Here is a little throw back to a few years ago when I spent some time getting the burgundy wagon running and drifting(ish).
A little back story: I bought the chassis from Jessie many years ago with plans of doing something with it. Fast forward a few years I finally put an engine into it, which I also had sitting on a stand for about 5 years collecting dust, that engine is out of a 2005 WRX. A while ago I had done the harness merge to make a wrx power train work like oem in this legacy chassis for Jessie back in the day. Made swapping in my engine nice and easy. Freshend up the fuel system with new rails, injectors and fuel pump. Made a little intake, and then some general clean up and resealing. A little bit of tunning on the dyno making okay numbers for the mods it has(peep the graph). After taking it off the dyno took it for the first drive, and immediately broke the differential. Hahaha. Easy enough to fix though since I had a couple spares.
Then took it put to my first event in a looooonnnnnggg time where it did ok. I also hadn't driven in many years so the rust was real apparent haha. Found there were some things I wanted to change up like e brake position and handle style, the clutch was giving me some grief, and the gear ratio could use a change up. For now it sits, until I can find some motivation to work on it again.
There are a few videos on my YouTube channel of me getting the car ready for said drift event if you want to see a bit more of what was all done.
Firebird exhaust part 2.
Here are some more detailed pictures. First couple are just to admire how clean the underneath was.
Be sure to check out the finished car on Jeff's page @legacy_firebird
Firebird exhaust part 1.
A couple of years ago I got to build the exhaust on Jeff's wicked '68 Firebird. The car has come a long way since it was in my hands and looks even more amazing now. Check it out @legacy_firebird to see it in the finished form.
This was a fun and challenging build. There wasn't a lot of room to work with underneath, especially around the differential and panhard bar. Definitely one of my favorite exhausts I've built to date. Was able to try some new techniques and be creative with it. 3" Stainless steel from the headers all the way to the back, H-pipe up front and Stainless Works mufflers.
Sound clip at the end.
Next posts will have some closer detail pictures.
Part two of exhaust work for Carter's Crown. A little more recent work, built a new downpipe and wastegate dump tube for his new @serialnine manifold and turbo setup. The tubular manifold and turbo look sick, so it needed a downpipe and screamer pipe to match, was tight fit getting all that pipe in there, but I'm very happy with the results. And it joins up nicely to the rest of the exhaust I built for him.
Part 1 of some exhaust work I did for Carter's (@c__jackson )Toyota Crown. I built this catback exhaust last year, most of it is stainless steel, but the axle back/blast pipes are made from Titanium. It's not very often I get to mess with Ti so I'm always stoked when I get to play with some. There have been some revisions since I made this one, adding a couple extra mounts and changing the flex joint location.
Here is another exhaust I made for a buddy. This was one a Lee's supercharged Sentra. Got rid of the old busted mid pipe and made a new section with resonator and muffler to quiet it down.
Here's an exhaust I made for my buddy Scott's turbo civic hatch. Super clean car deserved a super clean exhaust. One of my favorite exhaust systems I've done. It's simple, tucked up nicely, and a fun down turn at the back. Also a nice subtle sound to keep unwanted attention away, while maintaining performance.
Took a trip to BC a little while back to visit with two of my favorite people Kyle (@the_roaming__bear ) and Alyssa (@vlyssvt ). Went to see Protest the Hero for a Halloween themed show in Vancouver. Got to tour the basement of Neptune records where Narduwar interviews are recorded. Checked out SERIALNINE. Visited the ocean, drove up mountains, ate great foods, and finished it off with a lil knee ditch ghost tattoo. Talk about an amazing week, couldn't have asked for a better time, can't wait to get back out there.
