Carl's 98 auto AWD project Black Magic

[carltalon]

You auto guys need to get a stall converter or something to build boost faster at the starting line. You just use nitrous.

My car usually stalls really good. but the hot humid air mixed with not warming up my trans just made it take longer then normal. I looked for a restall when I was rebuilding my trans but it wasn't in the budget. Nitrous is not allowed in the SA class.


Anywho, how is the car running now that PG is done>? Any changes that you are going to make now?

I haven't driven it since I got home on Sunday. I rolled into town on fumes and I am to cheap and lazy to go fill it up. I will probly make a box or something around the air filter to help get the intake air temps down during stalling. they drop to ambient as soon as the car builds up some speed but they were in the 120-140 range when the car was sitting still. I think this will help stall the car better. I mostly plan to just drive the car and not spend any money on it.

[blackawdtsi]

I mostly plan to just drive the car and not spend any money on it.

That's every DSMers dream.:wank:

[carltalon]

I spent a few hours today making a block off plate to keep hot engine bay air from my air filter. I am hoping this will help the car stall faster on hot days and mabey make a few more horsepower at he same time.

I started by making a cardboard template.

http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l569/Carl_Simonson/20130703_122955_zpse7964254.jpg (http://s1124.photobucket.com/user/Carl_Simonson/media/20130703_122955_zpse7964254.jpg.html)
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After a few test fits I transfered the template to some scrap sheetmetal I had. And cut ot out with my die grinder. Cutting sucked. I need to gets some electric tin snips.

http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l569/Carl_Simonson/20130703_124917_zps00607e9d.jpg (http://s1124.photobucket.com/user/Carl_Simonson/media/20130703_124917_zps00607e9d.jpg.html)
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I bent the sheet metal over the edge of my work bench. Its not perfect but it will do the trick. I then test fit it a few more times and got it to fit nice.

http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l569/Carl_Simonson/20130703_132451_zps5175e92c.jpg (http://s1124.photobucket.com/user/Carl_Simonson/media/20130703_132451_zps5175e92c.jpg.html)
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http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l569/Carl_Simonson/20130703_133324_zps268ddb74.jpg (http://s1124.photobucket.com/user/Carl_Simonson/media/20130703_133324_zps268ddb74.jpg.html)

After I was sure I got the fit I wanted I painted it with some Black paint I had sitting around and wraped the edges with some foam tape scraps we throw away at work. it fits nice and tight.

http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l569/Carl_Simonson/20130703_140921_zpsa53c11ce.jpg (http://s1124.photobucket.com/user/Carl_Simonson/media/20130703_140921_zpsa53c11ce.jpg.html)
http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l569/Carl_Simonson/20130703_141200_zps0ba2f5da.jpg (http://s1124.photobucket.com/user/Carl_Simonson/media/20130703_141200_zps0ba2f5da.jpg.html)
http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l569/Carl_Simonson/20130703_141646_zps0c95a8e4.jpg (http://s1124.photobucket.com/user/Carl_Simonson/media/20130703_141646_zps0c95a8e4.jpg.html)

All of this was done with parts I had sitting around. so my goal of not spending any money on the car is still intact.

[turbotalon1g]

Very nice sir, You should drive that magical negro beast to my place later I'll be working on my junk.

[CornFed2.4]

Nice work. Looks good to.

[carltalon]

Very nice sir, You should drive that magical negro beast to my place later I'll be working on my junk.

We're going to the circus tonight. I think Im going to drive the Mercury. I need to make a project thred for that since the Eclipse has kinda taken a back burner to it.

Nice work. Looks good to.

Thanks. Whens your car getting tuned?

[C3L1CA]

That air box seems like a good idea. You could even take out the headlight at the track for even better air flow.

Is it bolted to anything other than the maf? Will it bounce around at all?

[carltalon]

That air box seems like a good idea. You could even take out the headlight at the track for even better air flow.

Is it bolted to anything other than the maf? Will it bounce around at all?

It is just bolted to the maf. It fits so tight I dont think it will move. When the hood is closed it is almost clamped into place. I thought about removing the headlight we'll see when the time comes. It is kind of a pain to remove. The whole area below the filter is cut out from the previouse intercooler setup so there is plenty of airflow coming from below.

[CornFed2.4]

No tune yet, and with the 4th tomorrow not sure when ill get out.

I also have to fix the driver cv boot and possibly oil leaks (there minor)

[goodhart]

Looks good