F1point4's Asphalt FR-S 6MT

[F1point4]

Danbo is sad he can't fit in his 86


20130613-DanboToy86-014 by VictorN07, on Flickr

[stevo_12v]

Originally Posted by F1point4

Rexpeed Convex Mirrors

Picked these up Jeremy and Yo at @FT-86 SpeedFactory. Always stand up citizens in our community. Thank you.

No DIY on this. Jeremy has a great post about them here. http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showp...0&postcount=73

I bought these mostly because I hated getting flashbanged by the lowbeam headlamps of Lorries and Tall MPVs at night. Bonus add that I can see a whole lot more including my blind spot. The more information I have the better driver I can be. They are a bit expensive but I really hate getting flashbanged.
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Thanks for the post! Now I got another thing to mod on my car ^_^

[PhastekSport]

Good post Victor. I definitely need to *look* into these.

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[F1point4]

Something is coming

In preparation of installing an AFR gauge, I needed to add an O2 bung to my exhaust. I usually do all my mods myself, but I have no idea how to weld. After seeking recommendations from the Houston 86 facebook page, I chose to go with DD Performance Research.

Dave was pretty helpful getting me setup over the phone. When I got there, the place, although remote, was clean and full of MR2s. Looked busy so it was a good sign for me.

Overall I was impressed by the work done, their flexibility, and teaching me a whole bunch about cars in general and fabrication work. I had some other plans in mind which required custom brackets and they made them for me on the spot. Much better than I could have done with makeshift tools.

For the uninformed, the bung for the wideband O2 sensor should go after the merge collector in the exhaust manifold (header) and before the any catalytic converters.

Something tells me I'll be coming back in the future for fabwork.

Onto pictures!



Danbo is taking the opportunity to inspect the car while it's on the lift

20130614-DDPR-WidebangBung-063 by VictorN07, on Flickr

He's trying to figure out where a bung would go

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I was concerned about the bung location. Initially I was concerned there wasn't enough room on the front pipe in front of the cat, but the fabricator assured me it was plenty.

20130614-DDPR-WidebangBung-080 by VictorN07, on Flickr

I know adding a bung isn't hard but I did learn a ton about proper tools and technique when doing this stuff.

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The fabricator getting to work

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Super clean work. Looks like it came from Perrin that way. This is a 2.5" catted front pipe from Perrin performance. Shoutout to @PERRIN_Chris

20130614-DDPR-WidebangBung-147 by VictorN07, on Flickr

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The fabricator told me a good sign of welding is that the material doesn't go through to the other side. Had no idea so I took his word for it. Upon inspection that was the case so good job? haha. He was surprised I was so excited about a bung install

20130614-DDPR-WidebangBung-124 by VictorN07, on Flickr


Before

20130614-DDPR-WidebangBung-052 by VictorN07, on Flickr

After

20130614-DDPR-WidebangBung-151 by VictorN07, on Flickr

[F1point4]

Tuning!

Well...tuning of the wiring inside my cabin. Since I purchased Lola I have added a few gadgets to the inside. Traditionally I've been a fan of using add-a-circuits to the stock fuse box, but it is getting crowded and adding a gauge to the car would make things messier.

I decided to get a fuse block and clean up all my wiring because I believe in clean. Haha. It'll also make wiring the gauge a lot easier since I don't have to add a 5th add-a-circuit to my fusebox and add a 5th wire to the ground screw. Removing add a circuits also prevents my accessories from messing with the circuits i'm tapping into.

I have four accessories I planned on wiring up
Dashcam, Radar, AVO Throttle Controller, AEM Gauge

This is no DIY, just pure information. Please note there are a lot of ways to achieve what I did.


Let's go


The foundation of my system. BlueSea Systems 5025 Fuse Block.
The cover to the box can hold two spare fuses. A 15 amp fuse comes with it. The only thing I don't like is that the box is kinda big, and it uses the big ATO(?) fuses. I'd like if it was consistent but can't win them all. I also couldn't find a good fuse block on amazon so I kinda settled on this one.
http://www.bluesea.com/products/5025..._Bus_and_Cover

20130614-ProjectCleanupElectricals-017 by VictorN07, on Flickr

Cover off. It can support six circuits. Has a ground and positive bus. Supports 30A per circuit. I could add one of these under the hood for my lighting circuits

20130614-ProjectCleanupElectricals-022 by VictorN07, on Flickr

Before pictures

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That connector on that white L plastic bracket has to move. Easy enough to unclip from the bottom.

20130614-ProjectCleanupElectricals-029 by VictorN07, on Flickr

It moves to make room for my mounting circuit. I chose this area because
1) I didn't find a good spot on the passenger side
2) I didn't want to run a wire directly to my battery. I didn't need that kind of amperage. The accessories that I was hooking up to the block are switched by ignition so I didn't need an always hot connection to the battery
3) This was close to the stock fuses, so I can tap into it for power for the block
4) I wouldn't have to run a ton of new wiring, or move all my accessory wires

20130614-ProjectCleanupElectricals-032 by VictorN07, on Flickr

Cluster of wires

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Fuse box cover off. You can see I have four add-a-circuits here. Getting busy under there

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I digress

People have asked me how I mounted the hardwire for the radar. Here are two pictures. Not the cleanest, but it can't be seen and it works

20130614-ProjectCleanupElectricals-055 by VictorN07, on Flickr


20130614-ProjectCleanupElectricals-060 by VictorN07, on Flickr


Going to work


Ground wire

20130614-ProjectCleanupElectricals-071 by VictorN07, on Flickr

Positive wire - It will tap into the fusebox on a non system critical circuit - cigarette power plug. I just put moderate sized fuse in it. 10A. Plenty to support what I will be using it for

20130614-ProjectCleanupElectricals-073 by VictorN07, on Flickr

Coming together

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Before of all my accessory wires.

20130614-ProjectCleanupElectricals-065 by VictorN07, on Flickr

The after. I wrapped everything and shortened some wires.

20130614-ProjectCleanupElectricals-081 by VictorN07, on Flickr


Danbo showing off

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Labeled cover

20130616-ProjectElectricalWrapup-001 by VictorN07, on Flickr

Much better. The fuse block is taped on with 3M Red double sided tape

20130616-ProjectElectricalWrapup-005 by VictorN07, on Flickr


I'm not totally finished with adding the gauge so I don't have final pictures of what everything looks like. What is there so far looks very very clean.

Hope this gives people some ideas on keeping stuff neat under there.

[F1point4]

Coming together

I did the exhaust modification and wiring cleanup to support this mod. More information to come.

AEM Wideband Failsafe gauge. Shows AFR and Boost in one gauge.


20130616-AEMWidebandFailsafeFinished-007 by VictorN07, on Flickr


20130616-AEMWidebandFailsafeFinished-019 by VictorN07, on Flickr

[PERRIN_Chris]

This little guy is hilarious! Who is he? Was he made by Amazon?

Originally Posted by F1point4

Danbo is sad he can't fit in his 86


20130613-DanboToy86-014 by VictorN07, on Flickr

[F1point4]

Originally Posted by PERRIN_Chris

This little guy is hilarious! Who is he? Was he made by Amazon?

he's from a character from the Japanese Manga series Yotsuba. I don't read manga, but have seen his picture floating around the internet. WHen I saw him in japan I had to buy him

http://f-bay.tumblr.com/post/5700962927/danbo

[velin86]

This is my favorite build. Your doing almost everything I wanna do with my frs. Great job.

[JDKane527]

Originally Posted by F1point4

20130616-AEMWidebandFailsafeFinished-019 by VictorN07, on Flickr

For the AEM gauge did you have to use an adapter to fit the 60mm ATI pod? Most of their gauges I found were 52mm.

[F1point4]

Originally Posted by JDKane527

For the AEM gauge did you have to use an adapter to fit the 60mm ATI pod? Most of their gauges I found were 52mm.

Yes I did. ATI makes an adapter for this.

Part Number: ATI 52/60-CONV

[JDKane527]

Originally Posted by F1point4

Yes I did. ATI makes an adapter for this.

Part Number: ATI 52/60-CONV

Cool, I went with the Defi 60mm gauge to fill the space. I do like the look of the 52mm gauge though.

[velin86]

Are you using the Perrin Transmission Support along with the Whiteline Gearbox one? Any Modification needed?

[F1point4]

Originally Posted by velin86

Are you using the Perrin Transmission Support along with the Whiteline Gearbox one? Any Modification needed?

I'm only using the whiteline one. I did not make the modification needed for the two parts I had in my hand to fit.

I am not sure if either vendor made revisions to their products since my writing.

Hope that helps!