2003 Alpine on Imola Build Thread

[Rokoz]

Some pretty minor updates this time around - finally had the car up on a lift and went through all of the suspension components. Found the passenger side FCAB was cracked which checked out with some of the sloppiness I was feeling up front. Replaced the FCAB - super easy DIY just make sure you have a 2 or 3 jaw puller to avoid headaches.

Replaced my nasty gas cap and pot filler gasket - this took about 10 minutes, it's super easy. Won't be long before every piece of rubber on the car has been turned over

Lastly, as part of a more fun update later (Bavsound) I stuffed a few tennis balls in the rear deck

[Loopyspec]

Love the build! I am also a fellow New Englander and hope to see/meet you at meets in the future.

[0-60motorsports]

Some pretty minor updates this time around - finally had the car up on a lift and went through all of the suspension components. Found the passenger side FCAB was cracked which checked out with some of the sloppiness I was feeling up front. Replaced the FCAB - super easy DIY just make sure you have a 2 or 3 jaw puller to avoid headaches.

Replaced my nasty gas cap and pot filler gasket - this took about 10 minutes, it's super easy. Won't be long before every piece of rubber on the car has been turned over

Lastly, as part of a more fun update later (Bavsound) I stuffed a few tennis balls in the rear deck

Nice updates.

[Rokoz]

Another big update - I can finally sleep peacefully! Shoutout to Gt4 for the help with the rod bearing job on my car.

Original bearings were replaced around 36k under the recall. They don't seem to be TOO bad

The motor mounts made all the difference. The car is so much smoother with the new ones - both of the original mounts were quite cracked and dry but the original passenger side mount is significantly shorter than the driver side.

[Rokoz]

A few updates from the fall before I get into the the fun over-winter stuff...

Nothing better than a fresh OEM windshield - The one on the car was not original and was brutally scratched by a wiper at some point.



Also took a few minutes to tackle the SMG pedal modification to get rid of the kick down button and add some new corner lights along with some chrome turn signal bulbs.

[Rokoz]

Added a set of OEM Euro Headers, a Supersprint Resonated X-pipe, Rogue Engineering Power Pulleys and SAP delete.


I did have the headers professional cerakoted before installed them with some fresh copper nuts and a few studs that came out. Luckily, I only had 3 come out with the nuts.


Topped it off with a tune from HTE - the car properly rips now!

[Loopyspec]

Love the progress!

Which short shifter did you go with when you had the car converted to 6 spd?

[Rokoz]

Love the progress!

Which short shifter did you go with when you had the car converted to 6 spd?

I went with a Autosolutions SSK - I believe it's the autocross one. I got it for 200 bucks on FB Marketplace.

It's a bit much for my taste, the one of my F80 is much more my taste. I may eventually swap it out for a less intense AS kit