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These posts are real-time status updates on my build as I go. Check them out chronologically or by category. See my “The Build” page for a summarized version of the build. 

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July 2022 Update: Transmission Fixed and Autocross Testing

July 2022 Update: Transmission Fixed and Autocross Testing

July 2022 Update: Transmission Fixed and Autocross Testing http://www.818coupe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/20220618_195625.mp4http://www.818coupe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/20220618_202336.mp4 Transmission Rebuild I ended up dropping the money on a Quaife QDH3Y limited slip differential to drop into the car. It cost about $930 shipped direct from Quaife in the UK. All the US resellers had big markups on the diff. Quaife’s website makes it look […]

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Wiring Suspension registration Powertrain Kit Pickup Interior Go-Kart Fuel System First Start

November 2020 Update #2: Autocross Debut

August 2020 Update: Stereo, Center Console, Dash Install

July 2020 Update: It’s Road Legal!

May 2020 Update: Door windows and bodywork

March 2020 Update #2: COVID-19 Quarantine Edition

January 2020 Update #3: Rear bumper install

November 2019 Update #2: No More Check Engine Light!

November 2019 Update: Exhaust finished, ABS Wiring

December 2018: First start attempt (ended poorly)

December 2018: Back from work, back to work…

October 2019 Update: Exhaust and Continuing The Go Kart Check-List

August 2018 Update #3: Pausing Point for the Build

August 2018 Update: Trans Rebuild, More Hickups

July 2018 Update #4: Engine Install

July 2018 Update #3: Rear Suspension

July 2018 Update #2: Front Brakes, Steering, and Engine Odds/Ends

July 2018 Update #1: More Suspension

June 2018 Update #3: Front Suspension

June 2018 Update #2: Front Firewall and Donor Parts Prep

June 2018 Update: Underbody Panels and Suspension Prep

July 2020 Update: It’s Road Legal!

June 2020 Update: Final stage of registration, build website, bodywork

May 2020 Update #3: Registration Progress

March 2020 Update #4: State Inspection Passed!!!

July 2022 Update: Transmission Fixed and Autocross Testing

Feb 2022 Update!: Transmission Failure

November 2020 Update #3: First Track Day!

November 2019 Update #2: No More Check Engine Light!

September 2019 Update #4: Back to Go-Kart

March 2019 Update #3: Brake plumbing, seatbelts, still leaking coolant…

March 2019 Update #1: Moving under power, brake lines, leaky coolant connectors

January 2019 Update #2: Engine Idle Fixed, Odds and Ends

First Start!!!!

December 2018: First start attempt (ended poorly)

May 2018 Update #2: Picked up the kit!

May 2018 Update: Ready for a Road Trip

April 2018 Update: Preparation for Kit Pickup and Relocation

Resuming Work and Interior Finishing

November 2020 Update: Breakdown, Driving, Tweaks

October 2020 Update: On The Road Again

September 2020 Update #2: Sound Insulation and Daily Review

August 2020 Update #2: 50 Mile Test Drive and Final Dash Install

August 2020 Update: Stereo, Center Console, Dash Install

July 2020 Update: It’s Road Legal!

May 2020 Update #2: Continuing the bodywork

January 2020 Update #2: Bodywork and Stereo

November 2019 Update #3: G37 Brake Master Cylinder and 3D Prints

November 2019 Update: Exhaust finished, ABS Wiring

October 2019 Update: Exhaust and Continuing The Go Kart Check-List

September 2019 Update #4: Back to Go-Kart

September 2019 Update #3: EJ207 is in and running!

August 2019 Update: Running on all cylinders!

April 2019 Update #1: It Drives!

December 2018: Back from work, back to work…

First Start!!!!