Slowly stumbling into an SM....

Evan · 09-22-2005, 11:06 PM

Im home from work this week, so I decided to get some much needed progress on my SM build.

First up, and most importantly, was the suspension.
The car got the SM suspension, which consists of bilstein shocks, ground control coilovers, and Eibach swaybars.
I also installed new blueprinted hubs, tie rod ends, and lower balljoints
its almost a shame to cover up those shiny new hubs with brake rotors
[Image: suspension1.jpg]

Then came the gutting
well, most of the gutting anyway. The radio is staying in for now, and Im keeping the carpet over the trans tunnel because it gets unbearably hot (enough to burn)
and you can see my stars and strips Sparco if you havent seen it yet :lol:
[Image: gutted2.jpg]

did a bunch of other little stuff, and got some used RA1s mounted today on my other set of ATS
[Image: gold_wheels_front1.jpg]

the car is going in for an alignment tomorrow, and to Piper Motorsports for a cage,window net, kill switch, etc on Oct 10.
I may just make the Oct Nasa race! Smile

Nis01 · 09-22-2005, 11:13 PM

Thats awesome Evan... and that seat... a thing of glory.

BLINGMW · 09-22-2005, 11:18 PM

:thumbup:

**Jeff** · 09-22-2005, 11:39 PM

Nicey nice nice man.

ScottyB · 09-22-2005, 11:40 PM

that seat is the shit!

nice progress. what kind of alignment numbers are you looking to get, or is that top secret? :lol:

.RJ · 09-22-2005, 11:53 PM

Good stuff Evan :thumbup:

Hopefully I'll be rolling to grid with race numbers on the doors in February Smile

Evan · 09-23-2005, 12:04 AM

ScottyB Wrote:that seat is the shit!

nice progress. what kind of alignment numbers are you looking to get, or is that top secret? :lol:

in SM camber cant be higher than 2.0 in front and 2.5 in the rear

I will probably go 2.0 in both front and rear with 0 toe all around and maxed out caster (which last time I got an alignment wasnt that much... :? )

Dave · 09-23-2005, 12:35 AM

excellent. When does the turbo go on?

**Chris** · 09-23-2005, 01:56 AM

very awesome Evan... glad to see you're making the next step. I hope to follow at some point!

John · 09-23-2005, 08:41 AM

So when does your last name go on the car? Wink

.RJ · 09-23-2005, 08:48 AM

We could have it printed on rainbow vinyl

Feersty · 09-23-2005, 10:39 AM

How do you go about getting sponsors?

**JohnC** · 09-23-2005, 11:07 AM

Feersty Wrote:How do you go about getting sponsors?

Kaan · 09-23-2005, 11:13 AM

we get him up in the top 5... then we make sure he has plenty of pretty freshly painted bump draftable body pannels... push him to the front with cheater ponies and me in the tech shed... then we use the knee pads Smile

GQROB · 09-23-2005, 11:28 AM

Looks great.
I may head out to spectate if ya race in October.

Rob

**JustinG** · 09-23-2005, 12:52 PM

wheres the passenger seat???? Big Grin

very patriotic, white car, red roof, now you need some blue wheels. 8)

Evan · 09-23-2005, 07:20 PM

The car is aligned (only cost $165... :roll: ) and fixed an oil leak this morning.
Ordered a different exhaust today (more power than the mazdaspeed exhaust that I have) along with some other stuff

car is ready for summit, Ill have 1 day to get the feel of the car in SM-ish trim before I race in ocktober Smile

Hopefully Ill be able to turn 1:34s or even 1:33s

Feersty · 09-23-2005, 07:49 PM

NO seriously, how would you go about getting sponsors? Know the right people?

Andy · 09-23-2005, 07:50 PM

where do you get your car aligned at?
What are the advantages of blueprinted hubs?

Maengelito · 09-23-2005, 08:18 PM

Feersty Wrote:NO seriously, how would you go about getting sponsors? Know the right people?

you go out to the track, you get noticed, you win, and you ask for money. i dont know if thats actually how it goes, but if i were giving someone money to run my logo, thats what i would want.

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