The BottleRocket

[KBanksAZ]

What's up?! I don't think anyone here really knows me but hey...

I probably should have done this awhile ago. I just finally decided to invest some serious dollars into my project so it should be cool to see this happen as it goes.

Removing a bunch of wiring from a harness that I eventually gave to Crockett.


Shift knob I made that is horrible. It's too heavy and can cause a mis-shift at will haha!


Joe Haven going ballistic on my shell


Sound deadening that I should have burned out instead of dry ice


Removing the parcel shelf



$120 wheels cause I don't do that get it just because it's expensive s***


Needs moar lower!

[DanThaMan]

WOW! lookin good man. I like those wheels, what kind are they?

[truckmtr240]

concave fn's for the win!

[troskinatior]

Please please please keep it two tone

[turbonxsx]

I take it you live in Arizona???

[AZhitman]

Bad as hell. For those of you who don't know Kelly (KBanks), he's a pretty talented car builder, and ain't a bad driver, either.

Although, you people spend WAY too much time / effort removing sound deadening. It's not that heavy - I'd just leave it there and coat the whole interior in bedliner.

[KBanksAZ]

Haha what's up Greg! Other way around though, I suck at building cars but I'm a driver first. The only reason I'm doing any of this is because it saves a little bit you know. Wish i could just hand some cash to ASD and have a car just done.

The car is staying two tone but I'm adding in White and Gold as theme colors. I'm not exactly sure how it's going to turn out but I have a loose plan. It's gonna go on a huge diet however as my engine plans are really unclear. Power to weight in the name of the game and I have no idea what my power will be so I better just make it light.

[Taran14]

WOW! lookin good man. I like those wheels, what kind are they?

They look like FN01R-C, but i could be wrong!

But bricks ftw!!
Car looks great so far man, keep it up!

[Razi]

Yep, that's the correct wheels.

Liking the build man, keep it seafoam green two tone!

[Taran14]

^
Keep it seafoam green two tone!

[KBanksAZ]

Most definitely.

I'm about to embark on a long journey aka. trying to acquire Rocket Bunny aero. It seems like my only option is to buy the stuff and send it to a friend in Japan and he can bring it over with his other stuff when he moves back to the states. $1,900 dollars worth of s*** is going to cost me $2,200 in shipping!!!!! F' that!

[KBanksAZ]

So this is about to happen.

[s13sickboi]

Oh my that engine needs some love

[TroubleBound]

Damn man looking great keep us updated!
Love seeing coupes done right even tho i am hatch in heart.

[sci2000tech]

Now THAT is an engine

Are you gonna keep it NA for now?

[KBanksAZ]

NA forever, maybe. I've got some Webber DCOE side drafts on order and talking to Brian Crower about 12:1 compression pistons. We'll have to see what happens. I'm picking up the front sump pan tonight.

[KBanksAZ]

I know right!!

[turbonxsx]

I know right!!

All hail the trumpets!!!!!!

[mixeds14]

i like were this is goin, keep pics coming

[adrianfromthecastle]

oh I like where this thread is going!

[essex0727]

WERD WERD AND MORE WERD. on a more serious note. i dont really understandthe whole idea behind the "ITB setup" what are some benefits and some downfalls. (if this seems like a thread jack just tell me to shutup and post somewhere else lol)

[KBanksAZ]

Yeah so, this entire idea is completely asinine. The engine would be way more efficient with EFI.

It's going to be loud and look good so pretty much everything I care about is covered

[AZhitman]

Sure, ITB's are a step backwards.

But they're so damn cool.

[Speckid4]

ITB's

Looks like a lot of fun.
What are your plans for suspension?

[KBanksAZ]

Currently I have JIC FLT-A2s, some unknown RUCA's and tension rods, modded knuckles and modified SPL tie rod ends on Z32 inners. It's been enough up to this point but I'm needing a little bit more now. I'm going to fabricate all my own arms to allow for maximum lowness at some point in time. Until I can do that the way I want, I'm just going to run SPL stuff. I have their rear toe control arms and they're friggin beefy as all hell. Needless to say I'm very happy with the quality of their parts.

I also need to find some new coilovers. I did some research (not much though) and it looks like if I want my JIC's rebuilt, I have to send them to Japan! I might do this once to make sure they're tip top but afterward I would just keep them around as spares. I have access to some pretty knowledgeable people at work so I might have some custom units built, but that's a long shot.

[darens13]

totally boss.

[KBanksAZ]

Need to get the manifolds done and theoretically it should start. Probably going to tear it apart and refresh the engine first though.

[KBanksAZ]

Bell housing should be on it's way along with a bunch of other stuff. 2J s*** is expensive!

[ridge]

Haha I drive an IS300 and I don't see why anyone would upgrade to an N/A one, but in such a light car I guess it makes sense. Good luck!

[Eion]

Sweet. Good luck on the build. This is gonna be interesting.