Akina's build

[Jordan Innovations]

Shouldn't vary much based on ethanol content.

Just got an email from AEM confirming that my workaround for fuel temp will work, should get that going soon and see what fuel temps really are.  Not really worried about when I'm on it, more worried about around town.

[AKINA FC]

Let me know what kind of temps your seeing as well once its up and running Jeff.

Well good and bad news again. Got the regulator back from Fuelab, it works perfect and is spot on. Bad news is the fuel pump died 45 mins after putting the regulator on Luckily Josh from Fuelab was here racing his bikes so instead of meeting him with a running car I met him with a failed pump.
Josh pretty much new what happend to it as they had a batch of pumps that were miss machined on a sealing o-ring surface by a couple thou that allowed fuel to reach the circuit board inside and short out. He is going to get it rebuilt and back to me this week. Bum deal but I'm looking forward to getting it back as everything was working very nicely.
Heres a few new pics of the cooler, fuel temp gauge and some stuff I changed in the engine bay as I am attempting to hide and reduce things a little better.
 

[frijolee]

Hey Erik, just a sanity check, but are you running compliant motor mounts?  You might want to be sure you're not yanking on the fuel line return to regulator under load.  There doesn't look like much slack in that line. 

Love your work as always.
-Joel

[AKINA FC]

Thanks Joel.
Yeah all the mounts are prothane mounts, does move a little bit, not much. I did change that line again though, that is a pick from a couple weeks ago.
The 127lb injectors I installed are shorter than the 80lb LS1 style injectors moving the fuel rails down closer to the manifold, I had to change the line going between the fuel rails and the feed/return lines again. It has more slack now Ill take some pics this weekend after I finally wash it and finish up some of the other things i have changed.

Just spoke with Josh @ fuelab again. He called it on the issue saturday so the pump is rebuilt, tested and shipped. Awesome service. So hopefully onto dialling in the new suspension and making it to the last 3 races this year- Hastings, KC speedway and HPT again!

[zbrown]

looks great man!

[AKINA FC]

Thanks Zac!
Well the fuel system seems to be sorted now, drove to KC and back today in high heat, a/c on the whole time and no problems! Fuel temps got up to 140* which did bring pump speed up a little, about .45 of a volt, slight change in pitch but barely noticeable, not bad for 5 hours of run time idling, city and highway driving. So to say the least I'm thrilled with the car right now.

Now for the down side of things haha, I am way out of injector. This shot shows a little lower than peak boost which was 16.8 at 6700 RPM and a IDC of 116% on my second pull winding it up a little harder, I am just happy it stayed at commanded lambda. So no more of that for a while


So hopefully the new Bosch injectors come out soon. My friend that was following me said I was black tracking all the way through third and halfway through fourth from looking at the marks on the asphalt. I knew it was walking around on me but I didn't really think it was that bad haha. Either way its making some power!

I also removed the suspension and boxed it up to ship to a fellow member, I think he will be pleased as it works very well. Fortune will have my new ones to me no later than the 7th of august they say, so I am down till then I cant wait to get to the track again!

One other thing I am going to work on while the car is down is making baffles for the valve covers. Since I switched to a exhaust evac it pulls a little to much oil out under deep decel, not horrible but enough that I notice it when I am sitting still after a good pull. Right now its just a open -10 fitting in the valve covers.

[Jordan Innovations]

Ran out of 127lb injectors?  Atta boy!!   

Glad you didn't have a *pop*/bang moment at 114%, and hope you get some bigger ones soon.  Then it's time for a smaller pulley, 16psi only 2/3rds as fun as 24psi!!!

[AKINA FC]

Ran out of 127lb injectors?  Atta boy!!   

Glad you didn't have a *pop*/bang moment at 114%, and hope you get some bigger ones soon.  Then it's time for a smaller pulley, 16psi only 2/3rds as fun as 24psi!!!

Ha!! Yeah you and me both, could have gone bad in a hurry. What boost were you running at last?

[Jordan Innovations]

Ha!! Yeah you and me both, could have gone bad in a hurry. What boost were you running at last?

I was always shooting for 25psi, but I don't think my car's ever seen  that much since I never rev'd it out to 7k+.  Definitely been up around 20psi.

[zbrown]

Ha its making some power. Need some vids. Looks like pump is falling off?

[halfspec]

Erik - Just so you know, your current engine bay is my hero 

Lane

[AKINA FC]

Ha its making some power. Need some vids. Looks like pump is falling off?

lol I definetely will once the new suspension is here next week. Yeah the pump cant keep up The next run I made It fell off to 44 psi before I shut it down. I just got done talking to Josh at fuelab again this afternoon and I am sending my pump in to them tomorrow. There upgrading it to the biggest they have which should be good enough to run these injectors up about 75psi, we will see though.

Erik - Just so you know, your current engine bay is my hero 

Lane

Ha! Thanks Lane, hopefully it gets a little better with a few more changes I have planned.


Well on another note I got a 97 legacy master cylinder to change out in hopes to aleviate the long pedal I recieved after changing to a FD booster. The brakes work very well but to long of a pedal for my liking, Im figuring going to a 1-1/16th master should accomplish this.

[clocker]

but to long of a pedal for my liking, Im figuring going to a 1-1/16th master should accomplish this.

Oh yes, almost certainly.

[AKINA FC]

Well I got quite a bit accomplished this weekend, not done yet but getting close for this round of updates.
Recieved my new suspension from Fortune. Quality product and can't wait to test it out on the track, still need to balance and align.


Made some extended length adjusters for the rear coilovers through the old speaker grilles.


Sitting pretty close to ride height, gonna raise the fronts about a 1"


New master cylinder for a 97 Legacy. Modified my cylinder brace and changed the location of the adjustment valve.


Changed up the intake for the blower a little, just a experiment for now. Seeing if it changes boost at all. Also finished my tower brace.




I also made baffles for the valve covers but forgot to take pics of those, nothing real special though.

Trying to figure out what seats to get next as I would like some more head room with my helmet on and with NASA they have to be FIA approved if changed from stock.

[largeorangefont]

Nice progress. I'm very interested to hear how the coilovers work. Are you running a front sway bar with the 900 lb springs up front?

I have been looking at seats as well. I looked at and sat in a Cobra Suzuka GT.. It was very nice and extremely comfortable. I'm pretty sure it will fit in the car, but have not done final measurements yet. I am also looking at Kirkey series 47, which is half the price, and I'm pretty sure I can get it mounted lower than a fiberglass or Kevlar seat.