Tougefactory

NIce, Do you ever plan to bring this beauty to a Gridlife event?

sillyboybmxer

How much for the gpw puppy? Shipped to Nevada!!!

Kenny_Stang

Maybe next year, trying to stay local for this season.

Lol, could never get rid of him, my wife would kill me. He's a three year old Dogo Argentino.

Kenny_Stang

So managed to get the wing installed on Friday, very impressed with the mounting of the wing.

The wing comes with two thick FRP braces that are molded to fit the trunk skeleton. This provides substantial bracing and should ensure that the trunk doesn't flex and deform due to downforce.










The trunk supports are riveted in, you use supports as a template on where to drill for the stands, which are then bolted to the supports





On Saturday had a group drive with the local S2Ki club hosted by Matt Duncan (s2k manic) and used the opportunity to take some pictures of the car with the new wing and splitter.









The car handled like a dream, the additional downforce is so confidence inspiring, makes the car incredibly stable in high speed corners.

Did a mini photo shoot during our lunch stop













During the drive I did get a code for "multiple misfire detected", so on Sunday I checked the plugs, the coils, and did a compression test (220/220/210/210). Everything looked great, other than the #4 coil and spark plug had some oil on the base and in the threads of the spark plug. I had recently had the spark plug seals replaced due to the #4 leaking substantially, and I think some of the oil residue remained in the spark plug chamber causing the issue. I swapped the location of the plug and coil to see if the issue follows the plug/coil, and cleared the codes. Will see if the misfire returns.

Lastly I decided to paint my track vented and louvered hood. Since this hood is exclusively used on track days, I was not overly concerend with a perfect paint job, so decided to try the "Rustoleum" roll on paint job.

Drilled out the rivets holding the louvers in place



Thinned out the Rustoleum paint 50/50 with mineral spirits and did the first light coat


After waiting 3 hours to allow the first coat to dry, did second light coat


Allowed the hood to drive overnight, today will be wetsanding the hood, and apply coats 3 and 4. Depending on how it looks after the next coats will do additional wetsanding and either additional coats or polish and wax the hood.

Will also be painting the louvers in flat black Rustoleum, but those will be spray painted rather than rolled on.

More pictures soon of the dedicated track wheels I picked up (TR Motorsports C3), install of the Modifry Shift Beeper, and the track hood installed.

Cpt. Spock

lookin good man! love the direction the car is heading.

Kenny_Stang

So some small updates, I had purchased the Modifry Shift Beeper a few weeks ago, and finally got around to installing it. No install pictures as it's all hidden behind the passenger dashboard area, but what a pain in the rear to install... you have to be contortionist to get access to the wires and the convertible top module. Should come in handy when at the track.



I also ordered a spark plug cover from Circuit Hero, I was never a fan of the gold cover that came with the AP2's, and it really didn't go with my black painted valve cover. It's a simple upgrade, but I feel it really works well with the Comptech/Science of Speed supercharger kit.



I finally finished painting, wet sanding, buffing, and waxing the track hood. I am happy with how it came out, it's not perfect but looks good from 5 feet away, and for track purposes it's perfect.




I also painted the Singular Motorsports vents flat black, and riveted them back on. Really like the combo

tama05

New spoiler looks good, didn't realize they had that padding to mount underneath the trunk for the bases.....pretty cool. How's the supercharger been running for you?

Kenny_Stang

The trunk supports are very well built, should do a really good job of making sure there is very little deformation of the trunk at high speeds. The Supercharger has been great, I have been supercharged now for close to 4 years, and the car has been just as reliable as if it was NA. It's even held up well to track abuse, can't say enough about the quality of the kit.

tama05

The trunk protection is just a really good idea, I had no idea that spoilers even came with anything like that. That's good to hear about the engine too. Looks like you've been doing some track days which is why I asked. Typically there seems like there's always some small problems or sometimes major ones with these upgrades. Glad to see the system is running solid! What did you tune the car on?

Kenny_Stang

The only issues I've had recently with the car was one of the spark plug seals leaking, but this has nothing to do with the Supercharger. Prior to that had to get the A/C compressor replaced, also another issue the Supercharger would not have contributed to. Compression was perfect when I did it last week 220/218/210/210 on a cold engine. I will say that a big part of keeping the car reliable is a good tune (tuned on FlashPro) and not looking for max horsepower. The car is putting down 350 to the rear wheels, and that's plenty for my needs, and keeps things like the transmission and diff happy.