Winter projects 2014 thread

Jordan Normark · **Posted:** Mon Mar 02, 2015 10:55 am

Ryan, From the first picture, I thought that was an aftermarket surround purpose built. Looks great!

Ryan Holton · **Posted:** Mon Mar 02, 2015 10:56 am

Steven Carter wrote:

Way cool, Ryan. Does that tablet run your datalogging, if you do any? That would be slick to have Solostorm running into that as well.

Give yourself a bell! I don't have SoloStorm but have TrackAddict (which I couldn't recommend more)

From Saturday at the NCR event in Wilmington, warning hack driving ahead, I was SERIOUSLY off the pace on Saturday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6pb4pkP_WQ

Steven Carter · **Posted:** Mon Mar 02, 2015 8:11 pm

I have been using Track Addict for the past couple of seasons, and it works so well with the OBD interface to get data. Can't beat it Pricewise, for sure!

Karl Shultz · **Posted:** Fri Mar 06, 2015 12:23 pm

My winter project turned out, in the end, to be this:

Focus ST Delivery by krshultz, on Flickr

:mrgreen:

Okay, that's not all that happened. We moved to Wake Forest weekend after Thanksgiving. The new house has a 1-car and a 2-car garage arranged in an L. And the 2-car is mine.

I painted the floor, put up some wall cabinets, and bought the world's most heavy duty, ridiculous tool cabinets:

Wall cabinets are up. by krshultz, on Flickr

It's a nice garage. It's technically 22x25, but the little outgrowth where the big tool cabinets are provides a lot more space. It needs more lighting, and it'll probably need some more power outlets, but it's a nice place to start. Very high ceilings too.

I also had to perform some repairs on my old Mercedes. That was kind of a nightmare. I replaced the fuse box:

Round three. by krshultz, on Flickr

And used what turned out to be a faulty brand new one purchased from MB. That faulty fuse box damaged the ECU while it was in place. So a junkyard ECU, and a junkyard fuse box, put everything back right in its world. I went through a period when I thought maybe it's time to give up on having a nearly 22 year old Mercedes as a daily driver. But I was so thrilled when I got it working, and so happy to be back behind the wheel of it, that I realized I can never get rid of that car. I'm just too attached to it.

Andrew Jonell · **Joined:** Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:43 pm **Posts:** 1350

There's 2 or 3 other harnesses that aren't in that box.

Got the trunk buttoned up today.

JamesMilko · **Posted:** Sun Mar 08, 2015 9:00 pm

I decided to tackle a bit more of the electrical than I was planning on. Time will tell if that was a good decision or not.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KS9-nOtEa8I

I didn't remove as many wires as Jonell since Tower let me use his scales and it turns out I need 90# of ballast.

Arthur McDonald · **Joined:** Fri Aug 29, 2003 1:54 am **Posts:** 2052

Karl Shultz wrote:

My winter project turned out, in the end, to be this:

Focus ST Delivery by krshultz, on Flickr

:mrgreen:

It took two looks to figure out what is wrong, or right, with this picture. The car is parked in a lot at work (see security pillbox in the background). There's salt and sand and some remnants of snow on the pavement, so the photo was taken during the recent unpleasantness. And the car is spotless.

JamesMilko · **Posted:** Sun Mar 15, 2015 8:27 pm

Still got a week left in winter.

First stop was the steel warehouse, this place was massive. This was just their non-plate selections. Behind me was about 1/3 that amount of space in various types of plate.

I got a 4'x8' sheet of 3/16 steel. Richard bought what I didn't need. I ended up with a 4'x14" piece that I cut into a 17.5"x15" piece. A 4.5" angle grinder made quick work of the sheet. This leaves me enough for another 17.5"x14" sheet that will go on the top of the weights to make everything super secure.

To mount it to the car I'm reusing my passenger seat mounts since I don't need a passenger seat anymore.

Drilled the holes for the mounting bolts. Exceeding the duty cycle of my drill significantly.

Tacked the mounting bars into place. It wasn't as dark as it seems, the light threw my camera off.

Lots of welding. 3/16 is about the limit of what my welder can do on a 20A 110V circuit. Too bad I run it into a 15A circuit. Lots of breaker trips happened.

Towards the end I got tired of resetting the breaker.

And here is the finished product. Final weight was 100.2lbs.

Steven Carter · **Posted:** Sun Mar 15, 2015 8:52 pm

Steven Carter wrote:

Have S2000 shocks serviced
Watch everyone argue about which tire is best, buy ZII* anyway
Get the Z running
Coach my son's basketball team
Get my swing speed to 105 mph, eliminate my tendency for early extension
Get my 5k time down to 25:00 (currently in low 27s)

Deadline is March 1, I think it is doable...fingers crossed!

Shocks serviced and installed.
Still watching the tire flamewars. Decided to finish off my uncompetitive Rivals and make a decision later after Rival S gets some attention.
Z is still on jackstands. Sigh
Had a blast coaching the basketball team. The kid enjoyed playing so mich he is doing a bball camp this summer, which is a first.
Got the swing speed back to 100, making progress. TPI was a good idea, plus a monthly lesson from the pro.
5k time is in the 26s now...8:47 mile. Takes longer than I expected to get faster. Getting old blows. :thumbsdown:

Cash Davidson · **Posted:** Sun Mar 15, 2015 8:56 pm

Looking good, James. Where did you get the steel? Or did you already say and I missed it. :oops:

I can't stop playing with vinyl! Someone stop me before the car is completely wrapped! :lol:

JamesMilko · **Posted:** Sun Mar 15, 2015 9:05 pm

Cash Davidson wrote:

Looking good, James. Where did you get the steel?

Dillon in Raleigh.

I also just discovered that my front brake lines rubbed at some point. Time to add that to the list. Just placed an order with Rosenthal Mazda. Not a lot of time left, bringing the car up to VIR on Thursday.

clinehall · **Posted:** Mon Mar 16, 2015 6:41 am

Cash Davidson wrote:

Looking good, James. Where did you get the steel? Or did you already say and I missed it. :oops:

I can't stop playing with vinyl! Someone stop me before the car is completely wrapped! :lol:

I guess imitation is the greatest form of flattery!

Chad Culbertson · **Posted:** Mon Mar 16, 2015 9:26 am

I got the new Koni Oranges and my FE4 rear lower control arms installed yesterday. That should be the last thing I need to do besides a brake fluid flush before VIR, also get the new tires mounted.

The FE4 LCAs will allow me to run the newer style sway bar that is more efficient, they moved the mounting point to outboard of the spring instead of inboard. The neat thing is it has provisions for both styles of sway bar, so my 2010 oem sway bar bolted right up until I buy a new one.

Cash Davidson · **Posted:** Mon Mar 16, 2015 4:58 pm

clinehall wrote:

I guess imitation is the greatest form of flattery!

Wow! I've never seen your track Mini before - sweet!

Actually, I was inspired by this:

cuz ya know, I have a friend with a Porsche.

clinehall · **Posted:** Wed Mar 18, 2015 9:04 pm

Cash Davidson wrote:

cuz ya know, I have a friend with a Porsche.

Well, that's the deal.

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