ordered my head,piston, and stag 0!update w/tracking #'s Yay
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I think this will be the first car with all those upgrades if I'm not mistaken.?.?.??
My thoughts exactly But congrats on the build.
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Well, my car is my DD but I don't drive a lot. I office out of my house. So my DD is just when I want to get the car out. I own a 2003 monte carlo ss, and a 1995 civic. So If needed I can get around. I already show my car and would like to start taking it to the track.
The guy that is bringing out my motor got stuck this weekend and is on the way today... so no pics yet! Hopefully he is showing up by the morning and I will have some pics up this week. I don't expect anything from ZPI for a week or two.
The guy that is bringing out my motor got stuck this weekend and is on the way today... so no pics yet! Hopefully he is showing up by the morning and I will have some pics up this week. I don't expect anything from ZPI for a week or two.
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Hey out of curiosity(spelling), do you happen to know of a girl named Tara w/ an INSANE wide body silver/puple eclipse from Lawton?
Good luck though w/ the install, I hope it goes smoothly!
Good luck though w/ the install, I hope it goes smoothly!
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I take it, this car will no longer be a daily driver. With those mods, I expect you to be parking it more often.
hope you have another car?? i dunno.. lol
i have work done to mine but i DD it
I didn't say you couldn't drive it. I'm just saying with low compression pistons, it no longer becomes DD friendly. So, I would advise to get another car.
Our BSP is barely DD friendly. Rich as hell, and pulls hard.
I work with a guy who has an 04 SRT-4, 400+ HP, best time at the track 11.7, 26 psi DAILY, DTEC-FC, and drives it to work every day! Oh yea and his track car is a custom built 7.0L twin turbo mustang.
Come on dude there is no such thing as a Scion TC track car, your giving it a little too much credit.
Then you must not be aware of ZPI's car then huh? Enough said. And I'm not talking about the Silver tC, I'm talking about the FM one.
You can drive anything everyday if you want. I'm speaking in terms of would you WANT to drive it everyday. Some people do, some people don't. We are the people that DO, just incase you were wondering.
Rythmn (i dont know your name), I didnt mean it to seem like I said you couldnt DD it anymore, I was so tired when I made that post. I had just got back into PHX, AZ after a weekend in PITT. I had complete jetlag
Leaving Pitt at 1230pm and landing in PHX at 130pm yeah...lol I passed out in Baggage Claim.Back on topic...
I like that Eclipse by the way...Rather nice. No Lambo doors though.
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I am not sure where all this misconception comes into play but I would like to clear the air on some things.
1. Our pistons come with spiral locks and rings no rods
2. The stock pistons are actually very strong they have a reputation for being weak but ultimately they are just the first thing to fail. This is not to say they are weak but will fail if the car is not tune properly and will ultimately fail when the power levels exceed a certain level. 300whp is not this level.
3. The stock rods will hold high 400whp ours failed on what we estimate to be in the 520-540whp range on the silver car at the shootout. We estimate this power level based on MPH at the track in compared to other cars that we did put on the dyno.
4. Low compression pistons will not affect the daily driving capability of the car at all. Yes there is a little less low end power but we are talking 10-15% loss it is not like the car will not have the power to merge off boost or something. With our standard kit this will be barely noticeable at best.
We do have a track car that is nearly completion but with the exception of the interior the car could very well maintain it street ability if we so chose it to. You can have a very fast gas efficient tC and drive it everyday that is what is so great about imports in general.
1. Our pistons come with spiral locks and rings no rods
2. The stock pistons are actually very strong they have a reputation for being weak but ultimately they are just the first thing to fail. This is not to say they are weak but will fail if the car is not tune properly and will ultimately fail when the power levels exceed a certain level. 300whp is not this level.
3. The stock rods will hold high 400whp ours failed on what we estimate to be in the 520-540whp range on the silver car at the shootout. We estimate this power level based on MPH at the track in compared to other cars that we did put on the dyno.
4. Low compression pistons will not affect the daily driving capability of the car at all. Yes there is a little less low end power but we are talking 10-15% loss it is not like the car will not have the power to merge off boost or something. With our standard kit this will be barely noticeable at best.
We do have a track car that is nearly completion but with the exception of the interior the car could very well maintain it street ability if we so chose it to. You can have a very fast gas efficient tC and drive it everyday that is what is so great about imports in general.
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Originally Posted by BlkSandPrlTurbotC
Hey out of curiosity(spelling), do you happen to know of a girl named Tara w/ an INSANE wide body silver/puple eclipse from Lawton?
Good luck though w/ the install, I hope it goes smoothly!
Good luck though w/ the install, I hope it goes smoothly!
if she just recently got it painted then yes..... I have met a girl with a purple one at a couple of shows. don't really know her though. She has had magazine coverage. so i guess my anser is yes and no........
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yup that is it! it's funny after you put this message in here I saw her driving down the street on cache rd.... i'm glad she got rid of the stars.... the car looks good. we were next to each other at the OKC tuner fest.
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Originally Posted by BlkSandPrlTurbotC
Originally Posted by etsnet
I think this will be the first car with all those upgrades if I'm not mistaken.?.?.??
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Originally Posted by BlkSandPrlTurbotC
Hey out of curiosity(spelling), do you happen to know of a girl named Tara w/ an INSANE wide body silver/puple eclipse from Lawton?
I seen this car on tv, on Street Fury a few weeks back. Awsome car!
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yup that is it! it's funny after you put this message in here I saw her driving down the street on cache rd.... i'm glad she got rid of the stars.... the car looks good. we were next to each other at the OKC tuner fest.
Tell her I said whats up, she probably wont even remember me LOL
Maybe tell her about someone who told her to go to NOPI Nat's...she might remember then
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Originally Posted by etsnet
Originally Posted by BlkSandPrlTurbotC
Originally Posted by etsnet
I think this will be the first car with all those upgrades if I'm not mistaken.?.?.??
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I've had major issues with getting a motor here. I got screwed on two motors and now finally have my third one on the way.... long story short i did get refunded on both motors. The motor should be here tomorrow or latest monday. Some of my ZPI stuff has shown up. I'm still waiting on the PP head and pistons (and obviously the turbo) I hope to have my car up and running within the next two weeks minus the turbo. Once the turbo shows up I will put it back in the shop. Once the motor shows up I will start posting picks.
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UPDATE:
Finally recieved a working motor.... i'm still waiting on items from ZPI. I have started pulling the old motor out and prepping the new motor for the PP head, etc.
As soon as the ZPI items get here I will update the thread and add pics.
We are going to tune at a dyno so I will have numbers when done.
Finally recieved a working motor.... i'm still waiting on items from ZPI. I have started pulling the old motor out and prepping the new motor for the PP head, etc.
As soon as the ZPI items get here I will update the thread and add pics.
We are going to tune at a dyno so I will have numbers when done.
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UPDATE:
Finally recieved a working motor.... i'm still waiting on items from ZPI. I have started pulling the old motor out and prepping the new motor for the PP head, etc.
As soon as the ZPI items get here I will update the thread and add pics.
We are going to tune at a dyno so I will have numbers when done.
Finally recieved a working motor.... i'm still waiting on items from ZPI. I have started pulling the old motor out and prepping the new motor for the PP head, etc.
As soon as the ZPI items get here I will update the thread and add pics.
We are going to tune at a dyno so I will have numbers when done.