After the 2013 race season came to a close for us with IFO Las Vegas in December, my engine and transmission were removed from the car to finally get down to a long overdue refresh for 2014. The current engine has been in the car for a few years now and has held up nice. Our Zero 4 Racing team has been really happy with the results over the years and hopes to continue the success in 2014. The current Zero 4 Racing 700+hp GSR Turbo SFWD EG hatch has run a best of 9.5 @157mph during the WCN event held in Bakersfield, which put us qualifying in the number 6 spot. But our stock transmission just could not hold all the power and gave up on us at that event. We made it back out for IFO Las Vegas in December but were eliminated in the first round due to qualifying high in the field. In 2014 we are looking to top that personal best and hopefully make more power. I will give feedback on the new Skunk2 parts that are going on the car and I am sure the new Grams Performance injectors will make a world of difference in tuning, performance, and drivability.

Here is a recap on what the previous set up was:
84mm GSR block with a B16 Head and CTR cams
Crower rods attached to CP 9:1 pistons
STR intake manifold and 72mm BDL throttle body
Top mount turbo manifold with a Garrett GT4294R turbo charger
Garrett 3.5” intercooler core and 2.5” steel intercooler piping
GSR Stock transmission with Quaife diff and liberty cuff
DSS 5.9 axles
Fuel System: Sumped stock tank, Aeromotive fuel filter, Aeromotive Eliminator fuel pump, Aeromotive fuel filter, -10 SS braided lines to Edelbrock proflow fuel rail, Aeromotive FPR.
Hondata S300
MSD digital 7

Here is what we are changing for 2014:
Carillo rods
CP 10:1 Flat top pistons
Portflow B16 head
Skunk 2 Racing Ultra B-series IM with spacer
Skunk 2 Racing 90MM TB
Skunk 2 Racing Pro 1 cams
Skunk 2 Valve Train
Skunk 2 LMA’s
Skunk 2 dual fuel rails
Grams performance 2200cc & 1000cc injectors
Forward facing turbo manifold
Custom aluminum intercooler piping
3-pc wide front end
Front weight ballast bar
Clutch Masters twin disc
Pending: Liberty bellhousing and a dog gear set(manufacturer still unknown)

All fabrication is being done by Power Pros in Orange. Get all of your car repairs, dyno, and fabrication done here.
(714) 759-4011 965 N Batavia St Orange, CA 92867

Zero 4 Racing would like to thank all those that have helped in the past and continue to help support us.
Power Pros (Orange, CA)
Skunk 2 Racing (Norco, CA)
Port Flow Cylinder Head Designs (the best heads period) (Torrance, CA)
Golden Eagle (San Dimas, CA)
RS Machine (Norwalk, CA)
Clutch Masters (Rialto, CA)
Innovative Mounts (Anaheim, CA)
Hondata (Torrance, CA)
Think Fat (Fat Kid is everywhere)
Lcon
BlueRidge Motorsports
MOB customs (Las Vegas)
ESA Designs

If anyone or company would like to donate to my race program, please follow the link below to my donation page or contact me directly to discuss.
https://fundrazr.com/campaigns/0SEN3
Facebook donation page:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Race-...2265060?ref=hl
Awesome picture on the bottom of the post was at Bakersfield IFO from Street2Track www.street2track.net Thanks
Link to the 9.5 pass:

 

Looks good Scott.. See you at Bakersfield

 

Nice!! cant wait to see it back at the track!! GL!

 

Looks like someone got a sponsorship package! Between you and Shannon, there is nothing left for us little guys! lol

 

Good stuff Scotty boy! Obviously all the rest of us can't wait to get you back out there also! It certainly has been a long time coming to start banging out some serious times. We will keep all you guys posted on what is happening. Thanks for all the support from our fellow racers and sponsors, know that whether or not the car is out at any particular event, Scott and Zero 4 Racing will be out there supporting everyone as well!

Have good mosh pitting!

Skinhead Mike

 

Hahahaha thats not true, i only got a Manifold and TB and what came with that was 6 months of no racing due to Dsport blowin up my car..... And it aint been the same ever sinceso yea..... Me and Scott are the Lil guys what you talkin about Mr. 8.2 @183 on the 1st hit Pshhh.... WEll anyway good **** scottie get that thing finshed cuz you got a wk. **** less than a wk. I finished mine up last night. See you at Dougs or in Bakersfield

 

+1 for you man I remember at a ifo event at Fontana my buddy snap an axel we had no tools and you pretty much swap it out for us will never forget that

 

good luck with the new add-ons to your ride. I know you said its on s300 but it really sounds like motec is on that ride with that burnout

 

Maybe it has a S300 sticker on it! Lol.

I'd have to agree on the burnout sound but non the less looking forward to better results for you this year!

 

S300 has a soft limiter now, so that is why it sounds like the Motec strategy.

 

Thanks everyone for the responses. I remember that event at Fontana helping your friend out. That is what this stuff is all about. We don't need to be hating on people and not be willing to help out our fellow racers.
The car is on s300, but uses the burnout limiter from the msd box. It does sound very similar to motec, but I would need to get three more full time jobs to afford that...lol.
Shannon, we are the lil guys haha. We are building the motor tonight so it should be ready in time.
Again, thank you to all that have helped and are following along with this rebuild. See you all at the track :-)

 

Really liking the skunk 2 mani

 

The Skunk manifold and fuel rail are awesome looking! Plus once I installed the Grams Performance 2200cc injectors with the fuel rail it even looked better. I am trying to get the car finished for Bakersfield race this weekend, but time is running out. More pictures will be coming of the Grams performance injectors that I have installed and some more pictures of putting the motor together.

Thanks everyone again for the feedback and looking at my build.

Scott

 

S300 soft limiter blows the goat.

 

A little off topic, but why is that?

 

well i was just referring to what tepid mentioned. A lot of guys i know started having Launch control/"antilag" issues when it started to be an integrated feature. Its not a very customizable feature. I also noticed it became much harder to build boost from a stand still.

 

Can't wait to see you on the track this weekend!!!!!

 

Glad that you are coming out there also. I told John that he just can't show up for 30 min, talk trash, and then leave
It should be a good time and hopefully great times from the car. You need to come out of retirement and make an appearence with your CRX and show these people how a real girl can drive and break them off!!!!

 

Hahaha.....this is the year for me to come back out. So many events in Southern California!!! I really want my boys to see Mommy go down the track.

We will be there for the event...we found a sitter and are super excited to be back at the track supporting everyone...especially you! Good times to be had with my favorite pies and clams!!!!!!

 

In response to SPOOLINmatt, however semi rude I do think your entry to this thread was I certainly am forced to concur. The S300 soft limiter definitely isn't the best deal, the way we got around that is basically using the MSD box in conjunction to take care of the burnout and launch controls. It helped a ton, when we ran the S300 alone we had issues exactly how you described them. Thanks for the input and checking out the thread for sure!

Hell yeah Nalani, you know we are your biggest supporters and are looking forward to seeing you too! It's unfortunate I am stuck talking to your teabag husband all the time so it will be awesome to finally get to see you and talk to someone who actually knows what they're talking about hahahaha! (You know I had to drive the bus over John, c'mon now!) Seriously we are really looking more forward to the food when your family rolls out with you HAHAHA!

See you all in Bakersfield,

Skinhead Mike

 

Update: The rebuild was a success and the fabrication looks great. There is still a lot to do to the car, but it made it to Bakersfield. The car made 700hp on only 25lbs of boost where on the previous set up we had to increase the boost to almost 40lbs to get that same number. So the Skunk2 cams, Skunk2 IM and TB, Grams Performance injectors, Portflow head work were a success.
We were going to increase boost but ran out of time in the dyno. The car ran a 10.0 @ 120mph. The low MPH was due to getting off of the throttle at 7.8 sec due to traction issues and coasting to a 10.0. We will be ready for IDRC @ Fontana on April 12-13. Below is a picture of how the car looked previously and thanks to Street2Track for the awesome picture of how it looks now!
Go visit them at www.street2track.net