UPDATE!
Drove the car all the way to Vegas, got caught in traffic for an hour.
I'm by myself on the 15fwy at night, hoping and praying for the best.
Engine temps reached 11 degrees Celsius on my 50mm TRD guage.
If you convert that it's about 220°F.
I may have burned the green and red color of my gauges, into my eyes staring at it for so long.
First thought that came to mind was to pass Aaron of DM in his giant motor home trailing his OMFGSOSEXYMK4.
Take a detour off the freeway and mash the gas and to get air flowing through the radiator ASAP!
At this point and time looking into my rear view mirror, with my CF wing in view.
I'm thinking to myself. "FLYLOW" and laughed to myself. hahaha
Pulled over to the first gas station to cool down and waited to link up with KillerBee who was not that far behind me.
I think this was the first time I was out of city limits to test out my electric cutouts, that added 15 more hp when opened. I flipped that toggle switch on and sat there idling while I waited for Bee.
At this time it caught the attention of a few onlookers. lol
It sounded too bad ass, I can't thank Tiwnsturbomotorsports enough for the awesome metal work and fabrication of the new downpipe. I finally have a car that looks and sounds like "BECAUSE RACER CAR" "nodding"
The BorgWarner EFR's quick spool sound mated to the engine coming out the cutouts directly under my butcheeks equaled eargasm.
Like a jet plane off I went... I'm not going to say how fast I was going.. but I did it for awhile without any issues.
I made 371hp on 17psi on my previous setup.
With the new setup she made 491hp 455tq on 14psi at sea level.
Less boost more power, I'll take it.
Scenic cruise:
Me and Ly where concerned with our engine temps. So we canceled the cruise and decided to just make our way over to Hotrods and Horsepower... Fashionably late.
Dyno challenge:
In SIV2014 she made,
First run 487hp 431tq
2nd run 489hp 440tq
It makes 15 more hp with the QTP cutouts opened on the custom TwinsTurboMotorsports Down pipe.
Thanks for the tires Eric and Marc they came in handy at the drag race event.
BorgWarner EFR 7670 1.05 A/R is awesome on a 8.5:1 --- 1.5JZ
The quick spool is fun. But I won't recommend it if your looking to make more hp.
I'm tapped out. So I'm planing on stepping up to a bigger 600hp -700hp capable EFR.
Say no to IWG (internal wastegate) EFR setups, it was the only problem we found.
Drag race results:
I was doing fine staging, but I just kept missing 3rd gear.
My times where improving the first 4 runs, where I was cutting 10th' off my times.
I believe the 5th run the car decided to let go of the driver side LSD.
To quote Eric from TwinsTurboMotorsports "I think your ***** half shaft boot came flying off!"
There is a video of the car just rolling to staging lol
My fastest time was a 14.20 IIRC
Not good... or bad for my second time drag racing. =)
As soon as me and Ly (Red 813hp twinturbo MK3) made it into Barstow.
She decides not to boost anymore. We both already broke at the drag race event.
To have this problem added to a failing LSD and broken 2nd gear was depressing.
Not! Go hard or go home!
ATM the car is sitting at home. I have not been able to find the issue due to my busy work schedule.
It was great meeting everyone at SILV. See you guys next year!
Just before work I was able to take the car to TwinsTurboMotorsports, Heard a rep from borgWarner was going to be there. So I rushed over asap but missed him. Marc and Eric was kind enough to help me diagnose the problem.
I wasn't able to find a loose coupler. But it wasn't a loose coupler Marc found a slit in one the elbows coming off the turbo. I had a cheap part where I should've used an HPS item I trusted.
Car is running now. Removed wing for daily driving.
