Akina's build

[AKINA FC]

that is looking Good!

Are you dry sump on this motor?  Love that you kept a/c.

HP goals/estimate?  Brakes are looking solid.

No dry sump yet, it will be though. Still just running the improved racing baffle and accusump for now. I will add it when i pull the motor after this season to make the changes I am planning to the bottom end, trying to get some use out of the current parts. I plan on using a stock style ls7/ls9 dry sump setup with katech oil pump and Stephs or Daileys tank, should work well and cost should be reasonable, plus I plan on keeping a/c. I think I have the steering rack and cross member design figured out but we will see when the time comes.

Goal is to be 700 chp or above in the end, its currently about 550-600 chp guessing from feel. I will get real numbers on the current setup in a month or so as I have to dyno test to re-class the car for TT1.




Thank you guys for the compliments 

[Speedfab]

I love this car.  That is all.

[frijolee]

I hope some of you guys enjoy this 

I believe this falls into the realm of understatement.   

Great work as always.  I love this car too.

[digitalsolo]

I also love this car.

[AKINA FC]

I really appreciate that, thanks guys 

[Cman]

Fantastic....meet you at MAM someday maybe  Love the delete FI move (from way back actually).

Steve

[AKINA FC]

Fantastic....meet you at MAM someday maybe  Love the delete FI move (from way back actually).

Steve

That would be great, I will be there twice this year from the looks of it.

Apr 11 - Apr 12      Gateway Motorsports Park
May 16 - May 17      Mid America Motorplex
Jun 13 - Jun 14      Hallett Summer Shootout
Jul 4 - Jul 5              Brainerd International Raceway
Aug 1 - Aug 2              Road America
Aug 15 - Aug 16      Motorsport Park Hastings
Sep 26 - Sep 27      Kansas Speedway
Oct 17 - Oct 18      Mid America Motorplex

I seriously doubt I will make RA or Brainerd but all of the others, barring any unforseen issues, I should be at!

[Speedfab]

I seriously doubt I will make RA ...

DOOOOOOD...  Elkhart is seriously the most beautiful racetrack I've ever driven on.  I'd do what I could to go to that race even if you had to miss all the others.

[screamin88]

I seriously doubt I will make RA ...

DOOOOOOD...  Elkhart is seriously the most beautiful racetrack I've ever driven on.  I'd do what I could to go to that race even if you had to miss all the others.

My uncle lives 10 minutes from RA.. I can meet you there and feed you beers! We were there last summer to spectate the superbikes... boner...

Such an awesome place. Don can will probably be up for it as well..

[AKINA FC]

I seriously doubt I will make RA ...

DOOOOOOD...  Elkhart is seriously the most beautiful racetrack I've ever driven on.  I'd do what I could to go to that race even if you had to miss all the others.

My uncle lives 10 minutes from RA.. I can meet you there and feed you beers! We were there last summer to spectate the superbikes... boner...

Such an awesome place. Don can will probably be up for it as well..

I really want to as I have never been there before but i will have to wait and see, with my wife being an account she might not be able to go because of month end. Her and the boy enjoy the racing/traveling as much as i do. We will see though, I'll make sure to mention it if we go.

[Cman]

Erik,

BIR not really worth the drive, but RA...oh my. Nothing finer.

Steve

[GTR]

Subbed for future updates! GREAT BUILD 

[bikedad]

Erik,

BIR not really worth the drive, but RA...oh my. Nothing finer.

Steve

I seriously doubt I will make RA ...

DOOOOOOD...  Elkhart is seriously the most beautiful racetrack I've ever driven on.  I'd do what I could to go to that race even if you had to miss all the others.

My uncle lives 10 minutes from RA.. I can meet you there and feed you beers! We were there last summer to spectate the superbikes... boner...

Such an awesome place. Don can will probably be up for it as well..

I really want to as I have never been there before but i will have to wait and see, with my wife being an account she might not be able to go because of month end. Her and the boy enjoy the racing/traveling as much as i do. We will see though, I'll make sure to mention it if we go.

I concur with all the RA sentiments. 

1 lap in mid October with Fall colors.
http://youtu.be/cb2S1rvdslA

[mech-head]

I am very close to MAM, so I already marked the dates on my calendar in May.  You can count on me taking plenty of pictures and video of your car on the track.

[AKINA FC]

Very nice looking track I hope to be able to run there this year, if not I will next year for sure.

Sounds good mech-head, I look forward to seeing you there!

Well I got some more things done and ran into a couple issues along the way. I received my headers from Spoolin - very nice and everything i wanted - but found out my mocal oil cooler adapter and f-body style engine mounts I built wont work with them as he built these around the Ronin/samberg style mounts. So hopefully I receive my Ronin engine mounting kit and Improved racing oil cooler adapter by the end of the week so I can get this put back together. I want to be able to do some testing locally before going to St Louis in april.
I also got the interior finished up and put back together. I took a page from LOF and got a shift-i light - very nice piece, bright and compact - finished making some of the panels in the car out of carbon, got a new starter switch for the ignition and finally received my harness pads.








So hopefully this upcoming weekend goes as planned and I can get the exhaust all finished. Another note I am going to pick up my new trailer in Omaha on Friday so I am fairly excited about that as this is my first enclosed trailer. I am going to have some work to do on that as I want to build/install a winch, tire racks and so on in it before april as well.