way to be alex!! I need a ride in that ish.
looks like you are beating us all.
I dont get it, he said “The sho runs good”, not “Dammit, I blew up my motor after 12 hours”
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a certain gr4 takes about 2 min to stop
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the first full day :
started off by setting the fuel pressure, took care of a small oil leak, swapped in the good plugs etc
after we felt safe w/ the setup, i got on the laptop and made some adjustments, and we did a few small pulls to make sure everything was in check
the first pull was part throttle and we saw 5 or 6 psi, but after Alex backed off the gas we got a few big backfires and the car ran like shit for a while, turns out we popped a pipped a pipe off, easy fix
a little later we got on it harder, and the boost spiked FAAAR beyond what we want … 5psi is the target, the car spooled to 15 in a heartbeat … but it pulled like a freight train and was still pig rich (11.2). no detonation, no sputters, just rock solid acceleration (14-16psi = well over 400 to the wheels :))
after we pulled into the driveway i realized that there was a good size rip in the wastegate line. donno when or how it happened, but it easily could have happened at any point today or yesterday, after a quike fix we went back out to try it. turns out that we have 3 - 3.5 psi @ the manifold on a .4 bar wastegate spring. we got a short vid of us pulling down the 400 @ 3/4 throttle
then it was time to hit duffs for their car show. on the way down there was a newer tercel (i think) and the guys GF was staring at the SHO … could see that she knew what the silver radiator and whistle were. she said something to her bf who was driving and he got all pissed off, and tried to pull ahead of us, so alex hammered on it, passed him, then backed off and blew off next to them. he did that a few times and eventualy he yelled “nobody cares” and tried to speed away again.
at duffs the car drew TONS of looks and ALOT of people came over to ask questions. alex and i were fielding questions for at least 2 hours, alex kept getting compliments on the work, and i kept getting compliments on the car in general … we had to keep telling people “he owns the car, i just put it together” and vise versa
after that we hit up Mighty , hung out for a while, hit the airport tunnel for 2 passes, and headed home down transit
transit and genesee st, theres a 98 escort on our left, and they are looking at the car like it ain’t shit. passenger tells the driver “my buddy had a inaudible and it blew a SHO away”
hrmmm… really ? light goes green, we start off light throttle in first gear, get it to about 3500 rpm and then alex just romps on it till 80mph, then backs off it and coasts back down to pace them… blank stares from both of them, till they try to pass us … haha yea right …
the tried 4 or 5 times, and they just couldn’t manage to get ahead … wonder why ???
at one point i saw a hand signal inside the car, but didn’t see WHAT it was … turns out that it was the middle finger from the passenger … he doesnt like us 
kinda ironic that he picked THIS SHO to talk about how slow they are … they eventuly turned left at broadway & transit without ever laughing, smiling, or making direct eye contact
so that was our day, nothing realy exciting, but it was definantly nice to get out and feel that all our work was worth it
RUH-ROH!!! I guess it time for me to get some N2O or I’m gunna be looking at SHO taillights really quick. :eek:
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Awesome!!! Looks like it’s time to swap back to the ATX in my car…:wiggle:
i must say this thing at 15+PSI was starting to break tracting at 70mph in 3rd gear. we were only at about 6K too, I had started easing into the throttle from 4K and it was only 3/4 throttle… WOW just wow fusking awsome!
the more i drive it the better the computer is tunning itself, its not coughing and sputtering like it was on the first start.
pics?
Saw this beast yesterday. Sound’s like a cross between a GNX, and a Semi-truck. Soooo wrong. :lol:
after talking with HRK the turbo lexus will be a good race. now granted both cars are untunned but after being in both is will be interesting.
Glad everything worked out just fine. diff one of the best sleepers on this site. Props to Nick and his pyrotetic ways. Lemme know once you guys master that tweecer out. ill diff need help if mine ever works. Nonetheless i wanta ride in that thing.
we changed the wastegate spring and now the manifold is seeing 4.5psi~ the car pulls much harder now.
Car sounds pretty interesting. :tup:
God. Damn. This thing pulls nice. i cant wait for your good tune with mo boooooooost.
P.S. LOUD TURBO.