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Silver Bullet
I picked this car up for $600 back in january to replace Blackie who was dieing of the cancer and needed too much work done to pass local emissions testing anyway. Many parts from blackie live on strongly in this new "Silver Bullet" and I'm loving this new car (well love/hate) more each day.
Back in April a friend and myself set about Turbo Charging the car as I had been collecting parts for a few months. It took 10 days and a million trips to various stores, but we got it running. I swapped J-Spec KLZE Heads/Cams/Intake on to the lower compression US-Spec KLDE block/pistons. With almost 9PSI the car hauled ass, but the water injection system failed and in an epic explosion on the freeway, i smokescreened the entire country side with a blown piston.
Sooo, the car got an emergency motor transplant, back to the stock KLDE engine, but at least with the recovered KLZE Intake Manifold. My guess is the car is putting down somewhere around 260whp right now, as the tune isn't very good yet.
I've now installed my pheno spacers that i had laying around - that was interesting, wasn't too sure how i was going to do with the studs, but everything went perfect. It does appear to keep the intake temp down a bit. Mostly on smaller drives (say < 1hour) as i can still lean on the intake and not get burnt. But after a couple hours, or parking the car and letting it heat soak, its still back to roasting hot.
The video is the first night i had the turbo running. I'm running the full 9lbs, but only to about 5000rpm, and i haven't done ANY tuning yet, so its running very rich (around 9.5:1 or 10:1). Also, the water injection wasn't functioning yet i don't think.
I will get more pics uploaded shortly, along with some videos but i seem to have misplaced all my media... hmm.. UPDATE! www.probetube.com has some media now!
Here's the list of Current Upgrades:
- Megasquirt Squirt n' Spark (Standalone Fuel & Ignition)
- Outlaw Engineering Phenolic Thermal Intake Spacer [new sep 8]
- KLZE J-Spec Intake Manifold
- Walboro 255lph Fuel Pump
- Aeromotive AFPR (set to 70PSI)
- Braided -6AN Fuel Lines with Aeroquip Fittings
- Mazda Millennia Injectors (running higher pressure = ~330cc/min)
- MX-3 Lightened Flywheel (~16lbs)
- Centerforce Dual Friction Clutch / Pressure Plate
- Innovative LC-1 Wideband O2 Sensor System
- Valantino Turbo Pipes
- T3/T4 Hybrid Turbo (.63/.50 AR)
- Authentic Tial 38mm Wastegate (8.7PSI Spring)
- Braided Steel -3AN Wastegate Line [new sep 8]
- Custom Water Injection System
- AWR Poly Racing Mounts
- 65mm Bored Throttle Body
- RR-Racing Billet Short Throw & Poly Shift Bushings
- NGK Plug Wires
- Brembo Cross-Drilled Rotors
- Hawk HPS Brake Pads
- Autometer Cobalt Guages (Oil PSI, Water Temp, Vac/Boost, Volts)
- Innovative Digital AFR Guage
- JVC Head Unit
- JBL 600.1 Amp
- Clarion 10" x2 Subs in custom box
- JBL 180.2 Amp powering 6" ENERGY Speakers in the doors
- Battery Relocate to Trunk with 0/2 gauge Cabling
- Optima Yellow Top Battery
- Clear Corner Lights
- Stock KLDE Motor (Was a KLZE head/cammed motor but i blew it up. whoops... will rebuild i promise!)
I know there's more....
Still to be added:
- Illumina Suspension (same as on the black car)
- Rims
- New Hood / Re-make with Custom Functional Scoop
- Megasquirt upgrade to use Coilpacks for ignition
- New tires (I'm smoked most of the current set off already)
