This makes me envision all kinds of colors for the interior. Great work, I'll be doing the boomerangs very soon.

Photoshoot is finally happening!

Here are the first two releases from the photoshoot. High resolution to come.

When with you and Scott be selling kits for this!
How much for turnkey service, ie I drive over hand wad of money and you do this to my car ?

Ummm which part? Haha

First post will be updated periodically throughout the week with professional photos.

http://i.imgur.com/sSIqtHs.jpg

First post has been updated with photos from the photoshoot.

This is best picture I could have ever hoped for of the LED Interior conversion. Eat your heart out Subaru

http://i.imgur.com/5Zsc1i3.jpg

Awesome new pics!! :thumbsup:

+1 for sound clips when you get your headers installed.
I have the Ark Grip also and just ended up ordering the JDL UEL because i couldnt find any clips online

Wow awesome build! Subscribee. Can't wait to see your brz this Saturday!
If you don't mind me asking, how much was your photoshoot?

I was wondering the same thing. He did some awesome work!

The cost is around $1k with the same lighting setup. Without the lighting rigs, it's around $500.

I'm up for a photo session once my car is finished. Maybe we can get a group buy together BJUN?

Acree, what other mods do you have lined up for your car? I think you have modified/upgraded every single light on the thing. :D Damn she's clean!!!

I have a JDL UEL header sitting in my apartment and I've almost pulled the trigger on a JR SC kit half a dozen times. But the lure of an LS swap keeps me from doing it.

I'm actually working with a handful of shops to develop an electronics integration unit for LS/2JZ swaps for this platform. It's going to be a game changer for a lot of the swap guys. I think I'm going to hold out on any major power mod to see how well it does.

As far as cosmetic or other lighting mods, I still have to make one-off puddle lights, and reverse lights. The reverse lights are going to be something else... :D I will be doing the STi caliper and rotor swap some time this year, and really really like the Chargespeed CF bottom lip kit. I'm not sure if I can stomach the price just for some bit of aero tho.

Wow that is some pretty exciting stuff right there!!! Yes I agree, the portion of my project involving the factory electronics should be fun. If it gives me too much of a headache I will simply eliminate the b!*#H and go old school ;) It is unfortunate how "new" vehicles have an abundance of sensors and controls. Keep me updated with your progress!

I'm actually looking to go with STi/EVO (Brembos). Haven't decided yet because I want dual rear brake calipers. Seems like we have the same taste because I was leaning towards the Chargespeed front lip if I stayed with my BRZ front bumper but that sucker is $$$! lol

Considering you're the only 2JZ swap anywhere close to me, I'm actually very interested in doing some testing and development on your car to ensure this controller is compatible with LS and 2JZ swaps. If you're up for it, let's talk this week. I think I could provide some very attractive features for your build. There's no reason to go old-school. ;)

Bad ass!!! I might be heading to the shop this Saturday. If you're available, we can meet then.

PM sent.

Haha sure. Sounds good

@Acree do you charge for the lighting stuff? Wanted to tint my headlights as well and also wire so that my led daylight lights stay on all the time

@Acree @bjun @Drift&Drag We should all meet up after cars and coffee this Saturday. Seems like we're the very few ones extensively modifying our 86's in Dallas :)

Sounds like a great idea!

@Acree , Did you ever get pics of how you routed the brake ducting to the rotor backing plates when you installed them?

I'm very interested in seeing your turbo kit. It seems like a whole lot better deal than what I got. :party0030:

Haha thnx. I've been hoping to see your car for the longest time too! Lol.

That would be bad ass but my car won't be ready for a few more months. I plan on meeting Acree this Saturday at the shop. But yeah, once my car is finished, we can definitely get some exclusive meets going. :cool:

well that's what I meant we can roll there to your shop :bonk:

Just remembered I saw that you took your car to Texas Track works for alignment/fender rolling, and I'll be over there in the next couple weeks doing the same. I am curious, did they roll anything up front besides the part by the side marker? The lip up front looks to be rolled enough everywhere but there.

Also, any idea what kind of camber you ended up with? Looks like a great daily height/alignment. Probably going to drop my car off there next week.

Ok cool... around what time?

Hit me up at CnC this weekend.


I have class from 9am to 11:50am, so I'll be at CnC early. I'll head to class around 8:15 or so and can meet up after noon if you guys want to grab lunch or head to see @Drift&Drag's build.


I did not because I never installed them. I'm actually going to sell the APR backing plate kit and hoses and go with the TF backing plates and hoses routed to the APR ducts. The APR kit blows air onto the inside rotor surface instead of forcing it into the center to blow out through the veins. IMHO, this is a less than preferred design.


They just basically rolled everything on the front fender. I had to go back and pull the front fenders out where the front bumper mounts to get the tires to clear under full compression. The camber is -2.4* all around. I still have an issue with the rear driver fender clearing at the very top. As soon as I have time to get that straightened out, I'll move it back to -2.0* all around.


Can we do 1pm?

Sounds good to me. :thumbup:

Where is the shop located? I have to be at work by 3pm and its in mckinney :(

man you really did an AMAZING JOB!

Thank you sir!

Acree's BRZ - The product of boredom and an EE degree
 

JDL UEL Header Install

After a brief couple of days of contemplating selling the JDL UEL header or installing it, I just said screw it. Friday night, I headed over to @h4nh's house to install it. We had an issue with the rear o2 being seized in the stock header. There was a surprising amount of corrosion on the threads for a car with only 26k miles and 2 track days. We finally got it on and checked for exhaust leaks. Thankfully, it sounded like all the gaskets sealed correctly. We reused the stock head to manifold gaskets without issue.

The current combination on the car is stock tune, JDL UEL catless header, stock overpipe, ARK Catless Test Pipe, and ARK Grip Exhaust.

The Good: The JDL header has seemed to open the car up significantly. It has some noticeable increase in the torque dip and top end. The problem is I'm still slightly irritated with the torque dip and lag in throttle response. I'm still on the stock tune. I'll be placing an order for the OFT tomorrow.

This exact exhaust combination has me torn. As far as driving comfort and civility in the cabin, it's a fantastic combo! The helmholtz chambers on the ARK pieces really seem to do their job. If I'm on the highway cruising at 75, you literally cannot hear the exhaust with the radio off. It's completely silent which is quite surprising. If you downshift and bury your foot in the throttle, the exhaust screams. It's the best of both worlds. Downshift throttle blips result in a fantastic bark.

The Bad: The combo seems raspy at all RPM values under high load. Honestly, this was something I was half expecting but optimistically hoping I could avoid. Some people like or tolerate rasp. For me personally, it's not acceptable on any car. I think it makes the car sound like a POS. I'm going to have to figure out a solution. I love the exhaust and I love header. I believe the problem is the lack of an inline resonated portion anywhere in the exhaust. The helmholtz chambers do a great job of isolating harmonics and preventing drone, but they do not serve the same purpose as an inline resonator chamber would serve. I think I'm going to purchase one off of Summit and have an exhaust shop weld it into the ARK Test pipe. Obviously I'll keep the interior diameter the same throughout, but leaving the exhaust as it currently sits is not an option. At the same time, I want to avoid adding a HFC. An inline resonator chamber seems like the best option.

I think it sounds good at low rpm but when you hit the revs up it starts to rasp. Just use my oem headers and wait for v8 lol

How was the Stainless shift knob during the summer? Hot to touch? I'm liking the Raceseng, but just wondering since my wife drives the car also and that will be an issue if it heats up pretty good to the touch.

sound clips pls.

The OFT and the header will retain resale value pretty damn well I think, especially since it's coated. I'll keep em until I'm ready to pull the trigger. I like the sound, just need to get rid of the rasp.


Honestly, this is the 3rd stainless knob I've had in my cars. I don't think it gets too hot to handle, but that all depends on your tolerance. There were plenty of days last summer where I definitely wouldn't rest my hand on it.


I'll try to do that soon. All I have is a 5S camera, so the sound quality won't be great.

@shiv@vishnu OFT Order placed!

Just installed JDL UEL, over pipe, ARK test pipe and DT-S catback this past weekend on mine haha, I'm in loveeee