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First pictures of my Boosted SportDesign GS

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Old 11-11-10, 09:05 AM
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Very nice car . I like everything except the exhaust. I think it's just straight up ugly.
Old 11-11-10, 09:55 AM
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never disappointed w/ ur builds.
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Love the shot with the blue Endless caliper peaking through the rims.
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I like the caged animal theme and the Endless BBK shot.
Old 11-11-10, 11:11 AM
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Looking good Jeff..
Can we get some moto\turbo shots..
Old 11-11-10, 11:42 AM
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Rims are sick!!
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Originally Posted by handoverfi
i like it ALOT!!! what are the specs on the turbo or parts list?? and what kinda numbers you putting out?
It's got the turbo kit that I'm developing. Currently running at 17psi and putting down around estimated 400rwhp range, still need to roll it on the dyno to check. I'll have a video of the car on the highway soon.

Originally Posted by shvc1991
Those are the IS-F wheels right? They look bad ***.
Yeah they're IS-F wheels. The color matches perfectly with the Graphite Grey Pearl of the Sport Design GS.

Originally Posted by puff
Very nice car . I like everything except the exhaust. I think it's just straight up ugly.
Some hate it some love it lol. They're just big diesel 5" tips welded onto the stock mufflers. I love it because when people see the car sitting there, they think it's going to be a loud car, but when I start it up it sounds like a stock GS

Originally Posted by audax
Love the shot with the blue Endless caliper peaking through the rims.
Yeah, that's one of my favorite shots as well

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Old 11-11-10, 01:17 PM
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clean, the ISF rims sets it off.. any engine shots?
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nice sleeper!!! and nice back round for the pics.
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also exhaust are crazy! lol
Old 11-11-10, 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by JeffTsai
Some video of the car doing pulls on a test strip.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOHVAZPGH_g
jeff, whats the CEL for in the video?

crazy fast though
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so how many months or dare to say 'days' you have this car as a "Daily driver" ?

the IS-F wheels really stand out w/ this car. Looks awesome!
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Originally Posted by sakataj
jeff, whats the CEL for in the video?
crazy fast though
I took out my O2 sim and sold it to someone because they needed it to pass vehicle inspection. Car still runs the same with or without the O2 sim though. I'll have my new one this week and it will be back to CEL-free status

Originally Posted by masboy
so how many months or dare to say 'days' you have this car as a "Daily driver" ?
the IS-F wheels really stand out w/ this car. Looks awesome!
This will stay the daily. It's still very smooth and very easy to drive. I let my girlfriend drive it for a week and she couldn't notice much difference versus a stock car, well until the boost hits lol. Yeah, the IS-F wheels make the car have a very sporty yet OEM look. At first I was going to get some aftermarket wheels, but you just can't beat this stock look

However, I am planning to build a high compression GTE bottom end for this car. Do a 9.5:1 compression engine with GTE internals and run a Precision PT6265SP Ball Bearing turbo. Hoping to make around 550rwhp on pump gas at around 17psi with the high efficiency setup, and still be able to pass vehicle inspections

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Originally Posted by JeffTsai
I took out my O2 sim and sold it to someone because they needed it to pass vehicle inspection. Car still runs the same with or without the O2 sim though. I'll have my new one this week and it will be back to CEL-free status
hahaha that's a funny reason and def not what i expected to hear. im surprised you didn't have one in the plethora of parts you have collected.

anyways good stuff, like normal though, i don't think any of us expect any less from you especially since your like the head gs300 turbo guru or atleast IMHO you are.

get that K40 installed or watch out for the cops moving that quickly.
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Originally Posted by sakataj
hahaha that's a funny reason and def not what i expected to hear. im surprised you didn't have one in the plethora of parts you have collected.

anyways good stuff, like normal though, i don't think any of us expect any less from you especially since your like the head gs300 turbo guru or atleast IMHO you are.

get that K40 installed or watch out for the cops moving that quickly.
Yeah, I ordered several more O2 sims so I shouldn't be having that problem for the time being lol. As for the radar, I have a Valentine1 hardwired and tucked up next to the rear view mirror. I was doing this video at 4am when the highway was dead empty. I could of parked the car in the middle of the highway and taken pictures and there wouldn't be any cars for miles lol.


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