update once again....

I have been wanting to do this for a few years now. And i finally dove into it. I tryed 6 different intercooler set-ups on my last FC to find out what worked best. But that had a much larger turbo. I belive with the stock turbo, the stock intercooler is best. But needs some help to be at its best. Thats when i added the water/meth, wich is great. But the design of the stock intercooler bothered me some. the entry is great. but the exit is horrible. so i did this....

(welds are kinda sloppy, i was having a hard time stablizing the arc. Found out after my TIG torch had some major problems. time to upgrade!)

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...tercooler4.jpg

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...tercooler3.jpg

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...tercooler6.jpg

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...tercooler5.jpg

finished product...

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...ntercooler.jpg

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...tercooler7.jpg

Also, im still injecting the same amount of water meth. the 250cc in the same position. but i moved the 180cc to a different location. I didnt snap a shot. But its located on the stock plastic pipe that is in between the turbo and stock intercooler. the 1" nipple that normally had the air hose to the BAC. i capped it off with a large vacuum plug and put the injector in it. this way its injecting directly down towards the air stream very early on. I believe it will work much better here. I'll find out for sure though later on when i do some "testing"....

what engine is that leaning up against?

Nice project.

6 port Renesis (Rx8 "high-power")

just did some "testing"... The intercooler made a HUGE difference. Throttle responce difference was VERY noticable. boost climbed much quicker. The entire powerband felt much better. I will be hitting a dyno at the end of this month to see what she makes. Im hoping for 240-250.

few more pics i had for the intercooler and elbow...


http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...D/P3030041.jpg

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...D/P3050050.jpg

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...D/P3030043.jpg

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...D/P3050045.jpg

Awsome work!

I've really been goin back and forth over how to upgrade: stock IC w/ injection vs larger more efficient IC (front mont/v mount).

Since I personally lack welding skill and would rather not have to worried about yet another fluid level to monitor I'll be coming up w/ something for an Evo VIII IC. But this thread is an inspiration.

The drop off is due to boost dropping off in the upper RPM and causing a break up due to over fueling and water meth mix. Not sure of the AFR or EGT's. Didnt have anything hooked up. I will be going back with a upgraded internal wastegate and maybe an safc to try for 250whp.

Minimal things done...

Stock turbo
Stock motor (never opened, unknown milage)
Stock ECU (chipped by pan-speed, No idea what has been changed???)
Stock top mount intercooler (modified by me)
Home made intake, 2.5"
Home made 3 inch exhaust/DP
Port and polished manifolds and TB by me

1st run: 3rd gear with water/meth
2nd run: 4th gear with water/meth
3rd run: 3rd gear no water meth


http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k.../stockdyno.jpg

and becuase im an attention whore today!

run 1:

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...h_M2U00433.jpg







run 2:

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...h_M2U00434.jpg

:)




http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...HD/CFLmeet.jpg

I'm soooooooooo jealous of your car
Amazing!!!
gonna pm you some questions

what kind of numbers did get?

very nice. your compression tube looks better then mine.

http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/3049/dscf2177b.jpg

sick car there was a small shop in alhambra that had a real infini chillin there waiting on a new engine RHD and everything i want one now

More updates... Because i have no life.

I finally got an alignment done on the car. I knew it was bad just by the way the car drove, and yes... it was extremely bad. So after the alignment, I decided the rear wheels had to much camber for my liking. So as usual, i made my own camber bar. Made from 6061 solid aluminum tapped with overly strong chromolly 3/4" end links. The bushing i turned on a lathe and are a PERFECT fitment. Im proud of it... Does the job quite well also.




http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...D/P4080050.jpg

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...D/P4080047.jpg


My bar Vs. the stock one.


http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...mcamberbar.jpg


Installed.

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...D/P4090051.jpg

Also made a harness bar. Its bolted to the stock location the seat belts would be bolted to. And the harness is also bolted to stock seat blet locations down below. Im thinking of getting the seats cut for the harness to go through like normal race seats... I dont wanna get aftermarket seats. I really like the one piece factory seats.



http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...D/P4090059.jpg

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...D/P4090068.jpg

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...D/P4090061.jpg

Interesting.... I can't stand those seats, but that harness bar seems pretty damed cool! any plans to make more?

Really though, at least consider some T2 seats, those things are not very supportive and have weak bolsters....and ....they're ugly :lol: Awesome car though man, keep us updated

i have about the same mono camber adjuster... seems to make one side sit lower then the other...
i wanna try the two little ones, cant remember for the life of me where i saw them on here tho..

clean car, but this is stupid.

here in canada, where importing rhd fc's is legal, its a joke. It just means you couldnt afford to get a real LHD one. also, you do realize how annoying it will be to drive on the street. I'm sure it gets you a lot of attention in florida cause of old ppl and south beach and whatever other stupidity is cool down there, props for having a nice car, but srsly, whats the point of this swap other then being different?

also, i didnt read the thread, but judging from the seats, its an NA chassis. Why didnt you invest your money and time into doing a t2 swap? And if it is a turbo, now you just made working on the car a bitch and effed up its balace even worse by putting a turbo, and the driver, and the steering components all on one side.

sorry for the rant, I really do like your car (minus the rhd thingy), i am just sick of seeing rhd imports everywhere here.

Okay so I just went through the read.

I really like the car! I still hate the rhd though. Awesome intercooler though.

lol................guess u have a USDM:lol:

this is clearly a mod to make maintenance easier by making spark plugs easier to access.

yea, but u have the steering linkage in the way of big downpipes and 60mm wastegates...

....guess they never had that problem in Japan....