Turbo Spec V (Norridge)

Hey everyone! With the lack of a very active Spec V board I found myself over here. I'm just tired of not having people to talk cars with. As far as I know I am one of two boosted Specs (b15) in the state, so without further ado here are some pics

Pre-turbo:







The build:








Post build :






I was involved in a minor accident so the only diff from those pics and my car now is the missing nismo hood decal

Very nice! Welcome.

very nice looks rly clean. where did ur grill go? and what tubo u got? lol

welcome, where are you located?

Hey guys! The grill is back on the car de-badged. When I was taking those pictures up it was still at a friends place getting done

The turbo itself is a garrett t3/t4 60trim. Everything was pieced together by me over the course of a year or so.

I'm located in Norridge IL (prob should have put the state in there).

Very cool! Welcome to the forum. I used to own a 04 Spec-V Volcanic Orange.

nice ride.. and good size turbo to boot.

how much boost u running?

I bet that thing scoots. Nice.

Thanks for the interest guys!

I'm running 7.5psi with a fairly rich tune (just to handle the random misfires I was getting). And yeah she's pretty quick, I was running 13.9s @ 5psi with absolutely no tune and my best 60 foot that night was a 2.9 (very bald tires) :/

Traction is really the issue right now, I need tires desperately and I was thinking of tossing 235's up front for funzies.

I just have a few more issues to clear up and I can finally end this project. Either my fuel is being cut at ~119 mph or my maf voltage is maxing out because I just hit a huge wall and the car starts to lurch like its hitting a redline.

I'm also intermittently throwing one friggin code (high idle) even though the idle is rock solid.

what kind of ecu are you running? and set up maf, injectors, fuel pump........?

Stock ecu using a SAFC II & Zeitronix ZT2 for tuning and data logging. Stock maf, wrx 440cc injectors (blues). Stock fuel pump.

I was not data logging when I hit this wall. And I'm scared to do it again plus I don't speed on the street so it just makes it more difficult without a dyno, money, or balls. I'll figure it out when the weather gets warmer...I hope.

do u think that maybe your pushing to much and your stock pump cant keep up. and or that your maf isnt leeting enough air into the intake manifold, or that your maxing out the injectors? and what about your fuel filter?

Def not maxing out the injectors. Maf maxing out and/or insufficient fuel pump are my number 1 and 2 guesses. TBH I haven't even thought about the fuel filter...the cars only got 56k on it but I guess it could be a possibility?

I'm going to start by finally leaning it out correctly 11:1 ish this summer and going from there. Once I do that hopefully I'll have the money to throw it on a dyno and log what's going on. If its not a fuel issue that pretty much narrows it down to the maf.

well i know that alot of sr20 guys run 300zxtt fuel fillters they let more fuel through. and ya hope you figure it out. gl keep us informed