You wish son. When she saw you at the house earlier this year she asked me why I was hanging out with a teenager.


On a car note, I had a long chat with Seth from Hinson Supercars today. I am seriously researching my ride's future.

 

Hinson Supercars??

Oh no Charn, are you making the move to something with torque? hehe

 

Another 7 moving to the darkside.......

 

I am not 100% yet but I am definately considering it. It all depends on how the numbers crunch and whether I can afford to make it happen. I would have to get 6-7k for my rotary specific parts for it to be in the realm of possibilities. I have to take the time to sit down and create a spreadsheet of what I can sell and for how much. Then I would have to decide on which LS motor since cost increases significantly with each update. Then I would have to explain to my wife why I am tearing apart a perfectly good car again.

 

You need a good talking to.....

 

What type of numbers are looking to make (power)?

thewird

 

Awesome, go with the LS1 Charn, I'm sure up here in redneck country they can be found

 

LOL, come on Jim. You know it is a good set up.

I am not looking for immense power, 400rwhp 400Torque would be nice.

I am mostly looking to have an N/A car. I hate turbos. I hate pre-mixing. I hate having to dry clean all the stink out of my suits. I hate being a slave to ultra 94. I hate worrying about flooding my engine. I hate opening the hood at every fill up to top up engine oil. It is just the little things that are getting to me.

I love walking towards my car at the end of the day, which makes me realize that I am in love with the body rather than the "mind".

Now if I got in the car and it had none of the above issues and delivered decent power with respectable fuel mileage I think I would be in car heaven. LSx power seems to make the above a possibility. And to add insult to injury LSx cars seem to fetching more dollars on resale. They are also easier to service since everything GM sells has an LS in it.

 

I call dibs on the twin power and BOV

 

Let me know, i'll take you for a spin.....either way at least you will know before you make up your mind. It seems like a few guys here local are intrested in the swap, I can reproduce my front and rear subframes if you like.

 

Vulture

I will definately take you up on that offer. I hope to make it to the next meet if we have one, maybe we can chat then.

 

...shoulda kept the twins!!!!

 

The only twins in my future are the kind with double "D"s.

 

wow... that's one clean, sexy engine bay....

looooooooooove that flat black!!

Howi

 

The Stormy Blue Mica conversion has begun. I haven't seen it in person myself yet but I like what I see so far. Only the engine bay is done for now and the rest will be done next month. Thanks to classicauto for sending the pics and doing the work.

I can't wait to see the motor back in.

 

Nice nice !

thewird

 

How much work is being done? Trunk too? Windows removed?

 

That will be beautiful when Joe gets the exterior done too. Great colour.

 

Windshield is coming out. Spoiler and rear wiper deleted. I have not talked about how much of the hatch area below the carpet or behind the lights will be done. But knowing Joe I am sure it will be a thorough colour change.

 

KKKKKKKK

^There's 8 K's for you. When will you be delivering the drivetrain?

 

If your still considering the ls swap, purauto has a nicely built ls2 FD. Go check it out.

Can't wait to see the paint!

 

Actually the car is going to be delivered to the drivetrain on Monday. Motor has been refreshed with 3mm seals, changed the turbo manifold and a few other small things. So the car will be tuned and broken in while Joe plays at DGRR and then I'll drive it back to the shop when he is ready to finish the exterior.

Jim and Darryl will beat me with a hammer if I do, so I've held off for now. But I still find it disturbing that LS cars are worth more than their rotary counterparts.

 

I just realized the date is way off on my camera. Exactly 2 years

Charn has a sexy FD, very *VERY* clean inside, and soon to be outside! Beautiful car all around!

 

Nice...so you chose the RX8 colour....i remember we were all talking about it last year, with that 8 that was there in that colour. Cant wait to see it.

How come yuo went with 3mm? I thought the 2mm were prefered through Dynamics

 

Not at all. There's always a place for 3mm apex seals along with 2mm apex seals. Each configurations serves its purpose.

Great work Joe and great colour choice Charn...can't wait to shoehorn that engine back in