Spoolinup and Full-Race

A few new sponsors for 2013 is Spoolinup and Full-Race Motorsports

First, Spoolinup

www.SPOOLINUP.com

As most of us all know Matt's Coil Over Plug non-cdi is one of the best products produced for the Evo. Whether it be for a stock power Evo or a full blown build such as my situation...

The price is right and the quality, well the pictures speak for themselves...!

Next is Full-Race Motorsports

www.FULL-RACE.com

If you haven't heard of Full-Race, well you haven't heard of Time Attack. Full-Race is not only a supporter to me they support the fastest Time Attack car in the world, NEMO Racing. They produce some of the best manifolds with exceptional welds it hurt to cover them up...

Here's their T3 manifold for the 4G63

Like I mentioned above, it hurt to cover up the beautiful welds. But keeping underhood temps to a minimum is more important.

The coating used was Cerakote, which can withstand temps over 1500 degrees. I had it locally done at Vinman Engineering, located in Hesperia. The best part is that everything to bead blasting, prep, paint and bake was all done in 5hrs. Making it ready for pick and install in 1-day!

 

Once again I would like to thank Spoolinup and Full-Race for jumping on board...!

www.FULL-RACE.com

www.SPOOLINUP.com

-Matt

A Cooler, Cooler set-up...

Here's some craftiness....

We all know the saying "it's not if I go off track, it's when"...

With that in mind I decided I wanted a front mount oil cooler set-up. Most of the prefabbed kits are ludicrous in prices, so I made my own DIY kit with the following.

- Earls 25 row oil cooler

- (3) 90 degree -8 AN fittings

- (1) -8 straight fitting

- (2) -8 to NPT adapters 

- 6ft twist-tite -8 hose

With the decision to make a front mount oil cooler setup, I also wanted to still utilize the OEM pusher fan to help keep water temps to a minimum. To make it work I needed to relocate the OEM power steering loop and then make/fab a new power steering cooler set up... 

Removing the front loop cooler was straight forward and easy. I replaced it with a fin type heat exchange cooler that's pretty tiny and way more efficient than stock. With its smaller size I decided to put the power steering cooler in the front right wheel well where the oil cooler use to be...

You can barely see it below the right headlight

Now for the brackets for the oil cooler. Surprisingly with simple garage tools I was able to make 'em at home and not needing anything from Road Race Engineering...

I took some measurements of distances from the radiator-to-oil cooler, and the oil cooler-to-intercooler... With the oil cooler being almost 2-1/2"in away from the radiator and a little over a 1"in from the intercooler. So I wouldn't think heat soak or radiant heat from either the radiator, oil cooler, or intercooler will effect each other...

Painted and ready for install

Next up, radiator brackets to pull the radiator closer and the tunnel ducting for all the coolers...

LEFT SIDE

RIGHT SIDE

STRAIGHT SHOT

With the simple side ducts, I've dropped an easy 20+ degrees in water temp. It's all about rammed air..

 

Enjoy...

-Matt

The Motor Is In...

Got the motor dropped in yesterday. Still need to install the t-case for it to be completely installed... 

Had to wait on some gaskets or it would have been dropped in last week. But the worst thing was that when I opened the tranny box up Jacks Transmission had sent all of the needed gaskets in with the tranny. Oh well... 

While the motor was out I removed all the EGR stuff... 

Next up is to mount/install the Fuelap FPR, Zeitronix Ethonal Content Anyalyzer wired in, Walbro 400 install w/ it hotwired in, and install/mod some more aero... 

Hope to get it cranked so I can get some break-in miles on the motor, swap out the old injectors for the FIC 2150cc's and get her dyno'd on 91 and E85...!

Track day plans are to hit up some local HPDE's at Willow Springs for some shake down runs and then run Super Lap Battle/GTA at Buttonwillow in November to finish out the short track year...

Sweet Jacks Transmission packaging...!!!

Garrett's GTX3076r turbo and ACT's xtreme clutch kit...

We're off to the races....

-Matt

4G63 2.3 Stroker Rebuild

Blog---> [url]http://timeattackusa.blogspot.com/[/url]

Stroker 2.3 Motor Build

A little insight of what's been going on with "Matt Dennison" aka "o-townFLA" or simply known as "Matt"...

All intentions were to go to a track day and instruct. Seeing everyone blast around the track or me sitting in the passenger seat wasn't necessarily*boring but the competitiveness in me wanted to be in the driver seat. So without fully going over the car I hit the "time attack" session... Bad idea...*

After the (2) TA session my car had a little more valve train noise than usual. Trying to figure out the noise at the track with a marauder of people you can only imagine all the inputs and ideas of what might be wrong. So while at the track we all finalized that we couldn't really determine what was wrong. Other than the new noise and that I was super low oil...

So I dropped the car off at Road Race Engineering to have their assistance. Within a few hours we have found the problem. A motor killing spun bearing...

So the next question was what to build, how strong will the build need to be and what all needs to replaced...

So the final build would be the following with a few new extras:

Jacks Transmission 2.3 Stroker

- Wiseco pistons

- Manley H-beams

- AMS oil pan w/ scrapper

Jacks Transmission rebuilt head

- Kiggly HLA pressure regulator

- Cosworth M3 cams 280/272

Jacks Transmission rebuilt tranny

Front Mount Earl's oil cooler

I've always been weary of running E85 due to its inconsistencies. So I've always ran 100 octane making a decent 450/400 at 26psi. With this build I decided to bump up to E85 but would do it right with the following...

- ZEITRONIX Ethanol Content Analyzer

- Walbro 400lph*

- FIC 2150cc injectors *

- Fuel Lab Fuel Pressure Regulator*

My current turbo setup is the cast HAFE manifold with a newly released GTX3076R bolted on.

Contaminated scrap...

Well the blessed people at Road Race Engineering to include Mike, Rossy, Honda, Sam, Lod, Chris, Robert, Matt, Art, Ruben, Lydia, Gus, Rick and Scott have been a tremendous help and I will forever be in debt to them...!!!

Thank you to those that have helped pave the way to the podium for me

- Robi @ RobiSpec

- Yukio @ Turbo By Garrett

- Scott @ ACT

- Chris @ KW Suspension 

- Jack and Chris @ Jacks Transmission

- Ziggy @ 

- the boys @ MAP

- Abby @ mil.spec

- GoPro

- SPY optics

- God @ awesome...!

CURRENT MOD list:

- ROAD RACE ENGINEERING dyno tune

- ROAD RACE ENGINEERING turbo kit

- ROAD RACE ENGINEERING motor mounts

- TURBO by GARRETT GTX3076R

- SPOOLINUP C.O.P.

- ACT Xtreme clutch

- ACT Prolite flywheel

- MIL.SPEC 65mm Throttle Body

- MIL.SPEC R2 version Intake Manifold

- BERK TECHNOLOGY high flow catalytic converter

- JACKS TRANSMISSION 2.3 stroker motor

- JACKS TRANSMISSION tranny

- AMS oil pan

- Kiggly HLA pressure regulator

- Earl's front mount oil cooler

- Mishimoto radiator

- Mishimoto air diversion plate

- Mishimoto silicone radiator hoses

- Mishimoto slim fan

- Prosport oil filter adaptor plate

- AMSOIL fluids

- Cosworth 280in/272ex M3 camshafts

- ETS 3inch front mount intercooler

- Dejon dual stage MBC's

- Dual map switch for 91/E85

- Megan 3inch TBE

- Fuel Lab fuel pressure regulator

- Walbro 400lph fuel pump

- Fuel Injector Clinic 2150cc injectors

- 42 draftdesigns water temp housing

Suspension Modifications:  

- ROBISPEC aligned and corner balanced

- ROBISPEC KW suspension RACE 2-way adj. coilovers

- ROBISPEC 26mm 4-way adj. swaybar

- ROBISPEC swaybar endlinks

- ROBISPEC spherical bearing control arm kit

- Perrin PSRS - offset

- K-Mac camber/caster plates (front)

- Cusco pillowball top mounts (rear)

Wheels/Tires Modifications:  

- Konig Runaways 18x9 +30 

- Volk RAYS Gram Light 57 maximum 17x9 +22 

Interior/Exterior Modifications:  

~~interior~~

- ZEITRONIX wideband Air/Fuel ratio gauge

- ZEITRONIX e85 Ethanol Content Analyzer

- Sparco Evo seats

- G-Force 6pt harnesses 

- Prosport 60mm Premium boost gauge

- Prosport 60mm Premium oil temp gauge

- Prosport 60mm Premium water temp gauge

- Prosport 60mm Premium oil pressure gauge

- WorksBell Rapfix II quick release 

- WorksBell short hub

- MOMO mod-8 350mm steering wheel

- Autopower 4pt roll bar

- Gruppe-S 60mm gauge panel

- GOPRO cameras 

~~exterior~~

- Voltex GT wing - type 5

- Voltex rep. race bumper

- APR rear diffuser 

- OEM vortex generator

- baller yellow tow hook

A little about me, Matt Dennison, the wannabe Racecar driver...

- My fascination to sports cars started when I moved to Orlando, Florida. My Dad owned 3 MGB’s while growing up. 1 sitting in the garage at home and the other two located at a family friends auto body shop, who was an avid Mustang Fastback owner. The MG sitting in the garage was the pure cherry red color, with MG’s awesome multi-spoke laced rims, radiant chrome bumper and trim, vivid black leather rag top and a feel no other car can give you sitting in the driver seat. I can remember banging through the gears, ripping on the steering wheel as if I was pulling into the apex, and making the classic high revving scream with my best motor tone imitation that I could think of at the time. From that moment on it was immortalized that I wanted to drive. Not to just drive, but to drive fast! 

- After graduating from high school and doing odd jobs for several years I realized my goals in life were fading and that I needed a jump start to my new beginning. So I enlisted in the Air Force guaranteed to become a Fire Fighter in February 2000. Immediately after finishing basic training and the Louis F. Garland Fire Academy in August of 2000, I was given orders to Hickam AFB, Oahu, Hawaii as my first duty station. 

My friend Nick Guzman and Me... Hickam AFB 2002...

- When I moved to Hawaii that’s when I really got into the tuning scene. During my stay in Hawaii I had a well modified 2001 supercharged VW Jetta. The only track in Hawaii was a quarter-mile drag strip that I attended quite often. As with any track day I met a few people over the years. During that time is when I was introduced to the Mitsubishi Evolution. A person I met, now a best friend, recently purchased a 2005 Evolution VIII and brought it out to the drag strip. I was total impressed with the cosmetics and the “badge of honor” the three diamonds stood for. Mesmerized by the presence of the Evo the next thing I hear is “do you wanna take it down the strip?” In disbelief I was playing along as if it was a joke and said “yes” not knowing that the keys were being thrown at me at the same time. The only words of caution I received from my friend was to watch the RPM’s because when the tachometer get’s near 3’000 rpm’s the turbo kicks in. I have never driven a turbo’d car before this, so I was very skeptical and didn’t know what to expect. While lined up at the tree, I looked over my right shoulder to check out my competition and noticed a decently modified SRT-4. I then regained focus with my eyes forward looking down the strip, watching the lights drop in my peripheral vision as I gun it on the third yellow light. Paying special attention to the RPM’s, it slowly climbs up the tachometer and then all of a sudden I see redline before I realize I need to shift. After going through the gears the rush is over and now I’m left contemplating purchasing an EVO. As for the SRT-4 he finished well after me, if that matters. Once I returned back to my friend and showed him the time slip he was in disgust. Reason being is that I ran a faster time then he ever did till this day.

The "mo betta Jetta"...

- With the full commitment to purchase an Evolution now after only one test run I had several options to choose from. One, buy one in Hawaii with a $6,000 mark up. Two, fly over to California to buy one and ship it back to Hawaii. Or option three, wait a year until I move back to the mainland. I opted for the last choice. With one year left in the military fate had its course and they moved me to New Mexico to finish out my term. Immediately after landing in the states I purchased my show room 2006 Mitsubishi Evolution IX in apex silver in Albuquerque. With myself distend to go fast I quickly modified the Evo with simple bolton parts. All the while still going to a local drag strip to relieve my “high-speed” addiction, I never knew what my future was to entail.

Brand new and stock...

-Making a decisive career judgment to get out of the military in 2008, it was not only a tough choice but one that introduced me to Southern California. Within California I knew of the abundance of local tracks throughout the state. Really wanting to push the limits of the Evo in turns and not only in straight lines I looked into local auto cross sanctions. When I found an SCCA Auto-X event and a HPDE event being held at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, CA I knew I had to go. With the car loaded up with all the necessary track equipment I made it down to the speedway. As I approached my destination I saw the Auto-X course on my left but I made a bold decision to go right and preceded to go to the HPDE sign up area. I felt a cone course wouldn’t satisfy my desire to drive fast. Having driven many of the Southern California tracks I am very competitive and fastest amongst my group. I am now ready to take it to the next level! 

- Let it be known that I moved to Florida when I was 3 months old. My dad at that time was in the Air Force. My parents, brothers and I moved shortly after my birth in Hampton, VA. Fast forwarding to today, I am now in my 30's, being Honorable discharged from the U.S. Air Force after an 8 year stretch, recently moved to Southern California with my two beautiful children and my gorgeous loving wife, and currently working as a Fire Fighter in Southern California at Edwards AFB, CA. I'm an avid track junkie attending many local meets and “time attack” events amid enthusiast with that same desire and commitment I have. 

Pushing the limits of not the car, but the limits within myself…

-Matt