# Paul's STM Tuned TurboTaxi (Stage 352) (813 HP!)
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pauls-stm-tuned-turbotaxi-stage-352-813-hp/268270
**Category:** Builds
**Created:** [February 17, 2014, 10:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pauls-stm-tuned-turbotaxi-stage-352-813-hp/268270 "2014-02-17T10:33:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 3
### Author:  [@articzap](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/articzap)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2014, 7:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pauls-stm-tuned-turbotaxi-stage-352-813-hp/268270/41 "2014-02-22T07:15:42Z")
> [@turbociv](#):
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> I call dibs on back seat rides! lol
4 people at lucky drag city!
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### Author:  [@psphinx81](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psphinx81)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2014, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pauls-stm-tuned-turbotaxi-stage-352-813-hp/268270/42 "2014-02-22T13:24:51Z")
We can all die together lol
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### Author:  [@05OrangeSS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/05OrangeSS)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2014, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pauls-stm-tuned-turbotaxi-stage-352-813-hp/268270/43 "2014-02-22T13:29:28Z")
> [@psphinx81](#):
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> We can all die together lol
I’m in on that party haha
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### Author:  [@psphinx81](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psphinx81)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2014, 6:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pauls-stm-tuned-turbotaxi-stage-352-813-hp/268270/44 "2014-02-22T18:45:05Z")
Here are some more useless photos for the weekend. How the car sits as of now, a lot of progress should happen next week.
[](http://s.photobucket.com/user/psphinx81/media/DB7141F4-A277-42D5-9D0F-66F002440AA3_zpsr0rpgqbp.jpg.html)
[](http://s.photobucket.com/user/psphinx81/media/173FD593-7C93-4791-88B3-0A42C673EA22_zpsxxeun2ds.jpg.html)
[](http://s.photobucket.com/user/psphinx81/media/BD706190-A9BF-4A50-93E3-DAC9AB76FFAA_zpscvnighga.jpg.html)
tucked a lot of the wiring away and relocated the power steering reservoir to the firewall.
Before:
[](http://s.photobucket.com/user/psphinx81/media/3411202B-4845-41D5-9EE1-05CECBBF9BBD_zpseqbibgqn.jpg.html)
After:
[](http://s.photobucket.com/user/psphinx81/media/5D05232D-35EA-4950-B3DA-1ED00F706045_zpspqnbttym.jpg.html)
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### Author:  [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2014, 1:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pauls-stm-tuned-turbotaxi-stage-352-813-hp/268270/45 "2014-02-23T13:16:42Z")
Do you guys want this thread in the STM forum or the Builds forum? Builds would get a lot more attention and I can leave a redirect behind here. Let me know.
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### Author:  [@psphinx81](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psphinx81)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2014, 2:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pauls-stm-tuned-turbotaxi-stage-352-813-hp/268270/46 "2014-02-23T14:39:21Z")
Yea that’s fine josh. Do er up!
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### Author:  [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2014, 2:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pauls-stm-tuned-turbotaxi-stage-352-813-hp/268270/47 "2014-02-23T14:47:29Z")
Done :tup:
Why leave the headliner in? It’s not only your car that I’ve noticed this on but others as well. You’re stripping it down everywhere else except for the roof, why not take that out as well? :gotme:
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### Author:  [@articzap](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/articzap)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2014, 2:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pauls-stm-tuned-turbotaxi-stage-352-813-hp/268270/48 "2014-02-23T14:53:55Z")
> [@Onyx Z32](#):
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> Done :tup:
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> Why leave the headliner in? It’s not only your car that I’ve noticed this on but others as well. You’re stripping it down everywhere else except for the roof, why not take that out as well? :gotme:
With how tight the cage is, getting the interior panels far enough away to even allow the headliner in and out without damage would be kind of difficult.
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### Author:  [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2014, 2:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pauls-stm-tuned-turbotaxi-stage-352-813-hp/268270/49 "2014-02-23T14:54:42Z")
Well yeah I mean take it out and keep it out.
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### Author:  [@articzap](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/articzap)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2014, 2:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pauls-stm-tuned-turbotaxi-stage-352-813-hp/268270/50 "2014-02-23T14:57:44Z")
> [@Onyx Z32](#):
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> Well yeah I mean take it out and keep it out.
I believe the whole interior is going back in complete.
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### Author:  [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2014, 3:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pauls-stm-tuned-turbotaxi-stage-352-813-hp/268270/51 "2014-02-23T15:04:13Z")
Oh, I was under the impression that this was being stripped for a track car.
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### Author:  [@psphinx81](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psphinx81)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2014, 3:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pauls-stm-tuned-turbotaxi-stage-352-813-hp/268270/52 "2014-02-23T15:16:30Z")
Yea the whole interior will be going back in. Just had to pull everything to take out the extra weight that is underneath everything, there’s some bs firewall padding that’s atleast 15lbs
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> [@Onyx Z32](#):
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> Oh, I was under the impression that this was being stripped for a track car.
Nah I’ll still be rocking it on the street. Just when I went to the track last year I missed how much I used to race the car and getting kicked out after one pass is aggrevating
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### Author:  [@2TurboZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2TurboZ)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2014, 3:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pauls-stm-tuned-turbotaxi-stage-352-813-hp/268270/53 "2014-02-23T15:33:42Z")
With almost 800hp…what is 15lbs really worth?
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### Author:  [@deebo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deebo)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2014, 3:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pauls-stm-tuned-turbotaxi-stage-352-813-hp/268270/54 "2014-02-23T15:37:16Z")
a lot when it’s 15lbs times 8 other things Lol
do you use your enkei’s at the track or do you still have those FD Wheels?
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### Author:  [@2TurboZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2TurboZ)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2014, 3:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pauls-stm-tuned-turbotaxi-stage-352-813-hp/268270/55 "2014-02-23T15:42:51Z")
Ok…so lets call it 150 lbs…how many more hp would you have to make to compensate for that? 3?
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### Author:  [@psphinx81](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psphinx81)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pauls-stm-tuned-turbotaxi-stage-352-813-hp/268270/56 "2014-02-23T16:22:56Z")
> [@deebo](#):
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> a lot when it’s 15lbs times 8 other things Lol
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> do you use your enkei’s at the track or do you still have those FD Wheels?
im gonna be using fd wheels with qtps. Even though I’m probably gonna light them up at the track, I will probably just borrow emerys slicks.
> [@2TurboZ](#):
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> Ok…so lets call it 150 lbs…how many more hp would you have to make to compensate for that? 3?
a lot more than that, most of the weight coming off the car this year is rotational
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### Author:  [@deebo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deebo)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2014, 4:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pauls-stm-tuned-turbotaxi-stage-352-813-hp/268270/57 "2014-02-23T16:34:04Z")
150lbs is still .15 seconds off your time, that would have given Paul his elusive 9second pass 😛
And that’s just dead weight. Ricer math is basically, every lb of rotational weight can equate to roughly 1hp I believe. I took off a little more than 200 lbs rotational on mine. You probably won’t notice a small amount, but when it’s a bigger number like Paul’s it does make a big difference.
My car is like 500hp or something, it would run way faster at the track if everything was left the same minus weight loss. Same with Paul’s.
There’s a reason STM got a stock turbo ~400hp car to run low 10s when most ppl run mid to low 11s on the same setup
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### Author:  [@2TurboZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2TurboZ)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pauls-stm-tuned-turbotaxi-stage-352-813-hp/268270/58 "2014-02-23T17:08:11Z")
I understand the rotating mass…but dead weight like sound deadening etc. has always seemed silly to me unless you were running like a X.01 and wanted to get into the next time bracket.
I hope all of the effort meets your goals.
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### Author:  [@psphinx81](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psphinx81)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2014, 5:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pauls-stm-tuned-turbotaxi-stage-352-813-hp/268270/59 "2014-02-23T17:19:16Z")
> [@2TurboZ](#):
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> I understand the rotating mass…but dead weight like sound deadening etc. has always seemed silly to me unless you were running like a X.01 and wanted to get into the next time bracket.
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> I hope all of the effort meets your goals.
For me pulling it, it’s more of a thing to do while you’re in there since everything had to come out for the cage anyway
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### Author:  [@4g63girl](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/4g63girl)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2014, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pauls-stm-tuned-turbotaxi-stage-352-813-hp/268270/60 "2014-02-25T10:50:15Z")
Engine bay is looking good Paul. Sorry if they are duplicates, Austin sent me to take photos before I checked the thread… but here they are anyhow 🙂
So far, cleaning up some wiring, tucked the power steering res in the back, nice aluminum 3" STM intercooler pipe, cleaned up the COP… Nothing “MAJOR” but it’s all the small details that really stand out. That’s how STM gets down 🙂
When it’s totally and completely done, I’ll try and match the photo angles exactly from the originals.
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