She's back... finally.
 

Well today I finally got the del Sol back on the road after I totally fried my clutch and tranny. Picked up a new tranny from Whitey and the clutch came from Gripforce.com for pretty cheap.

Anyways, I don't think I've ever shown the soldier to you guys so here it goes.

Close up of the little IHI.
http://www.rank1racing.com/sol/1.jpg

Notice the spray-can style valve cover. Typical underhood rice.
http://www.rank1racing.com/sol/2.jpg

I know its dark but there is a Tyrus in there.
http://www.rank1racing.com/sol/3.jpg

Autometer Z-Series gauges. Love how it looks OEM.
http://www.rank1racing.com/sol/4.jpg

Custom 50/50 Tails. Looks clean, not ricey.
http://www.rank1racing.com/sol/5.jpg

Look at that sexy beast right after the wash job.
http://www.rank1racing.com/sol/6.jpg

Mods are:
IHI RHB5 Turbo @ 6-7psi
HF mani w/ 2.5 down pipe
Tyrus FMIC w/ 2.5 charge piping
Apex Twin Chamber BOV
Vortech FMU
Synapse Missing Link
Walbro 255lph fuel pump
Stealthmode Oil Lines/Oil Line restrictor
Turbonetics MBC
Autometer Z-Series Gauges
Gripforce Stage 1 Sprung Clutch

The stock exhaust and huge ass charge pipes gives me quite a bit of lag but for now that just acts as good traction control.

I have a ------- beautiful Rank1racing.com (Shitbird) "ramhorn" manifold lying around that I'm putting in next week once the new IHI arrives. Man his welds are so perfect, its hard to believe a human made that thing. I'll have install pics of that.

Once I start my new job I need to get some injectors and get rid of that shitty FMU, but hey, for now its more than functional.

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nice looking setup :-*
can you explain to me what boost controller setup that is?

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thats a nice sleepr. spraypaint the inter cooler black.

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It just bridges the line in between the turbo and the wastegate actuator - nothing special. But the MBC came with a bracket so I just mounted it nicely so its easy to access.

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Nice, very clean HMT setup. So that Tranny's working out alright for you?

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O, what I meant was where did you get the MBC, it looks HMT style scavenged.

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nice sexy and black 8)

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Yeah man works great, can't thank you enough for getting it to me as promptly as you did. The clutch isn't anything special, basically a stock replacement but its capable of handling the extra torque from the turb.

Here's a closeup of the MBC for you Stan. I forget who I bought it from but it was from someone on HMT.
http://www.rank1racing.com/sol/7.jpg

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guys that mani adapterplate, dp and turbo were my first kit, i made that adapter plate....i sold it all to him for 430 shipped.good to see its still around....that ihi is so small compared to my sc61 :-X

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I had to pay my jew bastard of a friend $75.00 to deliver that trans to you and it was only 45 minutes away from my house. :-\ I should have had him deliver it to your house for that price :(

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Yeah can't forget, hotrex did a good job with that kit. And I can't believe I'm gonna say this, but I'll vouch for him because suprisingly it was shipped rather quick. Two weeks at the very most if I remember correctly.

The downpipe will live on hotrex as I'm gonna throw that onto the new setup with the new IHI RHB5 and the new ramhorn manifold.

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$75.00? Damn man, you should have told me, I would have showed up late or something ;)

But yeah for that price he should have taken it up the turnpike more no doubt.

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get rid of the FMU


sweet ride though. how does that spool? fast? have any top end?

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Yeah the thing spools super quick even with some lag, its a good balance actually. I do a lot of driving, a lot of backroads and in town stuff so the instant response from the turbo is always nice. Top-end sucks, from like 5.5-6g through redline it feels like I stop accelerating but the car just keeps getting louder. So yeah, its definitely dead up there.

Early spool is nice because the turbo ------- roars even when im just going through a parking lot. This thing turns a LOT of heads, lots of ricers can't believe I know what a turbo is nor how to install one. Man if I had a dollar for everytime someone asked me "hey man do you think you could turbo my car too?"

Oh well, it's a daily driver so I can't beat the ---- out of it. I mean I tried that already and look what happens, new clutch/tranny...

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sweet man. and you would probably be suprised at how much better your car will run with some uberdata. pm projekteg. ;)

and one other thing...you need some brake fluid. :P

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sweet

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Yeah these pics were over the summer. I've since then put on new pads and all that, thanks for looking out for me though.

I'll talk to teg, I definitely need some new management sooner or later.

Hey Stealthy, how about you hook me up with those CorrectInject injectors on the site bro? hah

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the correct inject injectors are sweet. i run a set of 550s i reccomend them to anyone....you get them through craig at tunertoys btw, tellem hotrex sent ya

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Once you decide to get rid of that POS ECU you should take another ride and I'll Uber your car ;)

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yea man, i get that like everyday too

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nice setup, you wanna sell that ihi to me when you get your new one? ;)

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Very nice clean looking Sol. I don't like them that much but that one looks pretty good. Nice set-up too, it would be even better with a slightly bigger snail and better managment.

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91dxcrx I can give you the mani/adapter plate/turbo and possibly a downpipe elbow once the new set up is on. PM me for details.

Yeah Whitey if you can chip the ECU and all that I'd imagine I'll be making a trip out sooner or later.

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I'm trying to find out more about them, but when I click on details, it sends me to a page with seats on it. :-X Looks like there's still some work to do. :D

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Fixed man, my bad I didn't know i had an incorrect link.

http://www.---------------------------/products.shtml