Arlisscm's Angry Roller Skate

[arlisscm]

I guess since I have made the transition from lurker to active member I should probably start chronicling the build of my FiST. It's only fair to warn you I tend to forget to take pictures of what I am doing and that when I don't I am by no means a photographer. Also, I have done previous mods prior to creating this thread but it was just the normal bolt-ons that most members have done. As of this week I have begun to go deeper and into uncharted waters, for myself, and started installing bigger ticket items. What follows is my idea of pictures and possibly notes as to what is in said pictures.

So, I'll start out with the tear-down, which gets easier every time you do it.

First I pulled the wipers, cowl and headlights then I tore its face off and pulled the intake, battery tray and noticed my MAF sensor connector had a busted wire, which conveniently enough broke right at the connector, this will be replaced. I also pulled off my Cobb FMIC and hotside charge pipe.











Next I went a little more invasive and pulled the downpipe and turbo.
A little PB blaster goes a long way, but a lot is just more fun.





Tiny turbo is tiny.








Always good to stay organized.



Now I tried my hand at opening up the grill, with the assistance of my dog Loki. He is oh-so helpful. It's a messy process but very DIYable.









Then brown santa (UPS guy) brought me some DHM goodies.



Russ doesn't skimp on packaging.



Once again, so helpful...



A little comparison of the DHM Race IC to Cobb IC with bonus crashbeam.





Stock crashbeam and DHM crashbeam.



Holding up radiator while swapping crashbeams.



Finally the glorious payoff.



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Well, I completely forgot I never finished this....

So anywho, with the race IC and crashbeam installed, the rest of my goodies showed up.

Appropriate shirt

Holy packaging Batman!

Everything all unpacked

Mmmmm.... Tubular manifold

Magically installed!

And now the fun piece, the awe-inspiring beauty that is the GTX2860r

Once again, magic!

Open wastegate dump, because its obnoxious and I love it

Mishimoto OCC install, very easy and straight forward

Some new sneakers because while tuning I was shredding the stock potenzas in 3rd gear. Went with potenza RE71r's in 215/45/17

Clean with nice view of crashbeam

Also, mudflaps

That's about it for now. Ummm.... Vdyno? Why not

Returning to the garage sometime in spring 2017 for Aux fuel, coilovers, a much over due brake job, and whatever else i decide to get between now and then.

 

[STewpid]

Angry rollerskate! Makes sense to me. Mine is just my Doodlebug. Sounds like your mods are progressing. No mods on mine til I complete the STOA 6/15.

 

[MS67]

Welp, one post and I'm jealous. Can't wait to see what else is in store.

 

[jeff]

Awesome build. Welcome. Love what you did to the grille, can't wait to see it on the car.

NY FTW....my roots, was there last fall visiting my italian family, love it.

 

[arlisscm]

Hey everybody, just randomly decided to do a minimal effort build thread necro/image dump. Mod list in signature is current and updated (for now), but I went through my phone and grabbed some pictures of what has been done over the last few years since posting on this thread. I frequently get in "go mode" when working on the car and forget to get any pictures, so a lot is missing. But as I said, this is minimal effort. Pictures are basically from 2017ish to 2024 and include mods/mockups and breakages (track has been rough on the car the last few years). I also have some minimal effort track videos (I don't do any fancy editing or anything like that) on my youtube channel here if anyone wants to take a look. Spend a lot of time at Watkins Glen as it is about 1 hour away, but I have gone to PittRace as well and adding Pocono Raceway to the slate this year.

 

[arlisscm]

Part 2 due to attachment limit.

 

[M-Sport fan]

You properly shredded those poor R1Rs!

The Finger Lakes Region (where you are located) SCCA used to run the whole show for STPR (Susquehannock Trail Pro Rally) back when that still existed, based out of Wellsboro, Pa.

 

[arlisscm]

You properly shredded those poor R1Rs!

The Finger Lakes Region (where you are located) SCCA used to run the whole show for STPR (Susquehannock Trail Pro Rally) back when that still existed, based out of Wellsboro, Pa.

Yeah, and it was quite the surprise, they were around 5/32nds to start the day and this was after two sessions at PittRace. My best guess is they heat cycled out and just turned to grease once warmed up. They were like driving on ice, still chipped a few seconds off my best lap though. Decided to take a closer look at them and saw the destruction. The real kick in the teeth was knowing I had 4 brand new ones on the shelf at home that was 5 1/2 hours away.