Here's some 11:1 compression for you



Fast Intentions Stage 3 Xona XR 65•64

 

 

I can't believe this thread is over 5 years old now! My where has the time gone..

The build that keeps on going is still not done, but we inch towards completion every other month or so.

Well let's sum up what's happened in the past 5 months.


November 2018:
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The main goal was to get the motor assembled and sealed up.

Heads, plugs, etc


Dynosty Head Gaskets


Just a "VQ35"


CJM VQ37 FPD Rails, Synolimit Ported VHR Lower Intake Manifold


Synolimit Ported VHR Upper Intake Manifold & 63mm Ported TBs


Suckerpunch Motorsports Oil Pump, EPS Oil Gallery Gaskets, Greddy Oil Pan, Fast Intentions Oil Filter Relocation


Sold the my 19" RE30s and got another pair of 18s to step down on all corners. I couldn't find winning blue to match the rear so I'll have to fix the color issue..

Gram Lights 57xtreme 275/35/18x9.5 +22f and 295/40/18x10.5 +40r


Hangry



December 2018:
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Christmas Roadtrip!




January 2019:
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Just keeps going and going...

ATI Super Damper


Fast Intentions Stage 3 - Xonarotor XR 65•64



Backside clearance over that "VQ35"



February 2019:
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Finished all the lines and "mocked" up the pipes





March 2019:
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Finally we can chuck this.. Omgwtfbbq!

Always be ready to eat your words eh?

We need clean up the years of neglect and cobwebs...




Hand "Car Wash"


"RB" Swap


Movement thanks to 2 MFP (Men Foot Power)


Fast Intentions Steering Rack Spacers - the detail to the design of their kit is amazing!


I guess you can say we dropped the car onto the motor instead of "dropped the motor in"


Home is where the heart lies


I love the Fast Intentions manifold, look how much clearance there is with these big ol turbskies (they are equivalent to GT35Rs)
My AAM TT kit did not have this good of clearance and it had smaller turbos




April 2019:
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That's where we stand.. April's update will come after us fools get back to the garage..

But, the actual car was taking too long to rebuild so I decided to build a car simulator to get my seat time in instead.


And trust me, I really need the seat time..

 

Truly amazing. Can't wait to see the finished build. That car simulator is doooope. I don't even want to know what that costs lol.

 

Since you don't want to.. The cost for the 4Play platform, Fanatec gear, NRG seat, etc so far was ~$3500. That's not including the cost of the PC to run everything on - I upgraded that last year to prep for the simulator build. I'm currently using a Logitech G29 wheel temporarily while I wait for my DD1 to be shipped. Even though I'm using a "lesser" wheel right now driving the simulator is fun as hell!

Pretty much everyone I've spoken to has said the experience directly correlates, a friend who competes in Lone Star Drift calculated out the cost of taking his drift car, tires, brakes, etc + maintenance of running a fairly local track for 5-6 hours and estimated it would cost him $2-3k for a day. At the very least the simulator definitely helps the thirst for speed and hopefully it will help me stay on the course when I take my G to the track again IRL..

My work had one of these laying around so I'm going to try VR out this weekend.

 

That's awesome!

 

#tbt I can not wait to hear what the new cammed motor sounds like!

Edit: After reviewing all the posts I forgot to add that we decided on going with Ferrea valves as we were assembling the heads (which caused quite a delay in the build).

Version 2.0 (Updated):
Fast Intentions Twin Turbo Kit
Stage 3 - Xona Rotor 65.64 (HTZ-3579) Turbos
TiAL MV-S Wastegate Springs 14.5psi/1bar (Black/Red)
RJ Manufacturing Closed Deck Block
Carillo VQ37 H Beam Rods w/CARR bolts
Traum Pistons Custom Billet 10:1 cr
VQ37 Crankshaft
CJM Twin Pump 255/450
CJM VQ37 Fuel Rails
ID1700x Injectors
Tomei ProCam 272 duration 10.8 lift Intake & Exhaust Cams
Ferrea Competition Plus Valves
Ferrea Dual Valve Springs
Ferrea Locks
Ferrea Spring Seat Locators
Ferrea Titanium Retainers
Dynosty Head Gaskets
ARP 625+ Head Studs
SuckerPunch Motorsports Billet HR/VHR Oil Pump
ATI Super Damper
EPS Oil Gallery Gaskets
Solid Motor Mounts
Synolimit Ported VQ37 Upper/Lower Intake Manifold
Synolimit Ported Throttle Bodies
AdminTuning Combo Tank
Uprev GT MAFs

 

Long Beach Grand Prix. Nice!

 

Nice updates, Tony. Bet your getting very anxious to actually drive her again!

Loving the driving simulator too. Awesome set-up! Unfortunately my wife doesn't like to see my stuff sitting out when I'm not using it so I built a folding one with an old racing seat for my Xbox One. That way I can store it in the closet when I'm not using it. Then when I want to use it I can just pull it out and set it right in front of my 65" Samsung Plasma in my loft.

 

Time is flying by so fast I don't even know where it's gone! I guess I'll just start summarizing through the months of the project at this point.

May 2019:
It's been a minute since I got the wheels, but black and blue mismatched wheels was not making me want to look at the car very much.


JACE Auto took care of the problem for me:


Now the looks:



June 2019:
Last time we were in the garage we got the motor in, next up as the clutch/transmission:



FI Crash bar fits, but the tow hook is a couple inches high - that's ok if you cut the grille out.


July 2019:
Found some more time so we started hooking up the bay:



A piece of Lt8Che Black Pearl will live on here:


July 2019:
Time is sparse - some more things have been installed. We need to finish the new intake pipes as well.

Man I wasn't really thinking through the color of the admin tank.. Going to have to hit up that powdercoater again.

 

Nice updates, Tony. New shoes look great and love that pic of the new clutch being installed!

Let me know if you know anyone in the market for a GTM Super Charged G Sedan to use as an everyday driver... I've only driven my car a couple times so far this year so I've decided to sell it.

 

The breed is dying.. You have held the torch for so long though it's understandable!

 

Yeah, our cars are aging along with the owners. Thanks for the nice world, but I haven't held the torch for quite a while.... I think it was passed along to you many years ago so now its up to you to hold it! LOL

Have you thought about adding an AAM intake manifold to your new build? I have a polished one and never got around to installing it. Let me know if you might be interested in it.

 

No I haven't considered changing the waffle yet, I would rather see how the vehicle performs with it. If it ever gets to a point where the plastic manifold becomes malformed then I'll start looking into options.

There's a guy who had his car built at JMS Racing and they were close to the supposed "oem plastic waffle limit" so he bought the AAM manifold and they ended up losing ~40hp at the same boost level.

 

I've been lurking in myG37 for sometime now. I just read through your build. I only have one question, what do you do for work?