This is by far the fastest car I have ever owned and modified. It went door-to-door with a modified Dodge Viper from 55 to 110+mph, not losing an inch and in fact putting the Viper behind by half a car length. The best quarter mile was 11.9 on unleaded 93 octane with 28psi; no nitrous-oxide, no race fuel. This was a daily driven 11 second car that simply hauled.
Yet with all that power, it got to the point where I had a choice: modify the car even further, forcing me to exclusively trailer it to race events and trailer it back, or sell it and find a new project. I already knew so much about the motor and it’s limitations, about the chassis, and about the car as a whole that there were no real practical challenges left. I sold the car and moved on to a very fine example of German engineering.
Every time there’s a punk in the lane next to me who thinks he’s hot shit I think back to this car. While I don’t want to deal with the maintenance this car demanded, I would like the horsepower on tap again.
Original Equipment
- 2.0 liter four cylinder turbo (4G63)
- All wheel drive
- Manual five speed transmission
Intake
- 3″ custom wheel well intake
- Dejon ‘Race’ FMIC
- Dimensions: 28″ x 10.5″ x 3″
- Intercooler water sprayer (external)
- TiAL BOV
- Aquamist water injection
- Magnus Motorsports intake manifold
Turbo, Exhaust
- Garrett GT30 56-1 turbo
- Stock exhaust manifold & O2 housing (ported)
- ATR 3″ O2-back exhaust piping
- Thermal R&D resonator & tip
Engine, Driveline
- Stock 6-bolt block & stock head
- Stock rods & stock 8.5:1 pistons
- Crower springs & titanium retainers
- HKS 264/272 cams
- Fidanza flywheel
- ACT 2600# clutch, full face disc
- Welded center differential
Fuel
- Supra Twin Turbo fuel pump
- Denso 720cc injectors (68.6 lb/hour)
- BR/SX on-rail fuel pressure regulator
Electronics
- DSMLink modified ECU
- APEXi AVC-D boost controller
- Autometer Fuel Level gauge
- AEM UEGO Wideband O2 gauge
- SPA dual digital gauges:
- Boost Pressure, Exhaust Gas Temperature
- Battery Voltage, Coolant Temperature
- Fuel Pressure, Oil Pressure
- Defi Sport V.S.D. (heads up display)
Suspension
- RRE front upper strut bar
- RRE front lower tie bar
- RRE rear strut bar
- Tokico Illumina adjustable struts
- Tokico drop springs, 1.75″
