yamaha

Hello,

My name is Sean, currently residing in the south hills area of Pittsburgh, PA. I am rather new to the V8 world, and have spent the last five years in the I4 world with my Hyundai's. Recently bought a 5.3L FC with a T70 on it.

My last project car is a 1998 Hyundai Tiburon with 45,000 original miles on it. The modification list is as follows:

Engine:

Wiseco Pistons
ARP rod bolts
ARP head bolts
Custom secondary rail injector setup
Tial 50mm BOV
Tial 44mm external wastegate
Custom manifold
eBay T3/4 hybrid
Toga high volume oil-pump
Sparco intercooler
TurboXS manual boost controller
Koyo Radiator
OEM spark plug wires
NGK BKR8ES spark plugs
3" turbo back exhaust (Catco converter, 32" glasspack, no muffler)
Power steering delete
Air conditioning delete

Fuel/Management
Perfect Power SMT6
Bosch 470cc injectors
Aeromotive fuel pressure regulator
Walboro 255lph fuel pump
MSD DIS-II
AtelierHP turbo box
Innovative LC-1
Autometer boost/oil/exhaust gauges

Appearance
Original Kore front bumper
Kings side skirts
Acura blue paint job
Vent and headlight halo's
Spoiler delete
35% tint
Shark Racing carbon fiber hood

Suspension/Braking

OEM 12" big brake kit
Hawk front and rear brake pads
Stainless steel caliper lines
ROH 17x7 forged wheels
Yokohama Prada Spec II tires 225/40/17
Shark Racing front strut bar
Custom traction bars
Royal Purple MT-90
B&M short shifter

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Another project car I had for a short time until I gave up on it was a 1998 Hyundai Accent. The car was a base model with no power steering or air conditioning. Jeff from 1st-Try Engineering and I took out the old 1.5l and swapped in a 2.0l and turbocharged it. I ran tired of the project and sold it for $1,500.







Also, had this interesting piece of car. This was the DragonFab Twin Engine Tiburon. I bought this sight unseen, kept it for about two weeks, and decided to cut my project and sell it. It's local in the city, but I hope I never see it again.







My one of two current project is this 1997 Hyundai Tiburon. Built mainly for boost and handling, it's ugly, and I like it that way. I have a nice Precision turbo and air/water intercooler that will be mated soon.

The motor
41mm crank block
Block has been bored .020" over with Ross 9:1 forged pistons and Crower rods
Pistons use custom thicker rings with more radial depth (compression rings are 1.8mm thick, oil ring is 3.00mm thick)
Pistons have 0.05" wall clearance for ~500WHP power handling, but it sounds like a diesel when cold smile.gif
Block has been decked to 0.015 quench clearance when cold
Head ported by Manny Rodriguez of Saleen
Custom set of ARP studs for both the head and main caps
HVE 58.5mm throttlebody
HVE 4-1 header

The fueling:
750CC peak-and-hold (low-impedance) injectors, freshly returned from RC Engineering pressure cleaning
Aeromotive adjustable FPR (with guage)
Stock fuel rail modified to accept an -8an line between the return end and the FPR
Walbro 255LPH high-pressure unit (replaced it less than three months ago, as the old one died due to gunk in the tank)
New fuel tank (as the stocker killed the old Walbro pump due to nasty gunk in it)
New genuine Hyundai fuel filter

Engine management:
Haltech E6K
3 bar map
Innovate LC1 wideband O2 sensor and associated Innovate DB (blue) gauge
Compaq Armada M300 P3/600 + 64mb ram for tuning (yes, this will come with the car)
Tuned sufficiently to allow normal driving, starting. Not "dyno tuned" to the current build though...

Suspension
So far as I know, this is the only 5-lug GK-swapped RD currently in any of the Hyundai forums. Prove me wrong?
2003 GK GT wheels painted black (some of the paint came off when mounting the new tires) and black lugs
Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3 215/45ZR17 that have less than 200 miles on them
H&R Touring Cup kit (springs + struts) with less than 200 miles
Eibach front and rear sway bars
Adjustable sway bar links
Eibach camber adjustment bolts on all four corners
Aligned at the same time that all the suspension and tires went on (ie, less than 200 miles ago)

Brakes
EBC dimpled and slotted 11" rotors for the GK
Axxis Ultimate Ceramic brake pads
Front calipers from a 2006 GT (Red with the silver "Hyundai" emblazoned on them)
Stainless steel brake lines from one of the groupbuys here in the forum

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Car two of two I just bought last week is this 1987 Mazda RX7 with a 5.3L and a T70, should be here next week.

car:
1987 Mazda RX7 Turbo II
non powersteering car (factory)
red with black interior
no heat or air conditioning

engine:
5.3L LM7 LS1 from 2002 Silverado with 75,000 miles on it
hinson motor and transmission mount kit
LS1 intake manifold
LS1 fuel rails, waterpump, oilpan, pickup tube, motor mounts, and alternator
LT1 radiator w/ pusher slim fan
LS6 mass airflow sensor

driveline:
rebuilt T-56 from 2000 Camaro SS
LS6 clutch
b&m ripper shifter
willwood master cylinder
new OEM slave cylinder
polyurathane transmission mount
lakewood pilot bushing
C4 corvette driveshaft (balanced)
grannyspeedshop rear differential flange
stock turbo differential with 4:10 gears

turbo:
eBay t70 turbo
blitz blow off valve
38mm wastegate with 8lbs spring
24x12x3" air/air intercooler

fuel:
C5 corvette fuel pressure regulator/filter
walbro 255lph fuel pump
55lbs Siemens Injectors

exhaust:
electronic exhaust cutout
truck manifolds with crossover pipe
2.5" exhaust piping
2.5" y-pipe
2.5" summit turbo mufflers
niaasan 350z exhaust tips

gauges:
msd lazer tachometer
prosport boost gauge
aem eugo wideband
sunpro water temperature,oil pressure, and voltage gauges

suspension/wheels:
rear strut tower bar
1" swaybar spacers
15x7" hayashi rims
yokahama tires
megan racing coilovers
energy suspension front and rear coil arm bushings
rear steer dtss bushing

other crap:
eBay steering wheel and hub
integra speedometer mod
battery mounted in hatch area
aftermarket foglights

Going to enjoy this for the summer and not tear into it. Please be somewhat gentle!

I plan on shortening the shifter quite a bit though.

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funkjaw

iTrader: (3)

Wow, sounds like you single-handedly put all of Korea through college with the amount of time and money spent on your cars

Welcome to the club!