The evolution of my Evo IX RS Wicked White by Honda-guy

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2-8-2014

Pittsburgh International Race Complex from last year. very bumpy track. i cracked one my RPF1 wheel at this track, although the wheels were 5 years and has a lot of track miles on them. Hope they have the second track finish and combine the two tracks together. Looking forward to running there again this year with NARRA.

2-10-2014

Finally got around to dropping the engine and drivetrain yesterday. Still plenty of work needs to be done before the first TT event the first week of April. 

- dropped the spare short block off at Agile Automotive Performance to hopefully get a 2.3L stroker. They build several of my competitors cars also. 

- rebuild tranny with new 5th gear synchro. tranny was completely rebuild about a year ago with new gears but started to get some grinding into 5th towards the end of last season.

- install ABS, include new hard lines, master cylinder and engine harness. 

- install new suspension bushings, front and rear. 

- maybe drop 20-30 lbs off the car. 

- make new front splitter that's larger and easier to remove and able to raise and lower. 

- make rear diffuser

2-11-2014

parts for ABS swap

- GSR engine harness 

- master cylinder 

- ABS pump and ecu

- ABS hard lines

got the old harness out on the engine bay side, will need to remove the dash to get the cabin side of the harness. 

4-10-2014

removed dash and heat blower to swap out the engine harness with ABS.

ABS pump, ABS ECU, hard line, master cylinder and engine harness swapped over. 

Thanks to Agile Automotive Performance for building the motor, and MPG for providing the parts for the build.

2.3L stroker with Manley crank, Manley rods and wiseco HD pistons. 

trimming the AMS oil scrapper for the 2.3 stroker. you can see the rod bolts hits the scrapper. 

after trimming 

this is the only bolt hole on the AMS oil pan that i had to grind down to make clearance for a socket. 

I didn't use silicone sealant on the oil return line at first and it leaked. so i used some hondabond sealant and new oem o-ring washers for the oil return and no leaks after that. no other leaks any where else from the AMS oil pan.

Thanks to Aeromotions and MotorsportsPerformanceGroup for providing the new wing on my car. I went with the 17" stand. 

first NASA Northeast TT event 

making custom mounting plates for the Aeromotions wing. I used 1/4" aluminum plates. 

my buddy welding up the Aeromotions stand to the plates.