The day started out with the usual undrivable car movement, mainly to get the rallycar on the dyno for calibration of the Vipec.  After a few more small leaks were fixed, we got the car on the dyno and started work on the day’s projects. 

One of our Subaru customers, Tom, brought in his brother’s car, an IS300 for a timing belt, water pump and all associated parts.  As far as timing belts go, Toyota inline sixes are great.  Bill has a good amount of experience with IS300s so he took the helm. 

We got our first snomobile in the shop today for some fabrication work after Mike had a tough impact on trail.  Bill was excited to take the challenge of straightening and reinforcing the frame on the Ad Boivin sled.

Chris’s silver WRX that was started on Tuesday continued to shed rusty bolts throughout the day.  Nick worked like a champ on the clutch while Alex finished the timing belt.  The exhaust needed some special attention which Nick also tackled with ease.

Tim showed up early afternoon to watch Matt tune his Super Production STi.  The gains from the added half liter of displacement, STi turbo and Vipec V88 Ecu were just what Tim needed.  Matt had the car at different levels of steady state on the Dynamics Dyno, then got the antilag system calibrated.  Tim’s experience in rally is very evident in the build of this car.  All the right bits are there to make it competitive and reliable without spending extra money in places where its not needed.  We are all excited to see how he does this year with the new setup.  After an upcoming test, Tim and the Wazoo Rally Team are heading to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan for the first round of the Rally America Championship.

Blue is 2.0 WRX-TD04-32mm Restrictor Red is 2.5 STi-VF39-34mm Restrictor

This time of year is progress time for the DSG race cars.  Alex is usally done working on his car for the winter about this time while I am usually right in the middle or just starting to build steam.  I’ll leave Alex to tell the Pleasure Evo’s winter massage therapy.  As far as the RS Maxi, she had a tough year of limited traction and cylinder head woes.  Both of these are currently being addressed.  The cylinder head is more or less ready for more action after a late season renovation.  The only thing left in that department is degreeing the cams, along with a new cam chain tensioner.  The Tomei 280 Solid Lifter Cams will recieve Tomei Adjustable Camgears and with the help of some dial indicators, piston stop and some quiet time, I should be able to get them dialed in.   Tomei started building race motors for Nissans back in the 70s and even built the motors for the famed Silvia Super Silhouette of the 1980s (driven by Kazuyoshi Hoshino!).  They have been very supportive of the DSG 240RS and even the company President has shown interest in the car’s progress.  We are all very proud to work with a company so rich in motorsport heritage!

The rear subframe is being replaced with an S14 unit and with some special CNC’d aluminum bushings from Kuah at SPLParts in Texas, the S14 subframe will fit perfectly into the Maxi’s S13 chassis.  A few other small changes are being made.  Scot sent the Maxi’s Stance GR+ 3 way dampers out to Stance in Illinois to get revalved for the softer springs we are currently using.  Modifications to the fuel cell/system mounting and radiator mounting will top off the list of winter revisions to the 240RS09 Maxi.