TA to ACR conversion

[Hawk]

Amazing!
So no paint work needed after cutting & sanding? The edge is clean enough? I would have expected it to have a bunch of scuffs or chips - Would love to see a close up of the finished edge that was cut. Your pics look amazing

The cuts came out perfect. I wouldn’t look this precise if you painted it after the cut. It defiantly took more balls than brains to do it
The exposed CF around the hole is black, the flash makes it look light colored


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[Thawk97]

That looks so good - I've been really tempted to do this to my SRT once I save my pennies - but SO intimidating to cut into that hood

[Fourtrax250r]

I enjoyed this thread, The car came out amazing!! Excellent job !!

[Hawk]

That looks so good - I've been really tempted to do this to my SRT once I save my pennies - but SO intimidating to cut into that hood

Drive it out to the Cape ,I’ll put the saw to it! The scariest part of it all is thinking that my wife might find the receipt for all the parts! Seriously it was not as hard as it sounds, there is quite a bit of sanding to take out the imperfections. A cutting wheel may work better than a jig saw. I just chose that tool because I’m a finish carpenter by trade and it seemed like a more familiar tool to me than a cutting wheel. Use plenty of tape and really take your time on the inside cut. That is the area that it can get ugly if you cut too deep. I created this post because there are no directions that come with the parts. Wayne is great at tech support but it should make it a little easier with these pictures. Contact me if you have any questions I would be happy to help
Dennis

[Bruce H.]

Awesome work...congrats!

[BJG32]

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[Lawineer]

Did the TA have remote reservoirs like the GTS? If so, why didn't you just mount the canisters there? Doesn't mounting the canister inside the hot engine bay defeat the purpose of a remote reservoir?

As far as plug and play, I have a set of Tractive coil overs/controller coming in. Is it all adjustable from inside the car like OEM?

[AAA96]

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Nice work Dennis. Looks great! Did you ever consider using a router?

[Bruce H.]

Did the TA have remote reservoirs like the GTS? If so, why didn't you just mount the canisters there? Doesn't mounting the canister inside the hot engine bay defeat the purpose of a remote reservoir?

As far as plug and play, I have a set of Tractive coil overs/controller coming in. Is it all adjustable from inside the car like OEM?

The TA does have remote damper reservoirs, with the front's mounted in the wheel wells.

It sounds like you have the full DSC Tractive damper/spring system with DA valve coming. Where the stock dual mode electronic dampers are adjustable from inside the car, that provides a choice of 2 fixed damper valvings. The Tractive dampers don't have any fixed valving at all, but instead the valving is constantly being adjusted by the DSC controller, and it does so according to the software program loaded into the controller. This provides infinitely variable damper valving as opposed to 2 damper valve curves. It can provide a cushy ride quality when cruising, be compliant over bumps, yet go full on race mode as required from the various sensor inputs.

I think DSC may have come up with a way to be able to load 2 different programs that could be switched inside the car, but you'd want to confirm that with DSC directly. I would question the need for dual programs though as the system does infinitely adapt to all driving conditions, on and off the track...however you do need to have a suitable program loaded for your particular, car, mods and preferences. I drove in DSC owner, Mike Levitas, modded '14 TA on track back to back with an expertly driven ACR Extreme and my own '14 TA and was incredibly impressed with the DSC/Tractive performance. I think you're going to like it.

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[583]

Awesome conversion and quality install. I'm doing the same to mine after collecting parts for the last two years. I'm wondering if I could bother you for some measurements on the front splitter template to cut the front fascia or if you would be interested in selling yours and maybe the rear diffuser drill template as well. Please let me know thanks. Paul

[XTREME SUPERCARS]

Awesome conversion and quality install. I'm doing the same to mine after collecting parts for the last two years. I'm wondering if I could bother you for some measurements on the front splitter template to cut the front fascia or if you would be interested in selling yours and maybe the rear diffuser drill template as well. Please let me know thanks. Paul

Hi Paul
We are building you a separate cut out template and extension support tubes as I type this.
Everything should be ready to ship the beginning of next week.
I'll email you
Thanks
Laurelle

[Hawk]

583
Good luck with the build. Feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions or run into problems. I took many pictures when I was doing the work
Dennis

[jmars]

This is such an awesome thread! So much info and so many pictures. I absolutely love it!!
Any plans on doing the ACRe Carbon Ceramic Brakes?

[Hawk]

I’ll be sticking with my TA brakes, I use hawk racing pads and I’m very pleased with the braking for track use. My rotors usually don’t get any hotter than 240F after a 20 minute session. The only down side is there is a lot of brake dust from the pads