Thanks

Good run! That setup has a lot of potential in it. What were you running your turbo at for that?

Going with a black intercooler this winter?

It was kind of an experimental run. I got an idea from a fellow DSM'er about running both an MBC and ecmlink boost control in conjunction. The idea is the EBC clamps the external gate 100% closed until a certain point via the top port and the MBC sets the maximum boost. So it gives you slightly faster spool up, the WG doesn't gradually open like with a MBC, it opens instantly when it gets to the desired boost and you also don't get that annoying fluttering noise of the EBC caused by the pulsing of the EBC. I set it up about 11pm Friday night and tested it on the way to the track.

I'll have to say it seems to work very well. I was spiking to 32 psi and dropping and holding to 30 psi with a fairly mild timing curve.



I'm thinking of picking up a 4" ETS core and probably going black

That's pretty freaking neat with the two BCs, thanks for giving me more ideas.
(yayayayaya....get my sh!t running...)

Can't you get rid of it using these parameters?

Possibly, I haven't really played around much with it.

So took a co-worker for a ride the other day, too bad she's used to being on a bike or the reaction could have been better lol.

No bikini top? WTF

Another day sir, another day

awesome top end! Co-worker is hot too

Not 100% sure what my plans are for the car this winter but I finally have my -an bungs welded on my valve cover.



Other than that, I will be taking off my wheels and actually powder coating them, the plasti-dip has held up fairly well for several years but it is starting to peel in a number of spots, time to do it right.

I have brand new slotted rotors and parts for it all around but I'll wait until spring to install them.

A staging brake is also on the top of the list of things to do.

1st mod/upgrade of the year complete, swapped out the GM 3 bar sensor for a Omni Power 4 bar and fired her up no problem.

Got a haul of parts to bring back from my work trip next week in the US, plan on using that $800 tax credit to the max lol.

Picked up the staging brake, Innovate MTX-D digital boost gauge and a few more bits.



I started working on the brakes when I had some time last week, simple job of putting on new pads and rotors turned into a cluster.

These Baer (cobra) brakes have been on the car for 8 years now, yes I got 8 years out of the original rotors. It was only last year that they got some good pedal thump going on.

So last fall I ordered a new set of slotted Cobra rotors from Rotorpros, received them and stored them away until now. Everywhere I ever rear and see said these kits used 94-04 Cobra 13" rotors. I never actually measured mine, just knew they were bigger than stock.

Fast forward to last Tuesday, after fighting for 20 minutes to get the drivers side rotor off the hub I see an issue right away.



The old ones are 12" and a different offset. Either I have an oddball early set or or maybe the 1g kit, either way 8 years ago it bolted up and worked.

So obviously I can't return these rotors, it's been 6 months, nor do I want to, bigger=better right? and to use them my calipers need to move out a 1/2". So I check RTM's site as I know they sell this kit. The brackets are out of stock, Tuesday night I email Abbas, to this day, still no response. I know they're busy with the move and all so I'll give him that. I don't have time, nor patience to wait around. I also don't like how their brackets mount the calipers in a 10-11 o'clock position instead of 9 o'clock. I know it works just fine either way, just personal preference.

So I designed and fabbed up my own bracket, cut an MDF prototype on the laser at work to make sure they were correct and to figure out the spacers needed. I then had some plasma cut in steel, spacers turned on the lathe and I welded them up and finished them.











And finally complete.

nice!

Looks wicked man!! Pretty sweet setup you got for the for making that, turned out wicked!!

Purdy! Awesome fab work.

Well done sir! Very nice.

Somehow i missed it. Congrats on the first start of 2016.
Are you helping her idle until warm up? you can adjust higher idle via BaseTipInAdj in DirectAccess tab to have her idle 1500/2000 until specific coolant temperature of your choice.



^ wow! Is there anything you cannot do? well done! You can help RTMRacing restock their brackets




^ Correct me if i'm wrong but your calipers are too small for larger rotors and old pads does not cover all the rotor surface. They most likely run cooler but pedal response should not change? I am not expert so feel free to school me on this


^ Will they clear Evo 8 17" rim?

Yes, this was just a first start, I'll deal with that when the time comes.



I like challenges and have a lot of resources at hand. I do what needs to be done.



Most likely but this kit was mostly sold with 13" so I'm not reinventing anything here.

And yes, no issues with clearance.

Correction!!! not BaseTipInAdj (that's for SD throttle response) but FastIdleMTISCPos as show here:

Nice welding work there Jason!

Looks clean.

Although, I'm curious, how thick are the brackets from RTM?

Thanks Mike.

Theirs are 1/2" thick but also a different design that's much narrower.

Maxed out my tax exemption on the way back from Florida

parts parts parts.....whats in those boxes

That's looking pretty good.

those cobra brakes fills in so nice ...yai!

So to bring this thread up to date;

Staging brake is all installed and plumbed in.





I've tried out the brakes, almost ate glass lol. They look so good with the fresh wheels.



Some of you have seen the little oil res I built,



Well it's my solution to my girdled rear diff cover, which isn't baffled like the stock cover. I've messed around with various vents but they always leak. So this should solve it once and for all.





As the diff heats up the oil should push into the can and then as it cools get pulled back to the diff like how the coolant res works.

Also installed my Innovate MTX-D boost gauge. I did a review video for anyone interested.

Looks good Jason, how does that get plumed into the existing lines?

There's a few options, some people T the rear brake lines and have it lock up the rear wheels only. I took the other options which is plumbing it into the proportioning valve, which locks up one front and the opposite side rear wheel and also doesn't require cutting or flaring brake lines. Just requires a few metric brake fitting to -an adapters.

So you still T it in though? or are your breaks no working liek they usually do now?

No T's. This intercepts the line from the master to the prop valve, then back to the prop valve, so the brakes work 100% normally.

Ah ok I got you! So when the staging brake is not in use fluid passes through it, right?

Exactly.

Thank you sir!

FYI it works awesome for brake boosting too lol

Really pushing that clutch hard eh!! haha

Nicely done Jason, the video did not load in my browser (Chrome & IE) so i had to extract the link by "quoting" your post. Here is the raw link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GxfXJFLUng

Ya I don't know what's up with that, it worked at first and now I can't edit it.

I was going to order one of those flexible mounts for my tablet but decided last night just to fab up something. All made from aluminum angle. It screws into the hvac bezel, on the underside so even if I remove it the holes won't be visible.

That's slick, did you put some foam in the bezel or is the aluminum tight enough to hold it.