Wyoming 818R Build Thread

[shoeish]

I have these carbon fiber pieces. I believe its the "street" stuff. Any hints for installation?

[FFRSpec72]

You have the street front splitter, you need to get the R version, the diffuser is the R version, you should have gotten some strakes along with it. You mount as you see fit, suggest that you look at how all the under engine aluminum will fit before you mount the diffuser. The piece in the middle looks like the rear spoiler for the S, you need to get the $1500 wing !

[shoeish]

You have the street front splitter, you need to get the R version, the diffuser is the R version, you should have gotten some strakes along with it. You mount as you see fit, suggest that you look at how all the under engine aluminum will fit before you mount the diffuser. The piece in the middle looks like the rear spoiler for the S, you need to get the $1500 wing !

I ordered the "street" setup with side rails (not pictured). I really didn't want the huge wing and tons of downforce... Hmmm.

[longislandwrx]

certainly don't buy the 3d GTC wing from FFR that was just a takeoff from the GTM.

FFR is using a straight wing now, GT-250? which is better on the car and cheaper too.

[shoeish]

With more research it is the street splitter. It will mount with rivnuts.


My car will end up using qty 10 QL-25-S Quik-Latch Mini Latches. They are pretty damn nice. I did have to order the springsf as the panels will be very hard to remove without a huge hole to grab.



I got my hood and everything to line up perfectly. I'll get a ton more shots of the body in the daylight with the real camera.


I then dug around for an hour and found that my front hood pin mounts don't exist. Then I found I missed this:


FFR is sending those and the rear diffuser strakes they didn't include with my kit. The (new to me) Courtnie Provencher at FFR seems like she is on it.

[shoeish]

Progress! I am happy with my body and it is going to paint today or tomorrow.

This is the final windshield mounting angle on my 818R.


On my forward rear hood, the humps had the notches for the 818S so I decided to make "noise holes."




I did cut the wings off to make the hood easier to remove. I was going to do something fancy to cover the gap but ended up with a simpler, better solution.
More perforated base studs:


I'm going to have this powder coated then epoxy it right to the winglet. The rear hood will push down on it perfectly.

[shoeish]

Front bumper pictures. I have the headlight buckets mounted. To make them strong I used more perforated base studs. I DO have the AWIC kit, so you can see the notching I had to do as well. I plan to reinforce this bit once I get my front hood pin mounts.



Here is how I plan to mount my nose.

[shoeish]

I did order a Boyd tank. At least nothing is in the way for installation.

[FFRSpec72]

I did cut the wings off to make the hood easier to remove. I was going to do something fancy to cover the gap but ended up with a simpler, better solution.
More perforated base studs:

Wouldn't it be better if you added a lip to the hump deck where you cut the wings off so that the rear hump heck slid under the wings to help keep it down, much like the rear hump deck slides under the rear deck lid ?

[shoeish]

I've played with it a few ways, it should stay down pretty well with my front most quic-latch. The expanded steel is very "scratchy" so I don't want to be trying to poke it around once I get my paint/wrap on.

[Hindsight]

You are making quick progress! Should have it on the track in no time.

[shoeish]

Things are coming along. In the following picture, what panel are his fingers touching (Directly below the headlight)? Nothing is said about it in the manual and I don't have it.

[Bob_n_Cincy]

Things are coming along. In the following picture, what panel are his fingers touching (Directly below the headlight)? Nothing is said about it in the manual and I don't have it.

I think that is an illusion. The is no panel below the headlights.

[FFRSpec72]

Things are coming along. In the following picture, what panel are his fingers touching (Directly below the headlight)? Nothing is said about it in the manual and I don't have it.

If you run the front splitter you don't need any of that under the front aluminum including the tray that is he is putting on in the picture

[shoeish]

I'm only running the street splitter so a HUGE hole would be there and not direct anything through the radiator.

[shoeish]

Tons of progress, no updates, so here. The body was fully put on, holes drilled, seams fixed, and lots of mounting points done.




Off for primer and cheap black paint/clear.



Windshield ended up at this angle:


Undertray plus street splitter:

[shoeish]

The rear fenders were a ***** to get right. I did not get a finished picture.


GOLD!


For reference, you have this much room between the side panels and everything.
Passenger side:

Driver side:



Went to Daytona to try and three-peat with our Saabs with Chumpcar. Both of them broke. We got 4th overall in our EC 328i, though, which was fun. Would have won if a new to us driver didn't blow the pit out checkpoint and get us a 4-5 lap penalty.

[shoeish]

I really needed more legroom so I ordered the Boyd tank. DISASSEMBLE ALL THE THINGS. How cool would it be if I had a rear firewall to mount stuff on and shield the ECU from water and me from heat? I used a "brake" at our shop to rebend the FFR rear firewall. I measured with cardboard and bent to that. The new bolts/holes pulled it into place. The rubber stuff from mcmaster car really gave it a nice look.

[shoeish]

I know a clamp is missing, its on there now.


Finished interior. I still need some carpet in a few spots but I'll get there soon enough. I ordered cheap shifter boots from ebay and they are pretty nice. Some 1/8" rivets with 1/8" washers holds the fabric very nicely.

[shoeish]

Let me explain my rollover protection thing.


Rather than weld a bung to the tank for the fill neck vent and external vent, I just used this:
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It is full opening and Boyd's rollover valve thing plus
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I'll attach the charcoal canister to the rollover vent and the fill neck vent to the open vent. I will have to weld a bung to the fill neck vent.

[Mechie3]

Is boyd attaching the top pump mount to the under ring with screws going through plastic washers? What's the purpose of the plastic pieces?

[shoeish]

Is boyd attaching the top pump mount to the under ring with screws going through plastic washers? What's the purpose of the plastic pieces?

I never took it apart, just assumed it would work.

[shoeish]

I have NO idea where these things go. Anybody have any ideas?

[FFRSpec72]

What shifter/e-brake and shift knob did you use ?

[AZPete]

The 2 small aluminum pieces at the bottom of your photo are fuse box mounts but I couldn't find any use for them. I don't know what the big long piece is and I didn't get that one. BTW, very nice work!

[shoeish]

The shifter and knob is the upgraded one from FFR I got to fit under their trim. The ebrake is from the WRX. My boots are from ebay.

Thanks!

[shoeish]

Holy crap, just realized my dampener and fuel pressure sending unit are in the wrong spot. Neat.

[shoeish]

This is how my ECU is mounted.


The final top of fuel tank picture:



I think I am as far as I can be until my bodywork comes back from paint. I put the wheels on and rolled it outside for pictures.

[shoeish]

[shoeish]

Interior





Bodywork currently:

[Mechie3]

Very nice!

[AZPete]

WOW! I'd write more but now I feel I should go out to the garage to clean and paint some stuff.

[Bob_n_Cincy]

Great job shoeish,
It is unfortunate that you are going to cover up all your hard work.
Bob

[shoeish]

Great job shoeish,
It is unfortunate that you are going to cover up all your hard work.
Bob

I feel like I'm not a great mechanic so I will be "experiencing" the pretty work plenty.

[STiPWRD]

Nice work, where did you get those switches above the OBD2 port? I was just about to find some instead of having those connectors for reflashing.

[shoeish]

Nice work, where did you get those switches above the OBD2 port? I was just about to find some instead of having those connectors for reflashing.

I just snagged something from Autozone that would close the loops. Apparently you only need ONE and you can leave the other closed; I didn't know that so I did both.

[Hindsight]

Looks excellent! I like the OBDII Port mount.

[Rasmus]

So much excellent progress. Nice work.

[Aero STI]

That body work looks amazing. I like all the gold that will be hidden beneath the black.

You need to swap LF and RR wheels. The tread is reversed.

[Mechie3]

Nice work, where did you get those switches above the OBD2 port? I was just about to find some instead of having those connectors for reflashing.

I like these switches. Modern looking toggles that also have an option for an illuminated padde.

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