Turbosprentice (Johnnie-Shawn Lee)
Ride of the Month Submission 3000GT/Stealth International March 2010
Engine:
- DR Stage 2 heads
- Ross 11:1 (.040 over) piston
- Ported Lower Intake
- 3sx lightweight Stock size pulley
- Fidanza Adjustable cams
Drivetrain:
- Quaife LSD
- Spec Stage 2 clutch
- Fidanza flywheel
Mods:
- MSD 8.5 wires
- NGK Platinum spark plugs
- Ebay intake with K&N FIPK filter
- EK2 DP
- RT Cat
- Custom 2.75 inch Exhaust dual
- Maximal Solid Motor mounts
- Big Tyla Ground Wire
- Denso fuel pump
- 50 shot nitrous
Suspension/Wheels:
- Ksport coil over
- Maximal Rear Control arms
- Addco Rear sway bar
- Ebay Front Strut Bar
- ASA Gunmetal-Polish lip - 17x8 + 36 offset
- Kumho Ecsta MX XRP - 245/45/17
- Stockers - 16x8
- Bridgestone REO1r - 225/50/16
- Powerslot front rotors
- Goodridge SS lines
- Hawk HPS Plus front/rear pads
Exterior:
- GT300 Hood
- Fomex Front Lip
- JDM Tail Lights
Electronics:
- Apexi AFC Neo
- AEM wideband
- Auto Meter EGT gauge
Interior:
- MOMO hub w/MOMO tuner wheel
- Corbeau Reclining Sport Seat
- Corbeau 4pt harness
Removed Parts:
- Cruise Control
- A/C
- Front speakers and Tweeters
- Horns
- Rear seats w/belts
- All rear interior panels
- Useless Electronics/Modules
- Carpets
- Spare wheel and jack
Story:
Mitsubishi and Toyotas seem to pass through my family a lot. My parents use to own a '95 red VR4 Spyder and a '98 green SL. The SL was eventually given to me at the start of high school. But being young and immature, I totaled it. The following months to come, I picked up a '91 silver VR4 with some issues. Figured I can fix it up and have a super fast car, but it didn't turn out so well. Eventually, someone gave me an offer that I couldn't refuse.
A year later. I found my '96 base model. The only thing I could think of was modding the hell out of it. I started with weight savings, and stripping it apart. Then I got into suspensions and such, next thing I know I'm Auto-xing. It didn't take long until I wanted to hit the road course. A little while later, I was struggling to keep up with BMWs, Subarus, and Lexus IS in the straights. After a couple more events I blew my motor. I did a full rebuilt and added a bunch of goodies. I wanted to go with real higher compression but anything after 11:1 piston had to be custom made, and I wasn't going to waste a lot of time waiting for weeks to months. After a good $4.5-6k later. I decided to take it to a drag strip. And to my surprised, my best time with a 50 shot of NOS was 14.4 only. And without NOS 14.7. You can guess that I was a bit upset. But that whole second faster also made me a lot faster on the road course. In the coming years, I'll be doing a lot more road course events and auto-x events. Eventually my car will break down hard on me. So when the time comes, I'll be picking up a VR4 and start road racing with it too.
