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HOLY CRAP man u are going all out on this thing.. keep up the great work.


Steve

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Steve 89 colt 2.3 stroker stock top end. evo3@20 psi 13.489@99.30mph 3/10 2012
On drag radials.auto trans.launching @ 5 psi and no traction thru 2nd.

Thanks Steve.


Very sporadic work over the last 7 weeks. I was able to get the front end bent up and so far have the rails and upper supports fully welded along with a ton of brackets for things like fuel cell, radiator, catch can, and water pump. A couple weeks ago I bent up the u bar and tacked it in place, late last night I was able to knock out the fmic mounts and the north south bar with front roll stop. This was all a first for me, from bending and notching to welding off a bench. The overall goal was to keep it from getting overly cluttered and allow everything to unbolt to get the engine and transmission out easier.

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Matt Wheatley
03 TB Evo 6262 9.8@151 Sold
09 CG C6Z 640whp NA sbe Sold
White Colt

Great progress.

It’s amazing to see you go head first and first try and get where you are with those bends and adapting components around them.

It’s not easy notching and bending. Hell, I don’t even want to cut a notched hole for a BOV dump into my intake pipe. I actually looked for a 3” silicone coupler with a 1-1/4” bung in the middle. I can feel your pain.

It’s very nice to have builds documented here, and on this level. We’ve seen a few fast ones but documenting them is tough.

I agree, I like to document to be able to pull things up later down the road that I will likely forget and it allows a visual of clearances and ideas for others that might be thinking of doing something similar.

For the bov I like to start the hole and get it close with a large step bit or a hole saw and then weld the flange on, once the flange is on I finish opening the hole up with a carbide bit and walk it in towards the flange.

After months of trying to fit everything I finally gave in and decided it was best to fit everything in a way that allowed easy service and wherever the body ended up was a problem to solve at a later date. It looks like the front bumper will have to be moved forward about 1.5" and will need a 4" lip, very pleased with only needing that much additional space.

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Matt Wheatley
03 TB Evo 6262 9.8@151 Sold
09 CG C6Z 640whp NA sbe Sold
White Colt

The upper pipe looked like it was going to be really close to the trans cooler fittings on the transmission. Once the fittings arrived it was confirmed they would make contact. It was a pretty easy change to orient the pipes differently and add a small straight section to correct the fitment issues. Its much closer to the brake master and swirl pot but everything appears to be in place. I was also able to mock up the hot side before leaving for vacation.

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Matt Wheatley
03 TB Evo 6262 9.8@151 Sold
09 CG C6Z 640whp NA sbe Sold
White Colt

Apparently IG/FB doesn't appreciate my url linking. I've been posting on IG and then taking the url for the jpg out of the source data for years to share pics on forums without issues and even some of the photos are still working here but some aren't.

Not much of an update, we bought another house and I'm in the middle of building a shop. Once that's up the engine should be in my possession and I can also start on the body work to clear the 15x9 on a 26" tire.

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Matt Wheatley
03 TB Evo 6262 9.8@151 Sold
09 CG C6Z 640whp NA sbe Sold
White Colt

Shop update

Couple hundred tons of stone for the drive back to the shop while waiting on building materials.

























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Hoping to get the walls finished and get moved in before the end of the year.

edit:

started on the walls this weekend and ended up adding more insulation to cut down on the echo. Couple Colt bros and my family stopped by to lend a hand.

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Matt Wheatley
03 TB Evo 6262 9.8@151 Sold
09 CG C6Z 640whp NA sbe Sold
White Colt

The pics aren't showing up?

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Joey Santiago

2003 Lancer Evolution 57k original miles
1992 Montero LS
1989 Plymouth Colt GT (AWD project)
1989 Dodge Colt GT

all or just some of the pics? I saw some of the links were broken on this page but I can see all the pics on the previous pages

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Matt Wheatley
03 TB Evo 6262 9.8@151 Sold
09 CG C6Z 640whp NA sbe Sold
White Colt

While building the shop parts have been coming in slowly.

7% transfer gears from Bush, Billet drum and his spare converter also showed up.



Custom OG Belak 15x9


2019 Shootout!


Sneak peak at the cylinder head work

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Matt Wheatley
03 TB Evo 6262 9.8@151 Sold
09 CG C6Z 640whp NA sbe Sold
White Colt

Not a single one for me?

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Joey Santiago

2003 Lancer Evolution 57k original miles
1992 Montero LS
1989 Plymouth Colt GT (AWD project)
1989 Dodge Colt GT

Really struggling to make progress with a TON of delays and issues from pretty much every vendor at the moment. So with the inability to make progress on the car I've been focusing on family and work but there are still a few small positive updates.

The new intake arrived and its hot! My original goal was to run dbw on this car and this manifold along with moving the booster into the cabin of the car will allow that to happen. Jims modular billet intake is a work of art and will be holding 8 id2600s

Comparison from the old custom Magnus unit Marco had on his 2g before the 1g cast units went into production.



Bosch tb



Tires are finally mounted! Tons of body work to do







dsm drag ksports with yoshi plates


Rears are still in progress

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Matt Wheatley
03 TB Evo 6262 9.8@151 Sold
09 CG C6Z 640whp NA sbe Sold
White Colt

Great build, you're going to have a serious CSM!

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89 GT, swapped , FP green/red hybrid

Thank you, thats the plan!

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Matt Wheatley
03 TB Evo 6262 9.8@151 Sold
09 CG C6Z 640whp NA sbe Sold
White Colt

Killer build man. If you dont mind me asking, what wheels are those? I saw earlier in your build that you had purchased rotas, but it seems the plan changed. Size, offset?