markrolston@mac.com 27 Posted August 27, 2020 Crunch time! Still planning to test/tune in mid September and drive it to Nismo Fiesta in October. Shift actuator installed the transmission. Driveshaft arrived. Fixing leak on cam covers and while they are off we'll repaint them with a nice speckle red. I always loved the way Ferrari intakes looked with that texture. Lastly I'm converting the 3D printed canards into a mold to make carbon fiber parts. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markrolston@mac.com 27 Posted October 3, 2020 one more week to go before Nismo Fiesta. There's a lot still to do. I really only expect to get it put back together and running to be able to get it down there. Real test and tune will have to wait. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EF Ian 11 Posted October 4, 2020 Good Luck. Do you still drive the RBZ much? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markrolston@mac.com 27 Posted October 4, 2020 12 hours ago, EF Ian said: Good Luck. Do you still drive the RBZ much? yes. actually just spent many months doing some reworking of the engine after blowing it up at COTA. I'm hoping to bring both to the show. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markrolston@mac.com 27 Posted October 8, 2020 The car is coming back together but not done so I will miss this weekends NISMO Fiesta in San Antonio. Engine is running roughly and we think it's a stuck exhaust side VVT. Going to replace it with a part that fixes cam timing in place on the exhaust side. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zetsaz 11 Posted October 8, 2020 On 10/4/2020 at 3:33 PM, markrolston@mac.com said: yes. actually just spent many months doing some reworking of the engine after blowing it up at COTA. I'm hoping to bring both to the show. Despite the insanity of your current build, this one remains one of my all time favorites Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markrolston@mac.com 27 Posted October 12, 2020 The 3D printed real panel just arrived. I had to send it to someone with a large format printer and even then it came in 3 parts. We will have to adjust the position of the lights a bit to get it mounted correctly. For now I'm going to leave the red/white paint showing behind it, despite my original plan to black out that area. It looks pretty cool in person. It's easy enough to change it to black later. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markrolston@mac.com 27 Posted October 22, 2020 Car is on the dyno. On basic tune so far making 460 with only 9lb of boost. More to come. PXL_20201021_211103037.mp4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markrolston@mac.com 27 Posted November 6, 2020 doing some final testing....(it repeats the dyno clip but there's more) 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
260DET 31 Posted November 20, 2020 Just to stir the pot and seeing that you do outrageous mods, the go now is to fit a dual clutch transmission from, say, a BMW. Aftermarket support for this sort of conversion is coming on so no excuses LOL. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
