I Couldn't Think Of A Catchy Thread Title For My Galant.

[4g63lover]

Matt, for my EVO 5 radiator I modded the core support, it gives it the height it needs to have the cap at the right spot as well.

[mrg7243]

20150503_223555 by slammedsedan, on Flickr

Evo 8 oil filter housing, going to run a oil cooler, and turbo feed from here.

20150501_151635 by slammedsedan, on Flickr

20150503_172447 by slammedsedan, on Flickr

Gauge pod with wideband and boost gauge

20150502_231158_001 by slammedsedan, on Flickr

Evo 8 turbo with 10.5t hotside. Considering getting the kinugwa 20g wheel and compressor housing.

[FunfGang]

The Audi is dead??

What happened? You're alright I assume?

[mrg7243]

The Audi is dead??

What happened? You're alright I assume?

Yeap the audi is dead. I hit a chunk of ice going around a bend. It upset the car enough to send it into a spin. Went down a ravine into a guard rail.

[mrg7243]

20150506_152621 by slammedsedan, on Flickr

Complete ets piping kit

Got off my ass and did some work since I am waiting on the suspension to come in.

20150504_184931 by slammedsedan, on Flickr

20150504_182741 by slammedsedan, on Flickr

Deadening stripped. Saved 8lbs or so.

20150504_215659 by slammedsedan, on Flickr

20150504_220014 by slammedsedan, on Flickr

20150504_220033 by slammedsedan, on Flickr

Cleaning up random parts out of boredom.

20150504_220005 by slammedsedan, on Flickr

[rice4life]

They have been no successful vr4 swaps being it costs more to do that than to buy a real vr4 and grey market it in here.

Mitsubishi guys managed to figure out how to swap the evo drivetrain into old hyundai elantras, but not to do a vr4 conversion?


Oh yeah, isn't the kinugawa compressor wheel cast?

[mrg7243]

Mitsubishi guys managed to figure out how to swap the evo drivetrain into old hyundai elantras, but not to do a vr4 conversion?


Oh yeah, isn't the kinugawa compressor wheel cast?

You can grey market import a vr4 for the cost of the swap. Parts from japan arent cheap plus modding the 6a13tt is not cheap.

So this is the finish 90% of the parts in the bay will have.

20150516_144038 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

Here is the MASSIVE Nisei intercooler. 3.8" core, cast end tanks, 22 inches tall. Going to run bumperless for a little until I can figure out which bumper I want to go with.

20150518_111758 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

Took a shot in the dark and bought a Evo RS master cylinder. Wasnt sure if it would fit and it does! This has 2 incorporated proportioning valves so it cleans up the bay, also more importantly it should have the proper balance for the brembos.

20150524_002116 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

All of the parts below are ready to install. Everything is getting coating in Ceramic Pro hydrophobic ceramic coat to keep road grime off the suspension parts and keep them looking new.

20150528_002543 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

I wasnt satisfied with the dull shine that the factory mishimoto finish so I polish mine to perfection. Tryed the mothers ball first, finally went all out with a 4 step polish.

20150526_113121 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

Well since I am mainly working on the rear right now I decided to cut the rot out of the fender wells and this makes me sooo sad to see. But I will have it taken care of.

20150527_222444 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

20150527_222428 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

Thats all for tonight. I now have wifi in the garage so posts should come more frequent.

[mrg7243]

All the rear suspension is primered, color going on in a couple minutes

20150602_225330 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

Got these jawns in today

20150602_143949 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

20150602_143919 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

Pads and rotors have about 3k on them so I am going to burn through those before getting 2 piece rotors and hawk pads.

Compared to the stock up front. Stock rotor is 10 inches, the brembos are 11 3/4inches

20150602_183132 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

Calipers are also 3lbs lighter

[coconutt]

Doing many work kiddo.

[mrg7243]

Calling it a night. More updates in the AM

20150603_012118 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

[mrg7243]

Coilovers came in
20150603_202855 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

BC Extreme Low with swift spring upgrade, and shock inserts to match the swift. 12k Front, 10k Rear. Hoping to tune out a little bit of understeer.

[mrg7243]

Been a busy last week. The car is now on the ground.

I cut the area I needed to cut for the awd swap when that happens
20150615_134634 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

While working on the rear I found that somehow sand sat in the fender wells from the truck and held water so there is some rot that needs to be tended to by the end of summer.

20150615_164556 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

20150615_164600 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

Dynamated the interior

20150616_213111 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

Random suspension parts

20150622_180519 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

20150620_154242 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

Bead action on the tophats from the ceramic pro

20150621_002703 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

The brembos barely clear the 16 inch gst wheels which will become my winter wheels.
20150622_211655 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

20150629_101135 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

Now onto the good stuff
20150629_101330 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

20150629_160513 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

20150629_172120 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

[FunfGang]

Looking good dude! Can't wait to see more progress.

[mrg7243]

Been a long couple weeks since my last post. The car has been such a huge stress. The machinist who has the bottom end keeps postponing a week. I call him every week saying the same thing.



He has pretty much put this project on a standstill.




Sent out the head for a surface and a valve job, got it back in 3 days.

20150709_163543 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

20150709_163530 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

20150711_224928 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

Had me feeling like



Finished all of the ports up. Forgot to take pictures of the exhaust side.

20150702_213900 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

My biggest fear of this build is that all the time and effort I am putting in there will be something dirty or dingy looking on the car. Because of that I have spent the extra bit of effort cleaning up the head to a better than new finish. The head and all the attached parts will be finished like this. Then protected in ceramic pro.

20150710_235610 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

Its is very hard to see the finish because of the rough cast, but trust me its icey.



Ported other miscellaneous parts

20150708_173337 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

This is the o2 housing, opened it up and smoothed it because the wastegate merge was made by a blind tweak with a sawzall



20150708_173322 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

Goodridge brake lines, balance shaft delete kit(since I lost mine), Oil cooler plugs(temporary), and GM IAT

20150701_203426 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

But most importantly



20150701_102718 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

[mrg7243]

So been some time since I updated but it will be running soon. So prepare for a massive update.

Heres the head fully assembled
20150812_002203 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

Quick test fit with turbo
20150813_220238 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

20150814_123008 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

All the pieces to the puzzle
20150816_211153 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

My dogs
20150817_111017 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

20150817_174157 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

Painted the block a kind of sparkly black, cleared, then ceramic coated. So it looks so wet.
20150817_182348 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

Sanded, polished and cleared. This is the original block to the car.
20150819_235802 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

After having huge issues with my machinist I got my shit back and tore into it. Find the crank that was supposed to be ultrasonic cleaned was dirty.
20150822_143016 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

20150822_143038 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

20150822_155455 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

20150825_231405 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

First piston installed.
20150826_161109 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

All installed but not on crank.
20150826_180528 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

Shaved VC letters
20150831_005642 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

Current interior status.
20150831_152458 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

Evo non abs master cylinder and the new color of the bay.
20150902_150617 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

Tried to add many little touches
20150904_010238 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

Here are the lines I custom bent for the new master since the proportioning valve is located withing the master not external.
20150907_000430 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

Going IN!!!!
20150907_182958 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

20150907_183007 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

Inching it down ever so slowly trying not to hit the paint.
20150907_184413 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

All in
20150907_200113 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

And this is it.
035 by Matt Gartner, on Flickr

So there that is my rachet racecar. So you fuckers at h2o.