Verus' Shop BRZ - Development Thread

[johan]

Velox BRZ says "yum".

Was great meeting you Eric, sorry you had to consume some hay to make it happen lol.

[LOLS2K]

What the hay.

[VerusEric]

Originally Posted by Takumi788

Ditto.

Not available yet on FT86 Speedfactory....and says out of stock on the Velox site...I just looked myself.

Originally Posted by 200hp/tonne

Where can I buy the ECU bracket/cover?
That is beautiful.

Originally Posted by gl2filmerguy

They told me they will be updating on FT86SF soon.

http://www.ft86speedfactory.com/2013...u-brz.html#new

Ask and yee shall receive .

Originally Posted by FRSKEV

That turbo is sweet, so am I understanding that it has an internal wastegate and internal bov basically?

Yes, it is twin scroll, internally gated (fully divided internal wastegate), and internal BOV. It is very neat technology! I've heard transient response with a turbo of this caliber is unreal, looking forward to seeing it first hand.

Originally Posted by johan

Velox BRZ says "yum".

Was great meeting you Eric, sorry you had to consume some hay to make it happen lol.

Likewise Jay! A bit of superglue and the grill looks good as new.

[VerusEric]

The 7163 is in and it is an engineering marvel! You can tell they really put a lot of thought and time into the design, it's incredibly lightweight as well. Pictures below.







The ports into the wastegate seem well placed and large! Should be able to handle boost control well, will find out soon!


Being the engineer/nerd that I am, I, of course, took off the covers to look at everything. The turbine housing will be getting coated as well.





So the turbine housing is headed out for the same coating the other exhaust bits received. I should get everything else back soon from coating as well.

Big things I still need to purchase:
Clutch - Thinking Exedy Twin for down the road?
Flexfuel
Coolant

Thanks,
Eric

[VerusEric]

Received the coated exhaust components earlier today. Still waiting on the turbine. It's a very durable "ceramic" coat but I believe it to be more aesthetic than heat retention coating. Still happy I went with it as it looks great .





I ordered an OE Forester engine oil cooler over the weekend for short term oil cooling and a DW 300LPH pump to help with fuel demands.





We had another interesting project come by as well. Tore into a local's trans that ruined 2nd gear. First time seeing this:





And finally, we are gearing up for brake cooling kit production as well which is exciting. I'll have photos of it installed on car in a few weeks.

The blow molded pieces matched up well with the 3D printed units. We asked the manufacturer to make a few changes, namely wall thickness and change the color to black, and hit the go button on production.


And the carbon ducts that rivet to the backing plates were all un-wrapped and ready for assembly.


Thanks,
Eric

[ballsdeep]

Hi, was wondering what compression will you be running?

[SPCorBUST]

Nice to see a build thread! I've been following along on the Velox Instagram account for a while now. Have been poking at you regarding the brake kits most recently.

First time hearing about this particular turbo kit, looking forward to hearing your impressions.

[VerusEric]

Originally Posted by ballsdeep

Hi, was wondering what compression will you be running?

Stock for right now, planning on building the engine down the line when funds allow it.

Originally Posted by SPCorBUST

Nice to see a build thread! I've been following along on the Velox Instagram account for a while now. Have been poking at you regarding the brake kits most recently.

First time hearing about this particular turbo kit, looking forward to hearing your impressions.

The fabrication and welding is some of the best I have seen. Will let you know how it goes when I install the kit and start testing it.

Updates:

Coated the charge air cooler. Purely for cosmetics, it came out pretty well.


Turbine came back from ceramic coating:








Received my OEM engine oil cooler and fuel pump. I am beyond excited to use the OEM engine oil cooler, I realize it is not enough to cool the oil for track but for daily duty and light runs, this will be perfect.





Thanks,
Eric

[200hp/tonne]

The Subaru oil cooler works more like an oil heater the way it is implemented in the Forrester, but if you source its coolant from a high pressure source like Heater inlet pipe, it works very well in a track day environment.

[VerusEric]

Originally Posted by 200hp/tonne

The Subaru oil cooler works more like an oil heater the way it is implemented in the Forrester, but if you source its coolant from a high pressure source like Heater inlet pipe, it works very well in a track day environment.

That is how I plumbed it . It should be getting the coolest coolant just after the water pump on the inlet side then dumps the hotter water into the outlet of the engine (inlet of the radiator). Will report back with how it does.

[Joe-G]

Will the brake cooling plates require the hub to be removed, and sandwiched in for installation?

[200hp/tonne]

Originally Posted by VeloxEric

That is how I plumbed it . It should be getting the coolest coolant just after the water pump on the inlet side then dumps the hotter water into the outlet of the engine (inlet of the radiator). Will report back with how it does.

It will flow the other way. The Radiator inlet is high pressure, Radiator outlet/Water pulp inlet is suction/low pressure. This will work as an oil heater until you hit 200-210F then keep the oil temp there. I have been running one in a very similar config for over a year now. Check out how the OEM Automatic transmission heater/cooler is plumbed.

[VerusEric]

Originally Posted by 200hp/tonne

It will flow the other way. The Radiator inlet is high pressure, Radiator outlet/Water pulp inlet is suction/low pressure. This will work as an oil heater until you hit 200-210F then keep the oil temp there. I have been running one in a very similar config for over a year now. Check out how the OEM Automatic transmission heater/cooler is plumbed.

If plumbed in this fashion, http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=50427 , the engine oil cooler should be getting "cold" coolant from the radiator when the t-stat opens. When the t-stat is closed, it will be circulating warm coolant and yes, warming the oil up. However, this is a good thing as oil should live around 200-220 degrees F to help evaporate moisture out of the oil. So heating up the oil as fast as possible to this region is great!

[200hp/tonne]

Originally Posted by VeloxEric

If plumbed in this fashion, http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=50427 , the engine oil cooler should be getting "cold" coolant from the radiator when the t-stat opens. When the t-stat is closed, it will be circulating warm coolant and yes, warming the oil up. However, this is a good thing as oil should live around 200-220 degrees F to help evaporate moisture out of the oil. So heating up the oil as fast as possible to this region is great!

The plumbing in that thread is exactly like Forrester, from low pressure Heater outlet to suction side water pump inlet - purely an oil warmer as there would be very little flow across the oil cooler. Tstat only controls coolant flow through radiator, heater core and Automatic trans cooler get permanent flow. Check out the coolant flow diagram.
Sorry for thread jack, i promise this will be my last post on this topic.