Last night we got done installing the GSC stage 1 cams and brian crower valve springs and retainers. Although we have not retuned for the cams yet, I love the lope at idle....sounds very aggressive. Another thing I noticed was the improved throttle response. The car seems very rev happy and responsive. Can't wait to see the numbers it will make with my new setup.

unfortunately, I have not taken alot of exterior pics. Ill be sure to snap some next time I get back to the shop. I think this is the most recent one I have......

 

Just some pics of the new parts being installed this week. FMW borg warner s300 from full race.



Wanted it a little bit shiney so got some sand paper and got to work.



ETS intercooler




GSC stage 1's and BS springs and retainers


Fuel setup. Apexi gt-r intank feeding a radium surge tank, then 2 bosch 044's feeding the engine.



SP race intake


RMR throttle body


full race down pipe and mid pipe. quality on this stuff is amazing.


decided to try and polish out my valve covers. gonna have to do it again and catch the tight areas.


some red braided hose for the fuel lines in the trunk area.

 

I am loving your parts list! This is how it should be done .

I love that Turbo it's very nice and makes alot of power, it's the S362 with FMW same technology with the new BW EFR Turbos.

I have the 67.7mm S400 FMW Flow about 95Lbs per min, The new BW flows more air!

Your setup will make 700rwhp with easy!!!

More pics ..please.

 

thanks buddy, appreciate it.

Im already at 640whp with the current setup which is fun, but when I first set the car up a few years ago, I was on a tight budget so I had to skimp on some parts. After a bit of saving, I was able to pick these parts up with the intents on quality and reliability. Talked with Geoff and the full race guys about running a turbo setup that will be fun to drive on the street and what you see is what they recommended except for the ar housing. I went with the 1.10 ar just to see what it will do, if it is to "laggy", Ill try the smaller ar housings.

Ill get more pics during the week as we work on the car.

 

Good deal, cant wait to see all this stuff put on.

 

video of car idling with gsc stage 1 cams......untuned. please let me know if link doesn't work.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=160858217369582

 

That is sick.... Sounds soooo BA

 

Did a bit of wrenching today. We got the intake manifold side and turbo side off. Also ripped out the ABS unit and all of the hardlines running in the engine bay. Gonna make custom hardlines to by pass the ABS unit.

Intake side......gone


WOrking on getting out the old turbo setup. When we finally got it out, found a couple of cracks in the china made manifold. garbage.


Turbo side.....gone.


old parts.


Trying to figure out where I wanted to have the intercooler sit so we can make the brackets. I like the look of having the intercooler sit up front, close to the bumper, and I decided this is where I want it.


Front view.

 

Tomorrow gonna get all the hard lines made and installed, as well as fabbing up and welding the intercooler brackets.

Also planning out ripping out the stock fuel lines and running my own feed and return lines.

 

Made some progress tonight. Got most of the ABS delete done with running stainless hardlines. Cleaned up a bunch of wiring in the engine bay.

Test fit of full race manifold....check. Good fit, manifold nuts was easy access.


test fit of turbo was good.



Test fit of 4" downpipe and 4" midpipe was awesome. It actually has more clearance than the old china crap.



Lastly I cut out the spare tire well. Gonna lay a sheet of aluminum to make a flat surface to mount my surge tank, filter and pumps.

 

super stoked today. cusco 8 point cage came in ALOT earlier than expected.


hopefully I can get some installed shots tonight. Eventually Im either going to end up painting the cage red or black.

also ran into a problem with my intake manifold. Went to bolt it up but found out the headside is got warped during the fab process. Hopefully the well known vendor will make things right.

 

Finished up the ABS delete tonight. Couldn't get any pics of the hard lines connecting to the caliper lines because my phone battery was low so no flash. Basically ran all stainless hard lines and stainless fittings. Tomorrow gonna repaint calipers then bleed the system.


Also got the cusco cage installed and mocked up. Fitment was very tight. Now gotta undo and paint it.