Tamago

thanks for the kind words guys.. i'm gonna get back into the swing of things this week. my boss is out all week so i have a little more work load than normal, but i'm hoping to have the hood boxed in and back on the car by friday.

Crippie

sorry to hear about your loss J. just know shes in a better place

ippskidder

My deepest condolences to you Joel. Hope you feel better bro.

Jesse-BristolScion

awesome.

JSosa

sorry buddy, hope everything is ok.

Tamago

welll....

loong overdue update. i've been seriously slacking on the car for the last month or two.. finally got back into the swing of things.

started on my gauge pod last night:

Big_Bird

oOoOoOo I want to see finished product, hurry up!

Tamago

one more shot tonight, heading home now.. lots of roughing left to go but i wanted to get it all secured before going home..

i used a plain old yellow terrycloth and superglued it into place on the tray pulling as i went to minimize wrinkles.. then laid a very hot coat of resin over the top and a fine layer of FG hairs where i could. i'd run out of brushes so i used a chunk of foam to just dab things in place.. more to come tomorrow..

oh and these are 4 of 7 gauges. i'll be putting Boost/EGT/A/F right in front of me or maybe the A Pillar.. haven't decided yet..

Tamago

i lied two more pix

JSosa

Nice gauges, the only thing i dont like is that you have to take your eyes off the road to see them... But then again you have all the important ones in front of you, so looks good!!

Tamago

i also have the VSD-X heads up display with all the warning lights soooo if anything goes wrong it will pop up on the HUD ;)

JSosa

hahaha, with all the electronics you have on that car, its either soon going to take off or shut down for lack of power.... (its a joke, by the way)

Tamago

that's actually close to the truth.. considering the battery i run (kinetik HC600) and the power drained by the wideband and all the gauges, that statement isn't too far off..

ippskidder

O **** you got one of those? lmao

niceeeee.

I read up on the new vsd-x a few weeks ago.

Looks better than the old one, at least I think so.

I was wondering when someone around here would get one =D

I think you can never have enough gauges. It really helps with tuning, and also to calm the feeling of being paranoid in a newly turbo'd car, lmao.

I'll probably have about 6 gauges total, I guess 7 if you count the boost controller >.<

Which gauges did you end up getting? Those look like defi. Which would make sense, since you got the defi vsd-x. ^^

Tamago

yes, all defi, all linked together

ippskidder

You beat me to it. Dam you, lol.

I envy you sir

I'd love to see the gauge setup when your done with it.

Tamago

short clip

http://s40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...t=P1010357.flv

i'm having a difficult time maintaining traction in first and second.. my tires are almost bald ..

but god i love 1/2/3 gear..

Crippie

nice vid

Tamago

yeah i know... it's slowwwww...

Crippie

lol... dont know about that... sounds kinda nice. are you planning on putting anything youve made into production at any point?