Next project--wheel fitment!

Sup guys,

It has been a while, but after much planning I have finally settled upon my next project. I've also decided against supercharging my car............until next year hehe. I'll be getting smogged in early 2016, so I figured I might as well wait while my car remains easy to return to stock. Six bolts for my catalytic converter and a computer reflash and I'm passing with flying colors. In any case, boost is on the back burner while in the meantime I work on my wheel fitment.

Modding day--injectors, throttle body coolant bypass, upper radiator hose

Sup guys,

Slowly and steadily the pieces are all falling into place! At this point, I've decided to hold off on installing the supercharger until I get smogged early next year. At this point it's easy enough for me to pop my catalytic converter back on and reflash the ECU with my stock tune. In the meantime, I'll be gathering the rest of my parts and getting ready for my first track day! I figure I should probably learn the limits of the car naturally aspirated before I go bananas with boost and kill myself.

Another thing I'd like to get dialed in before boost is my wheel fitment. Right now I'm running the stock wheels (17x7 front, 17x8.5 rear) with 225/45R17 front and 255/40R17 rear Dunlop ZII tires. The grip is phenomenal, but I'd like to experiment with a "square" tire setup--having the same size tire on all four wheels. This will require two new rear wheels and I'll need them bored out to to fit the larger front hub. I'd run 20mm wheel spacers in the rear to match the front's flushness--all this requires fender work. In the end, it's totally worth it for both cornering grip and braking grip. Without further ado, let's go over the modding day!

Modding day--first valve adjustment and more!

Sup guys,

I've been lagging on posting these photos of a recent modding session with a friend of mine. We put in about 6 hours of work total, and suffice it to say my back was completely obliterated by the end of it. Here's what we accomplished:

My car:

• Valve adjustment
• MAP sensor upgrade to 4 bar
• Slim radiator fan swap

My friend's car:

• Fan shroud mod to accommodate a 4'' intake tube!
• Showroom-quality cleaning job

My buddy's car is the silver one while mine is black like my soul. He's working on getting my airbox out here:

You can see just how massive that 4'' intake tube really is in these pics. It goes down behind the radiator fans and ends up under the passenger headlight inside the bumper. After swapping his slim fan over to my car, we had to actually chop a couple spokes off the fan shroud to get my stock fan to fit in my friend's car!

Selfie! Yes, I did work as well.

The results of my valve adjustment at 65,000 were typical of most S2000s--all my valves were tight! I couldn't get a single feeler into place. The first thing I noticed after firing my car up afterwards was how loud the valvetrain had become! I'll be doing this every 40,000 miles from now on.

Right now I'm taking care of some maintenance items:

• Engine oil change
• Clutch fluid change
• Transmission fluid change
• Differential fluid change

Should be pretty easy. After my injectors and clutch, I'll be ready for boost!

Cheers,
~T da B

OEM spoiler install

Sup guys,

I got my OEM spoiler installed a while ago and I took some pictures of the install. The green "asterisks" on my car are 3M automotive tape holding down a trimmed dixie cup. The four on top of my trunk are covering holes for the spoiler that have been painted over with touch-up paint, and the one on the bumper and passenger door are just covering touch-up paint.

Now prepare yourself for the finished product!

Welcome to my new blog!

What is up, Internet? I'm proud to present you my second blog! After leaving my mark in the Nerf world, I decided it was time to separate my Nerf mods from the rest of my mods. Right now, I'm in the thick of modding my 2007 Honda S2000. What this means is that I may get rather technical in describing various automotive concepts--something I couldn't really do on my Nerf blog. My current car mods include the following:

• Catalytic converter replaced with a test pipe
• Wider tires on the front and back (225/45/R17, 255/40/R17)
• A really good tune by Gernby
• 6 1/2'' speakers
• Head unit
• Larger rearview mirror
• Cloth soft top
• Custom built subwoofer enclosure/amp rack

Future mods:

• Wiring the amp
• Installing an OEM spoiler
• Installing a Walbro 255 fuel pump
• Wiring a fuel pump relay
• Getting a new clutch installed
• Installing a supercharger

If you guys are interested in my subwoofer enclosure DIY, you can check it out here. 

Stay tuned for more car mods coming down the pipeline and once again, welcome to my new blog!

~T da B

Gaming PC and car wiring projects

 Sup guys,

Happy holidays to you all! I have been semi hard at work recently on a few new projects, and I return from the ashes with an update for you guys. First off, I picked up a couple of goodies through some online Black Friday sales. Being a computer guy, I have been building my own PCs since I could afford my own. I snagged a couple of nice deals on a solid state hard drive (Samsung 840 Evo 250GB) and a new video card (Sapphire Dual-X Radeon R9 280). My current computer was initially put together three years ago, so it's starting to show its age. After trying to run Metro 2033 on the lowest settings with DirectX 11, I realized that my old video card (Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon HD 5770) was not going to cut it any more. Thanks to Black Friday, I'm extremely happy with my updated setup--here are some pictures:

More after the jump!

PVC hat rack mod

 Sup people,

I have been stricken by another bout of laziness and gaming recently so I haven't gotten around to posting this writeup. Alas, the time has come! I've come up with a simple design that is good for 9 hats, and even more if you slide adjustable caps towards the center. The design is modular, and can be disassembled into many smaller pieces. Check it!