Akina's build

[WannaBeFast]

I would have to think about that one wannabefast.

Is that a polite way of saying no haha 

I'll be here if you do tho for sure because it's really nice.

[AKINA FC]

I would have to think about that one wannabefast.

Is that a polite way of saying no haha 

I'll be here if you do tho for sure because it's really nice.

No, I'm not saying no , I would need to figure cost of materials, labor and shipping costs =  before saying yes or no

[WannaBeFast]

Awesome. Well keep up the great work here. I been a fan of your car since the beginning and i can't wait to see V2.0.

[AKINA FC]

Got more done this weekend, forgot the camera though. I will get pics this week.
 
Removed the front frame support and replaced it with 1-1/4" .058 wall chromolly tubing and 1/8 plate on each end. Moved it as far forward as possible, it now sits right behind the intercooler. Finished welding the drivers side valve cover and installed -10 AN fittings in each valve cover for crank case venting, planned out the hose routing and how I want to build the catch can. Also built new coil mount brackets out of aluminum, still don't know what I think of them. It's hard to make top mount factory coils look good, we'll see what you guys think when I post some pic's. But on to the fun stuff.


Finally after a long and agonising wait LOL all 9"s of F1A goodness!!





Also, courtesy of Ronin Speedworks these arrived! Thank you guys for packing these so well, I now have enough bubble wrap to last me a lifetime.

[screamin88]

 

[AKINA FC]

I got the blower mounting almost done, still have a lot of little tweaks left to do to them before I am happy but so far I think it is turning out good. Once I get the final position of the blower nailed down I will make the plates out 5/8" 6061 aluminum and the standoffs out of 1" 6061 aluminum rod.
Got the ignition coil mounts done, there rather plain looking but I would like to hear what you guys think. I also took a picture of the relocated front frame brace. Don't mind the wiring up there, It will be re-done once the radiator gets here.

Front bar


Coil Mounts



Blower

[digitalsolo]

Too bad you couldn't fit a big blower in there, LOL.    That thing is a hoss.   

Looking great.

[mattster03]

Wow. Very nice!  Who makes that bracket?  With that mounting, you are using a standard rotation unit, correct?

[Sho Amo]

Nope thats CCW.

It looks like that thing takes up the whole darn engine bay! Is it heavy?

[mefarri]

Those coil mounts are badass.  Could you make me a set?

[screamin88]

God Damnit AKINA!!

You made me get baby gravy all over my keyboard!

[AKINA FC]

The blower is a counter clock wise rotation and weighs 14-15lbs so not that heavy. The bracket started out as a A&A piece but not much of it will work, in hind sight I really should have just built my own from scratch like last time. I thought/hoped this would make it easier but it has made it harder, in the end it cost me more money, oh well too late now 
I called procharger today to see what kind of spec they have for angle on the head unit so the internal oiling system works properly and found out the angle I have it set at is to steep by 10* so another small adjustment to be made. I made some more templates tonight and now got it nailed down to final design. The new materials should be here tomorrow.

Sending you a pm Mefarri

Thanks guys!

[Demon]

Those coil pack mounts are gorgeous. Make a set for mefarri out of cardboard to match everything else he has. 

Motor/engine bay look great, keep up the good work.

[AKINA FC]

Thanks guys.

I got quite a bit accomplished this weekend even though the pictures don't really show it. Brackety is done except for some visual changes like nicer hardware, cutting a radius on the ends of some of the brackets and polishing everything. I will be changing the spacers that seperate the two brackets from 5/8" to 1", would have done that today but ran out of time to put them on the lathe. Should have all of that done next weekend and have the finished product

On a side note I sent my radiator design off to some manufactures for a bid and hopefully will have a response soon as that is the next step that needs to take place. I also changed out my map sensor for a 3 bar, installed my 80lb injectors and new spark plug wires. There are no plugs in the motor yet so if you noticed the wires are touching the headers this is why.

I enjoy hearing everyones feedback on this and I am open to ideas if someone see's something that could be improved upon! 

[mefarri]

If you havne't already, contact Howe Racing for the radiator.