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Roxy86 · 05-23-2014, 06:36 PM

Like many have said... I wish I knew how to weld.
Great build! U N I Q U E!

mrk1 · 05-23-2014, 08:58 PM

Car is up and running around. On a very basic tune so just doing the basics now. The turbo whistle sounds amazing even just cruising in vacuum.

Im driving it on the MAF pipe. I cut up a maf extension harness to wire in the AEM IAT but so far no luck getting it to run.

mrk1 · 05-28-2014, 09:05 AM

Learning the ins and outs of Ecutek, things are going well so far.

Kotu100 · 05-28-2014, 09:34 AM

Very nice! I'll definitely have to swing in and check everything out one of these days.

mrk1 · 05-29-2014, 10:12 PM

Things are looking good, I think my over pipe is touching the sub frame under load. Going to get under there and look tomorrow. If so Im thinking of pulling and notching and boxing the frame. I hate that thing.

ATL BRZ · 05-29-2014, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by mrk1

Things are looking good, I think my over pipe is touching the sub frame under load. Going to get under there and look tomorrow. If so Im thinking of pulling and notching and boxing the frame. I hate that thing.

I see you already have STi engine mounts but have you considered stiffer mounts than those? My PLM over pipe used to touch the frame under load until I loosened everything then pushed up on the overpipe while tightening. I still have the stock engine mounts. It doesn't hit the subframe any more but I'm definitely going to need stiff mounts if I go FI. The Cusco mounts seem to work well.

mrk1 · 05-30-2014, 06:21 AM

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Originally Posted by ATL BRZ

I see you already have STi engine mounts but have you considered stiffer mounts than those? My PLM over pipe used to touch the frame under load until I loosened everything then pushed up on the overpipe while tightening. I still have the stock engine mounts. It doesn't hit the subframe any more but I'm definitely going to need stiff mounts if I go FI. The Cusco mounts seem to work well.

Yeah I have thought about it, I ran Cusco in my last subi. We will see how things look.

disgruntld · 06-02-2014, 07:04 PM

@mrk1 I just read 21 pages straight. This is the single greatest thing I've seen in a very long time. Some of these welds, and the CNC'd collectors made me make embarrassing noises out loud. I'll be watching the rest of this build with baited breath

Also, consider myself on the buyers list if you ever do a run of those rear braces.

mrk1 · 06-03-2014, 08:09 PM

Today I made some cleaner radiator brackets to replace the cut factory bits. These move the radiator as far forward as possible giving the most room.

8R6 · 06-03-2014, 08:16 PM

holy shit.... you seriously have skills. damn. each picture i scroll down to, i just keep saying "holy shit" lol

mrk1 · 06-03-2014, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by BRGT86

holy shit.... you seriously have skills. damn. each picture i scroll down to, i just keep saying "holy shit" lol

Thanks, I'm just doing what I love. I try to make every part better then the last.

mrk1 · 06-04-2014, 08:36 AM

Getting the car ready for Wicked Big Meet this weekend

Mathewgzlz · 06-04-2014, 08:42 AM

Any dyno numbers yet 😬😬😬😬😬

Resistance- Because if we fight we might lose, but if we don't fight we've already lost.

mrk1 · 06-04-2014, 09:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mathewgzlz

Any dyno numbers yet 😬😬😬😬😬

Resistance- Because if we fight we might lose, but if we don't fight we've already lost.

No dyno yet, to much going on at the shop. After this show weekend things will return to normal so I can get back at it.

05-23-2014, 08:58 PM	#450
mrk1 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Drives: Sterling BRZ Ltd Location: New England Posts: 1,702 Thanks: 403 Thanked 1,389 Times in 671 Posts Mentioned: 21 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	Car is up and running around. On a very basic tune so just doing the basics now. The turbo whistle sounds amazing even just cruising in vacuum. Im driving it on the MAF pipe. I cut up a maf extension harness to wire in the AEM IAT but so far no luck getting it to run. __________________ The Build Thread GT28RS - eBoost2 - 3.91 Final Drive - Supra LSD

05-28-2014, 09:05 AM	#451
mrk1 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Drives: Sterling BRZ Ltd Location: New England Posts: 1,702 Thanks: 403 Thanked 1,389 Times in 671 Posts Mentioned: 21 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	Learning the ins and outs of Ecutek, things are going well so far. __________________ The Build Thread GT28RS - eBoost2 - 3.91 Final Drive - Supra LSD

05-29-2014, 10:12 PM	#453
mrk1 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Drives: Sterling BRZ Ltd Location: New England Posts: 1,702 Thanks: 403 Thanked 1,389 Times in 671 Posts Mentioned: 21 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	Things are looking good, I think my over pipe is touching the sub frame under load. Going to get under there and look tomorrow. If so Im thinking of pulling and notching and boxing the frame. I hate that thing. __________________ The Build Thread GT28RS - eBoost2 - 3.91 Final Drive - Supra LSD

06-03-2014, 08:09 PM	#457
mrk1 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Drives: Sterling BRZ Ltd Location: New England Posts: 1,702 Thanks: 403 Thanked 1,389 Times in 671 Posts Mentioned: 21 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	Today I made some cleaner radiator brackets to replace the cut factory bits. These move the radiator as far forward as possible giving the most room. __________________ The Build Thread GT28RS - eBoost2 - 3.91 Final Drive - Supra LSD Last edited by mrk1; 06-03-2014 at 08:22 PM.

06-03-2014, 08:16 PM	#458
8R6 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Drives: FRS Location: SoCal Posts: 2,086 Thanks: 2,738 Thanked 1,339 Times in 746 Posts Mentioned: 30 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	holy shit.... you seriously have skills. damn. each picture i scroll down to, i just keep saying "holy shit" lol __________________ Team BRG inspire-usa My car build #8R6

05-23-2014, 06:36 PM	#449
Roxy86 Member Join Date: May 2014 Drives: Diesel daily / FR-S Location: United States Posts: 81 Thanks: 5 Thanked 25 Times in 23 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Like many have said... I wish I knew how to weld. Great build! U N I Q U E!

05-28-2014, 09:34 AM	#452
Kotu100 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Drives: Supra, 2014 BRZ Location: Stoughton, MA Posts: 327 Thanks: 241 Thanked 192 Times in 82 Posts Mentioned: 7 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Very nice! I'll definitely have to swing in and check everything out one of these days.

06-04-2014, 08:36 AM	#460
mrk1 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Drives: Sterling BRZ Ltd Location: New England Posts: 1,702 Thanks: 403 Thanked 1,389 Times in 671 Posts Mentioned: 21 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	Getting the car ready for Wicked Big Meet this weekend __________________ The Build Thread GT28RS - eBoost2 - 3.91 Final Drive - Supra LSD

06-04-2014, 08:42 AM	#461
Mathewgzlz Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Drives: 2013 SCION FR-S FIRESTORM RED Location: CAMP LEJEUNE, NC Posts: 332 Thanks: 173 Thanked 65 Times in 50 Posts Mentioned: 5 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Any dyno numbers yet 😬😬😬😬😬 Resistance- Because if we fight we might lose, but if we don't fight we've already lost.

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