Now that spring is not too far away what are your plans for your car. I have had my 93 VR4 for about a year and only did the free boost mod. Everthing is working on the car and its in incredible shape. Over the winter I have had time to think about projects on the car.

120K service
Possibly Tein S-Tech lowering springs
Gut the precats
Paint calipers
Maybe install 3rd gen lifters
Boost controller
BOV
Dress up engine with chrome or polished parts

Not sure how much of the list I will get done but that should pretty much kill my cash for the summer . Eventually I would like to upgrade from 17 to 18" rims. I would eventually like to get the VLS door hinges but thats a lot of $$$. Someday!!!!

Kyle

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93 3000 GT VR4

Before the UMG:
180k service
LSD
Clutch
LW Flywheel

Possibly later this summer:
Eibach springs
New struts
Strut bars front and rear

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~Joe - aka spider gear destroyer
'94 Stealth R/T
-Lightly Modded ;)

Engine:
JE Fored Pistons
Rods
Forged Crank
Bearings
Machine Work
120K Service
Gasket set
Head Work
RPS Light Weight Flywheel
Unorthadox Underdrive Pulley
99' Lifters
(thanks for a few spun bearnigs)

Black Racing Pro N1s with 265x35x18 tires

PPE Pipes with FMIC

Possible DR TD04 Headers(if they proceed with them)

Would LOVE to have that all ready by the UMG but i dont know.

Later on:
DR650 or so turbos
Tein Coilovers with EDFC

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1994 Stealth R/T TT Pearl Yellow
-Out since June 05'
-Almost ready for start up

1991 Stealth R/T Red
-Out for 7 weeks with a spun bearing
-Came back to life on 8/04/07
-Blew the motor again on 11/25/07

Did you get the trans out yet.

I'm going to try to change the fuel filter and fpr before the UMG. After the I going to try and get the alcohol injection in.

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'94 vr4- Now with extra slowness

Hey Brandon. I was curious what you were up to with that car.

I'm a bit confused by the above though.

Are you using stock rods? Then why the forged pistons? From what I've researched (bent rods, and a few busted pistons) every catastrophic engine failure I've seen on these motors has been the result of a tune going off. Or leaking head gasket, or some other way of mixing of the fluids in the engine. Up until 600+ hp. I'm just wondering what your reasoning was? even if it's just "really good deal on forged pistons."

my plans for summer...
Finish putting in the turbo. mostly done. knock on wood, done by the end of sunday.
Get the stuff coated, and wrapped, and back in the car.
see if it runs on the e-manage in draw through well enough to get the car down to st.louis for AEM install, and in time for the professional tuner that is flying out there.
Get the car running well on AEM.

that will pretty much make me happy for now.

Possible side project this summer will be a nitrous oxide kit install. (10% chance of actually happening.)

His stock pistons have over 100K on them meaning there's quite a bit of carbon buildup and crap on them. Why go stock when you have a good excuse to upgrade?

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06 Blue EVO 9

If i ever come across some money...

New Tires
BOV
EBC


First off I want to fix my boost leak which may be due to stock BOV... and i want to gut the rear precat.

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2005 Saab Linear 2.0t - DD
1993 Mitsubishi 3000GT VR4 (Sandstone Grey) - SOLD!!
BPU 1993 Dodge Stealth R/T ATX - SOLD!!!

'Cause then one day you end up with your car all taken apart so you can bolt a single turbo onto it under the guise of "the front manifold was cracked" and Greg is making fun of you.

duh.


I was gonna get to that when your car was in my garage, but the dp took all the fight out of me. I'm a wuss.

Some call them Mods, some call them repairs....

Probably more like Summer time frame:

New Short Block install - anyone want to help me? You will be compensated fairly for your time.

120k Maint. (The works):
Oil pump
Oil cooler
Oil return lines
Water pump
Timing belt/Pully
Other belts/Pullies
99 Lifters

And if I have time / money:
Aftermarket Downpipe & Gutted Cats + boost controller + logger




Then over the winter I want to get :

Nicer rims * anything better than stock chromies with peeling chrome
Arc2, ~650cc injectors, Upgraded fuel pump
Dynamic Racing 19Ts, EBC
Type S clone blow off valve

Then my clutch will probably be obsolete... sigh

Jason

I realize that everyone and their brother wants to have Matt Monett's (sp?) child, but what is with the absolute fasination with the ARC-2?

I mean, don't get me wrong, it's easy to tune, and there are no extra parts needed, such as a laptop, or something, but I just wonder about these things.

They run rampant on 3si.

have xxx set up with ARC-2 and anything bigger than 550cc injectors. why do I have knock? how do I get rid of it?

Then some one comes in and says, well, you need to get an adjustable fuel pressure regulator, and tune that so that you bring your injector duty cycles back to normal.

-OR-

You need to scour e-bay for an apexi timing controller, that is no longer made or supported by apexi. Then use it to do, in my opinion, a barely adiquate job of adjusting timing via a linear scale in only 7 points...?

SO... by the time you add in that stuff, is the lack of timing control really that much easier? playing with fuel pressure or reading instructions in japanese, vs typing (-1) or what have you into a blank cell?


and in all the above cases the ARC-2 will control fuel, but not to the quality of the newer controllers. the correction is just to course. what will your idle be like? What about tune drift? Does the arc-2 work? yes. Will a five lb. sledge drive a dry wall nail into the wall? yes. proper tool? maybe not. (granted that may be a bit of an exageration.)

The thing is you could pick up MAP ECU, or E-manage, or ultimate E-manage, and have a rediculous more amount of control. plus timing control. and it's a GOOD way to control timing. (as soon as MAP ECU picks up timing control, which is supposidly coming.) Or AEM, that will work well also, but cost more.

And I don't even sell these things. I just really want to know the reason that people flock after that A/F controller. Is it really because it's easy? or the replaced MAS with something bigger? Or because matt monett can run a 10 second 1/4 mile with it?

Yes, I realize I am the anti-christ. and the anti-trevor. but even he gave up his fuel controller for something with timing control... isn't that saying anything?

For the average guy who is just getting started and looking for the easiest setup, then the ARC works well. I'm confident Jason could install and tune the ARC all by himself without too much trouble. E-manage on the other hand....

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06 Blue EVO 9

yes, I realise this. It's four knobs. nothing to it.

But now to run those big injectors (at peak performance) you need to learn other things to work around it... just seems like putting off complication to me, not getting rid of it.

Once we figured out the trace, I don't think that the emanage was to bad at all. the biggest problem I saw (and you too) with the emanage, was almost needing two people to tune the car...

I think tuning with one person is the same no mater what you use. You still have to stop, look at the logs and make adjustments. With two people the E-manage is just more accessible because the passenger is holding the laptop and can tune on the fly.

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'94 vr4- Now with extra slowness

anywho, I didn't really mean to turn this into a *go emanage* thread. I just want jason to look at all the fuel controllers out there, cause it seems to me that the large injector ARC-2 cars are still a little beyond "4 knobs easy" if you want it completely streetable, jump in and drive, no odd problems.

but maybe that's just me.

Well, it looks like my plans are now...

finish my stereo and computer install
120K tune up
data logger
twin turbo conversion (followed quickly by a new clutch)

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1993 3000GT VR-4 (build in progress)
1994 3000GT SL
Lead, Follow, or get out of my way!

Also know as:
"dead weight", "wrong wheel drive noob"