I decided to make a custom shift knob. A boring day in the shop, some scrap aluminum, and a lathe produced this little project. Not perfect, but hey, it’s different right?
After driving for about 8 months, I sought my first new part. From my research here, I was drawn towards the Openflash Header and Tablet.
After relieving a couple rolls of wrap and silicon spray from the racecar (she couldn’t use fibrous wrap anymore due to a rules change) I installed the header and flashed the stage 2 tune (plus some cold start and personalization tweaks).
I loved the feel and sound from the header and tune. There was only a slight change to sound from the outside so I looked for a catback to round it all out.
There are an unbelievable number of catbacks available for this car, and in my search for a subtle but decent looking exhaust that didn’t leave too big of a gap between the rear subframe and bumper cover, and didn’t weigh as much as stock, I found this deeply discounted Zeta Catback with carbon tips. Up on my uncle's lift and ON SHE GOES!
Wow I was in love. I couldn't see myself swapping any more exhaust components as the sound is perfect to me.
The carbon tips look great up close, and very subtle from a distance.
I was thinking of wrapping up with a new inlet pipe with a drop in filter, but a surprise birthday gift left me with a newer generation Injen intake. After taking a look online, and reading up on maf scaling, I though, let’s give it a try!
I’ve done a little tuning for the competition car, this should be worlds easier. After about 5 iterations of log and adjust, log and adjust, I think I’m happy with the MAF scaling now. The only thing that still bugs me is the occasional spike plus high IAT’s after long drives or on hot summer days. I’m still thinking of going to a drop in and inlet tube in the near future.
That brings everything up to date as of now. Just waiting patiently to get to drive her again.