Big Brown's Automagic - The last episode in my DSM story.

[cmspaz]

I don't think most of your STS homies are at 430 on 23 psi, but please try again.
I think you missed the point, which was that if he only wanted to make 430 he could have saved himself the cost of the turbo and build to do it. If you're going to drop that dough, you might as well turn the boost up a bit and make it worthwhile instead of being a fucking pussy.

[scheides]

I made ~430whp @ MAP with my BBK on pump gas...maybe said car isn't lucky enough to get corn...just like my car back then. It sucked, but then again that's why I added an alky kit :D

[Shane@DBPerformance]

An old FP Green is only good for 10-30whp more than a stock Evo 9 turbo, so even if it wasn't at low boost/conservative/etc it isn't going to have a lot of room to grow. If he has the HTA version, he would have some room to grow. A 2.3l isn't going to make a maxed out turbo make any more power either than it would with the 2.0l.

[turbotalon1g]

The stock 9 BOV was leaking and there was issues with the dyno so he took it home for the weekend.

They will be turning it up and trying to break 500whp which should be doable.

Looks like I might have my nitrous kit sold too, so no juice for me :O(

[turbotalon1g]

Well I haven't really done much with the 'ol girl for a long time.

But I sold my FIC 950s and threw in the RC1200s that I have up for sale, they run good but with all the good weather (no salt & 40s) I got itching to drive the car again so I did.

Moved to her new home on my friends driveway, and he said that it can go inside so this weekend hopefully she will be in and I can make some progress.

I have FF OFH to go in, gear display, 3-port solenoid for boost control via link. Then I will just be trying to fix small leaks and installing parts I've had laying around for a while, like the ES bushing kit I've had for about 6 yrs.

Sorry for the lame update, I'll try to have pics up next time.

[C3L1CA]

What color shift display did you get? I kind of want to get one as well but wanted the orange and he's out of stock last I checked.

[turbotalon1g]

I got blue, its my favorite color.

[turbotalon1g]

wow, I didn't realize it has been so long since I updated this.
But the car sat on the driveway till about middle of jan, then I had to push it inside because I sold all the injectors I had.
I decided to sell things I didn't need or that needed to be changed that's why the injectors were sold.

I sold my wideband and got a plx m300, evo 8 steering wheel, vacuum pump, along with those other parts above.

Right now the car is apart a bit, I need to install all the mentioned items, I pulled off the FMIC and cleaned up the install, I need to do some painting so the metal doesn't rust.
I need a new radiator since my the lower 2-3 inches of it is corroded to hell.

Basically I need to get the car back together asap, and buy injectors. I also picked up a new t-case from a guy on link, he had it rebuilt and it only has a few thousand miles on it.

I'll make a newer update with pics of my mess.

[turbotalon1g]

Ok finally a worthy update.

During feb. after removing parts, I finally got to installing parts, well part.
Like these:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s720x720/405207_10151166466590323_696730322_22038567_561485 359_n.jpg
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/394929_10151166466785323_696730322_22038568_594378 926_n.jpg

Look familiar? Same ones as I had on my old car:
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All done, i missed these. Opening a DSM hood with a latch was weird to me.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/529072_10151499337455323_696730322_23181708_141393 3914_n.jpg

Cleaned up my FMIC install a bit and layed down some primer, the car looked bad because you could see partial white paint thru the fog light holes so I took this time to take care of that.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/s720x720/537848_10151499337545323_696730322_23181709_674781 336_n.jpg
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/s720x720/553000_10151499337655323_696730322_23181710_132376 738_n.jpg
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/s720x720/540556_10151499338055323_696730322_23181714_178481 2792_n.jpg
All done, it will look so much better and not so junky.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s720x720/319756_10151499338205323_696730322_23181716_173167 1567_n.jpg

4/6/10- Losing a bit of my virginity here, doing this I will get a chance to install a HG and headstuds the right way, instead of one by one.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s720x720/305969_10151499338375323_696730322_23181717_205978 9146_n.jpg

I was pushing coolant as usual, as I have in almost all of my cars that basically made enough power to overcome ARPs. I actually got used to this and thought it was somewhat normal.

HG on motor:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s720x720/303366_10151499338480323_696730322_23181719_423475 942_n.jpg

Back of the motor, you can see on the drivers side where oil was leaking down.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/s720x720/540224_10151499338970323_696730322_23181722_181333 6550_n.jpg

I just realized basically every corner of the HG was leaking.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/s720x720/561097_10151499339220323_696730322_23181724_191200 497_n.jpg

Old crusty head, has rusty coolant ports:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/s720x720/552343_10151499339670323_696730322_23181727_146406 5503_n.jpg

As she sits, All done for the night 4/6/12
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/s720x720/540471_10151499340010323_696730322_23181731_121665 6952_n.jpg

I guess now I need to check the block for straightness, I'm gonna throw on a 2G head I have laying around.
I have FFH to put on the car, I also took the '90 OFH off the car tonight. But I'm gonna wait and make sure the block is good before I reassemble any part of the motor.
I also got most of the PLX installed, just need to hook up wires.

I'm trying to make progress so i can make proving grounds, but to be honest it will be damn close if the everything is good, if not I'm probably done for the year. We will see, I'm hopeful.

[Constant_Project21]

Hope you get it all finished before PG, I know it was close last year as well.