Laser's $100 Project Thread

[Kracka]

"Its frustrating, its frustrating, its frustrating, its frustrating."

[JET]

Are ya getting the modding bug again? :drive:

[AJ]

Peter only let him put the tip in.

[AJ]

Can I add a '0' to the thread title yet? ;-)

[Kracka]

It is staying at $100! I will not go over budget!

[Kracka]

Are ya getting the modding bug again? :drive:

Never lost it, the S just doesn't respond.

[turbotalon1g]

Boost the S will respond to boost and you will rule all under 350.

I have used shifter bushings for a good price. :beerfunnel2:

SOrry it took me so long still on vac-a :sex2:

[Kracka]

Boost the S will respond to boost and you will rule all under 350.

I have used shifter bushings for a good price.

How much for the bushings and are they the ones for the shifter base or the shift levers?

I'd love to boost the S, but I don't want to have to pay for it ;) 300WHP in that car would own.

[Kracka]

SUCCESS! Stage one has been completed!

I want to thank Scheides for opening up his garage for the day and lending a very helpful hand. I'd thank Cory too, but all he did was sit on his ass ;)

Today we installed an EVO fuel pump, crushed the stock BOV, removed the metal plates behind the passenger headlight for more airflow to the filter (and removed the weather seal above the headlight on the hood), 3" metal intake pipe, hacked 1G MAS with K&N filter, a carbon fiber dual gauge pod, an OBX boost gauge, and an Autometer A/F gauge (didn't hook this up, they are too annoying). Everything went extremely smoothly without a single hitch or broken anything. We even did a boost leak test and it was pretty buttoned-up as far as we could tell (after nearly getting shot in the face by the tester). We wanted to do a MBC too, but my eBay special hadn't arrived yet so we're going to have a wait a few more days for stage 2 to be completed. We did find a way around that though and clipped a few slits in the vacuum line coming off the turbo outlet elbow to lower the pressure being seen by the BCS :P

We did some scientifical testing and the car is definitely quicker! The exact specs will be posted tomorrow, but it was roughly 1.4 seconds faster from 3-7k RPM in 2nd gear (both at stock boost levels of ~7-8 psi, this was before our "slitting"). The butt-dyno says its pulling much harder than stock too, and it definitely sounds better. The BOV is venting to atmosphere since the intake pipe doesn't have a return tube, and surprisingly its running pretty well.

Many pictures will be available tomorrow hopefully :)

[Kracka]

Stage 2 completed, the MBC is installed!