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Nothing major for me...new hood and trunk. Debating boost for the sedan lol, you're not helping my pockets. This looks great. I really want a built motor
@Mr. Brooks, not my bimmer. My power goals for this round will be conservative with 91 octane. Hopefully with 600cc injectors I'll get around 450hp @ around 10-12psi depending on map. Once I have fuel return system and twin pumps with larger injectors I can expect around 500+hp. If I tune to race gas, then hopefully 600+hp for sure. By then...more upgrades to my tranny will be needed. I'm not sure what the limit is on the transfer case for these cars, but if R32's used them, I would think it'll be ok. Still looking for alternatives to make tranny built to take a beating. A fun project would be converting it to a 6MT to work with AWD. That's a whole 'nother story.
@Urban Engineer, I'll get you more bay shots when it's completed. lol
@mykrowsky, that's a good start. I recommend BC Racing Type BR Coilovers (with atleast 10k spring rate). If you don't plan on being slammed, I'm still selling my custom built Koni shocks built by TrueChoice. These combined with lowering springs make a good ride. Let me know if you're interested. Also, I'm selling my Fujita air intake http://www.frsport.com/Fujita-MA-281...AF_p_9197.html .
@frontieragent, I'm happy with 20's. Most complain that you can't get 'low' enough to the ground, but with the subframe almost touching the ground on a G35X, you have to compensate with that plus wheel lip to fender (to fill in the gap). On 19's I ran a beefier tire setup to make up for the gap and ran them flush. 19's looked tiny on my car too for some reason.
Keep you guys posted! I plan to do a few shoots with Avant Garde soon and my own short film with my cameras to show off all my mods and wow car tuners.
I don't want to slam my car because I live in Wisconsin and we have snow. I need to keep it usable. I've got sine rattles in my control arms and sway bar I think I need to get those sorted it first.
OMG can I be adopted?! Both of you have IP Sedans to die for!
I'm not new to Gs but always told myself when I got another one, I'd build it with class like like one of yours. Well needless to say, I'm glad I got a Sedan this time and even more glad I got an IP as well.
Would love to see a photoshoot with both of your cars
That would be hot
How difficult was it to wrap your intake tubing. Looking beautiful by the way.
that looks like DEI heat reflective gold tape on his cold side turbo charge pipe. its not difficult to do, and yes i think it looks good too. plus it keeps the air from the intercooler from being reheated by underhood temps before entering the engine.
nice job.
i like the GS300/Aristo in your pics from last yr too.
How difficult was it to wrap your intake tubing. Looking beautiful by the way.
Thanks Mr. Brooks
Yea..installing DEI gold heat barrier tape wasn't hard to install. Just start at about 20-30 degrees angle, and it should wrap well. I bought it from Summit Racing. I used 2" tape, but if I were to do it again, I'd go with 1.5": http://www.summitracing.com/parts/dei-010395/overview/
that looks like DEI heat reflective gold tape on his cold side turbo charge pipe. its not difficult to do, and yes i think it looks good too. plus it keeps the air from the intercooler from being reheated by underhood temps before entering the engine.
nice job.
i like the GS300/Aristo in your pics from last yr too.
Thanks EPiK!
I know the wrap around the intercooler is more aesthetic, but I also wrapped pipes that ran close to the manifold. I'll probably do lower plenum too since the plenum likes to bask in heat.
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Are a couple of those pics on this page off of PCH in Huntington Beach, near the power plant?
Thanks VMRWheels! You got it right..that shot was of me and Vivek's Lexus SC in front of the power plant on PCH. I always wanted to shoot my car there, so I made it one of our quick stops to shoot. haha
