I spent the nice weather over the weekend finishing the install of my 99 spec gauge cluster and making up a panel for the glove box to house the heater and fan controls, which I'm pretty pleased with.

With the sun out I decided it was time for a clean and polish since the car hasn't had one since last year and I've been busy doing all the other mods!

Something thats always bothered me about the engine bay has been the unsightly brake and clutch lines that sit across the firewall. The routing meant the pipes get hot and the extra joints mean more failure points. So I set out to remove them and replace them with braided lines.

Removal went well with no fluid on the paintwork and I was able route and make up the new lines without too much trouble. Took a bit of time to bleed out the air in the new lines but the pedal feels nice and firm.

Another year and a new GT wing!

After having a Sard wing for sometime I thought I'd try something different, so I decided to go with a huge 1810mm Esprit wing as it had more depth than the Sard. I'm currently deciding whether to mount it centre (like the Revo TA car) or at the boot lid edges.

I'll post some better pics when its not raining!

I've had a Cusco RS LSD in the garage but never got around to installing it. With the subframe and arms being changed it seemed a perfect opportunity to install it. Filling the diff is an interesting mission, I ended up getting a small hand pump to fill it as a tube through the fuel pump cover just wouldn't work!

The diff is currently set up as a 1.5 way with 80% lockup. I'll let you know how much of a learning curve it is compared to the stock torsen unit that I've been used to.

While replacing the arms I decided to replace the front and rear sub frames with some new units which I painted light gold to match my wheels. It was one of the worst jobs I've had to endure! Its been pretty cold and dark but I'll get some better pics when the sun comes back in the spring!

Purchased a few new goodies for the FD!

First up were a set of Moonface Super lap front lower arms, these enable me to run low but still maintain the correct roll centre, essential for grip!

To compliment these I also got some Moonface Super Lap Tie rods which are angles to work with the front arms, goodbye bump steer!

Moving on to the rear I got an Ikeya Formula adjustable rear lower arm with trailing link, which like the front maintains the correct roll centre when lowering the car.

Finally I put Super Now Japan solid bushes in place of all the stock rubber bushes to really tighten the car up!

Saturday morning car tuning. I've been eagerly waiting to get the tune on my car adjusted since fitting the race swirl pot system. I was in luck as Jaydee had an opportunity between building engines, so grabbing his laptop - off we went. After a few successful runs we decided to try the water injection... but soon discovered the nozzle was blocked!! We couldn't finish the full power run, even so it felt quick and spooled up well. Stay tuned for part two!