Akina's build

[AKINA FC]

Car looks fantastic!   We need some in car footage when you get it on the track.

Will do, got a mount for my helmet which should be cool. 

[AKINA FC]

Forgot I took a pic of the lip that needs flattened in the wheel well for the larger tires and the wheel liners i made for the tops of the fenders that Joel asked about!

This is pretty self explanitory I think, that body seam to the right of the picture, on both sides of the car, needs hammered down and the fronts fit perfect.



This may be a little harder to figure out. That is the apron above the wheel in which i traced out a sheet of .060 aluminum and riveted it to the pinch welded seem on the side of the apron to protect the fender from rocks and such.

[gnx7]

THat looks mean!  Love the 315/335 setup on it.  Color looks awesome as well.

[largeorangefont]

Car looks fantastic!   We need some in car footage when you get it on the track.

Will do, got a mount for my helmet which should be cool. 

Get a camera mount for the cage. The helmet mount will look like you are in a blender. Been there done that

[AKINA FC]

THat looks mean!  Love the 315/335 setup on it.  Color looks awesome as well.

Thanks Mark  I was really hoping to have the 335/345 setup done right away but it gives me something to do in the winter I guess haha  Are we going to see some updates on the new motor for your car?

[AKINA FC]

Car looks fantastic!   We need some in car footage when you get it on the track.

Will do, got a mount for my helmet which should be cool. 

Get a camera mount for the cage. The helmet mount will look like you are in a blender. Been there done that

I'm glad you brought that up. The helmet videos I had seen looked pretty good but I was wondering if they were using some different equipement/camera's? I tried my cage mount a few times but harmonics always seem to jack up the sound and or cause vibrations in the video, any suggestions?

[bikedad]

Car looks fantastic!   We need some in car footage when you get it on the track.

Will do, got a mount for my helmet which should be cool. 

Get a camera mount for the cage. The helmet mount will look like you are in a blender. Been there done that

I'm glad you brought that up. The helmet videos I had seen looked pretty good but I was wondering if they were using some different equipement/camera's? I tried my cage mount a few times but harmonics always seem to jack up the sound and or cause vibrations in the video, any suggestions?

I've put a small square of thin foam padding in the lucite case holding my GoPro. Reduces a lot of the vibration sound you hear. Also try plugging in a remote mic instead of using the built in.

[largeorangefont]

I have the IOport mount in my car. It took 90% of the vibrations out compared to my homemade roll bar mount that I screwed around with for months. Now I only get a bit of "waviness" in the picture above 125MPH or so. It's $125, but you can find used ones on eBay for half that. I have not tried an external mic with my GoPro 4, but I tried it with my GoPro 2 and it helped. The 4 was reasonable out of the box, I use the open rear door on the case.

IOport mount -
http://www.ioportracing.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=CM1-2&Category_Code=CM

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Gopro4, on the IOport mount on my roll bar. The wind noise is more than normal in this video. There were constant 20mph winds the day this was shot.
http://youtu.be/Vn0Ii_nX1qQ

[eage8]

I have the same IO Port mount and like it a lot.

most of the rattle noises you here on mine are the actual camera rattling I think (i have a contour and the lens rotation is getting a bit loose...)



Here is the same camera mounted to my helmet... it's not nearly as nice and kind of vomit inducing at times

[Supe]

Are those tires about 26" tall?  How much clearance do you have between the top of your front tires and the fender/strut tower sheet metal on top?  How much travel do you get before the shock is at full extension for your given ride height?  Sorry for all the questions, just have a sort of similar setup, and am wondering if I'll run into any issues as it sits now.

[AKINA FC]

That's not a bad mount you guys have, thanks! After watching your helmet vid eage8 I have to agree with you guys that's not the best approach. I guess its time to play around a little with positions in the car, its tough to find a good angle that I feel show's the real speed of the vehicle.

[AKINA FC]

Are those tires about 26" tall?  How much clearance do you have between the top of your front tires and the fender/strut tower sheet metal on top?  How much travel do you get before the shock is at full extension for your given ride height?  Sorry for all the questions, just have a sort of similar setup, and am wondering if I'll run into any issues as it sits now.

The 345 is damn near 27" tall, the 335 and 315 are identical at 25 1/2" tall. I don't have exact measurements off hand but its quite a bit of room before the sheet metal apron, I'll get some numbers this weekend. As for extension I get about 1" of compression setting the car down and have about 4" of total stroke before stops, my springs are 16/14. I hit my wheel liners just before the stops.

[AKINA FC]

Pretty much ready to go this weekend which feels good. Need to spend some time tonight adjusting pedals and finishing the program for the racepak as well as installing a few different decals but other than that it goes down the road.
Just a few specs, car weighs 2700 with half tank as you see it.  Still need to change the hatch glass out and gut the doors so another 50lbs is there as well, passenger seat is worth 7-10lbs if I want. Still have some head lamp brackets to remove, maybe 5lbs? Heavy little turd haha but its 200lbs lighter than it was!

[Supe]

Looks killer!

That hatch glass weighs a shit ton, you'll be very happy when its gone.

[paul_3rdgen]

Your car looks so good!  It makes me want to buy and FC and copy.