TORSPD: NEVR

I believe that to be Rich's. Otherwise known as Armyofsquirrels. He was kind enough to host them for their first evening in town. As well as lead them out to Matagorda.

 

Is ArmyofSquirrels his user name on here? I like it haha I spend my time watching the squirrels when I walk to and from my classes every day. They are silly little critters. haha Anyway, I don't recall coming across that username on here before.

 

It classified.

YouTube, squirrel fight. Lol.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGhZHlpSE6k

 

^^^Ha. That's the one.

 

Those are before my days, but I've heard rumour...

 

I don't mind somethings going off track in my thread, but this one could be explosive. So please respect my wishes not to discuss him further. I met him briefly, he was quite friendly. That is that.

 

Almost dyno time. Woot. Not for anything spectacular, but still I am quite curious.

Log style OEM headers, OEM Y, intercooled Hot air intake, and no catback. Any guesses?

 

Correct. Stock engine.

 

Hmmmm....taking all bets starting at 50 whp.
lol anyway speaking of mudflaps I told Torspd when I went drifting at msrh at around 80 mph and somehow managed to un-clip my left rear mudflap so I said dude your gonna rip yours off. It should be a fun time for sure.

 

SAE and STD.

The first run was in 3rd gear. Second run was in 4th. If you look to the top right, you can see the overall calculated gearing.





I was expecting the wtq to be a little lower actually. So kind of cool that it was this high.

 

impressive.

 

198 haha, you were spot on with your guess.

Hey Torspd & Lucario, whenever you got a chance head to my build, looking for advice from people who've dyno'd more then once to help me get more consistent #'s.

 

Alright. Spoke with Darton this morning. Head work has been completed to accommodate the oversized valves.

Currently they are waiting for a response from Kelford on the cams grinds. He informed me that he is 100% confident that they will be getting a set. For those in the know, that comment has more meaning.

If they don't hear anything by the evening, then they will be sending an new follow-up email in the morning. As they have a few engines which are waiting for responses on.

Specs on ARP main studs - didn't have to drill and re-tap the OEM hole to accommodate a set of studs. Customization of ARP hardware was required though. After a brief discussion on the topic, he has the specs to sell ARP Main Stud kits for the 1GR. So if you want some you need to contact Jim at Darton East.

Put in an order with for something really yesterday. Was told it has a three week lead time, so I will post up pictures when it arrives. Will help keep things in the proper range for the power that I am shooting for.

 

Wow, just wow.
I just spent the last 4 days reading your amazing thread. You are a mad scientist, sir. For that, I applaud you and anyone that has helped you chart the uncharted. I really don't have anything to say that hasn't already been said.
Unbelievable.
You have shed a new light for me and I'm sure many others. You have shown me that I can nevr spend too much time learning and wrenching on my own truck.
(see what I did there?)
I will be utilizing your thread for much of my future work.

And for f/kssakes I was reading your thread so intensely trying to get to the end to see what you have completed and goddammit you aren't done lmao. Only adding to the suspense.
Thanks muchly, I will be following as close as possible.

 

Something cool eh? looking forward to it!

Also, did the Ohlins go on the truck yet? Can't remember... If they're on, how are they treating you?

 

I see what you did there. I certainly appreciate the compliments fine sir! Pretty neat the time shift, when you think about it. Over 4 years of building and refining, and only 4 days to read it all. Basically a large portion of my after work life, condensed into a story. You could almost call it, "The Never-ending Story"
On a serious note though, feel free to ask questions, and I will help as best I can.

They are still in the boxes actually. But I can promise you that these QA1's are terribly shot. I have oil spray all over the inner fender as well as down the coilovers themselves. Lol. The delay was due to thinking I needed to send one back to have them re-clock the banjo fitting for the remote reservoir, on one of them. Discussed it with them and came up with a simple plan. Going to try it tonight.

Then next reason, is that I don't have a good way to secure the remote reservoir to the frame. I need something like what Fox or King shocks come with. So thinking about stopping by 4wheelparts and see if they have anything in stock. Then lastly I just need to drill out the top mount for a 14mm bolt.

The bearings on the Ohlins are 14mm top and bottom. So they use the factory LCA bolt in both places.

Between drill and frame mount, that is now the hold up. Any possible ideas on the frame mount?