Ok winter update time.
Alot of this stuff is old I dug up these old pictures.
The car ran very healthy with the single turbo on it. It was running around 13psi off just the waste gate. The car was partially tuned on a Mine's Ecu that I purchased from AGM thanks again! The ecu was designed to run more psi through the stock twins instead of having a single. The car always ran pretty rich. It wasn't long after I was out on a drive with one of my good friends when the car started rod knocking
. I later found out I had a bad blown head gasket and my oil pump seized up. I blame myself for both I should of replaced them when I had the engine out. Anyways I tore everything down and took the engine to a good machine shop in town.
Specs of rebuilt engine:
2jzgte
Stock pistons
Stock Rods
OEM Piston rings
ACL Race bearings
ARP Rod Bolts
ARP Head Studs.
I also bought a set of polyurethane engine mounts to put back in the car.
Pics of reassembly once back from the machine shop:
I also picked up a set of 1st gen 16" VOLK GTP's for the car
. I was getting tired of the completely stock appearance.
Here's the car up on our lift trying to track down a few misc leaks.
Another picture of the car right after I got the windows tinted.
I went ahead and upgraded to a Mishimoto Aluminum Radiator and a Set of flexalites shortly after.
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Since then I made it to the dyno once and to the track once. The car still needed tuned pretty bad. It ended up making 402whp. On the track it ran a 12.46@109mph. I put down a 1.7 60ft and a 7.91 1/8 mile time. I think my 1/4 would of been alot better and a much high mph but I ended up missing 4th gear and coasting through. Here's the video. I have the dyno sheet if anyone wants to see it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTWsHr7Y7tI
Here's pictures of my wheels after I painted them bronze.
I went with a 215/45/16 firehawk on the front and a 245/45/16 Nitto 555r. The car still doesn't hook up on the street. I have full intentions on buying either slicks or MT Street's.
One last video before I get into more resent stuff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0S7qHLaCJU
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Also I just recently picked up a 2jzgte Drewgo Turbo Manifold along with a Tial 46MM Waste gate. Thanks Tres (LexusFTW)!
Also my parents bought me this for christmas!
It's just the knock off of the Greddy. I'm sure I'm going to get a lot of hate on this but I'm going to see how well it does. If I don't like the results it'll come back off.
Here's the best picture I have of the engine right now:
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I was really torn on what to do with the engine bay. I hate doing body work so this was my compromise. I primed the spots that were down to bare metal then I removed the battery tray since it wasn't needed anymore.
Here's a picture right after paint.
Partially assembled. I decided to rotate my fuse box so I could fit my greddy style intake manifold.
Engines finally back in the car!
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Here's how the car sits now:
Waiting on the inter cooler being modified before I can put the front bumper back on.
Here's the way the engine bay sits i'm still waiting on some parts. This turbo is just temperary I hope. I'm in a formal dispute with whitemike. I've pretty much all hope on getting my items. He owes me a gt4294 also an intercooler pipe. This one will due for now.
Fuel systems done. I tucked the A1000 fuel pump up inside the bumper to look stealth
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Parts i'm still waiting on:
Greddy throttle cable
Greddy tps sensor
Garrett Gt4294
Parts I need to buy
Piping to make a 4 inch exhaust
Oil feed flange.
2 3" 90 degree elbow
4 3 inch vband clamps
Things left to finish
Have intercooler and pipes welded
put front bumper back on
Fab up exhaust
fix fuel leak.
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Parts i'm still waiting on:
Greddy throttle cable
Greddy tps sensor
Garrett Gt4294
Parts I need to buy
Piping to make a 4 inch exhaust
Oil feed flange.
2 3" 90 degree elbow
4 3 inch vband clamps
Things left to finish
Have intercooler and pipes welded
put front bumper back on
Fab up exhaust
fix fuel leak.