The Nominations
Each Nominee was able to send me a PM with 5 images of their car plus a list of their modifications. Voting will end on March 9th at 03:30am
We had a tie for 5th place in nominations, so with the large number of nominations this month, I included both fifth place cars, so we have 6 to choose from this month!
belacyrf
Hocky
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Here it is at a Cruise In next to Dracconix's Focus:
Dirty Engine Bay:
Some wheelspin on an autox track:
Old shot of the car rolling up the back tires:
Wedding day burnouts:
The car is an '88 RX7 TII that was put together to be a very serious street car set up to do anything. It is a car that can go to the drag strip and run 10s, cruise across the country at 30mpg, and stop at road courses all along the way... the only changes it between would be a tire change on the drag strip. The car has been 11.20@125mph on motor only and 10.80@138mph on a small nitrous hit and very traction limited. Unfortunately, it never saw the strip on a serious nitrous hit. It got the job done, but it is time to move on to bigger and better things from the turd. I currently have a 3rd generation RX7 in the works that will be as fast or faster, but more importantly it will be very quiet and super comfortable with all amenities. :-)
Couple of videos:
An in-car 10.85 pass:
http://www.indyhpmedia.com/index.php..._1080short.wmv
Burnouts/donuts with a buddy... posted this in the nomination thread:
http://www.indyhpmedia.com/index.php...kyBurnouts.wmv
Mods... eh, I'll be briefish. It is easier to list stock parts: seats, carpet and body panels. heh
2002 LS6/T56
Custom engine/tranny mounting
JTR 1-3/4" long tube headers
Dual 3" exhaust through flowmasters
Griffin Aluminum radiator
T-Rex cam (243/249, 603/609, 109.5LSA per cam card)
Ported 241 heads
..Patriot gold dual valve springs
..Titanium Retainers
..Thunder Racing Chromoly Pushrods
Hybrid nitrous kit...
..Zex EFI Race solenoids (good for 300hp)
..Zex Nozzle, main feed line, fuel feed line, nitrous noid line
..NX SHO nitrous noid line (good for 300hp)
..FJO minicontroller electronic programmable progressive nitrous controller, ramp by RPM, time, gear lock out, tps control, rpm window, and do it all for 2 stages
..Dynotune automatic bottle heater
..Dynotune digital nitrous pressure gauge
Dual Walbro 255 fuel pumps, in tank
All tuning done by me with HP Tuners
Stock '02 T56
..1" Clutch master cylinder
..Spec 3 Clutch + Spec Billet Steel flywheel (~1k miles)
Custom 3" steel driveshaft with upgraded joints
Ground control coilovers (450#f,350#r)
KYB AGX adjustable struts
All poly bushings
Aftermarket swaybars
All stainless braided brake lines
PBR Ceramic pads, slotted rotors on OEM 4pot front calipers, 2pot rear calipers
and on and on and on and on x 10 + a lot of tires
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J20000
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Pics:
I'd also like to thank everybody for the nominations! The 350Z has been my dream car ever since it came out in 2003. So after I blew the motor in my Focus, and started have some other problems, I decided that it was time to treat myself. So I went and found what I was looking for within my budget. What I found was a SuperBlack 2003 Nissan 350z Performance Edition with a VQ35DE Engine, 6 speed transmission with LSD. This has been by far the most fun I have ever had in a car. Its a great car for the drag strip, track, and street, and I definately use it for what it was made for on all three of those. 
Engine:
Kinetix V+ composite Intake Manifold, UTR Carbon Fiber intake tube, Jim Wolfe Technology "Pop-Charger" cold air intake system, Kinetix High Flow Catalytic Converters, Nismo S-Tune cat back exhaust.
Exterior:
Veilside Carbon Fiber V1 front bumper lip painted black, tinted tail lights, reverse lights, and front bumper reflectors, 15% window tint, TEIN hood dampers
Interior/Audio:
Alpine iDA-X1000 Head Unit w/ build in iPod interface. Rockford Fosgate 1000w amp, Alpine SPR-13S component speakers, 2 Orion HP 10D2 10" subwoofers in a custom enclosure, Fidanza short shifter
Suspension:
Tokico D-Spec adjustable shocks/struts, Eibach Sportline springs, SPC rear camber kit, Bronze Work Emotion CR Kai 18x8.5"+20 offset wheels with Nitto NT 555 245-40R18 tires in the front, and 18x9.5"+20 offset wheels with Nitto NT 555 275-40R18 tires in the rear, StopTech Stage 2 Brake upgrade w/ HAWK HPS brake pads
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Lifeguardjoe
lowlifestyle
Mod list:
Suspension:
Top End performance full urethane bushing kit
Subaru LSD w/ 3.70 gears
Ermish Racing front and rear QA1 coilovers
Ermish Racing Camber/Caster plates
Ermish Racing 4-wheel Willwood brake kit w/ stainless lines and 280z master cylinder
McKinney Motorsports Trans mount
McKinnney Motorsports reversed tubular front crossmember
DGR front swaybar kit reversed for sr20
Reversed steering center link
Rear crossmember clearanced for 3" exhaust
T3 roll center adjusters
ARP extended wheel studs
15x6 +23 Panasports
195/50/15 Bridgstones Potenza s-03
Drivetrain:
s13 SR20DET w/ 5-speed trans
Greddy intake manifold
Greddy oil pan
HKS SMF filter
HKS V2 BOV w/ purple insert
McKinney Motorsports top mount turbo manifold
HKS carbon TI muffler
3" exhaust from turbo to muffler
ATP Turbo turbine flange 3" V-band
ATP Turbo 3" V-band downpipe
Griffin Radiator
McKinney Motorsports FMIC
Exedy Clutch
Fidanza flywheel
Shortened and balanced driveshaft
Fuel tank modified for 300zx fuel pump
300zx fuel pump
New fuel lines and hoses
Battery relocated to trunk
14" electric fan
Engine harness rewired and grafted into factory 510 chassis harness
Interior/exterior:
Grant steering wheel
Autometer speedo, tach, boost, fuel, water temp, oil temp, and oil pressure gauges
Euro headlights
(not yet installed)
New taillights and trim rings
All new factory rubber
New emblems
BRE CF front chin spoiler
Replace roof for one with no sunroof
Sparco seats
Autopower 4pt cage
G-Force 4pt harnesses
Full interior
Exterior will be painted Audi Aviator Grey Pearl with the rising sun on the roof.[/quote]
Ray
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It all started here:
And now (or close to now as the car IS always changing)...
Where to start?
My mother got this car in 1993. It was this oddball car, some german ford or something. I was young. 12 or 13. I liked the car. I liked the car a lot. My father said i couldn't have the car when i turned 16, as it was too fast for me. Still, when i was 14/15 he brought me to some big empty lots (precursor to autocross?) to learn how to drive manual, in this vehicle. I fell in love.
In october of 1995 the engine overheated, warping the head and burning the number 4 exhaust valve. At the time, we didn't know what was wrong except that it lost compression. My father was in the process of building a 1938 plymouth coupe street rod and decided to "keep the merkur" to use the seats in the street rod. Little did i know he never wanted the seats, but he wanted me to have the car once i "proved myself". The car was put in the back yard on cinder blocks and forgotten.
9 years later i'm graduated from college and i own a supercharged zx3 that i also autocross. It's now may 2004, and i convince my dad to let me "have" the merkur. I knew a lot more about engines than i did when i was little, and i was sure i could get this car running. In october 2004 a friend of mine with a trailer brought the car from my parents to my house.
3 weeks later the car ran. New head, head gasket, hoses, belts, etc etc etc etc etc and she ran. Sure, the timing was off. Sure, this and that. Whatever. She ran! On disassembly i was shocked the car was in as good condition as it was. Well, except the interior. 9 years of mice left me removing the insides with a full face respirator and latex gloves. Ever get mouse crap in your eye? I have.
After cleaning up the car and interior and getting it running, i offered it to my mother in 2005. She said "no, it's yours now, and ... well, i'd just break it again."
Okay.
Fast forward to 2008. the car now sits on a fully customized suspension, with a hodgepodge of parts from things that really only fit because i bought myself a welder and a sawzall. (inside joke).
A "mod list" doesn't apply here, at least not in "bolt ons". Not much on the car is a bolt on, and not much on the car is actually made for the car. The funny part is... thru research and planning, it WORKS.
So i'll attempt a mod list.
Inside:
Removal of about 4lbs of dessicated mouse crap.
Removal of 3 or so dessicated mice.
Removal of about 45lbs of sound proofing, give or take.
Removal of most interior pieces (rear seats, carpet, trim, head liner, drivers seat).
Replacement of drivers seat with a momo start (14 lbs)
Custom fabbed seat rail using the oem slider so i can still have front / rear slide control.
Crow 3" 5pt camlock harness.
Autopower 4 pt rollbar, modified with extra steel to have a harness bar, diagonal brace (to rear shock tower), and welded (not bolted) in.
Very lightweight triangulated aluminum rear shock brace.
Stitch welded floorpan (most of it)
I also had to resolder some of the circuit boards.
Gauges:
Wideband o2 sensor
Big fat tach (it was cheap and used)
Oil pressure
Oil Temp
Water Temp (oem didn't work, even new they sucked)
Voltage (lets me know when something isn't right)
Boost
Redline tuning shifter boot (yes, the first one made for a merkur)
Fire extinguisher (it's still a merkur)
Ford Focus Shifter knob (different tranny than stock = different shift pattern.)
Under the hood:
fully clean and repainted most of the parts.
new hoses, wiring out the friggin' wazoo, etc.
3" turboback exhaust
3" dump under pass side door with block off plate for non-track stuff.
front mount intercooler (3" x 20" x 6" core, bar and plate)
intercooler tubing i welded up myself
lightly ported / polished e6 turbo manifold
stainless braided oil feed to turbo line
stainless braided fuel line
turbojoe's high flow fuel rail
proform adjustable fuel pressure regulator
fuel pressure gauge
thermostatically controlled oil cooler (from a 1988 rx7)
summit racing oil filter sandwich plate (for oil cooling)
stainless braided oil lines for oil cooler
mustang v8 oil filter (shorter than stock, so it fits)
esslinger underdrive pulley (crank, water pump)
upgraded the **** out of the ground wires (i didn't want any chances with sensor stuff)
LA3 ECU
Big VAM (from a turbocoupe)
air charge sensor (wired to ECU)
3" stainless turbo inlet pipe
K&N cone filter in a custom made 20ga galvanized steel heat shield with a decal of winnie the pooh holding a knife dripping blood in one hand, and piglets severed head in the other.
New head (kind of a big deal i guess)
felpro 1035 head gasket
Drivetrain:
tremec type 5 trans (t5 for short)
mustang (1986 i think) v8 driveshaft
adapter for driveshaft to differential
european 7.0" limited slip diff
spec stage 3 6 puck clutch
clutch cable from a non-hydro clutch mustang
oem speedo cable with different end gear in trans (wrong ratio, btw, it's like 14% off (too fast ))
Brakes:
full flush of brake fluid once per year
oem rear brakes (replaced all hardware, and painted drums black
fronts have handmade adapter brackets for the following:
ford focus SVT rotors
2003 mustang GT calipers
ford focus SVT brake lines (required a rethread of calipers to fit new lines, they're 1/8 npt if you're interested)
Suspension
this is where the car got expensive. mc2racing helped tremendously with advice and parts supply for this portion of the car (as well as other portions)
Front:
Hypercoil 500lb/in springs, coilover
helper springs
coilover sleeves on koni adjustable dampers
nylon steering rack bushings
polyurethane sway bar bushings
polyurethane inner and outer TCA (control arm) bushings
i also chopped the top off my strut towers, fabricated new tops, and welded them on to fit:
mustang QA1 camber plates with spherical bearings.
a crazy amount of adjustment now.
Rear:
Hypercoil 325lb/in coilover springs
QA1 carerra 4/4 aluminum threaded body racing shocks
custom fabricated lower shock reciever
redone and reinforced upper reciever (a lot of welding)
mc2racing polyurethane rear diff mount
nylon inner and outer STA (control arm like) bushings
polyurethane rear beam bushings
Wheels / Tires
mustang pony wheels painted white to match car with silver lip to hide wheel weights
225/50/16 falken azenis RT 615's
i also have some oem 16" focus wheels with hoosier rubber on them but i haven't used that in a while.
Exterior:
Cleaned, claybarred, waxed car
handmade fiberglass cossie replica grill
reshot the trim from grey to white to match car
cossie style hood vents
tinted tail lights
some decals to support my local businesses, and friends
magnetic numbers and class stuff for autocross.
some rust fixes here and there.
For a timeline build with all the pics and full commentary, please view all the pages here:
http://forums.focaljet.com/team-rigz...1-14-08-a.html
I've lost count of the hours in this car. More spent working on it than driving it, but if you know me, you know that i absolutely love this car. I had to sell one toy, and ... sadly, the focus is for sale. I cant part with this car. It means a lot to me. Too much, probably.
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