My turbo brz

[BRZGM3]

Hey guys, I've been a member for awhile. Mostly just reading and posting once in awhile but I figured it was time to post some info about myself and my car!

21 years old currently an Enlisted Technician working on the VLS launchers for the Navy.

I've always loved cars, like im sure most everyone on here. My fist car was a 91 s13 hatch that seized up shortly after I bought it. Swapped in an sr20 and loved that car more than my right hand. I also loved STI's especially the 06-07's. But I couldn't ever ditch my love of drifting for AWD. So when I heard about the brz I knew I would have one. Once I found out there wasn't a turbo and finally test drove one I knew I'd want more power and I'd end up sinking a ton of $$ into it. So to avoid financial ruin and building a brand new car, I started surfing the web for a brz that had most everything I wanted to do to the car.

First car


So while deployed I found "the one" on this forum, and set everything up to have the car delivered the day we got back to the states.
2 hours after pulling into the pier, My car arrived.



It wasn't exactly a fairy tale there were some cosmetic issues, the tune was way off and the car barely ran.



But with the help of an awesome local tuner Ross Benton and his shop Trust Automotive in, Chesapeak,VA. We were able to rebuild the fa20club kit into a nice setup, and fix all the tuning issues. Eventually putting down 406whp/323wtq on 17psi with E-80.





Shortly after that, we had some flooding and the car sucked up some water, which ended up bending a rod.



That's when we decided to rebuild the motor with forged internals. Pauter rods, acl bearings, JE low comp pistons, and the heads were sent to Element Tuning of MD for their "Big Valve Head" package.

We're currently waiting for the parts to arrive to get my baby back on the road, hopefully before Thanksgiving.



UPDATE** The car made 520whp/402wtq on 27psi here in Portland at Performance Race Engineering





On to the parts list:


PTE 5858 turbo kit remade by Trust Automotive
ID 1000cc injectors

Twin pump AEM320lph custom return fuel setup from PRE
Tial wastegate and BOV
4 bar map sensor
Mishimoto catch can
4-port boost solenoid
Perrin crank pulley
Moto-East flex fuel kit
Fullblown Radiator
Custom oil cooler from PSI


Nameless 3" resonated catback
JDL 3" Over pipe/ Front pipe

Password JDM engine dress-up kit
Spencer Fabrication front strut tower bar
Spencer Fab front crash beam
Nameless pulley covers

Futura 4 piston front brake BBK
DSS 600 hp axles
Act 6 puck clutch and lightweight flywheel
Kartboy short shifter, and shifter bushing
Mtec shift springs

oem subaru rear diffuser
Tom's USDM spec tail lights
Yellow lamix fogs
Perrin shorty antenna

Miro TE37reps 18x9.5 all around custom powder coated laser copper
Bridgestone Potenza S04-Pole Position 265 35 18 rear
Hankook Ventus V12Evo 235 40 18 front
Kics r40 neochrome lug nuts
Rolled and pulled fenders

Arc audio black series speakers all the way around the inside
Alpine type S 12" sub in the trunk
Alpine PDX amp powering everything

Stance coilovers
Stance LCA's
Megan toe arms
Perrin sway bar

Carsmo Armrest
Weather tech floor mats
JPM alcantara gauge hood
JPM alcantara one piece dash bezel
JMP alcantara Knee pads
LED interior lights
P3-Cars gauge
Aem wide band A/F and boost gauge with dash vent mount.

[BRZGM3]

Well its been way to long since I've updated this!
The car has seen some changes and finally has a finished tune.


The wheels were re-coated and are now lazer copper.
The 60 trim was taken out and we put in a pte5858.
Added a spencer fab front crash bar
Had a custom oil cooler put together by PSI here in Portland, OR
Then PRE here in Portland, OR did a return fuel system and a final tune.
The car made 520whp/402wtq at 27psi on E-80

[Khánh]

looks nice. good luck with the build!!

[CoopBRZ]

Beautiful car and nice numbers. What kinda brand/quality are those replicas TE's?

[AVodka14]

Very clean.

[BRZGM3]

Thanks guys, they're Miro. So far no issues with them from daily use.

[mike the snake]

Very nice.

When you get to installing the FB radiator, I'd suggest getting the shroud and Spal fans as well-great package.

Also, you can move the radiator forward quite a bit by drilling new lower mounting holes forward of the stock positions, and with custom upper mounting tabs.

This gives you extra clearance and helps things run cooler.

[BRZGM3]

Thanks for the tip, I actually installed the FB radiator back in May. I used the stock shroud / fans .

[Lonewolf]

I'm anxious to see her up and running again...looks like it should pull nicely

Thank you again for your service

[slicktop]

Can't wait for this!

[BRZGM3]

Same, she's been under the knife for 2 months so anxious is an understatement lol.
When the car was running 406whp, it was a blast. Honestly, way more power than this car needs lol. But im hoping for low 500whp.

[BRZGM3]

Originally Posted by slicktop

Can't wait for this!

Shit, im excited for your build! Should definitely kill most every car in the area! Not to mention that sound!

[jdmblood]

Really like the purple wheels

[hammy]

Super clean man! Good luck with the new build!