subbed!!

Reyes

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Thanks!


More updates about this part coming this week!

ej8eli

Sorry to hear about your Dad's passing.. that would be tough for anyone I think to cope with..

definitely in for this build.. always been a fan of your hatch

redGSRguy

Sorry to hear about your dad. Saw your car at Laguna, looked great.

Egezzy

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Dang, I was wrong; your thread is moving! LOL.

Aquafina

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Thanks for the ride along at Laguna last year.

rollinmyda

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Awesome car! Look forward to seeing this one through!

Reyes

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Quick update.

New -10 fittings and line arrived for the valve cover.

Parts arrived back from WPC treatment.

I will start putting the head back together this week. And hopefully will be picking up my car before the weekend.

Reyes

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NEW GOAL. Eibach Meet 2016 - 18 days away.

I was offered a spot to have the car in the Eibach booth at this years Honda Meet. This would give me 18 days to have the interior painted, Engine put in and all of the little stuff back together.
After looking at all of the parts I have sitting in the garage for this, I think it is realistic that I make it. I am planning to pick the car up tomorrow, so assembly should start to happen pretty quick.

Cage as of Sunday 4/24/16 (tacked into position, no base plates, no gussets) It fits extremely tight and from the side, you can't see the A pillar or the main hoop. Very happy with the progress on it so far!

...esteban

Bold schedule. Glad I won't have to wait as long for updates.

Jackson

Solid updates, Jared! You know I'm down to help you get it back together once you get the car back in your garage.

Reyes

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Yeah, I think it's going to be close. but provided there are no significant delays, I should be able to do it

Thanks, I have a feeling i'll need some help soon.

Reyes

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Since this "build" is going to be coming together very quickly, I will probably be making a lot of updates in the next week.

ACT clutch arrived yesterday.

And I have been holding on to the calipers for a little bit, but they will be installed shortly.

I finished putting the valve train back together last night, so the head is ready to be installed.

Reyes

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Got the car back last night! Needs a few small things to be completely done, but I can start assembling everything and start getting some real progress made.

I am extremely happy with how it came out. It fits the interior very tight and maximizes space.

Reyes

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Saturday 4/30

I spend the day working on what will become the cooling system.

The duct is a spare that was made by Brian at PCI a long time ago for a project he did. After doing some looking around I found that the Rywire "tucked" radiators are a perfect size to fit into the duct. The radiator is 24x9 with a 2.5 inch core, and is made by CSF, so provided I can get air through it, it should keep temps down.

To fit the duct, some trimming was needed, but nothing major. I bent two small brackets that will allow the duct to bolt in to the OEM lower mounts. The radiator then hold the upper portion of the duct in place. I will have to modify the OEM bumper bar.
The radiator does not have a radiator cap so I will be using a Speed Factory water neck that will relocate the cap to the upper radiator hose.

There is still a little bit of adjusting that needs to be done, but overall I am very happy with how it is coming along. Once the engine is back in, I plan to extend the ducting upwards towards the vent in the hood and fitting my oil cooler inside the ducting also.

Reyes

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Sunday 5/1

I spent most of the day yesterday fitting the dash back into the car. It took A LOT of trimming. Both the dash and the OE brackets needed to be modified to get everything lined up properly. After a few hours and a slice in my finger tip, the dash is back in to the OE mounting locations and almost 3lbs lighter.

Now that the cuts are made, The dash will be pulled out again to get all of the edges cleaned up for the next step....Flocking.

It was a productive weekend and if I can stay on this pace, the car will be back together on schedule.

Katman

SOLID SAVAGE UPDATES JREY.

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ej8eli

great updates!! absolutely going to tune in every day to keep up.

MYDA9

good stuff! Subscribed

Egezzy

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I really dig that rad duct, I'd really like it better if it fit a bigger rad.

Reyes

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Thanks!

Thank you!


Yeah I do to. But I think (and hope) that this will be enough to keep things cool. The idea is to build the backside to face up towards the vent in the hood. And there is space to run fans on the front angled portion of the duct to increase flow if needed.

Reyes

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Since I am using an aftermarket oil cooler on the car I have decided to no use the OE cooler/heater on the block. I will also not be running coolant lines through the IACV. So everything is now plugged up on the block.

I also picked up a spare thermostat housing, cut the port and will be plugging with a threaded insert. I also dug out a Mugen thermostat that I have had in garage for a few years to put in.

An 1/8th NPT bung was welded into the oil pan for a temp sensor.

This should hopefully give me more room and less to deal with when I need to work on the car.

...esteban

Mega.

Reyes

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Wednesday - 5/4

Last night was more "getting ready". The block is ready to come off of the stand and go into the car. (Hopefully tonight)

Thermostat housing.
As I mentioned in the post above, I cut off the port that I wont be using. I then added a Helicoil the hole so I can add a plug.

The new ignition switch plate arrived yesterday. It is prewired which is awesome. 3 wires is all I need to connect. The mounting plate was sanded down to get rid of the graphics.

The valve cover bungs were mocked up and tacked into place. I ran out of Argon so going to see if I can weld at work.

My Porsche "style" door pulls and dash flocking kit arrived yesterday also. More to come on those later.

Reyes

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Friday 5/9

I took the day off work to take care of a few things. Along the way I stopped by Mackin Industries to pick up some Project Mu brake fluid.
And then headed over to Winding Road Racing in Fountain Valley. They have a retail store that you can by helmets, suits seta etc. The nice part is that you can try everything on and sit in seats.

Ended up coming home with this.