Do you have a goal date to have this completed, or are you just playing it by ear?

 

Playing it by pocket it is more like it, lol. I hope to get more accomplished when spring hits. Winter just sucks and kills motivation. We are not in or shop full time as of yet so we keep the heat very low so its hard to stay motivated.

 

just back checking in.... looking great! keep up the good job. more pics

 

Finished running the intercooler pipes today for the most part. I wanted to run as little couplings as I could to keep the pipes from popping off. Plus the holes I drilled made it fun to pipe because the holes required me to hug the pipes to the chassis as close as possible, often leading to points where it was damn near impossible to get a coupling on, so more welding! We started by welding the pipes to the end tanks and went from there, everything clears perfectly from the fog lights to the JDM bumper reinforcement!



Passenger under side pipe routing:


Drivers side under pipe routing:


View up top from passenger side:


View up top from drivers side:


I was very happy to find that where I mounted the intercooler it left enough room for the stock hood latch. I HATE hood pins and even aero latches on street cars. I am no longer going to use the carbon fiber hood I once planned to use because of this. I am not going to finish the car and risk hoof latch failure on the carbon fiber hood. I would rather have the extra weight and comfort of the stock hood. With that in mind it was awesome that the intercooler came with extra mounts. I had Mike weld them to the top of the intercooler, I modified where the hood latch mounted to and it came out lookin a little something like this:



Simple I know but it excites me all the same.

 

niiceee

 

nice, that intercooler turned out well.

 

Don't forget to remove the cardboard...

 

dude wuts ur budget for this whole project .. i no u cant get the total but gimmie an est.. i still shockd of how much money and work is bein put into this

 

Well let me flip that question, how much do you think I have into this?

 

I'm gonna guess it's mostly a wash - given you are doing most of the work yourself.
You are prolly doing similar work for other people and/or finding GREAT deals on parts.
That's what I did on my little Honduh back in the day.

 

looks amazing.... still

 

$1 million

 

Where is the rest of the pictures????

 

I think somewhere near 8k. 8400?

 

Man still can't wait for the final product, I hope you don't give up on it like a lot of projects on here.

 

I can't wait to see some more pics.

 

i can honestly say i dont no... cause technically i dont no wut u get for free... if u get discounts at certain places.. how much the shop charges or they r doin u a favor..


with that being saidd.. if u were to pay for everything full price so far.. id say 15000 so far..hot or cold?

 

I think the whole point here is that he is doing this all himself hence the very low cost because he has the equipment, intuitiveness, and skill to make it all come together.

 

Bingo. I dont know how much I have into this so far as I choose never to add things up this is a hobby not an investment. I can say I have no where even close to $15k.

 

Still... >$15k is amazing!!! Keep up the awesome work!