still hanging around in tally. the track managment up in valdosta his gone to shit. glenn had his car in the ron jon booth last year at nopi. that is the last time i talked to him.

 

No change yet, I've been pretty busy with some other things at the moment. One being to remove and put back completly stock my other cl. I've also been considering what class to run the thing in. Modified or Quick16, both would be fun. Who can shed some light on modified? I've got the nhrarule book, but can't find too much info on the 1/4mile times. From what I have found, I don't think this motor will produce the power needed to compete due to the lack of r$d on parts. Quick16 may be a better alternative from a pocketbook point of view. I did get the heads back for the motor that's to go in the car. They are limited on what can be done without reinventing the wheel. we'll eventually see.

 

Isn't the cut-off on the Quick 16 class 8.99? Are you really planning on being more competitive than that?

 

it'll take alot of work and money to get a car to run faster than 8.99. especially a car that was never meant to be rwd. you are deffinatly doing the unimaginable.

 

Wow. Cant wait to see it unfold. That RWD Prelude thread is pretty cool.

 

Nice headwork! Was there anything that needed to be done to the chambers? Were they all pretty consistent when they cc'ed them?

 

no, the slowest you can run is 11.99, but that class is a tough field usually, is that what you meant?
allout,, all the chambers were cc'd and are equal. he polished them up just a little as they were pretty equal out of the box.

o1s,,yeah, it will take a lot to run mid 8's which is why i'm going for mid 9's, that is much more affordable and doable with this motor. modified is out of my league, so i'll be content with a moderatly fast car


who can tell us about modified

 

it takes alot to run 9's too. good luck with it.

 

No. What I meant was the fastest you can run in Quick 16 is 8.99. At least in every event I've been to.

 

This will be a nice build up I'm sure. Can't wait to see what you can do with it.


By the way, Tom empty out your pm box.

 

I started to rip the car down and let me say, it's quite the undertaking. I'm removing the parts that seem valuable carefully for resale in the black market. https://acurazine.com/forums/car-parts-sale-361/fs-2001-cl-type-s-part-out-100s-parts-370282/

I hope to have it stripped down over the next few weeks then it's off to the "chassis man".

 

How much do you anticipate your total costs are gonna be for this project?

 

Just wanted to add that ThinJim's turbo kit is up for sale in the black market. I thought I could make it fit on a 1st gen chasis, but our subframes are no where near similar. Here's the link for this t-kit.

https://acurazine.com/forums/car-parts-sale-361/closed-thinjims-turbo-kit-2003-cls6-692956/

 

thinjim hows the rwd project going. are you still working on it?

 

sorry to hear of that chris. hope it works out for you. that kit is tops imo and whoever receives it will have a great time.

as for the other car, it's being painted... soon, very soon.

 

You're such a tease...

 

So, did you have to build a sheet metal tunnel or was there enough room to run the shaft?

I definitely want to see this occur.

 

omg, all the legends in one thread! lol since when does scalbert still come on here? nice. i feel honored just to post here...lol

 

I figured I'd check my backlog of PM's which have gone unanswered for over three years.

Actually, it was partially due to wanting to find out what has become of all the parts which made their way around including this turbo kit. I also wanted to find the old dyno plots of the GT35 turbo on the J32A2 and what the boost threshold was.

 

True, That, but why not make another one, that way there will be bros and sister to the extended family.
U know it will $$ell

 

First off, welcome back! Hope it's not just a touch and go, but none the less, it's good to see you back a while.

The tunnel fully encloses the drive shaft, (a two piece tunnel) and pretty much runs right by the drivers seat. I can almost use it for an armrest. The tunnel itself is about 4 ft long. There is no current picture of the fabricated tunnel.

What kind of car are you playing with these days? A while back I was lurking about in the I believe it was an Audi forum, and you were doing something there, but lost track.

Anyway, here are a few pics that may give you an idea of the space it takes up. In the stock CL, just picture a tranny and drive shaft in place of the stock console, that's pretty much like it is.

 

I will have to stay around some now just to follow the progress of this awesome project. I definitely like the transmission plate and I do see a large liquid/air IC in the 3rd image.

Are you using the J32A2, the ports look like it but can't see enough of the engine to be sure. I do hope as I always felt the engine has great potential. With that powerglide I would assume a fairly high stall; are you increasing the revs? I suppose I am really interested in the engine and controls for it but overall, want to see what transpires. This is fantastic and I am envious of the current results and build.

As for cars, once again I have been through some. Yes, I had a Audi B5 S4 after selling the CL-S. I also concurrently picked up an M Roadster for a while, but my wife felt a 3rd vehicle wasn’t truly needed to which I ended up agreeing. The S4 ended up being upgraded, big surprise, to make just shy of 400 WHP and 420 WTQ. But it was sold as well.

I currently have a '07 335i which has mild modifications for the time being. But they are enough to pull 12.7's. I suppose I am getting old as I just do not have as much drive to modify as much. I have had a set of downpipes sitting on my workbench for several months which I feel is a shame.

Anyway, great to hear from you and I will eagerly watch this continued build.

 

you doesn't get old here Steve... glad you're back...

 

Welcome back Steve! I imagine the girls are keeping you busy...

 

This link will show you more. Also, if you look in the dyno pages, you'll find my old dyno plots of when I had Ram's kit, they still should be posted. Yes, using the j32, but nothing on the inside is stock except the crank, and even it's been "touched".

https://acurazine.com/forums/2g-cl-2001-2003-50/before-after-490410/

 

Knife edged the crank I'm assuming?

 

wow, amazing project

 

No, nothing like that, I had it cryogenic tempered and then coated.

 

i thought about a 3.7 SH AWD 08 accord coupe

 

Steve... came... back?

 

scalberts back ! woo hoo ! now if we could get ram to chime in ...

 

This is the official OG thread for the time being. Can't believe all these names posting again!

BTW, Type R, you think it's possible to get the SHAWD and the 3.7 motor from the new TL into the 03 CL 6mt?

 

I'll answer that, quite simply... no. different transmission attachment points. one possibility would be to have a plate between the motor and trans to make it fit. If you were to use a 3/8'' plate, in theory, you'd have to shave 3/8'' off the bellhousing of the the tranny to keep the clutch happy. then of course, you'd have to do something about the ecu and or crank and cam sensors on the j37.

 

yes... wait for the 6mt tl though

 

what....
that puts a hold on the turbo

 

Yeah, I was strongly considering that car, but the 02 NSX keeps whispering into my ear "buy me, I'm more fun"

 

whoa rj wants shawd + 3.7 6mt in a cl? i gotta see this....

 

The new TL is certainly intriguing and something I will need to drive; in 6MT trim of course. But is is certainly nice to have something with forced induction from the factory.

BTW, it is great to see so many familiar names in here.

 

Your expertise is something that has been missing from these boards. Good to see you posting.

 

Thanks, might as well continue as 10,000 posts are only 500 away now.