Cheap Insurance

I can't tell if these things are badass or hokey

Regardless they are cheap insurance for the engine

I think I like them

I'm Free Flowin

Time to fix my jacked up exhaust

Crappy Crush bend

Cut it out!

Look at that POS

Time to copy with mandrel bend

Welding Required

Cut and tacked

Welded up

Bam! Done!

Muffler is a bit crooked now & rubs rear valance

Oops

I'll have to fix that somehow

New Toys

I got plans for this seat. 

Stupid Blogger auto-rotated image & I don't know how to fix

 Subaru R180 27 spline to datsun 240z halfshaft adapters

 2006 STI 3.54 R180 LSD

Change the input flange and it's a direct bolt in

as long as you have the Beta Motorsports half shaft adapters

 

 Adapters & LSD mated up

Up close and personal

Seller claimed that LSD is 3.9

 But I know for a fact 2006 STIs came with a 3.54 rear r180

The ratio of the center diff in the STI theoretically made the rear diff a 3.9

Without the center diff, the r180 is a 3.54

I currently have a 4.11 open r180 out of a L20 Fairlady Z 2+2

With the new engine, I'm in and out of the power band in no time

Im hoping this STI r180 with the lower ratio will keep me in the power longer

&

speed me up in the long run

Regardless the LSD will be a vast improvement

Catch Can Complete

It's Alive

Finally got some time

Started getting the engine ready for install

My boy Steve thinking he is helping

Dude talks about his volvo 24/7

It's mint as fuck so I can't blame him

 Freshly wrapped

All buttoned up

Ready to go in the next morning

9AM and we are in

Slowly and easy

The harbor freight cherry picker's reach is super short so I had to come in the sideways

Even sideways the reach was not long enough

Made for an extra pain in the butt trying to get everything aligned

Still got it done

Everything hooked back up minus linkage

And it's alive!

Fuel pressure was way too high

Engine was dyno'd at 3.5psi. I'm currently at 6psi.

Car was running super rich. Lots of smoke and some backfiring out the carb

Until I can get a fuel pressure regulator car will sit idle

It's always something...