Mad Mike's Firestorm Build
 

2013 manual, picked it up in February 2013. Daily driving, autoxing, and tracking ever since. Currently at 109,000 miles.

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Power:
- TRD air filter
- JDL EL catted header w/ titanium ceramic coating.
- Nameless 2.5" catted & resonated front/over pipe.
- Ecutek license and tune from HRI tuning.

Cooling:
- Jackson Racing Oil Cooler
- Verus Engineering Brake Cooling Kit

Handling:
- RCE Tarmac 2 coilovers
- SPL Rear Lower Control Arms
- Jackson Racing Anti Dive Kit
- RPF1 17x9 +45 (these are now the dailies)
- Apex ARC-8 17x9 +42
- Hankook RS4 245/40/17
- OEM camber bolts

Brakes:
- Carbotech xp10
- Titanium brake shims

Fluids:
- Motul RBF 600
- Motul gear 300
- Motul 300v 0w30

Other:
- 2015+ ignition coils
- Kartboy short shifter
- Raceseng Topology weighted shift knob
- Cusco wide accelerator pedal
- BRZ blue series underbody panels
- Nameless ecu bracket
- Sound tube delete
- Clutch spring removed
- Cosworth air inlet hose.
- Beastronix 86 nanny

Cosmetic:
- 5 Axis spoiler
- Oem mud flaps
- 2015 exhaust tips
- BRZ trunk lid liner
- BRZ ebrake boot

what car is that reflected in the bumper?

TRD filter install:

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BRZ trunk lid liner, looks like a complete car now:

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BRZ ebrake boot, so dumb they didn't do this from the factory:

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Kartboy install
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It's my friends old MR2.

Nameless 3" axleback w/ 5" mufflers. So purdy.

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Nameless 2.5" catted & resonated front/over pipe (top one here).

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Absolutely love the way this combo sounds. I honestly wouldn't do this axleback without this front/over pipe. It's quieter on the highway with it but louder at wot.

Autox fun

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Tuning:
- These are e-dynos done on the same section of an uphill road in 3rd gear.
- Blue is a stock brz (not mine).
- Green is all mods before tuning.
- Red is after tuning.

Done by HRI tuning.

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Wheels and tires ordered!

RPF1 17x9 +45
RS3 245/40/17

Wheels and Tires mounted!

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Had a great weekend with the 2 day autox at Daytona. Came in 2nd out of 14 in STX. I was about 3 seconds faster on Saturdays course (compared to the last time I ran it a few months ago). I'm sure the tune and the tires helped with that.

What kind of tune do you have

I got a road tune done by HRI tuning in Orlando. They do e-tunes I believe.

Alright cool. I like your spoiler by the way, thinking about getting a black one for my firestorm.

Or his BRZ. :D The MR2 GenIII Turbo was Supra White.

I love the 5 axis spoiler. A black one on red could be a nice contrast.

Yeah I have dark tints so it would complement that as well. Did that come with the car or did you buy it separately? If separately, could you tell me where you got it from?

Came with the car. I don't know where a good place to get them would be sorry :/.

Pics from Daytona Autox:

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Sweet looking setup! All you need is a drop :)

Renato
Team TWM Performance

Nice...

Thanks, and yes it needs a drop.

I'm getting wear on the outside edge of the tires, but can't run any more negative camber (currently on factory alignment) on stock suspension without hitting the spring perch. :/

Really?! I'd check the toe setting and see if that's in spec. Outside edge tire wear sounds like too much toe-out.

Renato
Team TWM Performance

JDL EL catted header, titanium ceramic coated. Waited 8+ long weeks for this but it looks excellent.

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Installed:

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Very close to intake resonators. But not touching (or melting) anything.

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I had a problem with a metallic pinging noise over 4k after installing this header which I believe was coming from the old style resonator in the nameless front/over pipe. It is currently being retrofitted with the new style and I will report back if that has solved the issue. I have put back on the stock axleback for now.

After getting the car retuned (sorry no graph), there is no torque dip and the car just pulls from 2.5k+.

Since you have a the JDL catted header, does that mean you won't get a CEL?

Correct. I've never seen a check engine light and I've had the header installed for about a month now.

Nice! How do you like it? Any ideas how it compares to the SpeedFactory catted header?

I don't have dyno comparisons but a friend of mine in town has that one. We have yet to see who is faster in a straight line but they feel pretty comperable. The main difference is the speedfactory one is uel, this one is el. JDL has the option to get a ceramic coating and speed factory doesn't I don't think.

I am looking at the Catted EL from JDl as well, it looks very nice. It would be great to see a comparo between the JDL Catted EL and Speedfactory Catted UEL. I believe the UEl may help the tqe dip a bit more but I have read the EL has better top end power.

Did you get a weight on the new header? Curious to see how much lighter it might be...

Sorry, didn't weigh it, was too anxious to get it installed.

If we ever dyno our cars I'll let you know. They both don't have a torque dip anymore, so either one will work for that (assuming you tune the car). I think theoretically mine should make more top end power, but I haz no proofs.

Thanks double M

I just got dynoed for the Grimmspeed intake with OFT tune (stage 1) and made 176. I am hoping to get into the 190's with lightweight pulleys and header, exhaust components etc..
I am really on the fence between UEL and EL. I am sure I want JDL because it just seems they are made the best by far. What I am concerned about is the EL "rasp" sound I have heard on many sound clips. Can you comment on this?

Nice, I liked the look of that intake. Still on the fence about buying it.

From what I've seen most of the raspiness comes from people not having enough muffling. Changing the header really opens up the exhaust, giving you more power...and noise. I would stick with a "quiet" cat back (q300 or 2.5" Perrin resonated) and you shouldn't have a rasp problem.

Here is a video I found useful: [ame]http://youtu.be/qK1hgwwSiGQ[/ame]

Gainesville AutoX last month.

First autox after header install and retune, it was so nice to not feel the torque dip. The car definitely has enough power for autox. Around the big sweeping turns at higher speeds the car was understeering. I guess I need to bite the bullet and get coilovers so I can run proper camber, reduce the body roll, and get rid of the lifted truck look.

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My retro-fitted nameless front/over pipe came back. They replaced the entire pipe after the cat. Install soon. I'm really hoping it solves the problem of my car sounding like a honda.

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Also, Christmas came early: Tarmac 2s!

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Tarmac 2s installed. I reused the stock top hats for all 4. Used camber bolts up front. Went for a 1" drop.

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Rear:
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I will need rear lower control arms as one side is 0.5 degree off from the other. The new nameless resonator design fixes the honda sound for the most part. There is still a faint buzzing sound at high rpms, but it's only audible if you really listen for it.

How it sits after install with 1" drop and alignment.

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That's looking super clean. Respectable choices!

I threw a CEL P0351 the other day when the car was going sideways in the rain and redlined. I cleared the code and it hasn't been back since. I ordered a nameless aluminum ecu bracket to see if that helps dissipate heat better and save some weight.

Got rid of my sound tube while I was at it.
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Very nice car - great choices with the mods. Keep it up !

i just ordered an enkei rpf1 17x9 +45. it looks like this on stock struts right? looks good i read that some had rubbing.

Yep that's on completely stock suspension. No rubbing. But you can't run any more negative camber than factory alignment. This is with 245/40 rs3s. Maybe a bigger tire would rub or if you had more negative camber. Also don't get me wrong...it was tight (1-2mm clearance).