Akina's build

[digitalsolo]

Fantastic work.   That thing should be a weapon on the track.

[jax04]

What a down right beautiful car you have created!

Great work!

[AKINA FC]

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.

Should be interesting for sure. Yeah I am gonna run the first few sessions with the bars connected and the settings they recommended then go from there. Chris at Fortune was pretty confident in the setup so we shall see, he knows all the specs on the car now. I will be adding canards to the front so there will be a little more aero up front.

Cobra's have a really nice design, I was looking at those strongly as well. I really like the Recaro pole positions and Status Ring gt but not so sure on the dimensions yet. It does look like the Corbeau Sprints should fit also and the price is pretty good. I just wish I could sit in them before buying.




Thanks Blake/Jax! 

[AKINA FC]

Well after a lot of thought over the past few months and talking to some more shops I decided to go with Bimarco Futura's today, they are pretty much a clone of the Cobra Suzuka but far more cost effective and still FIA approved. Got them through soloperformance in MO. Should be to me in under two weeks which is perfect for installing them before the next event on sept 13th.

[largeorangefont]

Well that is good. I have been curious about those for a long time but never talked to anyone that had an opinion on them.

I think I'm going to pull the trigger on a Kirkey 47 in the next couple weeks.

[willcoop]

Car looks great! Did you get the swift springs from fortune?

[AKINA FC]

Car looks great! Did you get the swift springs from fortune?

Not yet, these are the regular ones. Eventually I will get the swifts but thruthfully I wanted to see how they felt with there springs and then try the swifts after getting the car dialed in. I have never run swifts so I would like to make a good comparision on my own.

Well that is good. I have been curious about those for a long time but never talked to anyone that had an opinion on them.

I think I'm going to pull the trigger on a Kirkey 47 in the next couple weeks.

A few shops I know of have installed them and think they are right on par with any of the more expensive units so I feel pretty good about them. I like the looks of them so hopefully it will work out for the best. If not there going on ebay haha.

Yeah that 47 series seat should mount reaaaaallly low when done, looking forward to seeing that installed if you do it.

[largeorangefont]

I dont think youll see a ton of difference in the springs because they are so short.

[AKINA FC]

Well I pulled a Zac this weekend haha, didnt latch my hood. Hood shattered, winshield smashed and the aero catches harpooned the sunroof but it didnt hurt anything else thankfully. Don't know how Zac's windshield lived, mine spider webbed bad,
I ordered up a new/different hood, latches, windshield and decided to get a carbon suroof replacement. Ill let the hood be a surprise and see what everyone thinks of it, still sad though, really like the old one

[digitalsolo]

Damn, glad I sold mine before I joined the club.    Sorry to hear this Erik.   

[screamin88]

Well poop 

[jax04]

Oh shit that sucks!  Sorry to hear it man.

[AKINA FC]

Well some good news now. New hood will be here tomorrow, winshield is getting installed tomorrow - did not think it would take a week for a new one to arrive - carbon fiber roof plug should be here next week as well. Seats finally left Germany sunday so hopefully this week I will get them as well.
A real big plus these past couple days is I got a set of the newly released bosch motorsports 1650cc/158LB@4BAR injetors from Fuel Injector Connection, Jon was nice enought to overnight them to me for saturday and swap me out for the 127's I was using. So far I'm at 20 psi/7K, 80% DC and at 74 psi fuel pressure, fuel checks to be e90 so plenty of room should I start to blend it a little. Fuel pressure is stable in the logs and the car feels awesome.  Ill get some vids and pics this week.
Next race is this weekend at KC speedway so Ill get some in/on car vids with the go pro.

[jax04]

Awesome man!  Im looking forward to that for sure!

[zbrown]

damn dude!! I just saw this