Quote (Decom @ Jan 6 2018 09:00pm)
Wow that sounds like quite a busy start, nice catch with the LS9 heads I’m sure those weren’t cheap. What lemon are planning to use in the upcoming race?
As for me I still have my NSX, upgrading the coilovers to KWv3 and adding a variable ride height cup system (iLIFT) front and rear so I can get it up steep inclines and bumps. I’m finally having the engine cracked open for a full refresh: 9.5:1 pistons, +1mm intake valves, ARP head studs, MLS gasket, billet steel oil gear set, fuel pump, injectors, FPR, flex fuel sensor kit, AEM infinity, 9lb pulley. Oh and a late model 6 speed transmission and stronger clutch/flywheel combo.
I had to save for almost 3 years to pull the trigger on this part of the build, the NSX tax on parts is pretty brutal, transmission alone was ~$8300. It should feel like a totally different car afterwards though, I’m really excited. It’s still slow compared to your Z06, NSXs don’t make big numbers from the C series engine without MAJOR work and money. I should hopefully see around 400whp on 91 and a little more on e85, I drop the car off on the 29th of this month :)
I've always liked your NSX because it's such a clean, well modded car. I know the parts are crazy expensive which makes built ones like yours all the more rare!
Our lemon is a 1983 Celica. It's a veteran LeMons car. The basic setup is a mildly built 22RE with a small overbore and a hodgepodge of other Toyota parts. The 22RE has a stock crank, eagle rods, cast pistons, LC Engineering EFI cam, CAI, long tube headers, Accel ignition, Cressida MAF, and Cressida TB. It has a 5 speed W58 Trans and we are running an LC Engineering semi-metallic clutch with a Cubespeed short throw shifter and solid shifter bushing. It has the entire rear subframe from an 87 Supra so we have the nice disk brakes, supra diff with 4.30 gears, etc. Custom cut springs, bushings, and spring rubbers are used with a set of KYB shocks sandblasted and painted black to look stock rounding out the suspension. It is completely gutted of course. The thing is painfully slow even by LeMons standards but the brakes and suspension work amazingly well. The car has finished as high as 6th overall (B class car) on a short course. We finished 41st out of 95 at Road Atlanta in our first race. We had about an hour and a half total time off track due to rookie team hiccups and one driver going to the ER for debris in his eye. Had we maintained our average lap time for just 2/3rd of that time we would have been top 25 which is quite good considering how long the straights are at road atlanta. I was getting freight trained by all but the slowest cars on the back stretch. Some bmws were putting 15-20 lengths on me haha. I could outbrake everyone and run with any car through turns 1 to 5, 6 to 7, 10a to 11. My best lap was a 2:01 and my teammates went 2:04 and 2:09 respectively. We are probably going to enter the spring race at Carolina Motorsports Park in Kershaw SC as it's about an hour and a half away from us. That track is much better suited to our car.