Love everything you've done to the TA. I think I have gone through the entire thread at least three times!

Thanx Al!

There are so many details that go into a project like this which are hard to capture. I know I've commented on it a few times, but I did more work for the shaker yesterday. I custom made a set of PCV hoses to enable the factory LS PCV system to operate correctly. You'd be amazed at how much trouble we had finding pre-formed 90* bend vacuum hoses. Then we spliced a couple of them together to get the hoses shaped exactly right. Eric's idea, and it worked out great!

Another thing I forgot to mention in my last post was how well the car drove in a straight line yesterday. We haven't touched the alignment yet, we just installed everything and drove. I know that Jake does some level of alignment setup on the subframe when he ships it. While I was driving yesterday, I let go of the wheel, and the car was perfectly straight! That was pretty cool... :)

We're taking the day off today, but we'll be back at it tomorrow. More soon!

Great to hear you got it up and running, look forward to next update :thumbsup:

Cheers

Almost there man.... I bet you wished you were not traveling next weekend. :)

Since I am traveling, I can only do a couple of things. One being, post pictures. :)

Here are a few of the interior mostly put together. You can see in one shot the vinyl covered aluminum panel which Eric built to replace the original plastic inner panel. Eric built some wood formed and bent/stretched the aluminum over them. Then some landau foam and the vinyl, and they slipped right into place. Definitely looks better than attempting to cut/reform the originals.

Most of the other interior pieces are in-place at this point. We received the DSE replacement wiper motor, so the gauge cluster can go back in for hopefully the last time. The replacement Fesler hood struts are also here, and Eric says they are holding the hood up appropriately. It would seem that I didn't set up something quite right in the ECU to control the AC Compressor, so I'm working on that today (I had a polarity inversion in my input definition is seems). One of the other things I can do from afar: tweak ECU settings. :)

This week Eric has also replaced the thermostat and flushed the block, to make sure the cooling system is running ok. He's also gotten the AC charged (despite my programming issues), raised the car up a little, and knocked out several other small things.

Here are some pics. I look forward to getting back next week and driving it again!

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It's hard to see in this picture, but Eric made a mesh screen to keep large objects out of the shaker, and built an edge plate around it to bolt it in place. Looks great in person!

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The back panels look great. Nice to see it's almost there...

Now I'm curious when the first track or autocross day is.... There's one in Bastrop Sunday.......

Good question! I'm actually out of town this weekend, and I hope/expect that we will be going on a longer drive next weekend. I will drive it a bit on the streets to see where it's at, and then I'll find an event to hit soon. It sounds like you're trying to hit a bunch of them, so I'll definitely hit you up to find one to join you at. :)

Awesome man... looks great.. you must have borrowed Rob's camera for those epic photos. :disgusted:

:thumbsup:

Hey, come on... My cell phone pics aren't THAT bad! :hitaxeonthehead:

Looking good Bryan!! :thumbsup: that does suck you had to be out of town this weekend.