More Skyline work this morning.

First bit was reinforceing the rear subframe welds & bracket,
Then fitting an enerygy suspension snubber above the diff to take the load after the stock mount.
Shocks to the drivetrain break things & torque break things.
So the shocks i can the minimise, the 550ft-lbs on demand i cant :)




A quick glimpse of the steering rack im fitting to this car.
Using stock Gtr tie rods to match the original width.

08 Mazda rack with 2.7:1 turn ratio & 160mm stroke, Alot better than the 3.1 ratio & 140mm skyline rack, Making a much more go-kart like steering response, Giving a theoretic lock to lock ratio of 2.4 turns plus extra lock.

Im a big fan of drifting since i had my old fc3s rx7.
But thats gone so i get by with playing Rfactor,
Best drift or car simulator out there in my eyes , everything else is still arcade-ish

So i decided to upgrade my G25 Wheel to a Logitech T500 RS

Great wheel & far superior
few pic's after unboxing.





The forcefeedback takes some getting used to but is very impressive.
Anyone interested in online drifting check out JDMFACTOR on facebook

Colt toke a back seat the last few days while i finished college exams & got working on the skyline rear subframe today, managed to get most of it done, Next is abs trigger wheel & sensor mount then get the driveshafts sorts they will be a mix off A5 inner & Skyline outer cv's



First part of removing the skyline diff front mount & giving me the clearance i need for the audi diff mount.



Front diff mount made from sheetmetal, supports the original audi a5 diff mount.
Still need's about an hours welding on the underside

Audi A5 Quattro gearbox,
First & only gearbox that has the front diff mounted this far forward.
Meaning that the engine sit's just in front of the axle as the axle centre line will be 1" behind the axle.
All other quattro box's would have meant the engine sat to far forward and that would mean this conversion
would not be possible as the front evo ix support panel is already mounted 4" further back.



Surprisingly compact 6 cylinder. any other engine also would not have fit as a 4 cylinder inline would
be too far forward also & V8 is just overkill too much weight overhang etc etc.

This engine with a hybrid turbo & remap is know to put out 320hp & 550ft-lbs.
in a small hatchback & still return 40-50mpg when driven conservatively :)

OBD-II / CAN Interface

This also arrived recently, ordered from dakota digital, this little gem is a one of it's kind on the market.
It allows new canbus engines fitted to non-canbus cars, The ability to run the old analogue clocks.
It also allows you to run the analogue speedometer.
But this means that you need to have swapped over the wheel speed sensors and abs ecu and actuator.

Otherwise you could just swap the rear wheel speed sensors & the abs ecu will send a canbus
packet that states the vehicles speed and the can interface with convert this to analogue, also handy
if your new engine & matching gearbox doesn't have a speed sensor or prop speed sensor.

This unit does need to be calibrated to the vehicles existing clocks but takes 5-10 to set.
As it gives out a constand 60mph & 2000rpm test signal for you to set them with.

TL866A

Finally arrived from hong kong.

Very handy little chip/eprom reader, Came with a huge selection of attachments.
These allow you to read many different types of ic's & even has a soic clip, this can read
chips that are still on a board & dont need to be removed.
Just wating on some chipquick to arrive & then i can replace the EDC16CP memory chip from
my audi a6 ecu & also reprogram the main immobiliser chip to delete the imobilliser.
Considering i was getting quotes of anywere between €4-600 for this kind of work to be done.
I opted to give it one go myself.

This unit has protection on all 40pins so any idiot can read chips with it, Suiting me fine :)

S-Body Rear Caliper mount

Designed this today to get plasma cut during the week, It's for another car im building.
And it allows evo fitment rear brembo calipers bolt up to any s-body hub's
That can include skylines, as will be this ones use.

Rather than being restricted to Impreza Sti calipers bolting up only.

My last track car build
Fully built Evo VIII engine.
Evo V drivetrain
Weight: 1150kg
Gsr (cm5a) 4.111 Final drive

Mapped to 380hp on stock turbo.

http://juiceboxforyou.com/2013/02/evil-twin/

Welcome to my blog,
I hope to keep this upto date with all relevant work i need to do while building my car.

To surmise this car is a Mitsubishi Mirage (CL2A) 4wd model.
The same as a more commonly know Mitsubishi colt.

I will refer to this car as a colt for the remainder of this blog.

My goal is to have a fast/ economical / unique fun car.
I just havent found a manufacturer that sells one i want.

The car will be diesel powered for economy.
Will have a 3.0 v6 TDI for power.
And will be built using all oem parts from manufacturers to achieve the looks i want.
The look im going for a modern hatchback with designed on looking like an
Evolution IX Hatchback. Something never made before.

The rear end will be heavily modified to achieve the correct shape desired to actually
look appealing,

Hope i pull it all off
Thanks