Project TURF: The 2010 GRM Challenge car

[rockthemullet]

Alright, I finally had time to get pictures together.

I wanted to show you guys the transformation of the engine bay so here we go.

This is what i had to work with after the rear cradle was removed:

Areas of the bay and the trunk were removed to make way for the drivetrain:

One of the piles of crap. Weight reduction on this heavy pig

Finally some coating! Like I said, 99% done, I need to finish the driver side wheel well area and a few areas here and there. I'll take pics of the outer areas when its all buttoned up for here is the bay area for now:

Pics of the old bushings being burned out this weekend:

We got to work on the mounts on Saturday. Here is an example of one of the front mounts and one of the alternator supporting brackets. The rubber isolator is a generic transmission mount found at Autozone for 6.99

I'll get better pics of the finalized mounts this upcoming weekend.

After the mounts were done, we pulled everything, degreased, and painted. I forgot my camera at home on Sunday so this is all you guys get from my phone:

Stay tuned.

~Eric

 

[transamtom]

Cool project.

Good luck with the competition.

 

[benk]

So this is where you've been hiding! Looks good bud!

 

[rockthemullet]

Well since someone else bumped the thread, I might as well update, lol.

Alright guys, I've determined I either need a new phone or I need to stop forgetting my point and shoot because these pictures are TERRIBLE.

Cradle:
What we started with

After it was clean

POR15'd

You can see three of the four mounting locations (the angle iron welded near the corners)

We didn't drop the assembled motor/trans on the cradle because it didn't dry fast enough but everything is 10 minutes away from being good to go. Also got the turbine flange welded to the manifold and left the wastegate flange for Scott to finish this week (get to work, buddy ..)

Picked up some wheels for the beast...

PORSCHE. The biggest reason for picking these up was correct offset and staggered fitment (helps big time in the autox with a nice tire under that heavy rear end). The biggest problem? 5x130 instead of the stock 5x100. We'll be machining the front hubs for 5x130 and making an adapter for the rear since the rear hub surface can't be taken out to 5x130. More progress on that later.

I brought both the 3800 engine harness and the stock Fiero harness home to tinker with this week so when I get some stuff done, I'll update with those pics (with the PnS this time).

~Eric

 

[Pure84GTT]

I hate fieros but this is def. a cool project

keep the updates coming !

 

[rockthemullet]

Decent update...

Yesterday, we bolted all of the newly painted parts on the engine and got the whole assembly on the cradle. We then dry fit the front manifold and tested turbo fitment. The center section still need to be clocked but it looks like we're it pretty decent shape. The throttle body that we need (MAF integrated into it) doesn't bolt up to the aluminum NA intake manifold that we're using so a flange adapter will be needed. This is actually a good thing because in one of the pictures, you'll notice that the a/w intercooler will be sitting a good distance from the intake manifold and that adapter can take up all of that space.

Oh, and I forgot the camera again so you guys get more phone pics. HOWEVER, I actually discovered that there's an anti-shake feature on the phone so I retook all the pictures but it looks like I missed one. Let's see if you can point out the picture without anti-shake enabled, lol.

Quick cold side mockup

~Eric

 

[VarsityCustomWerkz]

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