I want to get a turbo blanket & either a TRD strut bar or Tanabe
The Deadpool SC
Damn son, you don't mess around! I feel like it was just a month or so ago that you have a 1j VVTi in there.. Hurry up and get the BW setup, I've had 3 CX racing turbo bearings go bad on me haha sucks when the turbo starts smoking really badly and you start losing oil!
Exhaust looks dope as well, need a sound clip to confirm how great it sounds brotha
Exhaust looks dope as well, need a sound clip to confirm how great it sounds brotha
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Lead Lap
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Damn son, you don't mess around! I feel like it was just a month or so ago that you have a 1j VVTi in there.. Hurry up and get the BW setup, I've had 3 CX racing turbo bearings go bad on me haha sucks when the turbo starts smoking really badly and you start losing oil!
Exhaust looks dope as well, need a sound clip to confirm how great it sounds brotha
Exhaust looks dope as well, need a sound clip to confirm how great it sounds brotha
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Lead Lap
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Yeh I didn't do that lol but it will be replaced with a Boostlogic 4" polished intake once I get my AEM V2 ecu and Borg Warner SXE turbo. Don't worry it'll all be sorted out ;-)
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Thanks I'm trying my best lol. I have a few exterior upgrades coming but I decided to go AEM V2 as far as ecu is concerned. Still trying to figure out injector size for my set up. Honestly I'd go 1.5JZ with the 1J instead of going 2J.
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Installed my digital AEM boost gauge & AEM wideband. Got a dual gauge pod to sit on my steering column so all of my gauges can be right in front of me at all times. I'll have to trim the bottom of the gauge pod a little to have it sit flush.
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So I got fed up with the electric fan reliability & hit up Aaron and the Driftmotion crew to source a full MK4 TT clutch fan & shroud set up. Now I don't have to worry if my fan is working or not. Found out the electric burned out & stopped running. I caught it while I was at idle thankfully.
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So my next upgrade is my braking system. I want to give a huge shout out to Carlos Santos over at Lexus Auto Tek in CA for the amazing service he gave me when purchasing this set of front TT calipers & hardware. I'm in the process of getting rear TT calipers as well with front & rear rotors plus pads.