So everyone else is doing it, why not me? I will just copy and paste from my post on JCO.
Well there hasnt been much progress on Leona since I drive it daily through the winter. Its all parts for now, I could install some now, but I want to wait until spring and put them all on at once.
The plan is to install it all in a weekend at Robs, then take it to the body shop to get a complete re-spray. Staying black, just getting it all redone.
The exterior will consist of:
Import Fighter front and sides
03 Z rear
CF extractor hood
1 piece black projectors with HID's
Smooth trunklid
Tint the windows black as night
Thats all that I can think of right now.
The interior will consist of:
Complete Charcoal interior swap (Ugly ass tan interior will meet the garbage can)
B&M shifter
Yonaka Ronin black leather seats
Sparco black leather steering wheel
AEM UEGO wideband gauge
Autometer black face oil pressure gauge(mechanical)
Autometer black face boost gauge(preview for 2011)
Upgrading the stereo system, not really sure what Im doing with that yet though, Im open to suggestions though.
The suspension will consist of:
Urethane control arm bushings
Eibach front and rear sway bars
Gm rear tie bar
TTR front k-brace
Ground control coilovers with Koni reds (will be riding with about a 3.5 inch drop)
Welded rear strut tower bar triangulated with a piece welded at the back of the trunk
Welded front strut tower bar triangulated to the front frame rails
Wilwood 4 piston, 12.2 inch front brake conversion
SSBC 12 inch rear brake conversion
03+ non abs brake master and lines
17" Konig Hurry rims w/ Hankook Ventus R-S2 tires 225/45ZR17
The engine will Consist of:
Newer lower mileage engine
Secret cams
Aluminum under drive pulley
Pacesetter armor coated header
full 2.5 inch exhaust
Custom solid upper engine mount
Prothane lower engine mount
TTR tranny mounts
HO intake manifold with Phonelic spacer and HO throttle body
Battery relocated to the trunk
Possibly AC deleted, depends what its gonna cost to fix
Bulley stage 4 clutch
Aluminum flywheel
Engine bay repainted in completely flat black aswell as some engine pieces
All these parts except for a few small ones have been bought and are waiting to be installed, so it will be a crazy weekend of installing it all.
My goal with this car: Make a fast, reliable daily driver that will tear up the roadcourse on the weekends and will score a few points for the once a year I show it.
Pics of a few things that I hae waiting to go on.
Brakes.
Steering wheel.
Seats.
Sway bars.
Car with the front end and rims.
And finally, a possible preview for next year?:icon_poke:
The new engine with the underdrive pulley already installed. This will get cleaned and painted when it gets taken apart.
Rear trailing arm from the Sunfire. This will get cleaned and painted and have the SSBC brakes and sway bar on prior to installing it.
Couple of the exhaust components. Magnaflow resonator and Ractive muffler. And flame all you want, I have always loved the sound of the Ractive mufflers.
Pacesetter armour coated header and downpipe.
Couple blurry pics since I brought the camera inside from being outside in the cold.
My cluster/radio bezel, this pic doesnt do this justice, it is sanded smooth and painted gloss black and is flawless.
My hood waiting for re-install.
And finally, Leona in all her winter glory.
Well this past weekend, my throwout bearing blew and leaked out all the fluid, taking out the master cylinder aswell. I REALLY didnt want to put on the bully clutch just yet, but I didnt really have a choice...
Anyways, here are the pics, they are @!#$ty cell phone pics, so I apologize in advance for that.
New stuff waiting to go in. Bully stage 4 and machined flywheel.
Rob doing some subframe "modifications"
Old @!#$.
New stuff installed.
So far, it seems to grip very well, just as I expected from a Bully. I only drove it around the parking lot so far, gotta go later tonight to pick it up.
I will keep updating this thread as more work gets done...
