Finally some pictures of the weds! Pictures from my crappy camera, don’t do them justice. They look awesome in person. Could have went with a nice set of Rays, but to be honest the te37’s and other Rays wheels have become really, really played out. Plus the Rays +15 [...]

Threw the HK evo in the trailer and drove 9hrs through rain, sleet and snow to get to DTM.  I will have more info on what DTM will be doing to project:HippieKiller in the coming weeks.

Items installed:

IX Engine Wiring Harness
IX ECU
Ohlins Flag Coilovers
Rear Trailing Arm Delrin Bushings
Whiteline Rear Bump Steer Kit
Whiteline Front Roll Center Adjuster Kit
Witeline Front Steering Precision Kit
BR Rear Diff Support Bar
ES Diff bushings
Perrin 25mm adjustable rear swaybar
Perrin rear endlinks
Perrin Stout-Mounts
Modified front sway bar
ES front and rear swaybar bushings
AP adjustable rear control arms
Perrin Adjustable short shifter
Kartboy shift linkage [...]

I pretty much stripped the car down to nothing.
Items removed:

Front bumper
Rear bumper
Front fenders
Side skirts
Seats
Center console
Complete Engine Wiring Harness
ECU
Drive shaft
F&R axles
F&R spindles
F&R hubs
F&R control arms (all 10)
F&R shocks
F&R sway bars
F&R calipers
F&R rotors
F&R brake lines
Rear differential
Rear mustache bar
Rear sub frame
Front sub frame
Steering rack
Shifter lever
Wheels
Exhaust
Tail lights
Wing

The engine, gearbox, t-case, intercooler, and piping were already off the car when [...]

Picked up an VIII and IX cd manual off of ebay. Mainly to look up tq figures for when I decide to start putting this thing together.

Ok so I have a 05 evo VIII and I am putting an 06 IX mivec motor in it. So all I need is a IX engine wiring harness which I found… but as I found out when I tried installing it today I have an RS IX harness. Which means it has [...]

The IX engine came in today. Very very clean, and was tempted to just throw it in, but that would be too easy… 30min after it arrived I had it stripped down to a long block.

Before I buy or upgrade anything for this car I need to do my research. Been on evom reading everything I can get my hands on. Couple more weeks and I should be ready to dig in and start buying parts.

Last weekend I picked up a new project car. Project: HippieKiller! My goal is to complete the project by spring 08. Why so far off? Well I have a house, job, new baby, wife, 240z project, s13 project, and a chopper/bobber project. Not to mention all the other stupid hobbies [...]