It’s time to revive the old Batlground shop truck. The old power plant is out and now it’s decision time. How fast do we need to get parts on a daily basis? The answer is always the same, Yesterday! Should we go with a larger motor for this project? Or should we be conservative and rebuild the existing V6 that is native to this beast? First we will have to determine if the old motor is worthy of a rebuild. Stay tuned for updates on this project and vote for your motor choice on Facebook.
Batlground Shop Truck Needs A Motor!
Batlground in Japan, buying cars and parts !!!
Daniel Willie, the owner of Batlground Motorsports LLC has been in Japan for a few days now and has been purchasing parts to bring back the the United States to sell. He is purchasing motorsets, coilovers, body parts, front clips, exhausts, headlights, taillights, etc, etc, etc. Some of the engines and parts that can be expected are for Nissan s13 and s14 sr20det, toyota aristo 2jzgte, honda and acura type r and sir b series engines, 2.0 liter subaru engines, and a few other odds and ends. You can keep updated by adding www.facebook.com/batlground to your liked groups on facebook or personally add Daniel Willie as a friend to follow his journey at www.facebook.com/batldan
Fiesta! Boom in the trunk. part 1
The Fiesta is getting fitted with some premium sound options. First off is a stout Kenwood 2 channel amplifier to deliver the power. Next a super slim, super powerful Kenwood Execelon 10-inch subwoofer that handles a whopping 1200 wattts of power with only a 4-inch mounting depth, to keep as much space free in the trunk as possible. Monster Mobile Audio(check them out on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Monster-Mobile-Audio/354165238961?ref=ts is completing the custom fibrglass and carbon fiber enclosure. When finished, this combo will provide enough bass to get any Fiesta going.
Breathe Fiesta, Breathe!
Today I finished up the cold air intake for the Fiesta. It was pretty simple and we only had to go a short distance to put the filter into a fresh air stream. The custom milled mass air flow adapter was a pain to make but it all turned out to look real good.
I also gathered some measurements for the wheels. It looks like I might be able to fit a 10 inch wide wheel in there with a 2 inch widebody kit. I would say that is plenty of meat to keep this light car on the road.
Fiesta… Fiesta… Forever… Forever…
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Yea, I like that song.
Batlground received its Ford Fiesta SEMA car yesterday and wasted no time ripping into it. We are planning a widebody kit for the car, coilovers, big brakes, front racing seats in leather trim, a removable carbon fiber stereo box, cold air intake and exhaust system. We measured everything today, ordered the stereo equipment, worked on the cold air intake, got the coilovers and brakes ordered, and arranged the leather upholstery to be installed onto the racing bucket seats. Tomorrow is another day and we are trying to knock this thing out as quick as possible.
Preparing for the land of the rising sun.
After years of procrastination and fear of the unknown Daniel Wilie is stepping outside of his comfort zone in order to expand Batlground Motorsports LLC. Daniel Willie, owner, tuner, engine builder, fabricator, driver, etc, will fly out on August 27th and stay for 2 weeks for the purpose of bringing back container of the highest quality used JDM, thats Japanese Domestic Market for all you newbies, parts for resale purposes. Daniel Willie will be accompanied by a consultant that has been in the importing business for a number of years. More details on our partnership will be announced at a later date. If you want any items please contact us with your requests and deposits. Stay tuned for more updates and for blog posts while Daniel is in Japan.
We are on TV tonight !!!!!
Tonight is the night that we have all been waiting for. The Ultimate Car buildoff episode that we did will come on tonight. We will be celebrating this event at Andretti Indoor Games and Carting in Alpharetta, GA. Everyone is invited to attend and the show starts at 9:00 PM. Come early to get a good viewing spot and stay late to party with us afterwards. Hope to see everyone there.
Dan
Subaru WRX gets new socks and shoes
We just finished up a 2 day long job on this beautiful 2003 wrx. This car was purchased by its current owner 2 years ago and he decided it was time to start to modify it. He came to us and we outfitted the car with a full stage 2 package. This included a full Invidia turbo back exhaust and a retune. The car already had a Cobb short ram intake filter so the ecu mapping had to be modified to compensate for the change in the MAF sensor voltage. After the tuning the car put down 219 all wheel horsepower and 225 foot pounds of torque. This was pretty impressive due to the fact that the heat index put the ambient air temperature at 105 degrees Farenheight the day we tuned it. The customer also wanted the car to have a more aggressive look to match his body kit. We opted to install a set of Racecomp coilovers, 5 Zigen wheels, and BFG tires. He wanted to occasionally take this car to the track so the coilovers were a great choice for him.
SC300 gets a new pipe
This customer brought in a MKIV Toyota Supra exhaust to install on his SC300. The customer intends on putting a full single turbo kit on the car and since his old exhaust was rusting and falling off the car he opted to upgrade it now. The exhaust required a little bit of modification to work on his car but it was well worth it. He also wanted us to make him a 3 inch midpipe with a 3 inch high flow catalytic converter so that he would be ready for the added exhaust volume that a turbo will produce and be able to pass emmissions.
Chris’s Supra is Back in Action
Just recently we finished up this MXIV Supra for one of our long time customers—and boy let me tell you has it been a long process. Unfortunately, this car was crashed over a year ago and it is just now getting back on the road thanks to an array of set backs ranging from insurance company delays to parts on backorder. Little by little, it just all adds up to a really long time. There is something to say about taking your time in the context of this situation because I can definitely say that this car was repaired 100% correctly and it is virtually impossible to tell that it was ever damaged. The insurance company was jockeying to total this car out, but after we were able to talk some sense into them when it comes to the value of the parts that were on it when it was wrecked, they decided it was a better option to fix it rather than total it. Being a Supra enthusiast at heart, I hate to see these cars get crashed and not make a comeback. There just are not enough of them in existence anymore. Since the front bumper, hood and wheels were getting replaced the customer chose to upgrade them to a Stillen front bumper and hood. While he was at it, he decided to bump it up a notch with a new pair of new kicks—CCW SP500′s. I’m excited at how nice it turned out! If I ever got my hands on another personal Supra, this is exactly what I would want it to turn out like.
