[P-51]

Quote:Hmm. My headlights turbed out super nice when they painted them how ever the rears I had the the same prob as you.

My problem was I used a spray paint that was *close* to LG, but not perfect. So it didn't look right.

In person, without the skirts, there are still holes left down there. Looks dumb. I would at least need to cover and repaint the holes. But I think the skirts make the fenders look bigger, particularly yours. Some kind of optical illusion.

I am trying to put red tow hooks on it too, but I haven't found out a nice way of doing it yet.

Quote:Rob the car looks great, congrats for taking the time to do it right and doing it yourself!

What was the pressure drop like with the intercooler in place?? 1 or 2 psi max right? Also do you have any IAT temp comparisons with and without the IC and or before and after? One last question what sort of boost levels are you seeing now with the aerocharger? In the end you built the kit I always wanted small turbo A/W intercooler quick spool 220 ish HP which is all you will ever need to have a really good time out on the track!

Thanks man. The goal has always been performance first, but make it look like a professional quality tarmac rally car, never a show car.

It's hard to say on the pressure drop, since my boost controller has always been wacky. But somewhere around 0.5 to 2 PSI. Kinda depends on the where in the rev range it is. And also, a lot of it could be attributable to the stock TB.
I don't have any sort of temp measurements, but the difference is HUGE. The pipes would get scorching hot before. Untouchable. Now they are scorching hot before the IC, but basically air temp after it. Heck, the pipe between the TB and IC... at the IC end it's cold, and warms up at the TB end. Just from the heat conduction from the Intake manifold through the pipe. So the intercooler end is definitely cold.

The biggest thing, is NO heat soak at all on track. It's cool when I come into the pits after 20 minutes. Which is great. You just need a big enough front cooler.

I'm running about 9psi, but it moves around a bit. I want to set it up for 10psi, in the manifold.

The car is just unbelievably fun to drive now. The only thing I'd like to change is maybe to a GT28R so I don't have to worry about the turbo letting go. It would also let me go to 250-280, extending the upper powerband with some stage 1 cams or something. I want a 3000-7000rpm power band. Right now it still falls on it's face after 5000 like a Zetec. The suspension and brakes are perfect. The interior is a great driver's office.