What kind of mods...

[NorCalCoug]

Do you have? :) You don't have to list anything secret or that you just installed if you don't want, but feel free to list anything upcoming in the next couple of months for sure.

For me: Front and rear STB, custom painted stuff, Mirko Racing intake, soon a battery tie-down and gauge pillar-pod.

[phant0mzero]

Mirko Intake, YoDude Dual Cat-back exhaust w/magnaflow muffler, Z3 fenders (not installed), tail/headlight covers (very soon right lisa?), OBX Push down shift knob, and a few other things that I don't really want to announce until I'm sure I'll get them soon...

and as for my dad's, Painted ABC and trunk pillars as well as dash, vents and upper console with dummy lights, vinyl headliner, Weapon-R Intake, exhuast soon...

[ShinyBlackCat]

Everything in my sig plus very soon I want to get an OMP front STB and Fastrack rear STB. And a Mirko battery tie down to mach my MAF adapter wouldn't hurt.;)

[vizual]

borla dual's, injen intake, eibach and st200, rear stb, aussie heads :biggrin:, clear sidemarkers (were smoked), oh ya and NECO carbon fiber'ish license plate frame :) soon hopefully mirko maf adapter and battery tie down anodized in red :cool:

[NorCalCoug]

Oh yeah, I'm getting a Borla Dual w/cf tips. :) And I got one of them nifty keen CF NECO frames too. ;)

[NorCalCoug]

And plenty of rock chips. :mad:

[ShinyBlackCat]

You just reminded me that I forget ot put my new license plate frames in my sig.:) I running out of room.:tongue:

[Fazed]

Mirko Intake, Roush Springs, Roush Rims with Toyo T1+, YoDude Dynomax (ordered), Sidemarkers, much, much more planned... :)

I drove it 650 miles over a period of 40 hours or so to the Mojave and back to visit friends over the holidays. The mods so far are making a lot of difference, most notibly in the handling arena right now.

[NorCalCoug]

How was your desert-bound gas mileage? ;) Or did you completely negate the improved mileage capability of the intake by driving fast as all bloody hell? ;)

[Fazed]

I was doing about 27 miles to the gallon according to the computer. I don't think I drove slower than 80mph. In April when I went to Vegas and drove in a similar fashion I was getting around 25 mpg. So yeah I get better mileage :biggrin:

[NorCalCoug]

:biggrin: Glad it's sucking good for ya. ;)

[TheNinja]

now:
koni yellows, eibach springs, accel EDIS super coil, magnecor wires, 17" BBS rims, SP 22mm ultra stiff swaybar, OMP FSTB, ov3m RSTB... oh yea and euro headlights/side markers, BM short shifter.

next month:
turbo, greddy emanage (still looking into it), a-colum gauge pod (oil, boost), fidanza fly, clutch masters kevlar clutch, titanium springs/retianers/keepers, kent "sport" cams, OT throttle body, revamp exhaust (gimme opinions cat or no cat?), TH headers, NO getrag tranny (wont fit...:cry: ), roush spoiler... mitsubishi montereo rear view mirror (still considering this), MAYBE balance the engine, port and matte... and some top secret mods to give me the advantage over those GT stangs

order goes: clutch-flywheel, cams-springs, OT throttle body (about the same time), gauge pod, TURBO and such related stuff!!!!!!!! emanage computer, revamp of exhaust :tongue:.. DONE (this all depends on shipping times :mad:)

mike, does the emanage thingy also control timing?

[TheNinja]

ack, and also SP front and rear cross drilled 260mm disc brakes as well as various conversion parts.

[Fazed]

TheNinja,

:cool: FOOKING HELL!!!!!!! Thats a lot of sh!t man, SWEET :cool:

Seeing as you have the BBS 17's do you want the 16's that you got from Mark still? Cause if not, mayb LostRacer would be interested as he is sitting on 15's.

Just a thought.

[TheNinja]

anyone's welcome to them, as of now they are chillin' and collecting dust :tongue: well not really actually seeing as they are nicely boxed
we shall have a nice BBQ during turbo'ing :biggrin:

[LostRacer]

good lookin out;)

[NorCalCoug]

Do the cams, turbo, and e-manage all at the same time. ;) And no, the emanage doesn't do ignition timing (I don't THINK, though it might), just fuel mapping... Check the AEM one, that one might do ignition timing but I don't know if it'll work with our ECUs... you can also see if you can get an aftermarket ignition controller, like an MSD ignition or something..

[MrFroge]

When TheNinja gets all his mods done, I have a little stock four-banger automatic that I'll run against him .. he.. he.. he.. he.. It won't be fare untill he's done..

[TheNinja]

ooooo, the s2000 perhaps? that would be fun :tongue: the wild thing about that car is if you rev the piss out of it you can shave 1.5 seconds off the 0-60 :tongue: that thing is an indy car in training :tongue: but whats scary is my redline will be only a few hundred UNDER the s2000s!!!

mike, i dunno about you guys but i got the new fangled VCT (variable cam timing) on my beast... so according to the dealership "you cant change the timing."

[NorCalCoug]

Ah, you meant cam timing. I thought you meant ignition timing. Cam timing is changed by changing the cams. ;)

And Froge's other car is the SLK. ;)

[TheNinja]

but if its variable cam timing.... how does that work? that and i was speaking about the ignition timing when the dealership told me they cant do anything about it.

[NorCalCoug]

Okay, here's the deal. :)

Variable cam timing allows your valve lift and duration to be 'changed' while the motor is in operation (Kind of like VTEC, same principle). At higher RPM, longer duration and more lift is better.. at lower RPM less duration and lift is better. It's kind of like the Duratec V6 and why it has butterflies. You get the benefit of stronger pull at low RPM and the benefit of more HP at higher RPM.

Ignition timing is completely computer controlled in our cars, and it CAN be changed with the right tools. (Either an IAT mod or an aftermarket ignition coil with adjustability, or a chip of some kind). Ignition timing simply determines when spark plugs spark. The later it sparks, the more power you get (advancing timing), the earlier it sparks, the less power (retard timing). For turbo applications, you usually have to retard the timing quite a bit because of the nature of the compressed air/fuel mixture.. otherwise you'll ping like a sumbiotch.

If you want cam timing explained in more detail, pick up (last months? this months?) edition of Super Street, they go into detail about cam timing I think.

[TheNinja]

coo, thx!

[phant0mzero]

yeah, super street's article is really interesting...

[Kodiak]

i have hopes 'n' dreams for the car i'll eventually own :cover: