Nice! Always nice to see other turbo FBs.

 

I dont see anything wrong with that trans you could have gone on that for some time
Hi sam

 

Ben!! What's up? So what do you think about the ol' girl now?

 

I dont feel like digging what are the specs on it now? it looks nice. I hope those stickers come off easy that was new paint 4 years ago

Looks groovy

 

After some debate of the LAG that I was getting after the TII trans swap, I decided to redo the turbo with a smaller hotside. A .63 AR to be exact. All that I can say is holy sh$t!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6g48DGnivE

 

I also finally got my hands on an FD upper intake, throttle body, compression tube, and TPS. I took her for a little drive last night and she runs so much smoother now. And lets face it. The FD intake looks so much better

 

Oh, but there is more!!!!!

After some cleaning and finalizing. I just shortened the stock FD compression tube for now, till I get the funds for nice polished aluminum later.

 

Looks Great!

 

Looks awesome!

 

With the ambient temps being in the 70s, I decided to take the FB out for a little drive at 17psi. HOLY CRAP. There has only been a few times this car has scared me..........Tonight was one of them

Thanks for the kind words guys.

 

Loving the build man! Hope to be up there someday. Love the vid on post 255. More videos!!!

 

Thanks. And I must say that I am likewise impressed with yours. Not much of a video, but still having fun with this turbo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YUH8NclA3k

 

I actually saw power drops with the FD intake and went back to the FC intake. What kind of gains are you seeing?

 

I have seen dyno comparisons with just the upper intake and throttle body difference. Almost no change in overall power. The interesting thing is where the power band is with the FD intake. It moves the power band lower. If you are running a turbo that does not hit full boost till 4500 rpms or higher, you would probably hate the FD intake. There is not hardly any restiction to help a laggy turbo out.

With my turbo hitting full boost by 3000 rpms, I'm loving it!!!!!!

 

Need more inspiration videos Sam I've watched the video you took after replacing your hotside so many times now

 

Dude. I'm just waiting to so yours done! Our local club meet is next Sunday. Hopefully I'll get some new video.

 

I know man. I'm right there! Sweet! Love seeing your car in action!

Ever been able to make it down to sevenstock before?

 

Unfortunantly I have not. I would love to, but I have two little ones that take up the majority of my time. I'm just glad that most of the work that I have done on my car was before the kids

My little boy gets scared riding in the FB. Just sitting still, revving the engine to hear the BOV scares him!

 

It's definitely an awesome event. I keep going back in hopes of Mazda bringing back the 787b overseas to unveil it. I've gone 3 or 4 years and its been fun every time.

That's great! HAHA It probably doensn't help that you have a huge Transformer logo on your hood. I'd be scared too hahaha

 

Man its lookin sweet sam. That FD intake does look awesome, seems to have cleaned the engine bay some too :-)

 

Stu!!!!!!!

Holy crap dude. Where have you been? Are you coming to the meet this Sunday?

 

Nice car man

 

Thanks guys. We had our local monthly meet yesterday, and I finally got someone to follow me taking some video. Not much, but I think you guys can make your own assuptions. The chase car is a '90 S5 Vert. I think they were impressed!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvnvNbaI6MQ

 

Nice Ride.

I know you must have put a lot of time into this project.

 

Well, just 7 years...........