Let’s see everyone’s progress and status of their new builds. (Call it: “New for 2018”)

 

Still stock with only a lonely injen intake

 

Still looking for the appropriate shell

 

Lots of plans but no money or ambition for the poor cobalt right now...

 

Just getting ready to finish up installing new lightweight flywheel, fender-well liner,clutch, axles, Koni front adjustable strut inserts, more aggressive hawk brake pads, and a Quaife LSD in my F23 trans. Now I just need to order some tires and I will be ready for the 2018 autocross season.

 

Got my warrantied Z54 back from ZZP, and ordered everything to redo the timing set. Just need to buy a bunch of gaskets, then find time to do it all. I still need to pull everything after the turbo to clean it from when it blew.

Not exactly a "build", so we'll call it Spring maintenance.

 

Hopefully find time to install the f40 and meth kit on the car

 

Hopefully find time to get the undercar rails from omiotek and get them installed along with the 6758 that's been setting in the garage for a year. At least it's still driveable.

 

sell it

 

I'm honestly thinking about not installing the turbo at this point and waiting a couple years to by an awd ats, and installing it on that instead. Might save the motor if I do.

 

I should be done by Spring but our weather will still be crap.

 

more than likely going to end up with a ATS

 

I'm doing the 15" wheel conversion on the front so I can run some M&H slicks. I know 17's fit and I can keep the Brembo's but theres quite a few benefits on the 15's, so thats what I'm doing. All in all losing about 34lbs of weight on front wheel/tire setup, plus I'm sure the brake/rotors might lose a bit.. Also throwing in a new clutch and using an ACT steel flywheel. People either love or hate the lightweight flywheels, but my thoughts are its going to be a lot easier on the car banging gears, less shock to the trans, so it's an acceptable compromise. Also doing some new F5 struts ( I threw some piece of crap Monroe's on when I was trying to track a front end noise ). I'm thinking of using some YYZ springs. I asked Powell how they would work in a drag setup, he thinks the rebound rate may be a benefit.

 

I'm personally a big fan of the YYZ springs ^^^

 

Have you raced with them? I have huge front end rise. I've experimented with various poundage in my rear air bags, I ended up using next to no pressure, it was the lesser of 2 evils to have squat VS nose so high in the air. I'm thinking it could have been my struts/springs. I may also try front end limiting straps like cmiller used to use

 

I honestly can't give you much feedback as far as drag racing as I am sure your setup and tires are much different than mine. I have drag raced once but that is even close to enough experience to offer advice. I primarily use mine for autocross and think they are awesome for that.

 

New longblock going in. Dropping the bottom end stuff off at the machine shop for balance/fit/assembly on saturday

 

ricer

 

Yup, fake news

 

have you tried sway bar bushings?

 

 

Yes did. It wound up being a defective CAB that I couldnt see.

 

which CABs are you running?

 

It might not need any balancing at all. When I dropped mine off, I was having them mic all the bearing surfaces for blueprinting and having it balanced. When I went to pick it up they said they didn't balance it, it didn't need it. I was immediately skeptical and major bummed, was going to take it elsewhere. Then I did some reading. On a 4cyl, each throw has a piston/rod 180 degrees out that counteracts the opposite side. And the crank is zero balanced from the factory. That being the case, aftermarket pistons usually come matched within a few grams of each other right out of the box. Rods are the same way. So you might be perfect without even touching it.

 

Powells now. It was a Moog spherical when it went bad before