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ErwinFenyvesi23
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Location: Japan Osaka Occupation: JDM Car enthusiast Age: 29 V$: broke |
#144957 2018-07-16 14:42 |
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All-rounder...
 -✔ Ay , wassup ? So , in the last couple of days I managed to do some minor modifications to the Supra. The mods aren't too extreme but still , it's the little things that matter , right ? Well , yes. So , I bought this amazing Carbon fiber TRD hood. I mainly picked it because I'm going to go single turbo soon and as you know , with every aftermarket mod , comes little things that should be changed/modified around it , hence , I ordered this TRD vented hood. I must say it's quite nice , and the vents work really well. They cool down the engine quite good and y'know what they say , the cooler the better. Also , since it's made out of carbon fiber , the hood is much more lighter than the stock one , which is quite good ! The less weight , the faster the car , right ? Anyway , let's take a look under the hood.✔-
 -✔ Everything looks normal , right ? Well , no. If you take a closer look you'll see that the battery isn't in the engine bay anymore , so , where's the battery ? Well , I relocated it into the interior. I didn't want to relocate it to the rear because if I need to take it out or something I can do it in the interior and not have to walk all the way to the rear of the car , plus , you would've been able to see the battery through the rear windshield if it was relocated in the trunk. So , the reason on why I did this is because the previous spot where the battery sat was kinda badly placed. Why ? Because you could've seen the battery through the hood vent , and that's a big nope. Now , as you can probably see , the engine bay is very clean without the battery and I'd say it was worth it. Also , big thanks to MACKAY for walking me through the process of relocating the battery. I never did this before and I must say , after you get the hang of it , it becomes pretty easy to do.✔-  -✔ So , here it is , in the front of the passenger seat. Now , I could've placed it behind the seat , and that would've been fine , but I would've have to run longer wires and tuck them under the floor carpet. I didn't put it there because I was too lazy to put it behind a seat , I did that because the rear-seat area of the car doesn't have too much space , and I wanted to keep the space there as big as possible , after all , this is my daily car , so yeah , in case someone needs a ride somewhere they can just sit in the backseat and relax with all the comfort needed.✔-  -✔ So , in addition to all the new mods done to the front end of the car , the rear end needed to get a little bit of refresh as well , so I got a brand new exhaust system and a very nice Tsurikawa train handle to go with it ! Big thank you to Radcoon over at the Sticky Rice Cake Stickershop for sending it over. Along with the Tsurikawa I got some stickers as well , but I'll put them on later on another car. So , it is very visible that the exhaust tip changed , because its absolutely huge right now , and that's because I've changed the old rusty OEM exhaust system to this amazing Greddy Power Extreme exhaust system. The kit came with the pipe , all the hardware and the muffler , but if you guys think that another muffler would look good on the car , I'll change it , but for now I'd say that it's pretty good , though I could go with a titanium tip , but that's up to you guys. Anyway , here's some before and after pictures of the exhaust system.✔- BEFORE  AFTER  -✔ So , as you can see , I wasn't lying when I said the OEM exhaust had a ton of rust. Besides all the rust , it also had some small little leaks but all of that crap is now fixed. It's easily noticeable that the exhaust diameter is much larger , and that's the factor that gives you more horsepower. It's also easily noticeable that the OEM exhaust system had 2 pipes which were joining at the end of the turbo down-pipe and at the start of the muffler , and now it's just one big single pipe to do all the job. So , here's a little bit of science behind the exhaust pipes. The shorter the length and the bigger the capacity of the exhaust , the bigger the power. So , as I said , technically , this brand new exhaust system should give the car more horsepower. Also , Greddy advertises this : "PE Power Extreme exhaust systems were developed for those who demand the ultimate in performance from modified street/race cars. Tubing diameters are increased to eliminate backpressure. It features a more aggressive tone and is recommended for turbo applications." And I must say , the engine really sounds more aggressive , which I absolutely love. Anyway , after the engine mods of the Supra are going to be done and all tuned up , I'm going to dyno it and see how much actual power I gained from all these mods. I can't wait to see this thing reach huge numbers , but until then , there's quite a lot of work to be put into this car.✔-  -✔ As for the R33 , well , it's gonna get stripped to the chassis in the next couple of days and after that it's gonna get a cage. I really don't know what I'll do with all the stock parts that remain from this thing , maybe I'll sell them or throw them away. I don't really want to keep them around the shop because I don't want my unused things to lay in the shop and just gather dust because I really hate working in a dirty environment and I don't want to disturb my co-workers. I know how much of a pain it is to have to make room just to be able to work. If any of you are interested in used OEM R33 parts hit me up , because after the car is stripped down to the chassis everything is getting replaced , and I mean everything. I want this thing to be a car which has been build with brand new parts and not really used and worn parts from decades ago , so yeah , the R33 project is starting soon.✔-   -✔ So , after a little bit of waiting I managed to sell the 180sx. It was fun to own and use this car but sadly , because I moved away from Tokyo , Ebisu was further away and I said screw it. There was no point in keeping this thing and I got rid of it as quick as possible because all it really did was to gather dust while occupying space outside the shop. I don't regret selling it because I didn't have any sort of emotional bonding with the S13 and I basically just used it as a "tool" to have fun. I don't know when I'll get back to drifting , but I must say that I truly enjoy it , and I think I'll stay away from it for a while. I considered getting into grip racing and time attacks but right now I don't think I need another car , but that may change at any moment. Either way , if I get back into drifting or get into time attack/grip racing I will stay away from these S13s. Why ? Because it's just something that you see everywhere , and I want to own something different , therefore , I sold the 180sx. Don't get me wrong , I absolutely love S13 but its just so ordinary to own one nowadays that it's literary "common". Anyway , in the end I managed to get quite a profit out of this thing since it was in very good condition , and with a little bit of work put into it , I managed to get a solid 8500V$ out of it. I sold it with the MR2 wheels and pretty much all the stock/OEM parts I took off of it. Man , I must say , money is flowing pretty good right now ...  ✔- -✔ Talking about money , I finally managed to find an apartment for me to rent , and the cool thing about this is that I managed to rent an apartment right next to the building where MACKAY lives , which is just cool af. It's so close that we can literary chat across balconies. So , from what I understood from the landlord the rent isn't really that expensive and the overall size of the apartment is the same as the ones in the building next to it. I don't know the exact number I have to pay as rent , but I'll find out soon. The weird thing is that I basically have a quite large apartment all for myself. It's cool , but I really hope the rent won't bankrupt me...  ✔--✔ Anyways , that would be all for now. I'm really hyped to finally put some work into that R33 and to make my Supra better and better. Next up for the Supra would be to get a single turbo kit , but I haven't picked a turbo I want to go with. All I know is that I need that turbo to push massive amounts of compressed air into the engine and that's about it. Of course at first we'll go slow on the psi but I hope I'll be able to get around 30 psi into the engine without blowing it up. Anyways , godspeed homies ! This post was edited by ErwinFenyvesi23 (2018-07-16 15:31, ago) |
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