The Project Pad

I need to get a set of V8 tails. Looks great man.

Those all-red tails look great. I may go the cheap route and red niteshade mine to get rid of the orange as I've seen some people do.

Just put over 3,000 miles on the car driving from Denver to Santa Clara (near San Francisco) and then back again.

In that 3,000 miles my car saw the Rocky Mountains, Las Vegas lights, Mojave Desert, Redwood Forest, Pacific Coast and did not miss a beat. I topped off a quart of oil and replaced a burned out headlight bulb.

Then the fun began. I stopped back in Vegas on the way home and had one of Hank's Billet K26's installed. We're only running 10psi until Marc can finish up my chip tune, but after that it should be a blast.

one quick instagram from the coast

ur20v wrote:

amd is the best wrote:

ur20v wrote:

ARRRGH! Mine eyes! I've been blinded!

Not enough front fender to frame that big of a wheel. Just disrupts the balance of the car. Dare I say its approaching donk-status...

Just read through this post- WHaaaaat.


This picture is making me rethink 18's.... looks stunning

Ur20v's opinion on wheels is no longer valid in my book

I haven't looked at that pic in a while, and I forgot just how good those look!

Got a bunch of stuff done!

Fat 5's with Goodyear Eagle GT's
V8 Door Sills installed
S4 Seats installed
Alignment done

Still waiting on the tune to get this billet K26 spoolin' up
have a V8 bumper that's going on next (as soon as it's painted) Any advice would be appreciated

Where do people get upgraded front sway bar bushings?

Looks really good!

How bad is this? Seems like it's time for a new one, right?

FIX IT! That means water is getting sucked up into your vacuum - I actually run a straight line but mine was completely clear.

When I fixed my ECU boost line I went from seeing .8 bar on the display to 1.9bar All day!

Looking great Drew! I really like the updated door sills. Keep those updates coming

Refinishing the stock basketweaves. Not sure if I'll run 'em or not, but it's nice to have options

Long time no update.

Got my new injectors/plugs/tune installed last night. (To go with my billet k26). Had an overboost/fuel cut situation that I was hoping I could blame on my ecu reference line (it fell apart when I inspected it). I replaced that but had no noticeable improvement.

I'm running a 'safe' version of the tune until I can get Marc logs and then we'll go 100% with it. The short term plan is:

Rs2 manifold - 3" turbo back - Billet K26 - EFIexpress tune for the go fast bits. Even from the safe tune I can tell this thing is gonna be a blast. I had to keep myself from going WOT otherwise it would cut, but until that point the thing was hauling ass.

I'm going to go to vegas hopefully in a few weeks and have Hank wrap up the exhaust stuff. Bummer I can't make BBQ. I was very excited to be there, but I had to book a wedding (wedding photography takes priority )

Was able to wrap most of my wood pieces today. Very happy with the results:

Ooooo do like!

yeah i really couldnt be any happier with the results... having a tough time getting the passenger front door off though.

The wrap looks better than the original wood IMHO.

That was the plan!

So... This project has been pretty much halted until I can find a running/starting issue. It's been a wild roller coaster, but I think we're almost there.

When I got Marc's new tune in it started boosting really nice, and then cut out pretty hard and was overboosting. First suspicion was the ECU reference line.

Sure enough, the only rubber vacuum hose that hadn't been replaced (That ECU reference line) fell apart in my hands as we inspected it. Replaced it with high hopes and unfortunately it still bucked/cut out and overboosted. Bummer

Found some leaks at the BPV and WG/N75 as well as the Michelin Man hose... Replaced/fixed them all with high hopes. No luck.

I knew my PCV system was shot, ordered up 034's silicone setup with the thought that it probably wouldn't solve anything, but it's probably good business to have a working PCV system. Sure enough, no change.

I suspected ignition wires were crummy and ordered new ones, Amazon sent the wrong lengths so those had to go back.

Decided to check one last time for any boost leaks and found the HARD line for the ecu was completely shot. replaced it, went for a drive. still bucked like crazy under any amount of boost (starting at 6psi)

I considered that my MAF was possibly bad, so we swapped in a known good one and went for a drive. That was the last time it drove. We got a few blocks from home where it bucked/cut out/ and finally died. Hasn't started since. Towed it home and swapped my original MAF back just for good measure. Didn't even stumble/rumble as I cranked it. We went to check for spark and the ignition wire fell apart, lol.

Got some new ignition wires and installed them. Tested for spark and found it while cranking. Getting good spark at the spark plugs but ALSO getting sparks coming out of the coil (not good). I think i've found my stumbling/cutting out issue. And I think I solved my overboost issue (ECU reference hard line) So now I just have to figure out why it won't start.

At this point we've determined we have decent spark (it was blue-ish) so after replacing my coil, we're on to fueling. Since the injectors are fairly new, and we tested the fuel pump relay, I can only assume it might be the FPR or Fuel Pump. Those seem like 'okay' options as long as i get to lay into the boost soon. I literally can not wait to get this thing running right, i haven't had much joy from this car since May. Wish me luck

Goodluck.

It sucks when you spend a bit of coin only to have shit pop up that doesn't allow you to enjoy the money you have just spent.

you'll get there

DrewC wrote:Where do people get upgraded front sway bar bushings?

PFF3-403-25 PowerFlex bushings for stock 200 20v. If you have the V8 28mm bar you will need PFF3-403-28.

http://www.ecstuning.com/Search/SiteSearch/PFF3-403-25/

Are the C4 seats a bolt in?

Yeah, they bolt right in physically, I lost the memory function (maybe hooked up wrong, maybe not compatible) and a little harness on the passenger side has to be modified (super easy).

The filter in your ECU reference line shouldn't be a filter, it should be empty. Get the right one from someone parting a car.