THE PRIMER BEAST

Fast forward

2008-06-17T23:42:00.001-04:00

June 1, 2007

well this is the day that i took the beast off the road due to a bottom end noise, i was going on a road trip to Georgia with the homies (Shawn and Kyrie-O) when the car shut off on the off ramp of the interstate, so we pushed/rolled it to the gasstation and got it to fire up.Holy crap that was a bad noise, so i had to have it towed home... $240.00 tow bill later i had it home.
The project now begins

pistons

2008-06-15T21:10:00.000-04:00

So i finally said screw the party life (for a lil while) and start to focus on the BEAST again, its now been down for a little over a year and i need to get back in game mode.

I went and bought a like new crankshaft for a pretty sweet price, yeah i wish i could have gone stroker motor but for fact that i wanted a motor that i could drive for more than 50K miles and not have to rebuild it again... i can make the power difference up somewhere else

next step was the Piston choice.... after a few weeks of research and price checks, also talked to a bunch of people with hands on experience, i decided to go with a set of Diamond pistons with a .20 over bore so that i could clean up the cylinder walls and still go bigger if i need to later

Connecting Rods

2008-06-10T21:42:00.001-04:00

Well i finally decided on the rods that i want to use in the beast....

went with a set of manley H-beam rods with upgraded ARP 2000

rod bolts

i figure i shouldnt have any problems with these since they are rated at 900 HP

2008-06-09T21:56:00.000-04:00

I got my new rims in for the beast, went with a set of 15x10 on the rear, and about to order the 15x3.5 for the front... the rears finally came after being on back order for awhile

they are Greg Weld motorsports

tough choice... kinda

2008-06-08T23:29:00.000-04:00

I made a choice that most prob think that i would be a dumbass for doing....

im putting the shipping the motor off to michigan off for another week and go

ahead and buy this throttlebody for the beast...

brand new it cost like 375 bucks and picking this one up and the tps sensor for

230 shipped and putting me about a week or 2 off the shipping the motor off

but i didnt want to lose out on this deal

2008-06-07T00:39:00.001-04:00

also pick up a driveshaft
safety loop for
helping a friend with his
car... this will go good with the
future plans of a TKO 500 and
alum. driveshaft

engine bay

2008-06-06T19:50:00.001-04:00

So when i took the motor out i decided to clean the engine bay up a little bit... took every wire that i didnt "need" and got rid of it, all the other ones were rerouted into the fenders so that i could get that clean look.
The little holes that were in the bay were filled and still in the progress of smoothing everything out and painting the bay black before the motor goes back in

when the motor is back in then the motor should have that wireless carbarated look since im going with a stand alone system with a full race harness

project interior

2008-06-05T20:23:00.000-04:00

The car originally came with tan leather interior and i put up with it until now...
im switching to all black interior, with factory black leather backseat and summit
racing front seats, also switching to the FR500 steering wheel

maybe a 10-point cage later down the road, prob once i take it down the track a few times

FRONT RIMS

2008-06-04T20:03:00.001-04:00

so i finally said screw it and went ahead and ordered the front rims for the beast
i even went ahead and added some BLING factor to it, and ordered some valve stems
with the chrome covers on them... oh yea biatches

MOTOR (update)

2008-06-03T20:09:00.001-04:00

i've been a little freaked out lately about the motor getting stolen, just because it would be my luck that someone see it and walk away with it, so i went ahead and shipped the motor to michigan, to john at Modular performance.. (www.modularperformance.com) so when i get it back the motor will be done, but god only knows when i get that bill paid for, atleast it is in line and getting built

REAR END

2008-06-02T23:19:00.000-04:00

damn it, i did it again... started a new project, i know i know im never gonna get the motor done at this rate, but i already have bought the 4:30 gears (a few months back) and i just ordered the 31 spline carrier so hoping it will ship out tomarrow (7/13/08) now all i need is axles and diff. cover to finish the rear end..... not to much to go to cross this project off list

intake update

2008-06-02T23:07:00.000-04:00

i cut out the factory divider out to allow the accufab throttle body to fit and work
the right way

Also started to cut out the EGR tubes and smooth them out so that i could get a little more intake volume and better flow, still have a good bit of work to smooth it out

another intake update

2008-06-01T22:44:00.002-04:00

so i went and bought a set of UPR fuel rails for the beast, just one more thing closer to marking the intake as a done project, they should be in tomarrow 7/23/08
9/16inch id.

since im going to these rails i decided to go to a steel braided line set up from the tank to the rails, 8-an feed with 6-an return... also going to a fuel cell setup for the race gas. ill be able to switch from pump gas in my stock tank to race gas in the fuel cell. fuel cell will be here on july 28th... then the fabrication will begin

i really am stopping with these side projects after this one, why have a badass motor and big rails if you cant feed it, after this total focus on the motor/trans setup.... i swear

FUEL CELL

2008-05-30T10:04:00.000-04:00

well the fuel cell is in and im gonna start to fab of the system to be able to switch between the pumpgas (stock tank) or race gas (fuel cell) and run all the braided line, well atleast all of it to the fender well, then the rest when i put the motor back in

FUEL SYSTEM UPDATE

2008-05-29T22:46:00.000-04:00

ok after doing some research and finding out that it might cost a little to much for it to be worth it to do the setup to be able to switch between the two tanks, im sending the fuelcell back to get a refund, then order the -8an and -6an lines for the factory fuel tank

I also got the factory tank back with -AN fittings fab. on it so now i will have no problem hooking up the rails and bigger lines to them,

i said F-it and just cut the stock bullshit lines either way i have to replace them so....

NO going back now, -8AN feed (1/2inch)

and -6 AN return to the tank (3/8 inch)

factory specs- (feed 5/16, return 1/4)

RADIATOR

2008-05-28T17:48:00.000-04:00

so i went ahead and bought the radiator for the beast, ran across a good deal so i didnt want to miss out on it

FUEL LINES

2008-05-27T12:09:00.001-04:00

Went and ordered the 8AN and 6AN fuel line and all fitting that i will need for undercar plumbing, going with push-loc line instead of steel braided for undercar since why pay the extra loot for line that you cant even see, im gonna stop the push lock line about a foot outside the engine bay and switch to steel braided line for the under hood plumbing so it looks better

All i need for the under car plumbing is fuelpump and filter, then regulator bigger injectors and steel braided line then fuel system will be done

factory lines

just put that end on to get a picture

rest of fittings for undercar plumbing

plumbing

2008-05-26T19:13:00.001-04:00

i got the fuel tank back in the car today(8/18/08)

after messing with trying to get it in a few times i realized that with the new lines and fittings that the tank wasnt going to fit back up with out doing some fab work....
so i had to trim out the spare tire well so that the lines would come up and allow the tank to bolt up, the now advantage is if i have a fuel leak it will be easy fix or if i need to get into the tank, i wont have to drop the tank ever again, i will just trim the hole a little more for access, then gonna fab up a shetmetal cover so it wont look to bad

gotta make it work

you know it looks badass

fuel pump and other stuff

2008-05-25T06:07:00.002-04:00

ok as of now (9/15/08)
i bought a aeromotive A1000 fuel pump and it should ship out today, rated to 1300hp n/a, 1000hp poweradder, should cover me in the fuel area

i also bought a new msd ignition, the dis-4 plus
was going to ditch the msd brand but the kennebell boost-a-spark is about 225 used and then i would have to buy a 2-step limiter, so it should ship out in next day or two

well i started thinking and to finish up the intake on the car, i went ahead and found a set of 42lb injectors for the beast... yeah went from 24lb to 42lb injectors, they are gonna be on the way next week, got to pay for them when i get paid

2008-05-24T22:09:00.003-04:00

the A1000 and dis-4 plus ignition came in today

the big bitch

fitting and lines, engine bay,ect

2008-05-23T18:34:00.000-04:00

painted the engine bay, still got to touch it up a lil but i think it looks good
Got the big nasty injectors in also, 42lb an hour
8AN fuel line(feed)
fitting for the A1000

TURBO

2008-05-22T16:45:00.002-04:00

new route and direction for the car....
decided that at 45.00 a nitrous fill and if i fill once a week for a year it will be like 2400 bucks'fuk that bullshit plus not reliable HP so im
going TURBO.... 76MM prob a precision turbo with .81AR to start then if need be switch to a .96 AR

2008-05-21T11:27:00.002-04:00

deleted the EGR system and smooth out the EGR tubes out the intake for more volume in the intake and less restriction on air coming in the intake

yea i know the intake is dirty but its getting powdercoated blue

the big ballin's chrome bolts for the throttle body, figure it look better than fatory bolts

the new injectors on the new fuel rails

INTERCOOLER

2008-05-20T19:39:00.003-04:00

Hell yea bitches!!!!! if anyone was doubting that i was going to go turbo then this is one step in that direction.....

i couldnt miss out on the price.....