ZR8ED Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 Well I went for a summer vacation, and decided to send the car into the shop for some more serious work. I would not be home to drive it, so it sounded like a good idea.. right up till I started to get some bright ideas, like while I'm having the aluminum rad installed, why don't I have the entire rad support redone and give it a quasi aluminum "firewall" to clean it up and block off the rest of the engine bay from unwanted air getting in. then I thought, ya know, if I'm building a support for the differential so I can get rid of my noise inducing solid mount, why don't I do a few other things to quiet down the cabin noise.. do you see where this is going? While I'm at it has struck again.. Pretty bad too cause I was away for 3 weeks. AND when I got home and checked out the work, I found a serious problem with the tranny, and while it was being fixed, why not have some other work done? oh oh this is getting expensive.. Well I'll keep you in suspense for another day till I get my pics up. (I just brought the car home) Heres a teaser though.. powdercoating... I'll give the full list when I post the pics..I hope it doesn't rain tommorow.. Darn now I gotta book some dyno time. WIAI = "While I'm At It" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlderThanMe Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 haha! sounds like how I work on my car! once every three weeks but a lot gets done at the end of 3 weeks... I have always loved how our car looks! just need to hear it now. and then get a ride...but there I go into Z dreamland... Just to let you know I did the garden trim on my air dam and it looks good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZR8ED Posted August 18, 2006 Author Share Posted August 18, 2006 As Promised. An overview of the revised engine bay. Powder coated intercooler piping and new clamps. Aluminum rad, with aluminum rad support wall (ie firewall) Restructured cross bracing, and powdercoated. New overflow bottle, and SS rad piping, and lower one is powdercoated. A new Apexi SAFC. This is the reason for the dyno session next week. Hidden stuff: Redesigned diff snubber. still using another new rubber lower mount, but it now sports an overhead brace with GM style rubber mount. Nice and quiet while driving, and noisy when WOT. Just what I wanted. Repaired tranny shifter fork, throwout bearing, springs etc. Repaired wiring harness, and continued to clean up wire looming. Used rubber to Isolate the fuel pump. (nice and quiet now) Revised the 3" exhaust, and installed a dampner to quiet it down a bit. It worked too! It just changed the resonance frequency. Revised cold air intake. New aeroquip lines/fittings for all oil cooler lines (only partially done before) New gelcel battery with hold down Well thats about it.. dyno time next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moridin Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 You should try Lizard Skins to quiet the car down (and reduce in-cabin temperatures). Would make a recently subdued car even more Lexus-like without much weight gain. Just thought since you have the WIAI syndrom, you might find it interesting. You can find Lizard Skins on Summit Racing's website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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