DPE G - GTM TT, Stoptech BBK & More!
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05-02-2013, 05:39 PM
#20
Bro, holy crap that thing looks amazing! 
Those are great numbers too....how's the reliability looking so far? Engine bay looks great with those BOV's showing lol. Wish I could see that thing in person. And yea, you deserve the pride that you did all the work yourself, that's a hell of a job. Plus makes it that much more meaningful to you that you did the work yourself. That's atleast how I feel on my car having done everything except the camber kit myself
Those are great numbers too....how's the reliability looking so far? Engine bay looks great with those BOV's showing lol. Wish I could see that thing in person. And yea, you deserve the pride that you did all the work yourself, that's a hell of a job. Plus makes it that much more meaningful to you that you did the work yourself. That's atleast how I feel on my car having done everything except the camber kit myself
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05-03-2013, 09:52 AM
#24
Yea, it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be, got into a few jams that needed a few steps back to rethink my strategy but overall wasn't something I could justify paying someone else to do, and I don't feel the same about things when I just drop it off and pick it up, I enjoy the wrench time.
05-03-2013, 10:01 AM
#25
Thanks for the positive replys, I appreciate them!
Reliability has been great, I still DD the car, only hiccups have been the OEM clutch not holding up to the job, and a steering knuckle issue, which I had to have the GTM spacers remade with a 1/8" slope to them to allow the steering shaft to clear the downpipe. GTM was sub-par on helping me out, and it ended up being easier to figure it out myself, great product, but the support was not my most pleasant experience.
The parts of the install that scared me the most ended up being some of the easier parts. Such as tapping the head for the pass side manifold, took all of 20 minutes. My drivers side turbo was not pre-clocked, and that was probably my longest fight, because it has to be sooooo specific to fit in that side of the bay that it was on and off about 6 times.
I will have to dig up my install pics, I tucked them away since I wasn't planning on posting this right away. I didn't want it to be one of those year long build threads that gets forgotten about or ends on a bad note lol. I spent a little over a month working on this after work for a couple hours here and there, then after the turbo went on, I drove for about another month before I pulled her all back apart to do the clutch/flywheel. Then waited another month of break-in till I brought it to Z1 for the final touches.
Bro, holy crap that thing looks amazing! Those are great numbers too....how's the reliability looking so far? Engine bay looks great with those BOV's showing lol. Wish I could see that thing in person. And yea, you deserve the pride that you did all the work yourself, that's a hell of a job. Plus makes it that much more meaningful to you that you did the work yourself. That's atleast how I feel on my car having done everything except the camber kit myself
Those are great numbers too....how's the reliability looking so far? Engine bay looks great with those BOV's showing lol. Wish I could see that thing in person. And yea, you deserve the pride that you did all the work yourself, that's a hell of a job. Plus makes it that much more meaningful to you that you did the work yourself. That's atleast how I feel on my car having done everything except the camber kit myselfThe parts of the install that scared me the most ended up being some of the easier parts. Such as tapping the head for the pass side manifold, took all of 20 minutes. My drivers side turbo was not pre-clocked, and that was probably my longest fight, because it has to be sooooo specific to fit in that side of the bay that it was on and off about 6 times.
I will have to dig up my install pics, I tucked them away since I wasn't planning on posting this right away. I didn't want it to be one of those year long build threads that gets forgotten about or ends on a bad note lol. I spent a little over a month working on this after work for a couple hours here and there, then after the turbo went on, I drove for about another month before I pulled her all back apart to do the clutch/flywheel. Then waited another month of break-in till I brought it to Z1 for the final touches.
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05-03-2013, 12:00 PM
#27
Thanks for the positive replys, I appreciate them!
Reliability has been great, I still DD the car, only hiccups have been the OEM clutch not holding up to the job, and a steering knuckle issue, which I had to have the GTM spacers remade with a 1/8" slope to them to allow the steering shaft to clear the downpipe. GTM was sub-par on helping me out, and it ended up being easier to figure it out myself, great product, but the support was not my most pleasant experience.
The parts of the install that scared me the most ended up being some of the easier parts. Such as tapping the head for the pass side manifold, took all of 20 minutes. My drivers side turbo was not pre-clocked, and that was probably my longest fight, because it has to be sooooo specific to fit in that side of the bay that it was on and off about 6 times.
I will have to dig up my install pics, I tucked them away since I wasn't planning on posting this right away. I didn't want it to be one of those year long build threads that gets forgotten about or ends on a bad note lol. I spent a little over a month working on this after work for a couple hours here and there, then after the turbo went on, I drove for about another month before I pulled her all back apart to do the clutch/flywheel. Then waited another month of break-in till I brought it to Z1 for the final touches.
Reliability has been great, I still DD the car, only hiccups have been the OEM clutch not holding up to the job, and a steering knuckle issue, which I had to have the GTM spacers remade with a 1/8" slope to them to allow the steering shaft to clear the downpipe. GTM was sub-par on helping me out, and it ended up being easier to figure it out myself, great product, but the support was not my most pleasant experience.
The parts of the install that scared me the most ended up being some of the easier parts. Such as tapping the head for the pass side manifold, took all of 20 minutes. My drivers side turbo was not pre-clocked, and that was probably my longest fight, because it has to be sooooo specific to fit in that side of the bay that it was on and off about 6 times.
I will have to dig up my install pics, I tucked them away since I wasn't planning on posting this right away. I didn't want it to be one of those year long build threads that gets forgotten about or ends on a bad note lol. I spent a little over a month working on this after work for a couple hours here and there, then after the turbo went on, I drove for about another month before I pulled her all back apart to do the clutch/flywheel. Then waited another month of break-in till I brought it to Z1 for the final touches.
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