"Ray's AKA demonfire's XR4Ti build up"

Ray · Post by **Ray** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 7:31 am

Joe came by yesterday to lend a quick hand on mounting and stuff. Liam (autoX guy) was over helping me drink beer and start the rear disc conversion.

Anyway, got a fun (ny) video of the new exhaust as well

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wnOpqs7k9M

Ray · Post by **Ray** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 7:34 pm

okay on a more serious note

overview of left rear brake setup. TC varga calipers and such.

pass side showing venting on the rotors and clearance to the coilovers.

ebrake hookup and stainless lines.

front stainless line - you can see where it passes thru the fenderwall as well.

whitelx · Post by **whitelx** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 7:41 pm

are those 12" or 11" rotors?

Ray · Post by **Ray** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 7:28 am

the front uses 300mm SVT focus rotors and 03 mustang GT PBR calipers.

cmouta · Post by **cmouta** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 2:25 pm

Ray, I love that you take so many pictures! I was looking through your FJ build thread and there was alot of helpful info in there!

Ray · Post by **Ray** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 3:21 pm

Giddy like a school girl.

first up - custom made brake cooling ducts. Get ready to laugh. Total project investment in this was under $30. Need some final tweaks but should be good to go.

Brake cooling scoop where fog light used to be:

brake cooling duct

and pointing at the center of the rotor

225/50/16 falken azenis RT615 on 16x7 next to 275/40/17 kumho V710 on 17x9:

front wheel

clearance to damper and coilover assembly:

yes, i'll scrub these clean. dont worry. i was just super giddy and HAD to put them on the car right away.

rear shot showing how much is protruding. I dont think i can roll the fenders out THAT much.

rear clearance to coilover assembly about 3/4" to 1" - plenty of room.

stee4i · Post by **stee4i** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 4:17 pm

nice build project mate

got a bit of tyre fouling going on in that inner arch "fender" as you call them

jay_tibo · Post by **jay_tibo** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 10:47 am

Nice build, just a quwick question did you make the steel braided lines yourself, thats what I plan on doing whats the lenght of tubing did you use?

Ray · Post by **Ray** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:04 pm

i purchased the fronts from mike (in canada), the rears i got from ben (so-cal)

m4ff3w · Post by **m4ff3w** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:25 pm

Glad to see FJ'ers over here. Hopefully I can sell my X1/9 and snag an XR4ti soon.

-focusdchaos

Ray · Post by **Ray** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 2:03 pm

Pics after scrubbing the wheels and tires out and a coat of meguiar's cleaner wax. While i was at it i put a coat of wax on the 16x7's.

thanks again to grayson for selling me his old set.

Ray · Post by **Ray** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 7:02 am

Okay, apparently you need to clearance a little more than i thought to get these to fit and be able to actually turn. My friend Adam came by, and we attacked my car, yet again. It felt so wrong. So very wrong. But the end result makes me kind of smile.

Yes, i'm grimacing. No, that didn't bring me pleasure.

finishing up with the angle grinder...

and now, enough room. bumper not cut up yet. (that followed)

figured some sort of flare would be better than nothing. pacer performance universal 'flexi' flares from EPDM material. 2 1/8" flare.

finalization...

putting the wheels back on

needs more 'pieces of flare' but you get the idea.

other wheel getting snugged

finalization of cosmetics not yet complete. this was before making sure everything fits. luckily, it does. this is the SAME ride height as the rear, just looks higher now.

Still have some light cosmetic stuff to do, but ran out of time.

BeefFajitas · Post by **BeefFajitas** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 9:47 am

Hardcore.

pyropete125 · Post by **pyropete125** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:31 pm

i think its time to loose the door cladding...

Ray · Post by **Ray** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 2:15 pm

I like my cladding!

Retro look, ya know?

After several hours i think i finally have everything not rubbing.