andrewhake

Did some minor ride height adjustments since my front was a few mm too low. Have been waiting to do the arm install and alignment until everything is settled with the springs and ride height and I think I am good to go now. Ended up around 327mm on each corner from wheel center to fender edge. The front was at 322mm before and just ended up scraping the little black hard rubber front tire spats unnecessarily in some situations. Easy to avoid with just a small change.





Car and wheels still clean up amazingly well with the coatings on both holding up well. Still just use a simple two 4.5gal bucket setup with grit guards (and the new angled attachment in the rinse bucket) with Optimum No Rinse and a microfiber wash mitt. I just spray each panel down with a 1L Kwazar hand pump sprayer with the same Optimum No Rinse solution, and then wash with the wash mitt, dry, and then move onto the next section. I start from the top of the car and work from the cleanest portions to the dirtiest. So hardtop and glass, front of the car including hood, bumper, headlights and tops of fenders, trunk, then each side, and rear bumper, and then I hit the wheels and tires last. Then I can just put the wash mitt and drying towels in the washing machine and dryer at low temps and they clean up fine for next time. If they ever get too dirty I just get new ones.

Jei is a bit busy but should be able to go in for an updated tune sometime in August. The engine definitely feels a bit more responsive in the mid range after installing the header, so looking forward to seeing what sort of difference everything will make with a new tune.

andrewhake

http://www.alpinespeedstars.com/map/

Should be working again thanks to some trouble shooting done by another s2ki user. Simple fix, should be good to go again. Let me know if anyone has any issues.

When I have the time I am going to try to go through this all again and get everything updated with clearer info for each particular road.

TsukubaCody

Do you ever see yourself putting ITB's on this?

Jae2K

Not with california state emissions regulations lol

andrewhake

Nah.

tama05

Really like how you went with the larger capacity diff cover, seems like the only way to go if you're building the diff. It's pretty nice having the extra holes for temp logging and cooling options. Did you stick with the stock final drive or opt for something slightly shorter?

andrewhake

Yeah stock 4.1 final drive. The gearing is already so short with the AP2 transmission. I find it pretty much perfect. Especially with the higher rev range. For most of the tracks I drive shorter gearing would actually make things more difficult I think.

andrewhake

Louis Vuitton

Hey Andrew, just wanted to say that your build is amazing and inspiring!

andrewhake

Thank youuuuuuuuuuu.