I want to see the new bumper you're going with asap! Can't wait to see this all come together!

 

Well today was april 1st and I dont know if it was a joke or not, but talked to Ray over at Kaaz to go pick up the diff and he said he did something special to it. So my impression was he shimmed the diff some special way to make it better then normal or something. Well when I got down to Kaaz, this is what I found.




Also Speed O Motive called, said the valve guides where no good and we needed replacements, which kinda sucks cause we are supposed to be shooting the DVD with drifting.com tomarro. Well they found some on short notice unfortunatly cause now I have to wake up in a few hours to start on that.

Kenny over at K&W autobody calls me and said "I need parts", well I've been talking to Seibon for a while and they never came to a hard decision but they finally gave in a bit and helped us out. Ring the bell, we have a new sponsor, not full but at least I got the parts needed to keep this thing going.



Thank god someone in the USA makes doors for this car. Not cheep by any means but at least its there.





Then also got the TSII hood and the oem trunk








I'm running out of time fast. Start building the motor in a few hours.

 

great build! that thing must be very light.. don't forget to weigh it after it's done..

 

wow dude, I want those Seibon doors sooooo bad. Our OEM doors are just too damn heavy!

 

You think the Seibon doors will hold up if they were used for daily driving? [Sturdy?]
Looking great; Are you going to paint part of the carbon or leave it all showing?

 

Carbon doors would scare me with tandem.


I hope your cage has good strong high up door bars

 

Alex you gonna make it out to the D1GP in Miami with this thing. I would love to see it in person.

 

props for a serious build.. looking awesome

 

Good stuff.. I was waiting for some updates and they do not disappoint!

 

OMG I don't even want to know how much was spend here with or without sponsors.

 

i wouldnt try. i wouldnt put all the stock stuff on them either. the speakers and door panels arent light on our cars.

if you get t-boned without a cage you are FKD.

 

No more FKD than riding a superbike and getting hit*

 

nice you put the box in the truck upside down! LOL the doors are lookin good. Same with the hood; I just love the look of carbon in the sun

 

i'm lovin the carbon fiber! how much weight do you think she's lost after all that shedding? make sure you keep us updated on the KAAZ 2-way..i'm really interested in picking one up soon

 

Suprised no one said anything about the pink diff.

Got like 3 hours of sleep then off to the motor shop. Speed O Motive, Remeber the name when you want something done right. Brian Crower got sent the parts directly and they went over all the parts, bored the block, ballanced the crank(must say it was just about perfect from the box), weighed and matched the rods and pistons, checked the line bore with the new arp hardware, pulled the head apart, found that the valve guides were bad and we needed to do the filming for the DVD with drifting.com today so they over nighted some in, painted the block and had it all set up for us this morning at 8am. You will beable to purchase the DVD of the engine build soon on drifting.com. Here are some quick pics, Alex from drifting.com and Bill Shoemaker, great head builder.








Well, bad news, I'm still missing some important parts to get the motor together in time (main bearings) and some odds and ends. So instead of splitting my attention between things, I just have time to worry about getting the chassis together for long beach. The count down begins today and think I've found some new sponsors, Mackin Industries for some cool Rays Wheels and Cooper for some tires.


7 Days till Long Beach