Roll mine off the lot with less then 7kms on odo. Had to wait a month and a half to get the 03.5 titanium grey. I don't think I'll ever sell her, though she needs some serious rust repair as its been my daily driver since day 1...salty winters n dirt roads and everything. Either major body work or a donor for everything not sheet metal.
Started off mods with a custom made tubular equal length 4-1 turbo manifold(EGR delete). Dyno test showed significant hp/tq gains and smoother power. then finished after dyno tests with a custom 3inch turbo back(true 3inch) high-flo cat and magnaflow straight through muffler.Followed by an exedy stage 2 clutch and updated/welded LSD. Then upgraded all my mounts to urethane and eventually SU solid motor mounts.Next up was upgrading my smic and hardpipes with forge bov. Then when the turbo died replaced it with a gt28rs running stock everything...boom goes the dynamite. fried piston rings grooved into cylinder wall.
Upon rebuild it received K1 forged rods, WISECO pistons(.020 overbore-stock compression), ARP Studs n fasteners, cometic gaskets, block and head sent to machine shop to be bored over, every surface was machined and port matched aswell as pnp the head removed butterfly/vtcs and flow tested, better valve springs and assembly, replaced oil pump with updated unit(no more weak oil PSI at idle), re-wired alternator and grounding/ignition, 440cc(for now) injectors walboroh preassure regulator/pump, AEM wideband controller, turbosmart dual port BOV, forge 7-9psi wastegate,UNICHIP custom maps(stock and soon to be 14psi) and more i cant remember.
Suspension BC racing coilovers, adjustable friggin everything, klunk fix bracket(only slightly lowered)
Stereo:Audison 1000watt rms-JL10W6 H/O enclosure, panasonic deck, 2farad cap 0 guage wire kit with triple glass fuse box(dynamatted entire trunk?under rear seat)
Waiting/ordering:
Speedcircuit FMIC
Deep sump oil pan
synapse bov and wastegate for more tuneablity
rust repair-chemotherapy
HID/projector
As you can see its a function over form thing. Car's been more fun then most people could understand. Yes I've spent a fortune along the way, but thats what I get. I always knew it would be getting rebuilt so I wasnt exactly surprised when it spiked to 20psi in -25c.It sure was quick through that pull, then smokey the bandit. It gave me the chance to do everything the way I wanted, and built to endure what I put it through. I broke everything that got replaced either through normal wear or catastrophic failure/abuse. Now she runs hard whenever I want no sweat involved. Great gas mileage, no oil burning, passed last emmission with flying colours and zero moving violations to date....non moving violations a different story-fixed %100legal. Daily driven on highway/city traffic and regularly goes on 2-5hour fishing trips.
Life would not be the same without her.I've pushed this car to it's streetable limits, atleast for me.It's a bit of a handful at times but thats what keeps things interesting. I can pull away low n slow n under the radar...or split your ear drums and roast some rubber.I really love it.
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