Quite Dashing ...

[scotty-2-forty]

... isn't it? Spent today making sense of some things that bugged me since I bought the car back. Had to make another gage pod for the Oil Temp and Oil Pressure. Moved the EMS from the floor to the glove box. Rerouted my SafeCraft fire system. Next I need to redo the wiring for all of the aftermarket gages so they can light up at night. See, my friend that bought the car from me 5 years ago is extremely good with performance; not so good with asthetics ... that's my job. Also found that the 25A fuse for the cooling fan was blown, but that's in another post. Anyway, here's some pics.

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[HoosierSX]

[ZootedS13]

looks like a totally different car. you do clean work

[Razi]

Neat!

[Dire91]

Very nice! Wait so if you pull the fire lever, it squirts out into the engine bay correct?

[JustDriftMore]

sexyy

[OM3GA]

Very nice! Wait so if you pull the fire lever, it squirts out into the engine bay correct?

You can see where it has a nozzle right near the FPR.

Clean work man i am indeed a fan of clean and organized performance!

[simmode1]

Quite nice, my friend. Quite nice!

[J14cm7]

Hey i need to do something with mine where the radio/spare pocket goes in the dash. Any tips/tricks that you could share about the best way of doing what you did? Or is there just stuff you order?

Looks great keep ip the good work.

[scotty-2-forty]

Very nice! Wait so if you pull the fire lever, it squirts out into the engine bay correct?

Yeppers. I had one car catch fire many years ago after a track run. I pulled the SafeCraft system from one of my previous track cars and decided for the time and money I've put into this car it would be worth the additional protection. I didn't install the interior nozzle though. The system has two safeguards from unintentional activation; (1) you need to pull the pin at the trigger and (2) you need to pull the pin from the canister. Since it's not strictly a race car, I figured leaving the pin in the canister too would be a better idea to fool proof any accidental purging (which wouldn't be me, duh)! STORY TIME: I actually had several 'kids' at a PBIR (aka Moroso) ask if it was a Nitrous bottle, LOL! Even better, another one thought the EMS was a stereo amplifier laying on my front floor (before putting it in the glove box). And better than that, some old-school geezer commented, "Nice ricer" too which I asked why he said that, and he pointed at the pull-trigger stating he could get that at the discount auto store (implying it was fake). So I showed him, and then he was like, "Cool. I like the pun ... placing the trigger where the lighter was." Then I showed him the dyno sheet ... he walked away. And yes, the best one was yet another kid asking if the car was turbo ... while staring at the engine bay for 5 minutes prior!

[scotty-2-forty]

Hey i need to do something with mine where the radio/spare pocket goes in the dash. Any tips/tricks that you could share about the best way of doing what you did? Or is there just stuff you order?

No, no ordering. The double-din touch screen stereo simply took the place of the factory stereo and pocket. I had gages installed where the pocket was until the larger radio took over. The two gages I have where the ash-tray was, I simply made out of wood and covered in black leather from the fabric store.

Thanks everyone for your nice comments.

[str33tprintz]

Great Job I don't know how people could live with a mess like that.

[scotty-2-forty]

Great Job I don't know how people could live with a mess like that.

Thanks. Most of the 'mess' in the photos was mine as I was ripping stuff apart. The clean up was to fit the radio better, make a gage pod for Oil Temp and Pressure, reinstall the fire-ext system's plumbing, and get the EMS off the floor. Eh, I guess you could call that a mess too.

[TheRealNap0le0n]

i was wondering if you had a halon system or what not...

what's it use for fire supression? chemical liquid? fog?

[TheRealNap0le0n]

i just realized you have an s14..... gah! im jealous of S14 dashes tho, way better options to mount stuff.

[scotty-2-forty]

i was wondering if you had a halon system or what not...

what's it use for fire supression? chemical liquid? fog?

It is the LT 5lb Halon Drag Race Installed system. This one ... http://safecraft.com/product_p...arch=

[TheRealNap0le0n]

oh cool... i've never had a car burn down but my 91 camaro had a built motor with a nice fat race carb and it liked to belch fire when the timing wasn't "just right" so i can appreciate the safety system

[scotty-2-forty]

oh cool... i've never had a car burn down but my 91 camaro had a built motor with a nice fat race carb and it liked to belch fire when the timing wasn't "just right" so i can appreciate the safety system

It's an insurance policy in that I hope to never need it. But if anything went wrong, it's a nice peace-of-mind to have the ability to extinguish under the hood before everything else goes up ... and without the worry of trying to open the hood! On the bright side, it's a nice conversation piece.

[TheRealNap0le0n]

it looks cool. lol

[Didderson]

Looks awesome, job well done and clean as furkk!You have me all worried about fire safety now...

[scotty-2-forty]

Looks awesome, job well done and clean as furkk!You have me all worried about fire safety now...

Good! Anyone and everyone with a high performance drivetrain that generates a LOT of heat, and any fuel modifications SHOULD be carrying some sort of fire safety onboard. I carry an automotive fire extinguisher in every vehicle; it just happens I had this system from a past track car.

[dre1507]

man, your car is hella sexy and clean. everyone knows clean is better than sexy. why? because a dirty whore can be sexy, but she's still dirty (not the good kind of dirty). so the fact that your car is clean and sexy gives it a +3. my math skills rule. disregard everything after the first sentence. lol.

[scotty-2-forty]

man, your car is hella sexy and clean. everyone knows clean is better than sexy. why? because a dirty whore can be sexy, but she's still dirty (not the good kind of dirty). so the fact that your car is clean and sexy gives it a +3. my math skills rule. disregard everything after the first sentence. lol.

Dude, that's some funny sheeeeayaht!

[jeff420]

very nice. i had my first car catch fire while i was takin it around the block and i diddnt have my fire extinguisher with me. s*** sucked. saw smoke, popped the hood and it was on fire. i was like f*** this, i have to much money invested so i ripped my shirt off and smothered the flames with my shirt and hands. was sad because i loved my schwetty nuts shirt

[mRodiek]

Good job, I need to move my gauges from the pillar to just below the radio.

[jeff420]

i had my gauges down there when i first got my car but i hated it because i would have to look down to see them. my passengers usually noticed if something was wrong before me lol.

Good job, I need to move my gauges from the pillar to just below the radio.