90 ADM with 3SGTE Dyno run

Hi guys some of you may remember me and my old Mr2 :
 

 
She proved to be pretty reliable, a whole lot of fun, and a bit of a money pit. I learned a lot about SW20's from her. It was just a mildly modded Gen2 with all the normal bolt ons (Ct20B, boost controller, dump, cat, ebay intercooler and Legalis R exhaust which I quite liked). I ran a blow off valve for a short while but it was just a little bit too outrageous (bright orange and a big PppppChhhhhh was too much). I got an awesome set of TE37's from a group buy too which I loved.
 
The problem with it was that I felt iffy working on it myself as it was worth a bit of money and was my daily. So I decided to sell it off and picked up a old members car as a project; enters stage left: 

 
There were a plethora of problems with this little car but you couldn't go wrong with the price. The car had been sitting for ages after an incomplete Turbo conversion. The bloke needed it out of his driveway so me and a mate towed her back to my house:

 
After several months I got it running and starting hoarding stuff for it:
 
I got a cheap set of wheels and tyres off the forum - Some old Sebrings

 
Some GenIII lights:

 
Boost controller:

 
Picked up a free exhaust off a QLD member as it was 'too loud' (more on this later) - It's Blitz something? what type of exhaust is this guys?

 
Interior bits and pieces like missing dash plastics, carpets, handbrake a gear boots. 

 
Fitted Twosrus short shifter to get rid of the gear linkage issues that others have when they do the swap, fitted bushings. 
 
Fitted new disks and rotors all round to replace warped and cracked existing. Fitted TRD sway bar, and Twosrus Prothane Urethane Bushings all round.
 
 
Picked up Aeroware lip and sideskirts from the group buy: (NOT MY CAR - But Black suits these cars so well)

 
And Picked up Pheonix Power rear pods and Duckbill Spoiler from DB88 


 
Anyway I had the car painted at Profinish in Morayfield and was very pleased with the results for a budget paintjob. The only problem with it is how low the front lip is. It rubs pretty easily but I am not too worried about it in the grand scheme of things!




 
More recently the car has had TRD / Apexi Struct & Spring Combo installed with new bump stops and boots, no leaks and got around a 1.5 -2" drop though I was hoping for a bit less. Has minimal Damber adjust on these but appropriate for my use of the car. 
 
Much more recently I took the car down to a local shop to sort out the remaining mech stuff (Aussie Exhaust in Nundah - Used to make the Aussie dumps but the ebay stainless units took away the business)
 
Engine out: timing belt + kit, water pump, and seals, up rated clutch, fly wheel machine.
 
Customised Ebay 3" dump with hi flow cat and flex section to avoid normal cracking, customise the random 3" blitz exhaust with a resonator (any idea what exhaust it is?) with the hopes of easing off the loud drone the bloke warned me about
Fit Blitz SUS Power Filter - fitted this ages ago and it has an awesome induction noise!
Fit Ebay intercooler 
 
And lastly fit Just_Ace's old hi-flowed Ct26 to replace the stock CT26.

-Hi- flowed ct-26 (twin entry)
T04E 50mm comp wheel
Supra CT26 centre housing
Supra CT26 exhaust wheel so its the steel, thick shaft
Garrett T4 V2 compressor wheel machined into the housing 
 
So after all these mechanical changed still running 12-13psi it definitely feels more powerful. But damn it's laggy compared to the old Ct26. When the boost comes on it comes quite hard and sound pretty awesome too. You can tell that the turbo is wasted at ~13psi so I guess watch this space. But yeah when boost comes on even at 12psi this car has much more get up and go than my old one with normal bolt ons and a Ct20b running 15psi. The previously awesome blitz induction noise is drowned out when the car come on song on boost and it sounds angry!
 
I'll update the thread as I waste more money :) 
 
Todo:
New seats and door cards, fuel pump, rail and injectors and maybe a piggy back ignition solution down the track....
 

nice work man cars looking great
and yeah i agree the hiflowed CT26 should be run at above 15psi for oomph factor, i have a similar 50mm trim with ct20b exhaust wheel spec and its a bit laggier than stock but once on boost sounds and feels great.
 
just_ace - can you explain a bit more on the N/A cams.
PM me if you dont want to de-tour this thread

Nice work, did you polish the lips with some autosol?  should come up like chrome, even by hand.  Cant tell from the pics if you polished it.
 
Is the rim one piece (the bit the tyre fits on)?  If its split, make sure you deflate the tyres before unbolting.
 
Cheers

I got some 3 piece rims years ago from the wreckers.  the aluminium lips were weathered quite badly (not pitted though) and basically a flat finish.  using purely autosol and a rag, they came up like chrome in no time.  With your prep upto 2000 grit, 10 mins per wheel and they will look like chrome, you will be amazed.
 
when i got the rims i was so excited (and young and stupid), i wanted to clean them up and undid the bolts prior to deflating, before i realised "oh crap!".  luckily, these rims looked like they bonded together somehow, and disaster was averted.  could have been serious!!
 
cheers
 

Hey Purple - that was a lie actually; ended up not putting it in the dump due to space issues - Was just a bit late when I wrote that and a bit forgetfull :P
 
Forgot to post this but wheels have been on for three weeks now and are going well :).
 

 
Cheers

Thanks mate. Update time:
 
I replaced the seats and door cards recently so it's looking pretty snazy - but you have all seem Mr2 interiors before so I won't bother with photos. Been running strong the last few months. I have kept the boost at 12.5psi as I drive very slow vehicles for work so she still feels fast. Dynoed it this morning to check A/F and turns out  to be pretty neat. The power/torque curve below is not so neat lol.
 

 

 
What do you guys think? The red run was an initial run and the blue run he said was heatsoaked - but it seems like it takes a big dive after 164kph unlike the initial run. The boost reaches 12.5psi (it wants to go much higher) at about 130kph and stays till redline what do yo reakon causes the massive dive in torque/power?
 
This was mostly to check the A/F so I'm not too worried either way :).
 
Cheers

looking awsome mate!!

Hows things, i remeber how bloody nice ur old was, and ur new is just as nice, would like to see more shots of the front?? hope to see it on the chrissy cruise this weekend??

Thanks for the replies. My timing is not advanced and definitely still stock. Could be an area to look at however only so much room with stock ecu :(.
 
Hey Dom mate, I am working in Emerald these days (leave for my next rotation at 4am lol) so I won't make it this year. I'll see if I can't grab some photos next time I'm back  :). I am hoping to go on a similar run with a few friends with Nissans later on in December. 
 
Ebay cooler however dyno guys didn't have a fan on intake or on intercooler which would contribute. I believe the rev limiter caused the bogus  reading at the end. It has a random Blitz exhaust  I got for free - it has highflow cat and a silencer thingy that the exhaust shop recommended.