So I used to have a '94 TT stealth that I ended up parting out. Since then I've been looking for another VR4/Stealth, and I finally picked up another one this past weekend.

Its' a '92 VR4 with a blown tranny. I ended up keeping a lot of the drivetrain parts from my stealth, so I've almost got enough parts gathered for the 6speed swap.

I've started ripping out the stock parts in preparation for the single turbo kit. The piping/flanges should arrive this week so I can start fabricating the headers. The rollcage should be going in soon as well.

In spring I'd like to do a '99 conversion, since I hate pop-up headlights.

A few Pics:

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Sweet Roy.

sharp looking car. I am also partial to the 2nd gen head lights.

Good luck with the turbo swap.

Any particular reason you want a single versus two good sized twins?

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Well that car certainly looks familiar.

Nice choice.

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Mostly because the piping will be much simpler than with twins, and I love the sound of a massive single turbo.

Right now I'm planning on going with a borg warner S475 which should flow a bit more than a Garrett GT42.

I pulled the rear 9b last night, I never, ever, want to have to do that again. What a pain in the ass!


Anyway, I saw you driving down Mason in the stealth the other day. I live a few blocks away from you now over on Alpine.

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o rly!

yeah, I had the stealth out. I also am fairly partial to the sound of a big single.

I found that the intercooler piping was FAR more simple. hot side exhaust was far more complicated. I have about 4 and half feet of intercooler piping total.

I also like having my rear turbo gone. it makes the car far easier to putz with. I'd imagine a tranny drop is a pain, but other than that, my car is far easier to work on.

Good luck on your project. if you need any help let me know, I'll pop on by and turn wrenches.

what are you doing for engine management? I see you are looking for a forged crank, are you building a monster motor, or just looking for a forged crank?

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nice car, but not liking the flip lights. for shame, i love the first gens styling way more than the later years. minus the sails. turn it into a beast!

For now I'm just planning on putting in a stock forged crank and throwing as much boost at it as I can. When it blows up, I'll rebuild. I've PMd a few people on 3si that were selling cranks, but haven't gotten any responses yet.... shipping is going to be a *****..

I'm going to go with the AEM EMS for engine management.

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Are you looking for an aem? I have two units for sale. One was used for one summer with sensors and one is new with no sensors. I also have 99 headlights, signals and 2nd gen hood.

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at that point, why bother with the crank? Or do you think that is really going to hold you back that much? Are you going four bolt then? The good people at LSE told me the stock engines don't hold much more than 500ish hp before the internals start giving up the goat anyways...

but then again, horsepower levels on dynos vary greatly. And so do opinions on how much a stock engine will hold. and how much wheel horsepower has to be before you are making 500 at the crank. and I suppose a question could be raised about LSE's experience blowing up motors as they apparently have popped a few on the dyno, and did infact have my car tuned so rich it probably should not have been driven that way...

Anywho.

I'd love to see the project in person some time. woot woot.

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Someone offered me a really good price on a crank today, so I don't want to pass it up.

I'll let you know once I start making some progress so you can stop by. Right now I'm still waiting on parts.

Do you have any pictures of your setup online? I've been looking over different single kits to see how people have things routed, to get some ideas for my own.

I tore apart the tranny today, looks like one of the gears completely separated from the shaft that holds the gears, and the synchro busted into a bunch of small pieces. The bearing on the end of the shaft appears to have locked up in the end of the casing.

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I did at one point in time have pictures up on US3S.

I have been to the site briefly since getting the car running again (It's hard to stay 'in' the 3/s mood when your car has been down for that long) but the site looked like some of the stuff was not working. I am unsure if my thread and or pictures are still there.

I had the same username there as well as here and 3si. I'm certain if you search 'single turbo' and the thread still exists, it will pop up.

Mine actually looks alot like the IPS kit, but the rear manifold runs under the oil pan instead of the tranny, and I have more V-bands for easier installation/removal. and I routed my piping to leave the A/C because I sweat in the summers, and thus need A/C. Oh, and my wastegate feeds into the downpipe, not just open atmosphere.

And I'm sure if you ask IPS mine isn't as good, and doesn't make horsepower, and I probably copied them even though my project was started before they announced their kit, and blah blah blah, but whatever.

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Cool, I found the thread, and pics.. That gave me some ideas. I think I may have bought the same FMIC as you. I'm hoping it'll fit behind the crash bar, because I definitely won't take that out.

Apparently IPS is out of the exhaust manifold flanges, and the new ones are supposed to cost more... They haven't emailed me back yet with a new price.. so I may have to find some elsewhere...

The rollcage, FMIC, and Crankshaft should be arriving any day now...

I decided to buy a blackberry the other day, so I guess my single turbo purchase will have to wait now.

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The FMIC I have fits behind my crash bar no problem. I probably could have gone a inch thicker and it would fit as well. anyone who says differently is dumb. there I said it.

both LSE and Beyond Redline told me that my intercooler was a pile and it heatsoaked very quickly. just an FYI. Luke told me he could get me the core and I could weld my endtanks onto it if I wanted a better intercooler at a good price. also an FYI.

I just had my exhaust manifold CNC'd out. Matt may even have the program yet. But I'm alot cooler than IPS because I'm me. no real other reason.

Crackberries. boo hiss.

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hmm. I'll have to see how the IC works out. I got the one with the 4" core, My friend made 900rwhp on the exact same IC with multiple back to back runs, although we didn't touch the intercooler to see how it felt afterwards. It seemed to perform just as well as his Greddy 4-row, which was $$$$$$$$$$.

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Yeah, that's what alot of shops seem to miss. My intercooler was 200 bucks shipped. Any name brand that they thought performed better was 2000 bucks. Then they want 200 bucks to ship it. Is 2k more worth it? boy, that intercooler better have midgets jumping out of it to install it and an invisible forcefeild to keep the rocks out of it as I'm blasting down 41 after a dump truck.

Not to mention that I had no ducting. I have made ducting now. I will be installing it. maybe tonight? maybe not. It depends on what I feel like.

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