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laextreme5 · 06-24-2018, 10:35 PM

Continued progress on the front diffuser. Pulled the alumalite sheet from behind the shed out back to mark and cut from my template I made. I had originally cut it to make a large splitter for my Gr WRX Varis front bumper. Sadly it never made it onto the car. Oh well, its getting repurposed now.

IMG_1482 by lawrx, on Flickr

IMG_1496 by lawrx, on Flickr

IMG_1511 by lawrx, on Flickr

IMG_1497 by lawrx, on Flickr

Thats it for now on the front diffuser. At a point where I need the car to finish it. I also picked up an APR GT250 wing chord the other day. Found it BNIB on eBay missing the stays and endplates. Perfectly fine with me, not a huge fan of their designs anyway.

Started out with the hand sketches to get an idea of what I wanted. Then cut them out to mock up. Once I had a design I was happy with I cut it out of the alumalite sheet to get a visual of it all together. Overall im fairly satisfied. I want to fully mount it to the trunk, about 1'' further back than the mock up, and see it on the car before I finalize the designs.

IMG_1485 by lawrx, on Flickr

IMG_1490 by lawrx, on Flickr

IMG_1492 by lawrx, on Flickr

IMG_1494 by lawrx, on Flickr

IMG_1493 by lawrx, on Flickr

[img]https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1781/42090866195_0465f1***9_c.jpg[/img]IMG_1488 by lawrx, on Flickr

IMG_1504 by lawrx, on Flickr

IMG_1508 by lawrx, on Flickr

IMG_1510 by lawrx, on Flickr

And lastly, an update on the car. Currently not too happy about it. They finally received a short block (which was on backorder for about 2 weeks) and started reassembly last week. Well upon reassembly they were checking and measuring other various head componets. And found abnormal wear on the cam journals and the cams themselves. So NOW they have reached out to the engineer who they have been in contacting with and to see if the are either going to replace just the single head and cam setup, or drop a whole new Long Block assembly in. The long block assembly seems smarter to me taking into consideration of labor involved. However at this point im awaiting their determination of the next step. WHY they didn't insect these componets upon initial teardown befuddles me, but I cant change it now. I just want my dar back.

06-24-2018, 10:35 PM	#118
laextreme5 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Drives: 2014 BRZ Location: Louisiana Posts: 178 Thanks: 31 Thanked 122 Times in 67 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Continued progress on the front diffuser. Pulled the alumalite sheet from behind the shed out back to mark and cut from my template I made. I had originally cut it to make a large splitter for my Gr WRX Varis front bumper. Sadly it never made it onto the car. Oh well, its getting repurposed now. IMG_1482 by lawrx, on Flickr IMG_1496 by lawrx, on Flickr IMG_1511 by lawrx, on Flickr IMG_1497 by lawrx, on Flickr Thats it for now on the front diffuser. At a point where I need the car to finish it. I also picked up an APR GT250 wing chord the other day. Found it BNIB on eBay missing the stays and endplates. Perfectly fine with me, not a huge fan of their designs anyway. Started out with the hand sketches to get an idea of what I wanted. Then cut them out to mock up. Once I had a design I was happy with I cut it out of the alumalite sheet to get a visual of it all together. Overall im fairly satisfied. I want to fully mount it to the trunk, about 1'' further back than the mock up, and see it on the car before I finalize the designs. IMG_1485 by lawrx, on Flickr IMG_1490 by lawrx, on Flickr IMG_1492 by lawrx, on Flickr IMG_1494 by lawrx, on Flickr IMG_1493 by lawrx, on Flickr [img]https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1781/42090866195_0465f1***9_c.jpg[/img]IMG_1488 by lawrx, on Flickr IMG_1504 by lawrx, on Flickr IMG_1508 by lawrx, on Flickr IMG_1510 by lawrx, on Flickr And lastly, an update on the car. Currently not too happy about it. They finally received a short block (which was on backorder for about 2 weeks) and started reassembly last week. Well upon reassembly they were checking and measuring other various head componets. And found abnormal wear on the cam journals and the cams themselves. So NOW they have reached out to the engineer who they have been in contacting with and to see if the are either going to replace just the single head and cam setup, or drop a whole new Long Block assembly in. The long block assembly seems smarter to me taking into consideration of labor involved. However at this point im awaiting their determination of the next step. WHY they didn't insect these componets upon initial teardown befuddles me, but I cant change it now. I just want my dar back.