Long time since a post, but here is is. We are doing Gat-O-Rama again. Still no 5 second car for under 10K, but whatever. i have a real racecar.
Little update on where we are today, then I will fill in how we got there. here is the final product with aero, modified springs, in running condition.
Ready to Rock.
So here is how we got there. Last week i pulled the car back into the garage to do a status check. pretty much had not moved since the last race, it was in bad shape. Tried to fire it up and had a stinking fuel pump issue. Went out to APEUSA.com and picked up a walbro. They know how to treat their customers. If you need a fuel pump, please, for the love of all things holy go to APEUSA.com and order a pump. he sets you up right. Apparently, the SAAB 900′s are set up just like a DeLorian…fuel pump wise. He set me up and i dropped it in friday night. I had a couple minor modifications to the filler box, but it went in without a hitch.
The new walbro pump
Matt Carr, Tim and Mike Deck come out and we started in on the suspension. I put mike in charge of the rear springs first and he cleaned house. Seriously knocked out the rear springs in no time flat.
Drilling a hole to see what is going on up above
Cutting down the springs. Yes, he has safety glasses on.
Matt and tim started on the glass. by the end of the evening, all the glass was back in the car minus the driver and passenger front windows. We think that the windows will help our aero. Really just a theory, not really sure what it will end up doing.
Race car parts.
Matt and Tim also pulled out the old airbox and put in a sweet air filter. it is shiny and blue. It will help us go faster.
Saturday morning i started in on the CV joints. I thought i was going to be able to get it done without taking the hubs out, but i figured that it would be easier to pull the whole thing out because mike had already taken the front springs out. Mike was the spring master…if it looks better because the car is lowered, thank Mike.
This is where the front wheel is supposed to go. It is all apart.
this is the jig i made to take the hub bolts out. it worked like a charm; hub bolts came out with zero drama.
Tim was a champ with the bearing grease. he went under the car and killed it with the grease, the new boots went in and the grease is fully packed. it was a mess. The tripod bearings are ready to go because the boots were not blown out. The passenger CV was toast, there was a blown bearing in there and i could hear what was causing the clicking at the end of the last race. I am very happy we replaced them.
All the while, matt was installing the front fearing and rear spoiler. the thing looks sick and it is way solid.
Front splitter. It may help with undercar turbulence. Even if it doesn't work, it looks killer.
The wing. it looks excellent on the car.
this installation is being done by professionals.
it is a real race car now. i installed a plate in front of the radiator to protect it, but this splitter looks legit.
It looks like we are ready to go. The car runs strong, aero is taken car of , couple small things to take care of (stickers, cleaning it up) but we are pretty good to go now. bring on the green flag.
I know i already posted this picture, but it just looks way better now. freaking born from jets.
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