Muncie

Decide to push it a bit with low mileage on the engine and am now pushing almost 15 psi. Took the 7 to the track ran a 12.6 @ 115.6. Not bad but I'm a terrible launcher. So I'm sure I should be in the 11's. Toasted the clutch on the second run with the 12.6 so I will be putting the 6 puck clutch disc in.

Running

Well I have neglected the blog but I rebuilt with a new rotor as well as font plate. Engine now has 300 miles on it.

Water Injection Is BAD???

Well broke my front iron on a lower boost run. Had some miss-fire and then oil pressure dropped to nill. Front plate broke at the oil turbo feed and across the dowel. On tear down it appears that I was pushing too much water, as the front rotor also pinched an apex seal but didn't break it. Again all this is my opinion of what happened as the settings, fuel, and pressure I was running should not have created detonation. Oh well time for a build. I will start over with smaller nozzles this time....

Water Injection Is Good

Boost appears to be approximately 2-3 psi higher with the pre turbo and pre TB water injection. AFR's were 1 afr lower than before. Scared myself when boost cut went off after hitting 18 psi on wastegate alone. No full runs in 3rd yet but 2nd is all spin.... its good.

Seats Are In

Seats are in and they fit wonderfully. Also put in a new black carpet to clean up the grey carpet from before. These are the seats that should have come in the 7 standard.

She starts correctly again

whoooho! Haltech put out a fix to their firmware uploaded it and now she starts on first crank. Ign1a coils are working great

Seats: Wife and Dessie Approved

Wife and Dessie came home and guess what the seats are approved by both of them.

Hmmm New Seats....

Well look what showed up today. Might the be a pair of mint condition Lotus Elise seats with lumbar adjustment??? Yes they would be. Stock rails will be here monday for me to modify for these babies to go in.

BAM BAM

Wired the fuel pressure sensor, oil temperature sensor, ECU ground and Alternator tap. Then in order to test I turned on the launch control. Not necessary but made Dan laugh. Oh and don't you love flames and extreme backfires...

Interior Shots

Here is a short vid of the interior in my car. Running an IQ3, WBO2, Input Switches and interior in all its glory. Currently sporting the Corbeau A4 seats. Will be sporting new carpet and Lotus Elise seats in the near future.

The Monster Runs

She's running, not restarting very well due to some low voltage problems but she sounds good.

No Starty

Well after trying to start the car I realized I had provided power incorrectly in the new harness I made for my ignition coils. The fun part is that I didn't have the pin removal tool and I ended up botching up some pins. Soooo Mad... Ordered new connectors for the harness, they should be in this next week. So this week she will run, she will run......

Oil Temp Sensor (Pan Location)

Well since I didn't want to mess with setting the pedestal up for the oil temp sensor I decided to put it in the oil pan oil level sensor location. I turned a piece with the correct diameter for the oring seal and drilled the hole pattern for the mounting of the sensor. Using a standard GM style oil temp sensor in the center. I have debated using this location in the past as new it would not be the hottest position. The issue though becomes that no matter what the temperature is coming out of the engine its the cooling systems ability to keep those temperatures in check before pumping it back through the engine. Taking that stance I should be fine in the pan.

Ignition Setup IGN-1A Coils

Powdercoated my new IGN-1A bracket last night and mounted my coils to the bracket today. I don't believe it looks to bad if I do say so myself. We may have to start selling these at the store. Plenty of airflow to the individual coils and compact mounting to the AC compressors 4 bolt mounting position below the steering pump. Short wires and easy access to my harness. The coils are the popular IGN-1A coils with igniter. These are from my knowledge the highest energy inductive type coil available. Hotter than the LS type coils with an even shorter dwell times. They are by all appearances Mercury Marine coils of some type but I have yet to be able to find them at the prices available under the IGN-1A coil name.

Water Injection Setup

Welded in a new floor after replacing the rear sheet metal on the car. The water injection system is from alcohol injection systems. This is their new 3 gal tank setup. Very nice tank unit mounts the pump under the tank and provide a sump and a nice tank cap and vent. Running stainless braid under the car to two nozzles (one in the air filter pre-turbo and one in the Greddy compression elbow. I plan on mounting a test button as well as standard boost triggering from the Haltech.

Turbo & Piping

The new turbo allowed me the time to update the IC piping on the turbo side. Created a bit more room for angling the air filter when I finally finish my V-Mount hood. Turbo outlet was cut down a bit and then a 90 cast elbow tigged on.

New Setup

This year I will be starting out with a new fuel, turbo, aux injection system, and ignition system. Currently everything is still being worked on but there is light in the tunnel ahead.