glilly's S2K - updated -
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glilly's S2K - updated -
I went into SEMA with the intention of selling one or both of my cars to once again get back into a STI, ...dumb me. At SEMA I found new wheels for the IS350 (and recently purchased a Fabulous body kit and other body pieces), and saw the APR widebody S2000. ...this got me thinking of keeping the S. I couldn't see a widebody on a car w/o the proper power to back up the looks, so sought out the Comptech Supercharger. Less than a month went by when a friend emailed the the link to a SC for sale, ...even better was it was local.
The swapover went smooth, the only hiccup was my nitrous set-up. I wasn't 100% on the way it had been previously installed, so I used this opportunity to have it re-done. The new set-up is much cleaner (and safer).
Before undergoing the knife, I had the sellers car and mine dynoed to be sure everything was in good shape. The SC'ed car dynoed a healthy 305 w/ 185 torque, ...I had a measly 185 w/ 12? torque. I dynoed at 309 w/ 190 torque. Wow, what an improvement!!
...I still have a few more things to "finish up" my onward plan, (Koyo radiator, repolish the valve cover, polish the aftercooler, new battery, hood struts, etc...)
I'm still grinning. ..anyway, on with the new pics!
Greg
The swapover went smooth, the only hiccup was my nitrous set-up. I wasn't 100% on the way it had been previously installed, so I used this opportunity to have it re-done. The new set-up is much cleaner (and safer).
Before undergoing the knife, I had the sellers car and mine dynoed to be sure everything was in good shape. The SC'ed car dynoed a healthy 305 w/ 185 torque, ...I had a measly 185 w/ 12? torque. I dynoed at 309 w/ 190 torque. Wow, what an improvement!!
...I still have a few more things to "finish up" my onward plan, (Koyo radiator, repolish the valve cover, polish the aftercooler, new battery, hood struts, etc...)
I'm still grinning. ..anyway, on with the new pics!
Greg
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Originally Posted by glilly,Feb 19 2008, 08:06 PM
I went into SEMA with the intention of selling one or both of my cars to once again get back into a STI, ...dumb me. At SEMA I found new wheels for the IS350 (and recently purchased a Fabulous body kit and other body pieces), and saw the APR widebody S2000. ...this got me thinking of keeping the S. I couldn't see a widebody on a car w/o the proper power to back up the looks, so sought out the Comptech Supercharger. Less than a month went by when a friend emailed the the link to a SC for sale, ...even better was it was local.
The swapover went smooth, the only hiccup was my nitrous set-up. I wasn't 100% on the way it had been previously installed, so I used this opportunity to have it re-done. The new set-up is much cleaner (and safer).
Before undergoing the knife, I had the sellers car and mine dynoed to be sure everything was in good shape. The SC'ed car dynoed a healthy 305 w/ 185 torque, ...I had a measly 185 w/ 12? torque. I dynoed at 309 w/ 190 torque. Wow, what an improvement!!
...I still have a few more things to "finish up" my onward plan, (Koyo radiator, repolish the valve cover, polish the aftercooler, new battery, hood struts, etc...)
I'm still grinning. ..anyway, on with the new pics!
Greg
The swapover went smooth, the only hiccup was my nitrous set-up. I wasn't 100% on the way it had been previously installed, so I used this opportunity to have it re-done. The new set-up is much cleaner (and safer).
Before undergoing the knife, I had the sellers car and mine dynoed to be sure everything was in good shape. The SC'ed car dynoed a healthy 305 w/ 185 torque, ...I had a measly 185 w/ 12? torque. I dynoed at 309 w/ 190 torque. Wow, what an improvement!!
...I still have a few more things to "finish up" my onward plan, (Koyo radiator, repolish the valve cover, polish the aftercooler, new battery, hood struts, etc...)
I'm still grinning. ..anyway, on with the new pics!
Greg
