What are you doing?

[vaironl]

Hey Everyone,

There are almost no car meets going on around here and I just keep wondering, if it’s not private, what are you guys doing?

I myself have been struggling over a couple of difficult college courses (astronomy, calculus). I’m also a computer scientist and am transferring from android to ios, so I’ve been learning a couple of things at a slow pace when school allows. I’ve also been trying to learn a couple of other things like soldering and stuff dealing with electronics in general.

[IllusionX]

well, it's winter up here... meets usually don't start happening before April. I would say summer is when all the car meet happen.. june, july, august..

[vaironl]

well, it's winter up here... meets usually don't start happening before April. I would say summer is when all the car meet happen.. june, july, august..

I believe is the same here. I got my car in August so I don't know what to expect for the next couple of months.

[Golddeenoh]

Just did a Cars and Coffee meet, fairly low key though.

[Aineal]

I believe is the same here. I got my car in August so I don't know what to expect for the next couple of months.

which part of Va are you from?

[vaironl]

which part of Va are you from?

Reston

[JumpmanYaris]

Kicking it like jet lee

[sqcomp]

What am I doing? I'm working on my other car...

The Yaris is doing the daily driver routine, helping me pay my bills. We have cars & coffee going on out here all year as long as it's not raining or worse.

I'm about to throw down for a "big" turbo upgrade on Friday.

Tubular manifold, GT3071r, TS Hypergate45 WG, TS Raceport BOV, all the other regular accoutriments, FID 1000cc injectors, rescale, dyno & tune on gas.

The shop mentioned that I should "learn" the car at 350-375hp as I'll be doing HPDE and CSCC track day events. The tuner mentioned that the SCCA types usually run 3-400hp and the time attack drivers run more than that more often. We can re-tune it to 400hp when I feel I'm ready. After that we'd install all the fuel components I have for it taking it above 425hp...as well as building the engine...

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[vaironl]

What am I doing? I'm working on my other car...


:drool:

I really wish I can do a forced induction project some day.
Oh well... one can dream.

[fnkngrv]

What am I doing? I'm working on my other car...

The Yaris is doing the daily driver routine, helping me pay my bills. We have cars & coffee going on out here all year as long as it's not raining or worse.

I'm about to throw down for a "big" turbo upgrade GT3071r

Single scroll?

[sqcomp]

Yes, it's single scroll. Doing my research, I came to the result that the 3071 will spool just fine seeing that it's DBB and a smaller turbo. This along with the purpose of the car, being an HPDE car...and perhaps at some point a time attack car...I won't need massive power. I'm thinking of maxing out this setup with a GTX3071r at some point...only after exploring the 500hp mark with the current turbo.

I have no issues with getting to or working at the track...

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I'll be at the track again on Saturday. Enough of these days and I'll have my season membership paid for.

[sqcomp]

Okay...I lied.

We decided to use the 3076r instead. Cruel world.

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The hot side of the turbo has been removed and is accompanying the headers for ceramic coating. One has to protect the investment and keep the heat in the exhaust system for a few extra ponies.

...they didn't have the 3071 in stock so they replaced it with a 3076.

[sqcomp]

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Cold side installed

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Hot side installed

The hot side is ceramic coated along with the entire manfold. I'll be wrapping the downpipe and putting a blanket on the turbo itself.

the rest of the small stuff is going on tomorrow, tuning on saturday.

cross your fingers for 425 to the wheels.

[vaironl]

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Cold side installed



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Hot side installed



The hot side is ceramic coated along with the entire manfold. I'll be wrapping the downpipe and putting a blanket on the turbo itself.



the rest of the small stuff is going on tomorrow, tuning on saturday.



cross your fingers for 425 to the wheels.


Don't know what's going on, but good luck sir!


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[fnkngrv]

Don't know what's going on, but good luck sir!


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This is his SRT-4

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[sqcomp]

Yeah..I'm not playing this with the Yaris. I'm too paranoid to mess with my daily.

[vaironl]

Yeah..I'm not playing this with the Yaris. I'm too paranoid to mess with my daily.

Same here. I don't have a garage to let the car sit or a second car. I keep beating myself of whether to touch my car or leave it as is.

I went to a car cruise (1st one ever) got passed by miatas in such an embarrassing way. Not that the miatas are embarrassing, just that I thought the Yaris was a bit faster :(.

[fnkngrv]

Tiamat is my DD and has been boosted 4 years now. Only blown the one motor which had her off the road for 3 weeks. Took that long because of lack of buddy assistance. NORMALLY you don't blow the motor so don't make that a reason not to.

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[sqcomp]

That's why I have a project car.

I'm not playing with the drivetrain on the Yaris. Toyota did a great job with it.

I have the space for whatever project. It's just a nice sense of security for me at this point.

[sqcomp]

And the sickness continues...

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You can see the hot side that is ceramic coated.

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Hot side down to the downpipe. This is going to be blanketed and wrapped. Notice this setup is V-band connected...

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The weenie 2 1/2" K&N Typhoon CAI versus the 4"-3" short ram that is going on. You also notice the new fuel rail that hides 1000cc injectors.

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...This shot is the most unfortunate. What you're seeing is the back of the downpipe. The flashlight completely illuminated the dump tube. It looks like the tube is a light itself. It was just perfect timing on the picture.

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This is a full feed and returned fuel system with a rising rate FPR and an inline filter. The car is now corn fed completely. I have now officially put more into the car than I paid for it. I am also going to sell off some of the components taken off to dull the pain of the cost.

[sqcomp]

Finally got the car on the dyno after a lengthy fight with the fuel.

We're settling for 20lbs of boost, a little north of 400whp, until I build the block next year sometime. I'll post the dyno sheet next week. We tried 24lbs at near 500whp but the fuel leaned out too much at 4700rpm. We dialed it back and adjusted timing. I'll need to throw in another 255 or a 044 Bosch in the tank to reach higher boost.

A 5 axis head and built engine will easily get the 24-26 lbs of boost I'm looking for. The turbo can hold 32-35 IIRC...so it's not being pushed anywhere near limits.

[sqcomp]

Finally got the car back. This thing gets on it...405hp to the wheels. Suspension, 044 and a retune is next. The damned shop didn't give me a good dyno sheet for all the money I spent...no gradients to judge the HP & Tq curve.

I'll just dyno somewhere else. Long story with the shop and some hidden charges...

[vaironl]

Finally got the car back. This thing gets on it...405hp to the wheels. Suspension, 044 and a retune is next. The damned shop didn't give me a good dyno sheet for all the money I spent...no gradients to judge the HP & Tq curve.

I'll just dyno somewhere else. Long story with the shop and some hidden charges...

Sorry to hear about that shop experience. Just out of curiosity, have you been doing most of the stuff yourself?

[sqcomp]

Unfortunately no. If I had more space and the now how to program my Diablosport I would. I have the tools, just no space. HOA hags get crotchety when you have the entire exhaust system torn down in the garage and driveway.

That being said, I do have a place about an hour away where I can do all my suspension and brake work...

I am treating the skittle to new custom badging. The front logo, instead of the ram, will say, "C2H6O" and the rear badge will be replaced from the SRT-4 stock badge to say "Neon ?"

I did also buy and fill a nice little 5 gallon container with automotive everclear JIC I get caught low before I can fill up.

[sqcomp]

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Front badge rendering

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Rear badge rendering

[sqcomp]

Turned out very nice...

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[LTHatch]

Wonderful build! Is wheel hop a big issue with your SRT4? LOL love the ethanol badge.

[vaironl]

Turned out very nice...

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They look so nice!!! :thumbup:
Thanks a lot for taking out of your time to keep updating us.

[sqcomp]

Wheel hop IS an issue with the OEM or even hard plastic inserts in the mounts.

Fortunately for me, even after receiving a briefing from the hacks that attempted to put on a turbo kit on my car saying otherwise, I've easily managed wheel hop. Even with the wrong wheel drive, I can launch the car fairly quickly. It's all clutch play and gas actuation otherwise called the driver's mod...

...oh yeah, and solid motor and transmission mounts.

The next thing coming for the car is a Walbro 416 pump with a bottleneck fix in the canister. The Walbro 255 isn't cutting it and won't for my goal of 500 WHP. This pump and a re-tune will flex the low and mid HP and TQ from where I have it now.

After that comes a 2-step/WOT box and boost by gear box. Then, finally, I'll concentrate on the suspension. Unfortunately I'm a working man and not independantly wealthy. This suspension, while relatively inexpensive totalling around $2000, will take time. It involves everything from new SS brake lines, strut and sway bars, nice KW coilovers, to all new bushings. Thankfully I can install all these myself with the help of my brother.

So, pop a top on a beer and watch it happen.

The goal is to drive this car around PIR in a HPDE event through the CSCC league. Of course I'll have GoPro for all that.

@LT - These badges were made by one of your fellow peeps from NJ.

[LTHatch]

Would you mind sharing what the driver's mod is? The only way i managed to get around wheel hop is just to dump it at a higher RPM in my Yaris, is that similar to yours? So you're putting down 405fwhp on a stock bottom end? Is it common for the SRT4 engines to take that much abuse in stock form?
How is the vibration with those solid mounts? Would you mind taking a few larger resolution pictures between your 416 vs 255 pump when you get your hands on it?
Who was the person that made those badges here in NJ for you?

[fnkngrv]

So far I am really happy with my AEM FP. They ate relatively newer to the scene, but flow very nice. Now if I can manage to get my adapter plate finished for my TB I should be stylin.

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[sqcomp]

@ LT - the stock engine will handle 435WHP. I'm looking to peak at 500 WHP and then transplant the engine into a Lotus 7 chassis.

Along the way I'll have as much fun with the neon as possible.

The driver's mod means that you lay off the right pedal enough to get traction and not blow off the tires. The boost box and 2-step will also help that when I put those on.

[sqcomp]

Hey Fnk...pics of the installed setup are due!

[vaironl]

@ LT - the stock engine will handle 435WHP. I'm looking to peak at 500 WHP and then transplant the engine into a Lotus 7 chassis.

Along the way I'll have as much fun with the neon as possible.

The driver's mod means that you lay off the right pedal enough to get traction and not blow off the tires. The boost box and 2-step will also help that when I put those on.


So what's up with your Yaris? I know you said no mods for it but I'm just curious.


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[sqcomp]

The yaris used to be a sound car back in 2010-2012. It did well enough to go to IASCA world Finals. I placed fourth in my class...ONLY because of a processor blow out the night before the competition. I had a falling out with the competition team after finding out that the jerky who did the mods on the processor had a 100% failure rate. People knew but no one told me...

...I have issues with people witholding important facts like that...

There were other issues with the team, but this directly led to me selling all my equipment and getting into a project car, the SRT. Now it's going to morph into me fixing this car up and then transplanting the engine into a Lotus 7 chassis in a few years.

[vaironl]

The yaris used to be a sound car back in 2010-2012. It did well enough to go to IASCA world Finals. I placed fourth in my class...ONLY because of a processor blow out the night before the competition. I had a falling out with the competition team after finding out that the jerky who did the mods on the processor had a 100% failure rate. People knew but no one told me...



...I have issues with people witholding important facts like that...



There were other issues with the team, but this directly led to me selling all my equipment and getting into a project car, the SRT. Now it's going to morph into me fixing this car up and then transplanting the engine into a Lotus 7 chassis in a few years.



Found your old threads and they got me a bit interested in a head unit. There are so many things I want to do to my car... But I should probably pay it off first.


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[sqcomp]

What do you want from a head unit?

[vaironl]

What do you want from a head unit?


Not really sure. Would be pretty cool to have video and navigation support.


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[sqcomp]

We should switch this conversation over to the car audio section...

[vaironl]

We should switch this conversation over to the car audio section...


We definitely should. Sadly I can't buy any of this stuff yet, so I'll wait until I'm sure I won't waste anyone's time.


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[JamesWilson]

Currently nothing and waiting for the FIFA World Cup 2014 to start with in couple of days.

[sqcomp]

waiting for a Walbro 416 to be worked into a new canister with a BNF and a 6~an feed and 4~an return.

A real baseline dyno and a tune to follow to bring the full spool down to the 3000-3250 RPM range.

[fnkngrv]

Taking a friend to see GODZIIIIIIRRRRRAAAAA! For the 4th time in the theater.

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[sqcomp]

^GODZIRRA!!!!

You'll love the blue flame effect!

[fnkngrv]

^GODZIRRA!!!!

You'll love the blue flame effect!

Like I said it was the forth time to see it in the theater for me ;-)

I really enjoy it. It is a great update to the origins of the movie back in the day. The rendition with Matt Broderick was just "ok" since it was such a great departure. My only real complaint is when a certain someone dies because it just feels disconnected. Trying not to spoil things so that is all I will say.

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[fnkngrv]

Tiamat is now dropped off to Pittman Paint & Airbrush for the next few weeks....prepping to board a plane for LGA.

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[JumpmanYaris]

What happen to the other thread with this same tittle?

[sqcomp]

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Walbro experiment.

255 on the left and 416 on the right. Go figure that the smaller pump on the right will work with ethanol and over 700hp whereas the 255 will max out at around half of that on ethanol.

I'm going to be the first NSRT-4 with a Walbro 416 using our stock canister. I'm testing fuel scavenging at 1/8th of a tank to see how the 416 performs.

[sqcomp]

Adrian,

I hear you about the disconnected part. That's why I wasn't too critical about the acting. The actors are fine BUT the script...it's like it came out of a Godzilla movie. Oh...wait...

[LTHatch]

Thank you for the pump comparison pictures SGcomp, are you going to use a hot wire kit on your new 416?

[sqcomp]

I already have a rewire kit happening on the 255 I have in there now. The canister I use also has a BNF, a 6~an feed and 4~an return.

In July I'll put the pump and canister. I'll work with the only other CMR DiabloSport shop around here (aside from the ass clowns who claim a CMR status but can't tune for crap...PRE here in Portland) up in Vancouver, WA.

[Brett!]

Not really sure. Would be pretty cool to have video and navigation support.


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I don't know about your iPhone, but mine has video and navigation support. All I require out of a head unit is either Aux or Bluetooth capabilities. My phone goes where I go, so I always have it anyways. :thumbup:

[vaironl]

Thanks to a member I got some Tein-S springs :)

I’m doing a lot of research and actually making a guide to make sure everything goes as smooth as possible. I’ve decided to wait for a deal on the Tokico Blues as I don’t want to blow the stock shocks and struts. Will be updating and making a separate thread on that.

[fnkngrv]

Sitting in a stuffy plane waiting.....and waiting........and.......waiting........

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[vaironl]

Sitting in a stuffy plane waiting.....and waiting........and.......waiting........

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Still crying about the Yaris? :laugh:

[fnkngrv]

Still crying about the Yaris? :laugh:
nope.....more concerned about no A/C. folks be getting ripe up in this joint!

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[chapabig]

Watching Cameroon be destroyed by Croatia at the FiFA World Cup