White 'rine project

[M13]

Chapters:





"FOB and bolt-on": Jan 2008 - April 2009




"GT3071R": June 2009 - Nov 2009




"Aftermath Dyno Vids": Nov 2009




"Orange Suspense": May 2010 - Sept 2010




"Cams and ****": Nov 2010 -

[M13]

Eh hem.


A bit bored now that it's almost at the end of my semester and decided to make a build thread.



I got her on January 2nd, 2008 FOB.










A little bit here and there...

As of August 2008

[Zacho]

Do I see real regamasters?

[M13]

REAL Desmond Marquis Regamasters EVO's. 17X9 18+

Not many know what they are. thx.

[M13]

April 2009, foreshadow of what's to come.

AN-6 all around with inline filter and modded fuel rail for better flow.

Turbosmart Megasonic BOV


Driving state as I collected $$$ and parts.

[C-unit]

That's it??? where are the top mount...etc????

[M13]

That's it??? where are the top mount...etc????

shhhhhhhhhhhh more added on as I load pix keeping the suspense.

[M13]

What I had in mind before taking the plunge

Goal:

~ 400HP @ crank, and 350RWHP

More response than stock, minimalize turbo lag and still have some fuel efficiency.

Make it reliable, no need for balls to the wall set up/tune.

Budget

Not enough for a completely forged internal.
Do things right the first time and spend money where it counts

Plans

-Acquire most parts, list out a parts-list with a budget list
-Check compression of engine before build
-Disassemble engine
-Replace coolant hoses
-port head (intake/exhaust)
-Machine head surface
-ARP headstuds for reducing headlift
-Metal MLS Headgasket for better sealing
-Engine Reassembly
-Work on top mount set up for fitment
-Work on intake and charge piping fabrication/fitment
-Fabrication of any custom parts
-Fabrication of exhaust pieces
-Test drive and find any minor flaws and correct or replace
-Fueling upgrade
-Tuning


I was pretty busy in summer with full-time work. I drove my car whenever I could while acquiring parts based on my list. Once most of the parts arrived in late July, I put the car off the road then started disassembling it.

[M13]

So I generated a parts list for the build.

ARP headstuds
ARP exhaust studs (custom order)
Tomei MLS 1.2mm Headgasket
Cometic MLS exhaust gasket
Garrett GT3071R
TiAL External Wastegate 38mm
Q45 90mm MAF
Custom front facing intake manifold with velocity stacks
90mm Throttle Body
Turbosmart Megasonic BOV
Godspeed 3" Radiator
Top mount exhaust manifold, custom T28, SS403
Deatschwerks 550cc Injectors, high impedence
Nistune, real time adjustable ECU
NGK Iridium plugs
Yellowjackets coil packs
Battery relocation (to allow front face manifold fitment)


some pix:

[Turboed08]

looks good man, clean. keep it up
NIck

[M13]

Rough summary:

The build started on July 20th, and everything was wrapped up by August 31st.

All disassembly, clean up and assembly was done by me (some help from Kealog). Fabrication was done by a welder through personal contact, machining done by Lordco machineshop in Maple Ridge, some fabrication done by me, exhaust and some intake pieces fab'd by Racing Greed.

I worked on the car whenever I had chance to work on it after work. Build could have been finished quicker if some key parts arrived earlier, but that gave me more time to save up coins and finish.

Car was out and rolling by September 2nd, but on a rough tune and lacking 550cc injectors (on 257cc stock injectors) due to lack of fund for the build. I saved up again then just finished tuning it @ RG thx to Ztune Motorsports on November 19th.



So this is how the engine looked as of July 20th:


Disassembly of intake manifold:






Turbo's turn:




Ready to take the cams out:


Head is removed:


OEM Headgasket out


GT3071R VS stock turbo

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Reassembly:

The head was pretty filthy:


So, off to the machine shop for porting and decking.

Came back within a day:





Now the block has been cleaned, headstuds installed, multi-layer steel headgasket in place.


Head in place.


Pretty smooth after that...




Exhaust manifold finished, did some die-grinding myself.




Both intake and exhaust manifolds mocked up for test fitment.





A few days later...







Car also got some dropping action too.





A few months of careful driving (with untuned ECU)

[ARC240]

Just saw a video of this car at the dyno on YouTube. Awesome work dude, car sounds really nice and looks minty! Made ~340hp?

[RABBIT]

yeah not to bad of a a set up .
whats that blue hose on the exhaust side under the intake/maf pipe?

[M13]

Just saw a video of this car at the dyno on YouTube. Awesome work dude, car sounds really nice and looks minty! Made ~340hp?

nah 286 RWHP on mustang dyno. Some use 15% or 20% conversion. I took the latter to extend my e-penissssss.







Thanks for the compliments however. It's a shame I took the vid with my phone. Sound quality was CRAPPPPP!!! You can barely hear the screamer and a lot of the lower tones of the exhaust did not get captured.