Raven FRS: Heartbreaker

[TylerLieberman]

Originally Posted by Maverick22

You never mentioned where you got this wing or the brand.....

Yeah I have.

Like 15+ times too

[TylerLieberman]

Originally Posted by Enraged21

so you daily and drift the new wheels or do you have a dedicated drift set?
you're the only one I know so far who makes 17's look soooo good

The setup pictures is used both for daily driving. No alignment changes or anything. Drive to the track as is. Race. Drive home. Easy

[Maverick22]

Originally Posted by TylerLieberman

Yeah I have.

Like 15+ times too

My bad I just saw the link

[Skidrcn]

This build is full of WIN!

I have one question about your wheels. I am torn between getting 17x9 +35 RPF1's from my work or getting 18x9.5 +38. The 17's will keep the car fun and can slide a bit, but the 18's will make it looks so good. When I go to the local drift events I will probably just switch back to my stockers if I buy 18's... You said you Daily on your RPF1's and drift on them? Do you have any input on size?

[Shinchu]

Gadzooks! Totally forgot you came out to Cali!!! We'll if all goes well tomorrow, I should be starting a build thread... Thanks for the inspiration!

[subyboy]

you have just totally justified me buying my vertex steering wheel hahah thanks dude i was wondering if anyone else was rocking one and i love the way it looks. plus your car is freakin nice man i really like the wing and wheel set up

[TylerLieberman]

Originally Posted by Skidrcn

This build is full of WIN!

I have one question about your wheels. I am torn between getting 17x9 +35 RPF1's from my work or getting 18x9.5 +38. The 17's will keep the car fun and can slide a bit, but the 18's will make it looks so good. When I go to the local drift events I will probably just switch back to my stockers if I buy 18's... You said you Daily on your RPF1's and drift on them? Do you have any input on size?

18s look great but for this car, 17s are just plain better. Especially up front.

[Flatout-Motorsports]

Great job on your cars progress so far! Loving the duckbill spoiler!

[TylerLieberman]

Originally Posted by Flatout-Motorsports

Great job on your cars progress so far! Loving the duckbill spoiler!

Thanks. I actually put the car into a wall this past weekend at the track in Vegas.

I'm in AZ right now.

I'll upload the pics and footage when I get home this weekend.

[TylerLieberman]

These past few weeks have been crazy. I drove from Oklahoma to Arizona to California. Then up to Las Vegas. Then down to Arizona. Then back to Oklahoma. Just got back yesterday afternoon.



Total of nearly 3,500 miles.

Went to California first and hung out with some family and then swung over to 9k Racing and hung out with them as well as pick up a few parts. Big thanks to them for the unbelievable customer service!




After California, I went to my friend's shop in Vegas and had some fun for the day. The car struggled to say the least. Over 4,000ft elevation made this car feel weak. I'd be surprised if the car made any more than 130whp up there and 100tq. Ended up bumping the rear tire pressure to over 60psi and even then, the car still felt like it was struggling to keep the wheels spinning in 2nd.



[ame="http://vimeo.com/82468534"]Get Nuts Footage on Vimeo[/ame]

Managed to get some good tandem fun in, even though I was sucking out there haha. Also put the car into one of the plastic k rails and damaged the front end a bit.


^Corner light bracket broken, bumper misaligned, center grille destroyed, and some good scrapes going along the front. Oh well. I kinda like the BRZ front bumper more anyways. I might just end up switching.


After that, I went back to see the other half of my family in Arizona. It was nice seeing everybody again. Some of them, I haven't seen in almost 3 years. It was definitely nice seeing them all too considering I deploy in like about a month.



The car will pretty much sit around the entire time while I'm gone.

While I'm deployed, the plans are:

-Upgraded sway bars and endlinks
-Stance LCAs and SPL Toe Links
-Parts Shop Max knuckle kit
-Todoroki Front fenders
-BRZ Front bumper/repair FRS bumper

Also working on getting everything ready for the motorswap.

1JZ VVTi coming soon!
Fairly mild setup. Custom exhaust and piping, fuel upgrade, ecu tune etc. Just the basics. Should be making around 350whp with everything said and done. That's provided it all goes according to plan. Still have more research to do.

[Shinchu]

Nice! Hey you have the original clutch in there? How is it holding up to the clutch kicks? Love your approach to this car, driving the shit out of it! Well done sir!

[TylerLieberman]

Originally Posted by Shinchu

Nice! Hey you have the original clutch in there? How is it holding up to the clutch kicks? Love your approach to this car, driving the shit out of it! Well done sir!

Thanks!

Yes, stock clutch. Holding just fine but I think the car could benefit from a Stage 1 upgrade event at stock power levels.

Just got this picture today along with some others from the shoot last month.

I think it's safe to say that this is my favorite picture of my car so far.

This is low quality version of the picture too. I have access to the Hi Res version and that looks amazing. The guy who did the photography is working on having a poster made up. Not bad at all considering this is the first time he did a car shoot

[Jdogg88]

1jz for the win!! This build just keeps getting better dude! Good luck when you're deployed tyler

[SoCal909]

Your car looks amazing bro