Derracudas zermatt 20vt,6spd, 351awhp - July 4th drive vid

Rob C · Post by **Rob C** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 7:51 am

Well Derek, I could drive it there for you... Just to help you out and all..... :wink: :-D

derracuda · Post by **derracuda** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:21 am

:bashtard:

derracuda · Post by **derracuda** » Mon May 14, 2007 8:02 am

i'm baaaaaccckkkk

i haven't done much on the dash because i'm working on getting the big fabrication bits done so i can take the car home to oregon where if need be, i can wrap up wiring bits and small stuff. so i started off by figuring out what needed to be done to fit the IC up....

then i moved on to the front suspension. i need to finish modding the strut tubes so i can get my 235's in place.... can't live without those

started by removing the spring perches...

then carefully worked at getting the steering arms off and clearance ground at the tie rod end....

and then test fit them here. i flipped the arm so the tie rod now sits on top. this works in conjunction with the arm being slid all the way down the strut tube and the car being slightly lower to end up with the tie rod being almost flat at ride height.

here's some more front fitment pics with the 235's...
rear of the front wheel arch

it does touch here, but that's only because the plastic bulges. i'm going to lay the plastic down flat somehow

front of the front wheel arch..

plenty of clearance here!

max compression, just as tight here as my old 215's on the white car

it'll sit with about a 1-1.5" gap between the tire and the fender lip for practical purposes.

plans for the springs are... 200 20v rear springs in the front with 1 ring cut off to raise the spring rate to 200lb/in and i'll be installing some ground control spring perches to make my final right height adjustments perfect. amazingly enough, the bottom of the 200 spring JUST fits the collar on the adjuster sleeve.

Audilard · Post by **Audilard** » Mon May 14, 2007 8:08 am

Hey, you need to use the other half of that big intercooler!!! Not that wimpy thing. :wink:

Those wheels look great on the car.

derracuda · Post by **derracuda** » Mon May 14, 2007 8:16 am

haha, i would, but it's too much cutting out the front of this car. i'm not looking for 500hp, just a solid 300-350hp.

WAUG0806 · Post by **WAUG0806** » Mon May 14, 2007 9:55 am

did you get any pics of clearance between those big tires and the modded control arms... :?

Wizard-of-OD · Post by **Wizard-of-OD** » Mon May 14, 2007 2:27 pm

you do know the camshaft bolt is a stretch bolt right?

90_Koop · Post by **90_Koop** » Mon May 14, 2007 3:43 pm

Lookin' sweet as usual. Keep it up Derek! :drool:

RSCoupe · Post by **RSCoupe** » Mon May 14, 2007 6:29 pm

Wizard-of-OD wrote:you do know the camshaft bolt is a stretch bolt right?

Are you sure? I didn't think so, and I don't think I've seen a 10.9 stretch bolt.

derracuda · Post by **derracuda** » Tue May 15, 2007 1:07 pm

more progress today! first up, a couple pics of the end tank on the IC. it's not finish welded, but just incase someone wanted to get a better idea of the configuration.

now back to the suspension

Ground control to the rescue! 8)

doug, ask and ye shall recieve

this one is pretty close, i had to remove the inner weight off the rim as it was just knicking the strut tube

it's a game of mm's here

i ended up putting the upper face of the spring perch 4.25" down from the top to ensure proper tire clearance since it's now so close between the tire and strut

cleaned and painted the housings after the final welding

the spring now sits about 2" lower than it was on the stock spring perch, so before i cut the springs, i'm going to see where she sits and go from there. at this point, without cutting the spring, i can't lower it anymore.

hopefully i can achieve a ride height about here.....

the other thing i got done was the downpipe. i used a 3" bend to get be down around the CV joint from the 200 downpipe section i used.

finished it off with some header wrap

one nice thing about the 20v swap.... no messing with the steering arm 8)

annd, i also got my RS2 fan shroud in with my 200 20v fan. still have to wire it up, but i'm saving that for when i have less difficult fabrication stuff to do.

mhb_1323 · Post by **mhb_1323** » Tue May 15, 2007 2:29 pm

that looks great, you got me thinkin about going for two piece struts now. :-)

cuatrokoop · Post by **cuatrokoop** » Tue May 15, 2007 2:39 pm

Wizard-of-OD wrote:you do know the camshaft bolt is a stretch bolt right?

Er, what? A 10.9 grade metric bolt can't be TTY. Otherwise it wouldn't be a 10.9. Material wise, a 10.9 is roughly equal to a Grade 8 fastener. You won't be putting a 130ksi on that bolt any time soon to make it yield.

derracuda · Post by **derracuda** » Tue May 15, 2007 3:26 pm

cuatrokoop wrote:
Wizard-of-OD wrote:you do know the camshaft bolt is a stretch bolt right?

Er, what? A 10.9 grade metric bolt can't be TTY. Otherwise it wouldn't be a 10.9. Material wise, a 10.9 is roughly equal to a Grade 8 fastener. You won't be putting a 130ksi on that bolt any time soon to make it yield.

so, i guess to answer the question....

Wizard-of-OD wrote:you do know the camshaft bolt is a stretch bolt right?

no, i didn't

did you?

Wizard-of-OD · Post by **Wizard-of-OD** » Tue May 15, 2007 5:28 pm

cuatrokoop wrote:
Wizard-of-OD wrote:you do know the camshaft bolt is a stretch bolt right?

Er, what? A 10.9 grade metric bolt can't be TTY. Otherwise it wouldn't be a 10.9. Material wise, a 10.9 is roughly equal to a Grade 8 fastener. You won't be putting a 130ksi on that bolt any time soon to make it yield.

Its a stretch bolt fergie...and it costs $1.

RSCoupe · Post by **RSCoupe** » Tue May 15, 2007 6:18 pm

newt wrote: