Athena Autocross - Build - Ongoing

Busy day, started a bit after 730 and finished around 1230.

Replaced the stud/bolt I was missing on the manifold to turbo side, also found that the vband on my S280 was super loose as that bolt stripped out at some point and replaced that (which makes 3 areas of why I was seeing oil smoke). Plumed in the boost gauge reference into the BOV vacuum line and partially wired up the gauges.

Mounted the Ethanol content sensor, but couldn't finish up the fuel hose as I needed another set of adapters. Those will be here tomorrow. I know most people do what Dizzy does and mount it to the side of the battery tray, but that spots is already super tight for me so I made a small bracket and placed it on the brake booster. Should be a fairly safe spot.


Buttoned up the transmission mount, added some large washers under the poly bushing for the battery tray to raise it up a bit so it doesn't get close to hitting the linkage with the short shifter. Seems to work pretty good but I'll know after a event.

And decided not to put the catless downpipe in for this event as I'm just too dang exhausted already. Tomorrow my Damond catch can comes in from Whoosh, so I'll do that and maybe the fueling. Then some oil topping up and more RBF600 fluid as it's low and new plugs to replace the oil coated ones. I'll also need to replace my brake lines as I'm seeing brake fluid disappear pretty fast and some fluid on my tires.

Damond catch can is installed, was a bit of a fight but overall pretty smooth. Rest of the fuel pieces I needed came in too, but getting too dang hot again, so I'll probably hold off on that until the next event. Also used my jewel hobby saw to clean up the engine cover to fit the hoses for when it rains , my cowl leaks a bit and the cover helps keep most of the water that does get in away from the wires and plugs.





Think I'm due for a bay wipe down soon. It's gotten pretty dirty.