i got another ANOTHER FD. what is wrong with me
03-25-15 | 05:40 PM
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^ *track efforts? oh they're definitely not over.
i'm currently attempting to part out the red car and lightly mod the white car to be a little more comfortable and still do 3-4 track events a year.
i got the white car with a freshly rebuilt engine from Addicted Performance (literally like 8 miles on it when i bought it). Zach knows what he's doing, he did a quality rebuild, and everything about the white car seems great.
the only issue with the current situation is that i need $$$ from the red car.
current things i need to figure out:
1. which EMS to use. the white car came with a powerFC with a modified base map (i think) and no hand controller, so i'm in the dark. to have the car even boosting at all, i'll need to tune the powerFC. this will require at least a datalogit ($300) and a hand controller to watch the temps at the track, plus another $200 wideband. i know the powerFC is capable, but i'm no expert. i've actually owned 3 powerFCs (all with a datalogit) in the past and i've dyno tuned them, but i'm just not quite as good with them and don't trust them as much as haltech.
i could also sell the powerFC stuff and the nicely re-wrapped stock harness (with emissions removed, basically a nice single turbo style stock harness) and buy another haltech --probably an additional $600, but that will require making another engine harness --probably an additional $250 in wiring/loom/shrink materials.
2. which suspension setup to go with. i definitely can't track with my 18x9.5 wheels and 265 tires on the stock springs and shocks. after a lot of research, it seems like they will absolutely compress too much and rub the fender liners. i think i've narrowed down the suspension stuff to A. simple eibach springs (if they are stiff enough to keep the wheels out of the fender liners), B. koni yellow shocks with eibach springs, or C. some "soft" pre-made coilovers that have 8k and 6k spring rates. all the coilover setups i've seen so far have at least 10k/8k spring rates, which i think is going to be too hard. i'll do the eibach springs on stock shocks if i can get away with it.
i also need to replace all 6 pillow *****, which are clunking pretty badly, and the stock intercooler is going to severely limit boosting at the track, even with the cool temps outside. i just need to get some money out of the red car. hopefully it happens in the next 3 weeks
i'm currently attempting to part out the red car and lightly mod the white car to be a little more comfortable and still do 3-4 track events a year.
i got the white car with a freshly rebuilt engine from Addicted Performance (literally like 8 miles on it when i bought it). Zach knows what he's doing, he did a quality rebuild, and everything about the white car seems great.
the only issue with the current situation is that i need $$$ from the red car.
current things i need to figure out:
1. which EMS to use. the white car came with a powerFC with a modified base map (i think) and no hand controller, so i'm in the dark. to have the car even boosting at all, i'll need to tune the powerFC. this will require at least a datalogit ($300) and a hand controller to watch the temps at the track, plus another $200 wideband. i know the powerFC is capable, but i'm no expert. i've actually owned 3 powerFCs (all with a datalogit) in the past and i've dyno tuned them, but i'm just not quite as good with them and don't trust them as much as haltech.
i could also sell the powerFC stuff and the nicely re-wrapped stock harness (with emissions removed, basically a nice single turbo style stock harness) and buy another haltech --probably an additional $600, but that will require making another engine harness --probably an additional $250 in wiring/loom/shrink materials.
2. which suspension setup to go with. i definitely can't track with my 18x9.5 wheels and 265 tires on the stock springs and shocks. after a lot of research, it seems like they will absolutely compress too much and rub the fender liners. i think i've narrowed down the suspension stuff to A. simple eibach springs (if they are stiff enough to keep the wheels out of the fender liners), B. koni yellow shocks with eibach springs, or C. some "soft" pre-made coilovers that have 8k and 6k spring rates. all the coilover setups i've seen so far have at least 10k/8k spring rates, which i think is going to be too hard. i'll do the eibach springs on stock shocks if i can get away with it.
i also need to replace all 6 pillow *****, which are clunking pretty badly, and the stock intercooler is going to severely limit boosting at the track, even with the cool temps outside. i just need to get some money out of the red car. hopefully it happens in the next 3 weeks
