Info on the currents:
1989 although it is an SW20. The chassis is one of the first 2000 SW20's ever manufactured (#1650, actually) and started life as a G-limited.
Purchased this car with a bone stock (other than MBC, 2.5" D/P and a couple other small bolt-ons), swapped motor, blown head gasket and some other issues 2 years ago. First year I bought it mid-winter and spent my time swapping the head gasket (with a TTE 1.4mm plated steel unit + decking the head), installing some ARP headstuds, cleaning up the issues, wiring, and added some bolt-on goodies (3" downpipe, boost controller, GReddy sidemount intercooler, polished intercooler piping, ARC thermostat, BRIDE vios III driver's seat in red, Double din JVC dvd deck, etc.)
Anyway, it was a very capable car last year but I got used to the power (300whp) and decided I needed to step it up a bit.
As with any car I've built, put together or lightly modded... I like quality, period correct, rare parts. First thing was first for more power - and that meant a bigger turbo. Being a mid-engine, rear drive car with great handling capabilities... and the fact that I daily drive it in the summer, so it spends most of it's time as a street car, I wanted to squeeze a lot of power out of it without losing all my low and mid-range jam. Again, I also like period correct parts from higher end JDM manufacturers. I decided to pick up a Blitz K3T 3070 kit to build off. From there I built the head, and picked up a ton of goodies to go with it.
I'll just let the mod list speak for itself, followed by some build pictures from this year...
Turbo:
Blitz K3T 3070 turbocharger
Blitz C-42 waste gate
custom full 3" 304ss downpipe w/ built in flex section
custom 304ss dump tube (screamer pipe)
Turbo blanket
Fuel:
850cc Siemens top feed inkectors
255lph walbro in-tank fuel pump w/ stainless "dead head" lines
anodized red billet aluminum top feed high-flow fuel rail w/ blue anodized fittings + stainless lines
SX adjustable fuel pressure regulator w/ liquid filled Summit fuel pressure gauge
Management:
Snow performance Stage 2 (god that sounds ricer) 200psi pump, 1gall res, boost sensor driven single-nozzle injection Water/Meth injection kit w/ low level sensor + indicator light
APEXi Power FC w/ hand commander + 3m extension cable
AEM UEGO full-time wideband (black, 52mm)
Blitz pearl white electronic boost gauge (60mm)
Blitz pearl white electronic oil pressure gauge (60mm)
Blitz pearl white electronic oil temp gauge (60mm)
needed: Blitz pearl white electronic water temp gauge (60mm)
HKS EVC IV boost controller
Factory gauge cluster stripped
Autometer 5 1/2" 9k "monster" tach - molded into custom gauge cluster
Autometer EGT gauge (52mm) -- molded into custom gauge cluster
needed: 300km/h speedo
Interior:
Heavy sound deadening stripped (factory outer carpeting intact)
BRIDE low max VIOS III fixed bucket seat (red)
BRIDE head cushion
BRIDE low max seat rail
NRG quick release (full-size 1st gen)
MOMO full-sized wheel hub
300mm MOMO leather-wrapped steering wheel (black on black)
Oldschool Toyota Team Tom's center horn button
Panasonic AVH-P4000DVD double din DVD/MP3 cd deck
Pioneer coax speakers
Clarion 10" shallow sub mounted behind drivers seat in shallow sub box
Clarion bridgeable amp
wanted: custom cage (or autopower 'race' roll bar w/ harness bar + half door bars)
wanted: takata 4 point harness
Engine:
Swapped mint, clean, low km's Rev3 3s-gte DOHC 16v 2.0L turbo
HKS 264* intake camshaft (high lift 9.2mm gen3)
HKS 264* exhaust camshaft (high lift 9.2mm gen3)
HKS adjustable cam gears (with optional anodized blue outer gears)
HKS valve springs
Ferrea titanium retainers
Ferrea titanium keepers
Freshly decked head
TTE 1.4mm plated steel head gasket
ARP head studs
KU/JUN intake manifold
Q45 80mm throttle body
Polished intercooler piping
Custom 1 piece hot pipe (reflective heat wrapped)
All couplers replaced with new Samco silicone units
All clamps replaced with new t-clamps
HKS superflow intake (soon to be replaced with ARC induction box)
GReddy rad cap [1.3kg/cm2 (18.5psi)]
ARC thermostat
TRD oil fill cap
GReddy intercooler core w/ custom piping (including custom 1 piece hot pipe)
HKS SQV [super blow off valve] (OG SSQV... generation before the "super sequential" was released)
Weapon R coolant overflow reservoir
Megan oil catch can
A/C deleted
Pheonix Power s80 single exit 3.5" downpipe-back exhaust
Transaxle:
94+ transmission w/ factory 1.5 way LSD
Redline shock proof gear oil
ACT 6 puck un-sprung clutch
Fidanza light-weight flywheel
braided stainless clutch line
solid brass shift bushings
Wheels / Suspension / brakes:
WORK VS S5S limited - 17x8 +5 fronts, 17x9 +5 rears
--Freshly re-machined, refinished and powder coated Triple Bronze w/ mirror polished screw-on center caps + bolts
WORK light-weight anodized red aluminum alloy lug nuts (w/ locking lugs)
Tien HA coilovers w/ pillow mounts + upgraded springs (5k fronts, 8k rears)
Custom polyurethane motor mounts (drilled + filled)
Slotted brembo rotors
Porterfield racing pads
Stainless brake lines
DOT 5 silicone brake fluid
94+ MBC
Cusco MBC brace
Cusco rear OS strut tower brace
Factory front strut tower brace
needed: Tanabe multi-point rear under-carriage brace
needed: Tanabe multi-point front under-carriage brace
needed: Poly bushings
needed: k-sport adjustable endlinks
wanted: 93+ brake calipers + brackets
Exterior:
New factory front bumper
Blacked out toyota front badge
needed: GReddy gracer front lip spoiler
rear debadged
98+ solid side mouldings
JDM clear corners (OEM , not ebay clears)
fogs deleted (brake ducts soon to fill their gaps)
Border side skirts
Bomex "whale tale" rear wing
Stubby antenna
94+ Kouki rear tail lights (wired for just outer running lights, all 4 on brake) w/ freshly painted black center panel (w/ blacked out optional MR2 logo)
Blacked out center panel (including "MR2" embossed decal)
ordered: Bomex type A mirrors
This is off the top of my head... there's probably a few things missing but I'll update the list as I go back through it all.
2 seasons ago - old wheels, old aero, old 300whp setup
New shoes test fit
refinished:
Blitz K3t 3070 setup with custom fabbed 3" DP + screamer
rewiring
