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Looks amazing! You guys over there run such odd combinations of turbos. Post up some videos!

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91 GSX - 511fwhp and 352 lb/ft 25psi 110 octane, 7.68 @ 95.9mph 1/8th 21psi 91 octane, 11.93 @ 112.9mph, 117.7mph best trap speed, 20psi 91 octane
98 Volvo S70 T5 - DD

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Haha, we run odd turbo combos? I guess we don't have a lot of the brands you'd consider common over there, FP and the like. If I wanted one of their turbo's i'd have to import one because nobody here retails them. We do have Garrett retailers, but i'd say the majority of turbos being sold in NZ are shitty knock off GT3540 type clones. Holsets seem to be popping up more and more in the 2nd hand market so I guess that's another option. MSE (MotorSportEngineering) run by Steve Murch is pretty much your best bet here in NZ, he is the country's most respected and well known turbo builder, uses only genuine Mitsubishi parts and makes his own custom parts too (i.e. the anti surge TD06 compressor cover etc). Basically tell him what your goals are, what the car is used for etc and he'll whack up a turbo to suit. I fuggen love this thing, it spools similar to my old big 16G but hits soooo much harder!!

Will get some vids up when I get the car running

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1990 C83A 4WD 4G63T powered hatch - [PSIBRG]
1992 JZX91 2JZ powered Toyota Mark II

Looks great man! Paint that cas.

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Had a:
1991 Eagle Summit ES Hatchback - 4g15 12v 5spd
1991 Dodge Colt -4g15 12v 4spd
Have a:
1978 Oldsmobile Cutlass - 468BBO TH350
Round 3:
1990 Dodge Colt-4G63T 5spd

Let me get ahold of those Rays

Haha yeah will do. Anyone know what kinda metal the cas cap is? I was thinking about anodizing it.

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1990 C83A 4WD 4G63T powered hatch - [PSIBRG]
1992 JZX91 2JZ powered Toyota Mark II

loving the valve cover color!

Im interested in pics of the factory AWD rear suspension and drivetrain. I blacked out from the forum for a while so if you posted it before just point me in that direction. thanks

~joe

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No colors anywhere, I want them painted Black.

Thanks man. I'm sure i've taken pics of the suspension and diff setup before, they'll be buried somewhere in the depths of the forum haha. I'll see what I can do about taking more.

Anyway, went to the drags today...

Stutterbox launch control is useless now, no traction at all in first. So i'm launching the old fashioned way, which is kinda hard because I don't have a working tacho (I also don't think I have a rev limiter, i'm pretty sure i'm well over 7000rpm when i'm crossing the line :? )

I did two runs launching off the stutterbox, both ended in 13.6 @172kph. Then I did a run without launch control, bogged off the line, ran another 13.6 :| Next run my launch was alot better, didn't bog, spun a little, ended with a 13.0 @176kph (109mph) which I was pretty happy with. Then I found someone off the NZ MMC forums who happened to have a tyre deflator on him, so I let them down to 25psi and had another go. Good launch, then missed 2nd ended with a 13.9 @ 174kph and called it a day.

Next drag meet is on the 25th. As long as the rain holds off, i'll be shooting for 12's I know people who have run mid 12's with a slower trap speed than me so it's definitely got the power, just gotta get the launch right and smash through the gears I guess.

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1990 C83A 4WD 4G63T powered hatch - [PSIBRG]
1992 JZX91 2JZ powered Toyota Mark II

Little update just cause I haven't done one in a while...

Took it to the drags a few times since my last post, but every time I take it the gearbox seems to get worse. It's practically impossible to hit 2nd after a hard launch now, and 3rd/4th aren't much better. All my runs lately have ended in 13.0-13.2 @107-109mph. Also my clutch (just a standard replacement with a slightly uprated pressure plate) now slips on launch. It's done bloody well though, handled 2 years of abuse and well over 50 hard launches at the track, and only started slipping after I tried a 2nd gear launch, my bad . Anyway it still holds up during normal driving/boosting, i'll keep it till it totally craps out and then upgrade to an ACT or something.

Other than that, the car has been totally reliable, i've been daily driving it for over a year now (apart from June-July last year when I was upgrading the turbo), and it hasn't broken even once... which is a record for this car!

Anyway i've never really been happy with running this setup on the chipped VR-4 ECU, it seems to run alright but I just don't trust it especially with no piggy back fuel control or anything. The car has been having some weird random starting issues (during warm weather or after it's been sitting for a while, it fires on the first crank then dies, and gotta crank it for another 5-7sec before it finally coughs into life). Also during warm weather it seems to buck when cruising/decelerating. I've managed to trace this down to ECU caps starting to leak, so I decided i'd use this opportunity to upgrade.

So I bought a Link G4 VR-4 Plug-In ECU. Link Engine Management is a New Zealand company, I don't think they've established a name for themselves overseas (apart from Australia), so you guys probably haven't heard of them? This things pretty awesome though, slots right into the stock ECU case for a factory look, and plugs in to the standard wiring harness. http://www.linkecu.com/products/engine- ... ug-in-ecus

Generic pics of the Evo plug-in model, VR-4 is pretty much the same but with VR-4 plugs obviously



Also picked up a pair of Kelford 264's. Next on the shopping list is valve springs, 880cc injectors, some sorta BOV to replace my factory plastic Evo 1-3 unit, new clutch, and then finally chuck her on the dyno for a much needed tune!

Might be a little while before I can afford those bits, the ECU and cams have cleared out my account lol. But for the first time in a while, i'm actually excited about this car

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1990 C83A 4WD 4G63T powered hatch - [PSIBRG]
1992 JZX91 2JZ powered Toyota Mark II

Nice to see an update on this car! I've heard of Link ECU's before, I'm not sure if it would work too well on a US car if it's meant for a EVO I-III, I know the JDM ECU's have nothing in common with US stuff. Post more pictures of the car, I can't get enough of that thing!

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91 GSX - 511fwhp and 352 lb/ft 25psi 110 octane, 7.68 @ 95.9mph 1/8th 21psi 91 octane, 11.93 @ 112.9mph, 117.7mph best trap speed, 20psi 91 octane
98 Volvo S70 T5 - DD

http://www.facebook.com/captaintonus

remember that spinning the tires makes the mph go up. i hit 108mph in the quarter spinning a tire thru 4th and run 14.3. as you get more traction your setup becomes more effiecient, lower traps lower Et's.

His car is AWD, so he's not getting a great deal of spin.

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91 GSX - 511fwhp and 352 lb/ft 25psi 110 octane, 7.68 @ 95.9mph 1/8th 21psi 91 octane, 11.93 @ 112.9mph, 117.7mph best trap speed, 20psi 91 octane
98 Volvo S70 T5 - DD

http://www.facebook.com/captaintonus

the same principal applies.

The Link is for a VR-4, I couldn't find any VR-4 specific pics on the net though and I don't want to unpack it yet to take pics haha. It should work okay on a US spec car I think, from memory you only have a couple of pins different to us (relating to the Cyclone manifold I think?). Speaking of the Cyclone manifold, I still have one kicking around somewhere that i'd love to install. Never got it to work properly on my old setup which is why I ditched it, but maybe i'll give it another go sometime. I miss the crazy low-down torque that thing provided.

Forgot to mention I also picked up a set of BC Gold coilovers. They're for an Evo 1-3, fronts look like they will bolt up with the help of YoshiFab mounts (which I also have), and the rears look like a straight fit

As for wheelspin, yeah I only have problems with 1st gear. After i've managed to smash it into 2nd it will hook straight away. On a VHT prepped track it will hook halfway through 1st (they only prep the track before major events), but i've never actually managed a clean run on a prepped track unfortunately.

And yeah, will have to get some more pics up. I've been meaning to take some, but can't seem to work up enough motivation to wash the car

I've got a couple of vids that i'm not sure i've posted up?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNlkolb-Mso
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuxlZuiNocM


And a few crappy photos you may not have seen

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1990 C83A 4WD 4G63T powered hatch - [PSIBRG]
1992 JZX91 2JZ powered Toyota Mark II

So I was slightly bored today, and was having a chat with a mate about my 18"s for my drift car. He asked if they're multistud and then said something along the lines of "should chuck them on the Cyborg, VIP BORG".

So I did

I only did one side, with the two 18x9 +22 rims, as the 18x10's probably had no chance of fitting from the start. Funnily enough, they ALMOST fit in the guards, would require some rolling and possibly flaring obviously, and because of the low offset they also clear the shocks. Anyway the TE37's are back on now. This was just a bit of fun haha

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1990 C83A 4WD 4G63T powered hatch - [PSIBRG]
1992 JZX91 2JZ powered Toyota Mark II

Nice! All you need is like 5 degrees of negative camber and you can be like one of those cool "hellaflush" kids.

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91 GSX - 511fwhp and 352 lb/ft 25psi 110 octane, 7.68 @ 95.9mph 1/8th 21psi 91 octane, 11.93 @ 112.9mph, 117.7mph best trap speed, 20psi 91 octane
98 Volvo S70 T5 - DD

http://www.facebook.com/captaintonus