This build is just bannanas! Looking forward to more updates to this epic build.

Thanks for the encouragement, I will try to update this thread soon. If anybody is considering this swap and has questions don't hesitate to ask them. I recently installed a hoist which has made working on the car quite a bit easier. I also weighed the car the other night and its looking like it should be around the 2600lb mark in street legal trim.

Found a great deal on this so it needed to be done.


I'm really tempted to gather the other components (tank,pressure lines,block feed fitting,filter adapter,cooler and possibly a vac limiting valve) and install it on my factory bottom end. It should improve ring seal and provide a greater sump capacity at the least.

Something else I'm considering when I go dry sump is to run a mechanical fuel pump off of the rear of the pump. Its the ultimate in simplicity and could make for both a higher flowing and more reliable pump arrangement than I currently have.
The only question is if a surge tank is necessary on a mechanical fuel pump setup if I were to run a check valve inline near to the tank (sumped fuel cell) and the feed line is of appreciable diameter (-10).

Thoughts?

I'll be the first to say that big wings aren't necessarily to my taste but after having driven a 500hp fc at high speed without a wing, it's something that I feel is required.

With that said here are a few pictures:

Carbon element (I'm told it's an Origin?) and Ronin mounts. Please excuse the current state of disorganization that my garage is in

getting there...

this is amazing

Nice build. I'm not sure if you need a surge tank with a sumped tank and mech. pump, it may depend on the typr of driving you intend to do (sustained lateral Gs) but I will just say that a -10 flexible hose is going to have a smaller ID than a -10 hard line - in between -8 hard line and -10 hard line. This of course varies depending on hose type/construction.

I've heard of some drag biased setups running in the way I described above with great reliability. I plan to use this car on the road course more than at the drag strip so I'm thinking I should error on the side of caution and integrate a surge tank of some kind.

As for the variable id of -10 hose, you are correct. My plan was to use stainless tubing from the firewall to the rear subframe (true nominal id) with flexible hose on the rail and tank ends. I could possibly make the stainless section -30 or so and weld -10 fittings to the end of a cap. That way it ends up acting as a surge tank and not taking up much extra space.   

They have finally arrived. 

A few small issues that I expect the vendor will correct but overall decently made and most importantly very light!




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That door actually looks really good!

WOW! how much $$ and what is the weight on them?

Awesome car!

Do you have any pics of the dp? It looks like it must have been a tight squeeze behind that exhaust manifold.

Where did you get those doors?

I'm loving this build.  The coolest FC build I think I've seen.  I can't wait to see it finished.

Thanks for the kind words.

I'm working out some issues with the vendor who sold me the doors so I'll wait until he has had an opportunity to correct them before mentioning where I got them.

Pricing information will need to be discussed with with the vendor.

When I install the glass, seals and lock mechanism I'll weigh them. The difference must be at least 75lbs for the pair though.

As for the exhaust question, the downpipe wasn't too bad but the rest of the exhaust was tight. A 100mm exhaust under an fc is a tight fit.