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Old Apr 8, 2010 | 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by LAN
WoW, sooo clean. Nice job..
Thank you Lan, that was my goal and I am starting to think I am getting there lol.

Man that bay is so clean. I've had the same coilovers for a 2 years now and they have been great. I just sprayed them with some wd40 recently and ran a rag through the threads to lower the car again for spring. Didn't see any major corossion on them and didn't feel any binding.

The interior looks great as is!
Thanks man! That is funny you mention my engine bay because when I look at your FC's I say the same damn thing . Yeah I really am pissed I just didn't go with coilovers in the first place. It would have saved me some cash in the long run.

As for my interior I really just want to dye the door carpet black and find an aftermarket driver seat that is tight yet soft lol.
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Old Apr 9, 2010 | 12:27 AM
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What made you decide on those CoilOvers vs Stance? I ended up with Stance. What rates did you get? I requested for 8/6 from their offer of 9/7, but I'd prefer 7/5 now. heh..
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Old Apr 9, 2010 | 05:02 PM
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What made you decide on those CoilOvers vs Stance? I ended up with Stance. What rates did you get? I requested for 8/6 from their offer of 9/7, but I'd prefer 7/5 now. heh..
A buddy here in town has them and he swore that they were the nicest riding coilovers he has been in compared to Tein, ect.
Funny thing what sold ee between stance and BC was that BC had the brake line clip AND I got them for a killer price. lol.

I have 7k/5k springs and they seem just right.
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Old Apr 10, 2010 | 12:45 AM
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Yeh, I can imagine the 7/5 are just about right!
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Old Apr 10, 2010 | 01:08 AM
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Very nice FC! These are the kind of threads that remind me why I love the FC so much..... makes me want to do naughty things to it.
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Old Apr 10, 2010 | 06:14 PM
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car is looking awesome all around
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Old Apr 10, 2010 | 10:50 PM
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Very nice FC! These are the kind of threads that remind me why I love the FC so much..... makes me want to do naughty things to it.
Lol that is something along the lines of objectiphelia

car is looking awesome all around
Thanks Rob, your vert is one to drool at as well
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Old Apr 16, 2010 | 05:43 PM
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Update:

So I FINALLY finished installing my water injection system. I took my time since the weather up here turned to **** last week and I find rushing never does any good.

The kit is from Snow Performance and is the Stage 1 Boost Cooler. Kit comes with everything you need to include 220 psi pump, nozzle, water jug, activation LED, fluid low-level sensor with LED, mounting hardware, water lines, sealant, electrical fittings/crimps/eyelets...I mean they dont mess around, you get EVERYTHING you need for install. GREAT customer service too!

I on the other hand went a different route and wanted 2 nozzles at smaller sizes that would eqaul the proper size for my 50/50 meth/water mix SO they would atomize even better (plus it looks kick ***). My total nozzle size is 375ml/min and 175ml/min = 550 ml/min of 50/50 mix. I originally was going to go only water so I had 2 175ml/min nozzles ordered BUT after much more reading and research (Howard Coleman is the man!), a 50/50 mix seems to be the most beneficial for performance AND knock safety.




on to the install pics:

I mounted the pump and the fluid container behind my passenger seat due to engine bay space limitations.


I routed the water lines under the carpet by the passenger seat and up through the main harness firewall grommet, then securing to the firewall pinch weld with some 1/4 inch clamps and bolt head caps. I had to wrap the line with teflon tape to prevent chaffing on the edge of the pinch weld.


Mounted the boost sensor and relay by the brake booster. Snow recommend that you do not bolt boost sensor to the engine bay due to possibly distorting the diaphram SO I ended up using a zip tie and some .020'' safety wire to secure it.



I did have to order 2 aluminum bungs to weld into my intercooler piping (not in kit)
Here are the 2 nozzles.......




I am very happy on where I located the 2 L.E.D.'s! I ended up mounting them on the gauge dash bezel. Green is activation light and orange is the low lfluid level. They are both very visible from the drivers seat.



I thought this was a cool sight.....




I had to test the pump after install and it works GREAT. The atomization is VERY fine and I would of had video but I was short handed. The kit was a great price and I CAN"T WAIT to see it perform once I finish break in.

...I need to hit the road soon
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Old Apr 16, 2010 | 07:29 PM
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Great work, nice product (and car of course). Makes me want the weather around here to be less crappy so I can get some work done too.
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Old Apr 19, 2010 | 07:50 PM
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Went for a cruise today and snapped a couple pics in this nice *** weather we are having.

I have 775 miles to go and she is broke in. Total on engine is 1225.




...I just f*cking love my new wheels man!!!
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Old Apr 19, 2010 | 08:09 PM
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Car looks mint Murray, nice work. How do you like the coilovers so far?
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Old Apr 19, 2010 | 09:09 PM
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Thanks Carl! So far I like them very much. I have them now set to full soft and I have got to say with the 7k/5k springs, it rides very nice on these **** *** montana roads. Still stiff yet soft on the kidneys.

Now set to full hard is a whole other story.....I can't wait to try them on the track!
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Old Apr 20, 2010 | 01:43 PM
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looks great. i love the setup. i might try it sometime.
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Old Apr 20, 2010 | 02:55 PM
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Your s4 has to be one of the cleanest I've seen.
Nice build.
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Old Apr 20, 2010 | 05:30 PM
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Your s4 has to be one of the cleanest I've seen.
Nice build.
Thank you
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Old Apr 20, 2010 | 05:50 PM
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You know, a few of those pictures are wallpaper worthy.
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Old Apr 20, 2010 | 08:16 PM
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Very stellar work on that FC.

It looks great, and I must say I'm super jealous since my FC is in hundreds of pieces right now in the garage.
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Old Apr 20, 2010 | 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by BDC
You know, a few of those pictures are wallpaper worthy.
lol thanks Brian. My wife really likes the engine bay shot with the front of the FC a few pages back.

I have been driving the hell out of the new tune and I have got to say I am very impressed on how well the cars throttle response is at 15.5 AFR in vacuum cruising with this negative split! It keeps on getting better


Very stellar work on that FC.
Appreciate it man!
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Old Apr 21, 2010 | 02:07 PM
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that's a pretty easy break in you are doing, I hit WOT by 500 miles on my motor and 17psi by 1000miles
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Old Apr 21, 2010 | 03:10 PM
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sell me your steering wheel bro .lol
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Old Apr 21, 2010 | 07:17 PM
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Originally Posted by arghx
that's a pretty easy break in you are doing, I hit WOT by 500 miles on my motor and 17psi by 1000miles
Yeah it is a bit long but it has been advised by about 3 major builders/tuners to go that route. I am happy yours only took that long but I figure it won't hurt anything AND gives me plenty of time to get my vacuum area tuned perfectly.

Only 650 miles to go

sell me your steering wheel bro .lol
nope
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Old Apr 23, 2010 | 02:25 AM
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love that stance
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Old Apr 23, 2010 | 08:24 PM
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love that stance
I do too, thanks.
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Old May 18, 2010 | 01:56 PM
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brotha i love ur wheels just as much . ms-01's? the color goes good with the paint
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Old May 26, 2010 | 10:11 PM
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BAD NEWS.......

Went out today with Kyle(Project86) and did some WOT tuning for 3 hours straight. Did about 20 3rd/4th gear pulls and got my AFR down to 11.0:1 -11.2:1 AFR at 15psi with my 50/50 inj system working great the whole time.

IGL was 11, IGT split was 10, highest knock value logged for the day was 23 in midrange.....at 15 psi and above 5000 rpm the knock values were 3 to 8 sometimes as low as 2.

NEEDLESS to say it was a conservative tune and felt very strong.

Anyway after our 2.5 hours of WOT highway tuning we headed back home to refill the AUX inj tank. Then We decided to get some video of some WOT pulls for the forums.....

We ended up doing a 1st-2nd-3rd gear pull and I CRACKED MY ******* FRONT IRON !!

I actually laid off in 3rd gear at about 6000rpm and noticed a big cloud of blue smoke behind me pouring out my *** end......I glanced at my oil pressure and it was slowly lowering as I blipped the throttle. SO I cut the engine off and pulled into a parking lot that was very near.........HAD SMOKE coming out from under the hood SO I grabbed a fire extinguisher and THANK GOD no fire...just smoke. OIL WAS EVRYWHERE.......and after a quick scan of the engine bay HOPING that a turbo oil line popped off it hit like a brick and I thought to my self, "check the front iron"........sure as **** I saw the crack plain as day......



As the motor sits now.....OIL everywhere.......tried cleaning most up SHITTY!!



GOOD NEWS IS Kyle got some video of it being FAST before she broke....he will post it later tonight.


At this point I do not know what to do........I am undecided if I want to part the car out or sell it in whole. I have ZERO time for this now and really just want it gone right now. I need to sit and think for a while.......n:
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