Zach Fothergill's Moby Dick 818 build

[bbjones121]

That's fine with me, just give me as much heads up as possible. Margarite and I have been house shopping so I'll just have to make sure we don't have any showings scheduled for what ever time/day that ends up being.

Definitely. I wouldn't show up without checking with you well in advance. Any time frame on getting front of the car on?
Hope the house shopping is going well.

[flynntuna]

Thanks for those photos. They really show the relative size of the 818. How is the seat to pedal spacing for you? I'm 5'11 and my wife's 5'4". Is that cross brace giving you a problem in having a comfortable distance to the pedals? If my wife can't reach the pedals I'll never hear the end of it. LOL

[RM1SepEx]

Thanks for those photos. They really show the relative size of the 818. How is the seat to pedal spacing for you? I'm 5'11 and my wife's 5'4". Is that cross brace giving you a problem in having a comfortable distance to the pedals? If my wife can't reach the pedals I'll never hear the end of it. LOL

I'm 5' 8" and my wife is 5' 1" I've worked to get the seat as low as possible and I'm not sure if I'll need to remove the angled tube brace. I do have a set of rails that only raise the seat 3/4 inch

[fateo66]

The base of the drivers seat is about 1.5" off the frame in the front and .75" off the frame in the back and I have no issue with the cross bar, it sits comfortably under my knees. As for the reach to the pedals I feel comfortable anywhere in the 2" of adjustment I built in.

Margarite and I have just gotten accustom to keeping a pillow or two in the back of any of our cars that have fixed position seats, that way when ever she wants to drive she just puts a pillow in behind her.

[longislandwrx]

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fate, what's the pn of this piece of metal. can't find it in my kit/list.

[RM1SepEx]

On my "S" that part was already mounted with a couple tech screws... not sure of the #

[longislandwrx]

that would make sense, its not on the packaged aluminum page, I bet its under the mounted aluminum. I was told it was not included because it didn't fit. tonight I make a template and hopefully can work some magic.

[fateo66]

I haven't had any free time lately to work on the kit but I figured I should at least update the thread with what I have been doing with me free time.

Margarite and I decided it was time to buy our first home. Being that we both love cars and racing we needed to find a house that we were comfortable living in but also had room to work on our 8 Subaru's. After countless late night searching online and who knows how many trips around town with our real estate agent to look at places we finally came across this quaint little house in Wheat Ridge Colorado with a 1800 square foot garage!

[Frank818]

Pretty awesome place!!! Enough space to build 8 818s!! lolll

8 Subarus and 1 Chrysler.

[RM1SepEx]

awesome, I'm jealous, I have 11 cars, seven bikes and only 1000 sq ft of garage. I have to use two 12 x 20 shelter logic portables to store all my "stuff". I use a bay at each mother's house too for winter storage. 1800 ft2 would be awesome, is there height for a lift?

[Mechie3]

So that's what qualifies as quaint nowadays? :lol:.

That garage is awesome. Three times the size of mine!

[fateo66]

Thanks guys! The house is decorated nicely but isn't any I would consider extravagant. And just so everyone is clear the Chrysler isn't ours.

[Frank818]

And just so everyone is clear the Chrysler isn't ours.

Thank god!!! Now that is good news!

[fateo66]

So that's what qualifies as quaint nowadays? :lol:.

That garage is awesome. Three times the size of mine!

Heck it's nearly three times the size if our current house

[Xusia]

...but isn't any I would consider extravagant.

The fact that your house HAS a bar, AND an 1800 square foot garage says otherwise!


Just teasing you Zach. My house isn't extravagant and I have a bar too.

[icky]

Looks like quiet the upgrade, congratulations. Moving back to Longmont in February but theirs no garage, thinking about building one but then that ruins the budget on the 818, hum...

[metalmaker12]

Sick pad

[bueller]

bbjones121.....I Have the eastwood basic setup and the HF $60 gun. I have powdered countless parts with the eastwood gun. Very satisfied with the performance of it but the HF gun is MUCH more solidly built. I like it better than the eastwood gun. It's all in the prep regardless of which gun you choose. Whatch out......it's addicting. You walk around wanting to spray powder on everything!

[RM1SepEx]

bbjones121.....I Have the eastwood basic setup and the HF $60 gun. I have powdered countless parts with the eastwood gun. Very satisfied with the performance of it but the HF gun is MUCH more solidly built. I like it better than the eastwood gun. It's all in the prep regardless of which gun you choose. Whatch out......it's addicting. You walk around wanting to spray powder on everything!

big ditto!

My wife's Miata, my 17 yr old daughter chose the color of the wheels, but she got grief in HS... the wheels POP!! pink powder from powders by the pound. They are working on color matching powder to vinyl fior me right now

[icky]

How's the new house, any updates?

[fateo66]

The house is great! Margarite and I are fully moved in, now we just need to unpack everything. As for the car I really haven't touched it about 8 weeks. However I hope to get things progressing forward in the next week or two.

[Mitch Wright]

Congratulations on your new home, the garage is a gear heads wet dream.

[D K]

Those heads should make a lot of torque.

What are you doing for eng management?

D

[fateo66]

Honestly I'm not sure yet. I have an Autronic SM4 but I'm also like the support and community surrounding the stock ECU.

[THE ITALIAN]

1800 square foot garage!

Dude ! That is to die for - hope you include a lift. My family would never see me again. You have to buy an estate here in Calif to get that, or live in the boonies. Even in Calif, if you get a 3 car garage, it has a pole somewhere to meet earthquake standards. Let the wife do what she wants in the house and paint a red line between the home & your cave with a shock collar that looks like jewelry. Congradulations

[C.Plavan]

Dude ! That is to die for - hope you include a lift. My family would never see me again. You have to buy an estate here in Calif to get that, or live in the boonies. Even in Calif, if you get a 3 car garage, it has a pole somewhere to meet earthquake standards. Let the wife do what she wants in the house and paint a red line between the home & your cave with a shock collar that looks like jewelry. Congradulations

Yeah- That is a sweet garage. So jealous.

Italian- You need to find a different builder if they are putting poles in the 3 car garage. Poles are not needed if the frame is built right for Earthquakes- 2 story or single level. If they are putting poles in, they are skimping out somewhere else in the frame.

[D K]

Honestly I'm not sure yet. I have an Autronic SM4 but I'm also like the support and community surrounding the stock ECU.

The reason I asked was I was thinking of going the same route, but the cam signal is different on the SOHC and it's a pain to get the signal to match. Standalones won't work either, unless you do something totally custom.

[fateo66]

Dude ! That is to die for - hope you include a lift. My family would never see me again. You have to buy an estate here in Calif to get that, or live in the boonies. Even in Calif, if you get a 3 car garage, it has a pole somewhere to meet earthquake standards. Let the wife do what she wants in the house and paint a red line between the home & your cave with a shock collar that looks like jewelry. Congradulations

Thank you! I am already looking for a lift, my only problem is the ceiling in the garage is only 8' so I'm stuck with either buying a bran new off brand lift or cutting holes up in the attic to get one like a rotary.

And lucky enough Margarite is a gear head too (She would rather race than build cars but she still spends alot of time in the garage with me working on her cars.)

The reason I asked was I was thinking of going the same route, but the cam signal is different on the SOHC and it's a pain to get the signal to match. Standalones won't work either, unless you do something totally custom.

Not really, there are phase one and phase two (or OBD1 and OBD11) pickups and as long as you stay with the same cam gear the ECU will be fine (unless your car has AVCS in which case you are 1/2 right because the OEM USDM AVCS ECU's will not pickup a non AVCS signal, in which case you can use ANY aftermarket ECU and wire it up for a 02-05 WRX)

[SkiRideDrive]

Unreal

[RM1SepEx]

Zach, I use a regular 4 post Bendpak and just don't lift them so high. I can lift a car high enough to work underneath sitting on a roll around office chair... it works as a compromise. Long term, cut out the ceiling, it is worth it to have a lift!

[ddorrer]

You could also install a mechanic's trench with stairs centered underneath the lift for added work height when the car is lifted.

[randy808]

Zach welcome back! Now you have a heated garage............... get to it! hahaha

[bbjones121]

Hey Zach, Are you done with the move yet so you can get back to the car?

[ehansen007]

That garage is ridiculous. I need to retire away from California once it falls in the ocean and buy someplace that has huge garages.

Jealous

[metalmaker12]

Dude ! That is to die for - hope you include a lift. My family would never see me again. You have to buy an estate here in Calif to get that, or live in the boonies. Even in Calif, if you get a 3 car garage, it has a pole somewhere to meet earthquake standards. Let the wife do what she wants in the house and paint a red line between the home & your cave with a shock collar that looks like jewelry. Congradulations

Ditto

[Frank818]

Still moving, Zach?

[Flamshackle]

Still moving, Zach?

I wonder if this build is a dead duck, and if so how many others are sitting dead in the water?

[ben1272]

It looked like it was going great. Maybe new home has slowed things down.....not hard to imagine. I have kit #352.....there are ALOT of unfinished 818 cars out there. I hope it is not a bad omen!

[Mechie3]

He has another toy he's been playing with.

[Flamshackle]

He has another toy he's been playing with.

Ah the old-too many toys and not enough time issue.