ghettoracer Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I just picked up my second del Sol few weeks ago. The color is Milano Red. It is 100% bone stock except for some silly 16" ADR wheels. I'm going to use it as a demo car to show case a budget oriented track whore setup... It has the D16Z6 SOHC VTEC drive train. I kind of missing having a full interior car, complete with AC and Cruise Control. Keep watching this log as we install and tune each part. I've decided to name this Project Cheap Dirty SOHC. Since we are on a tight budget, we will be choosing parts that are good quality but as cheap as possible so people can duplicate this car if they wish. New member of the family! Meet "Cheap Dirty SOHC". AKMEE's new budget all motor SOHC VTEC track whore project... thanks to Dan @ RCREW for the hook up! I'm debating if I should pick up a used Milano Red front bumper or just leave it like this... del Sol seats with blue accents goes well with red exterior. 16" ADR wheels are probably pretty heavy and will also be soon. Stock ride high is pretty tall and spring rate is way too soft. Few dings and scratches but overall, pretty good condition for a car that is 18 years old. Interior is pretty clean overall. Driver's side seat belt's retraction spring is very weak and it is annoying... I'm not sure if this is original miles on the odometer! Stock 22 mm front sway bar. Stock Si does not have a rear sway bar, notice the large stock muffler it is heavy. A 2.5" catback will be among the first modification to the car. Finished title transfer and insurance recently. Opened checking account and fixed/updated my paypal so I can order the parts from ebay now. Lots of bushings, camber kits, LCA... etc. ordered from buyhardrace.com already. Just got a new in car camera mount and I got a test footage it came out looking awesome. Enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghettoracer Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 Slammed USDM DC2 ITR vs. Dirty SOHC. del Sol is at bone stock ride height and yet it is still about 1" lower than the ITR!! ebay seller messaged me and told me they only have single bends and refunded my $16.45. installed the deep dish steering wheel. it is uber nice especially considering the price. the quick release is pure junk though, the bolts won't go through the 6 holes. it is so filmy i think it's dangerous. gonna toss it in garbage. steering boss and wheel are both excellent. I'm getting excited about this. Stupid ebay store haven't ship the cold air intake yet. Bastards. Moving the Z.SPEED exhaust and test pipe from delly-O to Cheap SOHC this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra4B Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 3000+ sq/ft houses and NSXs in the driveway != ghetto around here... Maybe in Cali? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghettoracer Posted January 31, 2012 Author Share Posted January 31, 2012 yeah, according to this map i'm with the meth labs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tstkl Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 would that be near newark or the more northern meth labs on that map? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghettoracer Posted February 2, 2012 Author Share Posted February 2, 2012 i'm with the biker gangs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghettoracer Posted March 11, 2012 Author Share Posted March 11, 2012 sorry about the lack of updates. last few weeks i was really busy on sourcing the funding and getting paper works finished up for business. by monday i will be officially co-owner of N1 Concepts. Cheap Dirty SOHC is high on my priority so you will start seeing regular updates here and on!! I plan to take it up to Sacto raceway to do some base line drag racing just like how I used to do it in the old project remix days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ghettoracer Posted April 7, 2012 Author Share Posted April 7, 2012 Project Cheap Dirty SOHC Part 2 - 04-6-2012 exhaust and bushings Uploaded by ghettoracer on Apr 6, 2012 Sorry it took nearly 3 months for this update lol. Time passes fast. I was very busy in February and March because I was busy becoming a partner at N1 Concepts. That's all square away now and we are in the re-organization phase still but things get moving forward and I finally found some time to get back on Dirty SOHC. My old pal Freeman Lui from VelocityShop actually sent the HardRace goodies back in February and I must apologize lagging on this... I'm as eager as anyone to get these goodies installed so I can enjoy Dirty SOHC to the fullest. I'll do my best to have all the bushings done before April is over so hopefully you will see part 3 soon!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghettoracer Posted April 10, 2012 Author Share Posted April 10, 2012 mid night dyno research. added Z.SPEED 60 mm catback and ebay 4-2-1 header. even with stock cat power increase is HUGE!! ebay 4-2-1 ceramic coated header. but the coating is so cheap it is flaking after like 1 hour driving. lame. at least it does look stainless under neath and it works well. i was a bit shocked at the increase across the entire power band... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ghettoracer Posted May 16, 2012 Author Share Posted May 16, 2012 yesterday, i installed an old intake manifold that i have sitting around for years. it's the one that develop by omniman and dnr when they used to work at junk2 back in 2002 or so. it's a crude design but it works. basically they took a 170 bhp b16a IM and mated to a D16Z6 IM flange. then used silicone hoses to play with the length until it made the most power. there were no 3d design involved at all, simple trial and error. this is why the packaging is so poor. imo the runner is about 1" too long when i study the old project remix dyno graphs so after this baseline dyno i will probably cut this one and make it 1" shorter. still using the stock d16z6 58-56 mm tb for testing purposes. pulls much harder to redline. was going to sears point to drag it but traffic already started so that'll have to wait until next wed. will try to dyno this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghettoracer Posted May 27, 2012 Author Share Posted May 27, 2012 went to last weds night drag racing @ Sears Point with 132 whp the best run of the night was: 60' 2.535 330' 6.838 1/8 10.412 mph 68.02 1000 13.525 1/4 16.147 mph 86.08 60' time was 2.5's all night long. sucks. but it was consistent all night i was the bracket winner! went through 5 rounds. i think the car is a little bit heavier than i thought. my guess is around 2200 lbs or so and ~2370 lbs race weight. removing power steering pump and ac system next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghettoracer Posted May 31, 2012 Author Share Posted May 31, 2012 ha, i forgot to lower the pressure tire pressure last week. i dropped it to 30 psi and then 20 psi this week. the tires are old and cracking but 60' improved to 2.3's. best run this week now with 145 whp and 111 ft-lbs: 60' 2.350 330' 6.562 1/8 10.011 mph 70.34 1000 13.035 1/4 15.606 mph 85.33 (i had to brake check near the light i might've broke out otherwise) on a 15.53 dial. best mph 88.99. it's much warmer this week than last week... i think it could've hit 89.5 mph if it was as cold as last week. the valve train picked up a solid 3 mph over the quarter. not bad. 3/10th of et improvement came from reduced tire pressure and better launch. about 3/10th were from power gain. i got eliminated in 2nd round by .0326 best mph run: 60' 2.393 330' 6.624 1/8 10.070 mph 70.57 1000 13.083 1/4 15.624 mph 88.99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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