Wayne Presley/VeryCoolParts Build Thread H6 power

[Wayne Presley]

Ok so I suck compared to adubbelde and bompus sucks compared to me

[Slatt]

Boy the weather has sucked here lately, had 3 days of sun this month, Spring can't come soon enough, I want to drive this thing!

I don't understand. It has headlights, right?

[Wayne Presley]

Maybe, just maybe I'll get to spend some time working on this car soon and get it on the dyno..

[Canadian818]

Such a tease...

[Hayai]

I cant wait to see more videos.

[EODTech87]

Wayne you have a pm.

[Wayne Presley]

I took some time last night after work to do some finishing touches on my car. I got some black Quik-Latches, these are the newest ones and have 25% more holding strength than the originals. Put them in and they look great.

[C.Plavan]

Very nice. What is the pull weight rated at?

[bompus]

Are those the mini's (1.23in diameter) or the low profile (2.5in diameter) ? I really like these over the AeroCatch I was planning. The only downside to these are no locking mechanism, but they sure look nice and simple.

[AZPete]

Wayne, I like the black Quik-Latches. Do you think they could be painted to make them disappear?
BTW, last night I was fondling the cool billet shifter you sent. Thanks.

[Wayne Presley]

Very nice. What is the pull weight rated at?

Those are pull rated at 250 lbs

Are those the mini's (1.23in diameter) or the low profile (2.5in diameter) ? I really like these over the AeroCatch I was planning. The only downside to these are no locking mechanism, but they sure look nice and simple.

These are the mini's

Wayne, I like the black Quik-Latches. Do you think they could be painted to make them disappear?
BTW, last night I was fondling the cool billet shifter you sent. Thanks.

They are available powdercoated so I would say yes.

[kabacj]

I took some time last night after work to do some finishing touches on my car. I got some black Quik-Latches, these are the newest ones and have 25% more holding strength than the originals. Put them in and they look great.

Those look awesome Wayne. Do you sell those too? I need a set.


John

[Wayne Presley]

You can order them from Summit QL-25-S, QL-25-SB black, QL-25-SP polished

[RM1SepEx]

you didn't use the optional "pockets" did you?

[Wayne Presley]

???? Optional pockets?

[temperacerguy]

???? Optional pockets?

I have been running quick latches on my Evo since they debuted years ago.

They technically CAN be painted, however the clearance between the button and the housing is very very tight. I am planning on painting a set soon, but I will lightly turn down the button a few thousanths for clearance.

The only problem I have had on them, is that in cold weather they freeze. I had a battery die in cold weather, and had to buy two cups of McDonalds coffee to pour onto the latches to defrost them to open them.

The buckets ("pockets") are designed for flush mount of the pins. lets say you have two flat surfaces you want to use these on... The bucket rivets/screws to the lower surface to create a recess where the pin is located (along with a spring) in which the bottom of the latch can enter when latched together. A second benefit of the buckets (with the spring), is that when you push the button in, it releases and the spring pushes the latch away

Mini_and_bucket2.jpg

Here it is with spring:
Spring3.jpg

[Wayne Presley]

I made some some brackets to bridge between the sides and rear body panel and mounted the post on them. I threaded the brackets to make height adjustments easy.

[RM1SepEx]

A picture is worth a thousand words... a shot of the 1 inch angle across the rear fenders would be helpful too...

[Erik W. Treves]

I didn't use the spring pockets either, although, I did get them...just one more piece that seemed to complicate the issue....I just did like wayne..height adjustment is accomplished in seconds.

[Wayne Presley]

Pic tomorrow

[Scargo]

Do you think they could be painted to make them disappear?

Buy them anodized and they will readily take primer. Or have them powder-coated and skip the anodizing.
I know you said disappear, but they come in blue, black and red anodized. Might make for a nice accent since they will never really disappear. You can only get close to a spray paint color with powder-coat. Might be easier to match your body paint color to a powder-coat finished parts color.

Thanks, Wayne for the Quik-Latch suggestion and pics.

[Wayne Presley]

Here is the bridge

[Aloha818]

Wayne, Thanks for the info on the mini latches. Great idea. I want to eliminate the hoops pins on the back edge of the hood, and both sets on the engine cover, same buying a couple minis. I think I have a plan for the hood and the rear side of the engine cover. How did you eliminate the front pins on the engine cover on yours, if you don't mind me asking?

[Wayne Presley]

Wayne, Thanks for the info on the mini latches. Great idea. I want to eliminate the hoops pins on the back edge of the hood, and both sets on the engine cover, same buying a couple minis. I think I have a plan for the hood and the rear side of the engine cover. How did you eliminate the front pins on the engine cover on yours, if you don't mind me asking?

I do not think that I'll have to open the hood hardly ever so I made it a bolt on. I bonded plates on the hood and then made straps that attach in the nose opening and the back of the front wheel opening.

[Aloha818]

I do not think that I'll have to open the hood hardly ever so I made it a bolt on. I bonded plates on the hood and then made straps that attach in the nose opening and the back of the front wheel opening.

Thanks for the quick reply, but I'm referring to how you eliminated the hood pins on the forward end of the engine cover, just in front of the roll bar. In one of your pics I see a screw on the cabin side. I'm assuming you glassed in bracket and the screw keeps it in place?

[RM1SepEx]

I lke the mini latch "bridge" thanks for the photos. Can you show use where you placed the angle across the two sides?

[Wayne Presley]

Thanks for the quick reply, but I'm referring to how you eliminated the hood pins on the forward end of the engine cover, just in front of the roll bar. In one of your pics I see a screw on the cabin side. I'm assuming you glassed in bracket and the screw keeps it in place?

I bonded in a plate with a hood pin nut welded in on an angle so the pin would be normal to the area on the sides where the manual tells you to put the pin. then put the clip in from under the flat.

I like the mini latch "bridge" thanks for the photos. Can you show use where you placed the angle across the two sides?

I don't know which shot you want.

[RM1SepEx]

Any shot... I'd like to know where it works w/o interfering with something that I have to install later, like that would ever happen... I'm likely to put it where it interferes withe the trunk hinges (as an example)

[Frank818]

Wayne, I know this has been a verrrrrrrrrrrrrrry long time , but which way did you bolt on the lower shock mount? Pointing towards the shock, the vertical brackets following the same line as the shock, or pointing towards the spindle?

FFR manual shows both orientations, so we don't know which one is better, if there is one.

[Wayne Presley]

Wayne, I know this has been a verrrrrrrrrrrrrrry long time , but which way did you bolt on the lower shock mount? Pointing towards the shock, the vertical brackets following the same line as the shock, or pointing towards the spindle?

FFR manual shows both orientations, so we don't know which one is better, if there is one.

[bstuke]

I need to remember to bring wheels. And spacers?

[Wayne Presley]

I need to remember to bring wheels. And spacers?

What wheels/offset did you get?

[bstuke]

17x8 +45, 18x9.5 +45

[bstuke]

Kojin..

[Canadian818]

Hey Wayne, did you ever find the time to put your 818 on the dyno?

[Wayne Presley]

Well not yet, my daughter got married last Saturday. So Thursday all the groomsmen went fishing...


Thursday night someone broke into my shop and stole $2K worth of tools.

But the wedding went off with out a hitch







then Saturday night they came back and broke into the other shop and stole a 4 wheeler...

[MrDude_1]

Its someone you know. They knew when you would be gone and busy.

[wallace18]

Beautiful Bride and handsome groom. Best wishes to the new couple and joined families. Sorry to hear about your break in. Sounds like someone who knows you. I hope they get caught.

[flynntuna]

Now how can you have a wedding and no one gets "hitched".

[Scargo]

Perhaps you need to announce another outing and be lying in wait or at least have cameras set up? Sorry to hear of the loss, but congrats on the wedded daughter.
Also, check pawn shops and Craig's list types of sites. "Friend" pawned a tool I lent him and said it was stolen from his car.