Link to his site.
https://catsassconcepts.ca/
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Link to his site.
https://catsassconcepts.ca/
Gesi Cats came in today...
I can't believe how heavy they are.
The DECH will be ultra clean out the back and hopefully won't need to replace them for years and years.
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The time has come... to fix the DECH!
Stay tuned ...
:highfive:
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So no updates??? (likely meant he put air in the tires).
Alright... pics of what we did the past two days on the DECH.
The before pics... it's so dirty... :slap:
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Motor out and onto the floor... came out oh so nice!
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So, a refresher. I havn't been driving it at all since it came out of storage. I think I maybe did 300kms on it this year.
I had a wicked noise on cold start... sounded like the chain hitting the timing cover...
Well... it was. As you can see in the photo below, chain was loose as a goose.
The 'black' thing in the photo is the Tensioner. That one is made of plastic. That was ford's "new and improved" design... :choke:
Anyways, new IRON tensioners put into place and the chain is as tight as it needs to be now! (picture 2)
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More pics of the inside of the mighty 2v
and some pics of the motor out of the car...
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Forgot to take during photo's... going too quickly to get done to remember to take more pics...
Anyways... here's what we did.
New Valve covers Hydrodipped CF
RePainted the Front Cover and a bunch of bolts
Regasket'd front cover, valve covers, upper plem, Throttle body, EGR, header MLS gaskets.
New BBK Ceramic Longtube Headers
New to me Accufab Upper Plem painted grey hammer
Cleaned up some more wiring
ARP Crank Bolt
New EGR Sensors (had a running problem just off idle sometimes)
Super super super super super super super happy with how it turned out.
I was worried the CF would be too over the top... but it fits in really well. Updates the car under the hood.
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All ready to go back in...
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Motor back in and time to install the new Gesi cat's.
Marked where we wanted it, cut it, tac'd the cats in place... took the pipe off and finished the welding...
Came out really nice
02 extensions were obviously needed when doing Long tube header's.
Drilled a couple of spots in the trans case to be able to hang the 02 wires up and out of the way.
Came out sweeeeeeeeeeeet!
Please excuse the rusty subframe connectors... they'll be coming off for a real set really soon.
Plan to paint the mid pipe after the Torque arm from MM is installed. Might need to do some more exhaust work to fit the Panhard/T.A into the car.
Header's fit really nicely. Do not hang low at all like some other brands we've installed in the past.
Really pleased with how it all came out.
Need to finish cleaning the floor pan... that 0.196pounds of dirt really is slowing me down :spitcoffee:
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Was other Jelly Bean there for moral support??
Looking great Rossco, sounds fantastic out the tailpipes.
Obviously.
So after slugging on it for 2 solid days... we got it back in the car and running again!
Looks great, sounds great... so happy!
I have a Dyno date for July 2nd, going to put some km's on it next week and see what it does next Friday.
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Well... tried to get myself some Nitto's for the DECH... but no one around has them.
Went with option #2
Mickey Thompson Street Comps
The only other manufacturer to make a 315 on a 17inch.
So ordered
275/40/17 x 2
315/35/17 x 2
Hope to have them by first thing next week
Shout out to Lou @ Barone Performance for the quick hook up
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Nice!!!
I have to sit down with you sometime, how did you stuff a 315 out back??
Slow turd is only sporting 285 out back, was never happy with the look of it.
Who says slo turd spins tires
Only in wintertime bro!
It’s just for looks !( for me)
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Just got back from a test ride with the new mods... all is well!
Tomorrow it gets strapped down!
Interested to see the gains from headers + other mods.
Tires came in yesterday! Get them mounted next week!
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The DECH got tuned yesterday and man did it perform well!
From all the mods I did, headers, new cats, upper plem & different cold air, I gained 20horsepower & 17torque.
Something to note aswell, yesterday's dyno session was 4celius hotter then when the car was previously tuned.
Diogo and his team at DCT did a great job as always. Car sounds wicked out the back.
Here are a bunch of photo's of the day.
Hope to get out to the track where it can really stretch it's legs!
**video coming sooooon**
Official Numbers
Old Tune: 263/303
New Tune: 282/319
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Video of the car on the Dyno on Friday
Creds to Shaun at DCT for the footage and photo's
https://www.facebook.com/DiagoCustom...25380645910587
Track wheels mounted and clear nicely! Almost ready to send it!
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DECH performed really well at the track on Monday. Had a rough morning on the street tires. The back end was trying to pass me entering the corners! lol.
Had my first trip into the grass which was exciting... did the right thing and didn't try to save it and just drove off. Lost it going into Turn 2, way too deep on the brakes.
Put my nankang's on around lunch time and really enjoyed myself in the afternoon. Man O man do those tires hang on!
Excited to put on my G-lock pads for Thursday and see how it does.
Trying to remember that I'm still fairly new to lapping my own car and that I need to walk before I run out there.
Couple vids coming soon!
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Today we installed my race brakes.
Glock R16 & R10 pads on fresh rotors
Also had the chance to install the RedLine Tuning hood struts... #NoMoreRod
Looks sooooo much better.
And since I got rid of the prop rod, I installed this custom made radiator cover that is powder coated black
Ties in with the Rad tank pretty nicely me thinks!
Just about done under the hood, I think all I have left is the clutch quadrant and the jlt catch can
Didn't have time to test fit my race seat... next time!
The DECH is ready for round 2 at TMP tomorrow!
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All cleaned up.... god it's beautiful
:dragster:
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The DECH was at the track day event on July 22nd 2021 @ TMP
What a great day I had! I had so much fun throwing it around and stomping on the brakes. The car works better then I thought it ever would to be honest.
After the first session I went up 4 clicks of front compression and found big gains. Much more balanced and lost a bit of the pitchiness it had. Compared to Monday, the track had loads of grip!
I'm definitely improving each time I go out, trying to inch my way into each brake zone and pick up the throttle just a bit sooner out of each corner.
Slow and steady wins the race
Should of set up my phone to see what kind of lap times I was doing... but honestly... I don't really care... I had so much fun!
It was a blast shooting the shit with people I haven't seen in a year or more.
The plans for mods before the September day is to hopefully get the Pan Hard in the back and get my race seat mounted into the car.
Also going to look into getting a thicker FR500 steering wheel (probably the SVE one from LMR) as my current one is super slippery and is so small. Feels like I'm holding a toy steering wheel sometimes LOL
Shout out to everyone from TMC that came out and either helped with the event or just came and supported the event.
Shout out to ZR for putting up with my nagginess on getting my car in the shop when I need something installed LOL :spitcoffee:
Also... race brakes driving home... I sounded like a damn bus! LOL!
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You killed it out there Ross, proud of ya.
Thanks boys!
B I G Plans for DECHY coming...
#Staytuned
(no it's not a driver mod) :spitcoffee:
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Another DECH update...
I am not happy at all with my new Mickey Thompson tires that I bought. Perhaps I have the tire pressures low... but everytime I go for a drive in it, it shakes and drives horrible for the first 15 or so minutes. Going to try upping the air pressure in them to see if that will help... it is what it is I guess.
For the power upgrade over the winter... I'm hoping to buy a set of Modular Head shop's TFS 185 competition heads with a matching stage 2.5 camshaft.
I've been running the numbers on whether or not I'm going to put a piston and rod in it at the same time to up compression... not really sure as of yet.
I have learned very quickly that going fast costs big bucks.
Might even just wait and save up and do it once.
Zero chance of me motor swapping this car as I think with the power goals I'm looking to get to (around 400 at the tire NA) ... no swap makes sense to me financially.
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In other news... starting to teach the GF how to drive it. (she doesn't know stick)
Step 1 of getting her to start it and eventually move it in 1st gear is complete!
Our mini goal is to have her decent enough stick driver to be able to do the parade lap at TMP next Spring.
:highfive:
Track day soon approaching... had to get a few things done on my car for the event.
Track seat finally mounted! Man o man what a pain in the ass that was.
Sparco's 'bolt in' track put the seat up wayyyyy too high in the car. Thankfully had a Corbeau bracket with a double locking track here. Was able to make some brackets to all make it work together.
Spent a lot of time messing around with the angle of the seat and getting it centered behind the steering wheel. It's very very close now and really happy with the result.
It's a big seat for a big guy in a not so big car. lol
Also got some other minor things done such as
Trunk struts, the old ones didn't hold it up anymore, new ones installed!
Window switches... yeah... I couldn't put down the passenger side window from the driver side... but the passenger side didn't allow it to go up...
Anyways... 3 new switches and the windows now work as they should !
I found a A Pillar cover from a car being parted out (the car had one in it that had a bunch of holes in it from gauges)
Also installed a JLT Catch can. Interested to see if I catch any oil or not.
Other then that, just need to throw my race brakes on for TMP next Thursday and I'm ready to rock and roll... excited to get back out and keep on improving and learning.
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Car will be listed for sale in the next week or so.
If seriously interested, please text me at, 416 876 8931.
PM's will not be answered.
Thanks
Alright... the car isn't for sale. One of those weeks that week :slap:
DECH update. Car performed excellent at the Fall track day. Getting really comfortable driving it and being able to repeat every lap. I wanted to get some laptimes that day but it just didn't work out.
I'm looking into getting a window mount for my phone as I found an App that I want to try using next time out. Should be able to see sector times and be able to mess around with different lines to see what works best for the car/me.
New seat was fantastic, held me in very nicely. It felt very easy to drive the car at speed as I wasn't having to hold myself at all during the day. It was so nice.
In terms of mods to come in the future, I think I'm going to sway away from doing anything big to the motor. The amount of money to spend to make it make any amount of horsepower is kind of ridiculous.
My current plan is to put a stage 2 MHS cam, ford gt rockers, TFS lash adjusters, TFS adjustable cam gears. This should net me close to 25-30horsepower and bump me into the 305-315 range and be a lot easier on the pocket book.
Some bad news, I had my first 'accident' if you will with the car.
Driving into a parking lot I never been into, pulled in forwards... heard a crunch... got out... took some paint off the DECH front air dam. It's not as bad as one would think... more so missing some paint more then anything. Going to see if Ford still makes a touch up paint for it (doubt it) or just have one made from Paint Circuit here in Scarborough. It is what it is, I went longer without damaging it then I thought TBH!
Bought a couple of items from LMR... new door handle pull plastics, mine were getting gross.
Also bought all the clips that hold the side skirt onto the car. Hope to get those on the car before it goes into storage.
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Finally getting around to ordering the parts I need to do the cams in my car
On order today...
Ford GT/GT500 Roller Rockers/Followers
- These improve oil pressure, are lighter and stronger then stock.
- A bit overkill but fuckkkkkk it
TFS Lash Adjusters
- This is the last time I plan on pulling the motor apart
- these are the best lash adjuster to buy for the mod motor
ARP Cam Bolts
Going to sit down and get the MHS cams ordered. Need the cam and the adjustable TFS Cam gear and should be good to go.
Will have to pick up another front timing cover set just incase the gasket rips taking it apart... other then that... should be good to go!!!
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