My impressions of the car, thus far
I've had the car for almost a month now and have had the opporutnity to drive the car nearly 2k miles...and guess what, I love this car!
While I've yet to get the car on a dyno, I can tell you that it's substantially more powerful than in stock state (one would hope, right?). There's been lots of speculation regarding the actual gains that a supercharger provides versus a car with bolt ons, while I can't speak towards gains from a supercharger only install I do believe that before anybody should even consider a supercharger, they should have the supporting mods.
Anyhow, I digress.
JHM's lightweight flywheel and crank pulley allow the car to rev freely, this is ...
Status Racing Ring GTs have arrived!
Thanks to Status Racing for delivering a pair of Ring GT seats! They've provided us with sliders and six point harnesses to use with a pair of Wedge seat brackets.
Ring GT shells are made with Kevlar and are FIA approved; the shells are wrapped in black Alcantara and each seat weighs in at just a tad over 12lbs.
VF supercharger installation
The past few weeks have been rather interesting. Installation on the VF supercharger has wrapped up, below I'll detail the install procedure. All work was completed at achtuning in Redmond, WA. If you were considering ordering a supercharger, give them a call: 425.895.0000; if you're out of state...even better! No tax!
Our first step was to remove the OEM intake manifold, this is a good time to do your valve cover gaskets if yours are leaking. This process is straight forward. If there's enough room under the hood when everything is said and done, I am still very interested in adding JHM intake spacers (which were removed for the blower installation).
JHM longtube headers and STaSIS cat-back
The parts we were waiting on came back from the machine shop and we were able to complete the exhaust installation. The headers sound great with the cat-back; angry outside of the car while reasonable inside the cabin. The piping is 2.5" through and everything is connected with v-band clamps. You can click the video for a higher quality version.
Quick column in Eurotuner
A buddy of mine brought this to my attention the other day! It seems the February Eurotuner has a few paragraphs on the car. 
Thunderhill with ACGG
Last weekend I paid Thunderhill Raceway a visit with the Audi Club of Golden Gate...wow, what an awesome track! Since my car wasn't ready, I decided to rent a Spec Miata for the weekend. and this was one of the best decisions I've ever made. I was able to refine my braking and vehicle control techniques over the two days at the track. The first day was split 50/50 with the first half was braking and vehicle dynamics mixed up with on track sessions; the second day was entirely track time.
Honestly, I can say I've learned more with seat time in the Miata than I would have ...
Three exhaust videos: JHM headers, GMG resonated midsection, and straight pipes
Here are three different videos of the car testing various exhaust options. These two videos are of the JHM headers with the GMG resonated midsection, there are no mufflers attached. This video shows what the car sounds like with only the JHM headers.
More exterior photos
Here are some photos of the exterior of the car. JHM stage 4 clutch, lightweight flywheel, solid shifter linkage, Delrin shifter bushings, Stern control arms, and Stern motor mounts have all been installed. We had a clearance issue with the 18x10 TE37s and the rear parking brake spring; it would make contact with the wheel weights on the inner wheel. After moving the weights out 2mm, we didn't have any more clearance issues. 18" wheels with the Alcon brakes are a TIGHT fit.
Homemade B-pillars
CF mirrors
370mm 6 piston Alcons and 18x10 TE37s
Quick walk around video
I brought my camera to the shop today and took a quick walk video walk around. I have some exhaust videos that need to be encoded still.
