Good things come to those who wait, excited for you!

 

Thanks everyone. You are always welcome for a ride.

I am not expecting a record breaker. No meth. No nitrous. No PDK upgrade.

I am not certain it will break into the 9s absent drag radials, perfect DA and a much lighter driver than me. But it will be a lot stronger in roll races and on the highway at higher speeds as the stock Turbos really stop pulling much about 120.

I doubt I will have time slips until the spring as by the time she returns to NY I will be putting her winter shoes on. No fast runs with those.

 

Scott. I know you are excited. When are you getting car back? I cant wait to hear your impression of the Champion 68's.

 

I'm not sure exactly when it will be back. And it has to go through a bunch of Dyno runs first perfect the tuning to this particular car and there's one maintenance issue that we have to fix -- the heat stopped working.

Did the 20,000 mile service and prophylactically replaced the spark plugs as replacing them is such an ordeal when they fail

 

Cant wait to see the results Scott! Car was awesome the way it was... now its going to be even better! Awesome!

 

Can't wait either.

Number one priority for me is that it is reliable and runs well. I want OEM driveability or close. Am willing to give up a bit of extra power to make sure that is the case.

Should be a nice power bump on top end.

 

Here are stock pics of turbos identical to the upgraded turbos going in my car.

 

Nice Scott!! Are you guys going with a colder range spark plug or stock? 68s is where i am headed with my 997, but damn are these 991s tempting.

 

Thanks. Stock plugs.


While everything was open we replaced the plugs prophylactically at 20,000 miles. That was my idea as the price for a spark plug change at least in the New York area is like $1800 because it's very labor-intensive. With everything already open it's minimal labor and parts.

I will certainly report on how I do with the car good and bad. Unfortunately due to our approaching winter there won't be any drag times by the time I get it back.

Hoping for no issues but like with my heat soak issues I had on stage two before I got the big ICs if I encounter them I will report them so people can benefit. I've had zero issues at stage 2+. 20,000 trouble-free miles (other than a destroyed condenser from a rock and a wonky heater neither of which have anything to do with the mods). Only real issue was the heat soak power loss when doing multiple runs on stage 2.

 

Tons more pics from the turbo upgrade project (also includes shots of my Champion intercoolers):

 

I will add more pics, videos and Dyno run graphs as soon as I receive them.

 

Cleaned up, running and ready for data logging. Dyno starts tomorrow.

 

LOL not so fast...most likely Monday or Tuesday

Some data-logging and road testing over the weekend, then dyno next week once the new sensor arrives for the dyno.

 

I meant Monday. Forgot Sat was tomorrow. LOL

 

Great build SDG! Regarding time slips with the new setup, given that conditions in NY/NJ will be unfavorable, have you considered making one or two runs down there in FL? The folks at Champion are quite good at the 1/4 mile...just thinkin'