I just heard this somewhere don't know if it's true of not but when you paint your intercooler it drasticly reduces the performance..... Car look great like the lakes tho

 

Nice car

 

thanks ^

and bump
car has 950 mi on it now so far so good this car acts like it wants to be boosted .

cant wait fur break in to be over and here soon i will be piping in the intercooler, i just need the elbow and a piping kit. then im still on the wall about ems.

i might try and take a vid soon

 

got my new mazdaspeed shift **** from murray i forgot to ask if it was s4 or s5 thread. he informed me that it was s5/s6 after i had allready installed it on my s4 haha it went right on

its on my mazdatrix s4 short shifter and works great, the **** is well weighted and gives me the leverage and shape i wanted

it looks killer imo i love it, and decided to take a minute and detail the interior and snap some pics. enjoy

 

hmmm

our lexus wheels came in today. i might have to steal them. lol

but they rub in the back where the exhaust guard thing is

 

Lookin good! A little spacer, a little camber (actually you might need to add camber depending on how much you lower it) and you're good to go. ANYTHING would be better than those R34 inspired 5 spokes

 

dont hate. unless you want to buy me some new wheels and tires.

i want these



in a similar color to these. only matte blue

 

Those works in that shade of blue will be full of win!!

 

yeah agreed itll look pretty damn sick

 

okay guys time for a bump lol. car is well broken in at 3000mi but i am still trying to run no boost untill i gather the rest of my items. i have the FMIC piping kit from cx racing now and i will try to install that next weekend. because bristol is this weekend ! free tickets FTW. after the fmic and battery relocation its just injectors, sparkplugs, and send the ecu to rtek for the 2.1. hopefully things will start happening here soon.

i do have a question for people who know about wheel fitment.
i am searching for a average after market wheel offset for a fc but in the jdm wheels thread none of the offsets are consistent ! lol

the wheels im looking at are 17/8 + 30 and 17/9 + 24

thoughts? i want something that will fit better than my current wheels but im not going for HELLA flush because i plan to auto-cross the car.

thanks guys
Shane

 

relocated the battery it took awhile but it went smoothly, i had to cut 1 1/2 inch off the box to clear. i also installed mwmc decal washed the bay and car again and changed my oil, rotella heavy duty FTW ! oh and my awesome new kicks arrived ! zoom zoom !

 

can i get a pair of them shoes?lol,zoom zoom bitch!

 

looks good. i have the same shift ****

 

thanks guys. im one step closer to my fmic install now. hopefully i will get it in within the next few weeks !

 

I really like your car bikeboy. Loving the flat black alternator! Those new rims look much better, just wheel space them like 15mm no more rub. Over all everything look great but.... You should paint the s4 molding back to black... S4 Pride!

 

looks like you rip it out of some old guys hands ive never seen one this clean in person im starting to think there mystical creatures like a loch ness monster or big foot or something!

 

haha those are on my moms baller lexus i was just trying them on. believe me they look wayyyyy beter on there. paint and bodywork will come in a few years when i have a new DD and my paint is bad enough to be eligible for a repaint haha
i am still undecided on wheels.

thanks ! but what is, rip it out of some old guys hands??

haha thanks

 

very nice.

needs moar lower

 

Car is looking good bro!! Lexus wheels look great!!

I hope the boosting goes very well and mad props to your clean engine bay buddy! _

 

thanks man. i love the shift **** i think i want to get some black sued with blue stitching similar to the interior color, same for the e brake. i think that would finish the interior off !

im hoping boosting goes good. car wants to move out haha but im trying to keep her out of boost for just a little while longer. fmic this weekend !

ohh and dude did that greddy pressure relief valve thing work well?

 

Yeah it worked well when I would test it. I would cap off one end of my intercooler piping while having a makeshift boost tester on the other end and pressurize the pipe up until the valve would open.

I had mine set at 19PSI since my fuel/timing maps were safe up until 21 psi.


DO NOT use it for a blow off valve thogh bud..you will kill your turbo. It is only there for mechanical fail safe but many many do warn that since rotaries have such a short window/tolerance for "**** ups" that it may be no more then a pretty piece in the engine bay.

I would do it....what would it hurt besides your pocket book a little.

 

DO NOT use it for a blow off valve thogh bud..you will kill your turbo

haha duh, tial 50mm isn't going anywhere.

if it looks like overboosting could be a problem i might ****** one up.

update: intercooler is mounted up front, sealed up, and chilin untill i can get the hole saw. pics when i get a chance

 

You would be surprised what people run "thinking" it is OK lol.

The Tial is your WG right? What BOV you running anyway?

 

Hella good pick-up. man! I know I'm a little late on picking up this thread, but it's a hella deal!

I just picked up a 90 TII vert (pics in my gallery so I don't thread-jack) and love it, so far - new bits in it's future, but meh.

Nice one!

 

haha. tial 41 WG. and the BOV is in the last pic i posted its a tial 50mm

Thanks man