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Full power mods list (in order of flow path):
-Generic 3D printed snorkel
-Flowmaster Delta Intake
-G25-550 0.72 AR turbo
-3P hot side charge pipe with Greddy BOV flange
-Greddy Type S BOV mounted on hot side charge pipe
-Levels FMIC
-JBR cold side charge pipe (with meth bung plugged)
-Tial MV-S 38mm wastegate w/ 3P dump pipe
-Mountune sports cat (200 cell count) downpipe
-Thermal R&D catback exhaust (with 3" adapter and Vibrant Ultra Quiet resonator added in)
-Tuned by Alan @EdgeAutosport.com with Cobb APv3

Other mods:
-RS OEM shifter
-JBR short shift arm @ 20% reduction
-Shifter cable, bracket, base bushings
-Innovative 75A rear motor mount
-Radium PCV baffle plate
-Damond stage 3 catch can
-Sound symposer delete
-Hella Supertones

Date of purchase: June 23, 2018

Drove it to the in-laws' house.

I immediately went to my first car meet, filled with lots of STs. I parked away from everyone since I was the new guy.

One of them gave me this.

Day 4: Green Filter.

Day 4: Tinted windows.

Day 5: Sound symposer delete

Day 13: Thermal R&D catback exhaust.

It stayed this way all the way until March 2020.

 

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2020: Lockdown mods

Bored, painted calipers.

My favorite BOV sound: the NGR Type S

I plumbed this pipe into the hot side, routed it to the sound symposer delete.

Dipped the premiums using Gunmetal and glossifier.

Scored a used FMIC locally. Dogs approve.

I am not a free advertising board. Levels logo deleted, FMIC installed.

Innovative 75A RMM

Hella Supertones and 3D-printed snorkel.

Picked up a used Mountune catted DP and adapter from Thermal to make my exhaust a true 3".

Local guy traded his RS wing for my ST wing.

 

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Vibrant Ultra Quiet, because peace & quiet is underrated. It took 3 tries for amazon to send me one that wasn't bent.

New hotside charge pipe from 3P Performance.

RS OEM shifter/before after, as well as JBR short shift arm and all the solid metal bushings.

Flowmaster Intake. I liked the airbox design, and the fact that the pipe was plastic (less heat soak).

AP and Sync 3.4

Charge pipe installed.

Knob from Shift Solutions.

Pulled the intake mani to do Radium PCV baffle plate, both Damond catch cans, and tried to clean the valves using chemicals and a shop vac.

How my valves looked at 38k (before cleaning).

 

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Catch cans might be a meme, but I like having them.

Some Etsy goodies.

 

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New turbo arrives: G25-550 0.72 AR

This plug can be removed and used as a boost source. No drilling of charge pipes required.

Blanket to keep temps down under the hood, possibly increase spool.

Homemade wastegate tester. TiAL springs are very inaccurate these days.

During the turbo install, I didn't like how the coolant return was being pinched by a protrusion on the block.

I also stupidly kept the metal gasket from the OEM turbo on. Don't do this!

Turbo came off and went back on correctly. Coolant return line routed upwards. Dump pipe connected!

 

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What a mess!

Turbo install was done alone on jackstands over a weekend. I took my time and lots of breaks. About 12 hours on Saturday, 10 on Sunday. Intake either sits too close to the passenger side, and doesn't meet the filter section, or sits too high and touches the cowl if using the supplied extender.

Wastegate hiding, with insulated vacuum line.

All my favorite sounds come from here: Type S BOV and EWG Dump! The silicone coupler supplied by 3P was just barely long enough. With the big turbo in, it was a stretch. I cut some 2.5" coupler and replaced it here.

Base map from Alan @EdgeAutosport.com on wastegate pressure. Tial's 14.5 psi springs end up hitting 21-22 PSI.

First revision logged. datazap.me | jwuonog | G25-550 v1.01

 

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You did some major upgrades over the last year!

Coronavirus lockdown + my first baby on the way accelerated the timeline by a lot!

 

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You going to run Auxiliary fuel? My tune tops out at just under 26 psi on 93 stock fuel. I know about how long the turbo takes to install in stands. I had my car up Friday night ready to go. Saturday in August started at 5am and quit at 7pm. To breaks at all. Back to it Sunday at 9am and finished after 12pm. I did do the waste gate and cold side charge pipe with BOV at the same time though. Also the waste gate and dump tube of course.

As of now, I don't plan to install aux fuel. I may do WMI later but only for the cooling/cleaning. If I do upgrade the fuel, I'd want to go with the HPFP and maybe even injectors.

 

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That's a nice flat boost curve! Doesn't it feel foreign to have power until redline? Lol

Definitely! Feels like the car should've came this way!

 

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My tuning is now done. Alan Jackson at Edgeautosport did my e-tunes for both 93 pump and E30. It rained several days since I started tuning, but he was still able to get my tunes done within 2 weeks. The car runs GREAT. When not in boost, it feels just as smooth and mild as stock. When the boost comes in, it pulls hard.

I asked for a safe and reliable tune, since this is my daily. Numbers look great.

Check out my datalogs.
Final 93 tune datalog

Final E30 tune datalog

 

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Elbow manifold blanket installed. Very itchy.

RS tails and first E30 fill up.

 

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Not sure how accurate this is, but these are based on my final datalogs.

 

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I tinted my amber side markers, reverse tail lights, and I resprayed my wheels using Superwrap Gunmetal.

 

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The headlight lens are easy. Tail light lens are sonically welded.

Looks good. How's the reverse lamp output?

I have some super bright LEDs in there, so the light output is still great. Stock turn signals in there too, but those also come out just fine.

 

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Looks good! How bad were the lenses to get off?

The lenses actually don't have to come off. It's just a small pre-cut tint film that goes on top of the light.

 

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Very nice ST what is next? Some carbon fiber?


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Next is gonna be some suspension mods, and wheels+tires.

 

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Detailed the car and did some Turtle Wax hybrid ceramic.

 

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how was the hybrid ceramic from turtle wax?, I just ordered some Maguire's

So far it's great. Water is still beading off of it nicely.

 

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I recently removed some stuff from under the hood. I can hear the turbo a lot more now!

 

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Finally added some wheels, and put some fog light protectors on too.

Konig Hypergrams, 18x8.5 +43