where the airbox used to be if you route your pipint right...

 

There should also be some room near the firewall on the driver side. Like right:

 

on that side of the firewall is hwere my vac mani is... i guess ill just mount it where my airbox is.. lots of open space there... just have to drill some of my own holes for the mounts i suppose

 

dammit didder, get your act together already and install this hog so we can go cruise university. also, i'd recommend getting it tuned at the place i am, DB Performance. their import tuner is shane from Elite, the guy who tuned nates hatch and all the other monsters you've seen around

 

getting tuned at rs motors, those guys know there **** big time... straight from asia! and can you say free tune? its awesome having friends that work at bad *** shops... if i didnt go there i think i would go to blown motorsports in bloomington, he said hes been re tuning all the other shops around the state for a while now cuz they all suck, but idk, just word of mouth...

and one more thing, nates hatch? i hear it has 650whp??? that is not true is it? lol i see him sitting at porkies but never running, car i always see running is the white sti with the e-cut out, that car is pretty insane.


anyway, update on the install kinda:
installed the dampner, new skunk2's, tcb's, and poly inserts, my buddies '70 chevelle with a 396 doesnt pull on me till i bog out in 2nd lol, so from 0-35ish im launching pretty damn solid,im pumped, this car HOOKS now, its so much nicer than the 130k suspension engine mounts and everything lol.

2 weeks from now clutch / headstuds / turbo install is going down! taking a friday night-whenever i need... mossy hit me up if you wanna help, i pmed you my cell...

 

actually, *ahem*, its 660hp. but whos counting? i saw his hp on the hp wall of fame at db today. and yes, he does run.

 

well guys, the dates set, taking off the whole weekof thanksgiving, and doing it then... wil be boosted by thanksgiving day hopefully making a hopeful 220whp with the setup on 10 psi, might even turn err up and max out the map sensor at 12psi but idk yet, got a fully built motor waiting but people suggested getting used to a little lower boost before jumping into a 320+whp monster lol... so ill be doing all that in the mid to late summer next year, got a lot fo body work to do yet.

and mossy, i konw this indian, Austin vig, drives an m5 right now 450+hp, but he just bought a new 08 z06 vette, and it rapes the m5, and hestwin turboing that s.o.b. gonna be INSANE!

wish i had money like the indians on the rez lol

 

ahh!! this thing is killing me, sorry no update for so long but i cant make up my mind... and i finally did... this time for real

doing a motor swap, fully built d16 bottom (pistons, block gaurd, bearings, rods, arp headstuds, the usual machine worketc...) and a fully built head, (skunk2 stage 1 cam, ksm springs, retainers, valves, aem cam gear, venom mani, bbk 62mm tb, everything port matched, 3 angle port and polish, resurfaced deck) its 3k and unused and hes letting me pay un interest payments so i have to...

so now only thing i really need is 4-5 days to let me and my mechanic buddy and i guess mossy to do this! gonna tune it until i run out of fuel on rc 550's..

and again, my apologies for the build being so ongoing and pointless, but i do have a complete turbo kit sitting in my garage, im just trying to make the wisest decision on what i truely want the car to be...

and i finally have!

fully built d16, boosted to "hopefully" 300+whp coming your way hcf fans

next post from me will be the progress of the install, and thats it! lol with lots of pictures

 

thats awesome man, just make sure you get a clutch for the tq/hp you will be putting out. i can't wait to see it.

 

going to be running an action 2md.. sov runs it so i better be fine lol..

hardest part is going to be, having a turbo freshly installed on a new motor and clutch!! how in the F***ing Hell am i going to be able to hold myself back for 500 miles or more.. lol


big question for you all though, my basemap i ordered from phearable is set for 440cc injectors and a stock d16, will it be safe to drive to my tuner with 550cc injectors and a full ported, intaked, tbed, and cammed head? its about a 60 mile drive