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| Christa Kojima cuts gold kapton heat shielding for the front of the intercooler. |
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| Since running in a moist and highly corrosive salt environment is really bad for the car, we saturated the bottom of the car and suspension with WD40. Previously the bottom of the car and wheelwells had been treated with POR15 rust inhibitor under the Rustoleum paint. |
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| The engine is surprisingly stock. Since there was no time to build the planned race motor, the stock SR20DET was removed from Chuck's street car that had been totaled by a lame chick with no insurance. The engine already had JWT S4 camshafts and a Garrett GT28RS turbo, a very mild combo that had made 330 whp. An extrude honed Greddy intake manifold, a air to liquid intercooler and a Koyo N-Flow radiator were added to the mix. Next year the car will be back with 550 whp or so with a built bottom end and a Garrett GTX 3582 on a Full Race twinscroll exhaust manifold. We have our sights locked on the record and the engine build will be documented here. |
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| The interior of the car is quite tidy and the sheet metal work by Specialty Cars is awesome! Housed in the custom dash, is a custom GPS speedometer along with a full assortment of Innovate Motorsports' MTX-D gauges. A Bonneville car is a pretty complicated machine. Stay tuned and follow Project S13 LSR and you will learn exactly what went into the car. |
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| Tire pressure is very critical on the salt. Too little and the skinny low rolling resistance LSR tires might have issues, too much and the car won't find traction as the salt has about as much grip as dirt. Going 200 mph on a slippery surface is no joke. We monitored the tire pressures and temps very carefully. It is sort of a bitch with moon discs. They are good for aerodynamics but make tire pressure checking a 20 minute job. |
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| Annie Sam fights the battle of keeping things clean and functional. Salt gets blown everywhere. |
