Mudvaynedude122 (Sean Castle)
Ride of the Month Submission 3000GT/Stealth International December 2008
Body:
- Full 99 conversion
- Cianci 99 Spoiler
Suspension and Wheels:
- 18x9 Moda R6 Wheels
- 265/35ZR18 BF Goodrich KDW2 Tires
- Intrax Springs
- 2nd Gen VR4 brake conversion
- 3sx adjustable rear control arms
Electronics:
- Prosport 60mm Oil Pressure Gauge
- Prosport 60mm Boost Gauge
- Prosport 60mm Water Temp Gauge
- Hand Held Halo Datalogger
Interior:
- Smokin VR-4 Aluminum Shifter Ring
Engine:
- Complete Twin Turbo engine swap
- 5 speed Getrag transmission converted to fwd
- Greddy Front Mount Intercooler kit
- ATS Twin Carbon Clutch
- K&N FIPK
- HKS SSQV BOV
- MBC @ 15psi
- Ebay Downpipe
- Yogurt 4 inch single shot exhaust
- Aluminum Radiator
- SX Performance AFPR+Gauge
- Solid Motor Mounts
- HTS Red Couplers and T-bolt Clamps
- Big Tyla ground wire kit
- polished plenum, fuel rails and intercooler pipes
- Optima Yellow Top battery
Weight Reduction:
- cruise control delete
- rear wiper delete
- front and rear washer bottle removal
- all engine heatshields removed
- vacuum reduction
- egr delete
- removed all unnecessary brackets in engine bay
- rear speakers and dash tweeters removed
- trunk trays and jack removed
Audio:
- Carpc with 7inch Touchscreen
- Boston Acoustic front speakers
My Website:
- http://www.tamparacing.com/forums/members-rides/522140-my-twin-turbo-3000gt-project.html
- Video of me racing 302rwhp Saleen Mustang
My story:
I bought this car in October of 2005, it was a completely stock green 1995 3000gt Base model with 161,xxx miles on it, the first thing I wanted to do was a 99 front end conversion and instead of just painting the bumper green, I decided I wanted the whole car to be black. After the paintjob I got my brand new wheels and tires. I bought basic mods like a test pipe and air filter and lowered it a little. I bought a twin turbo conversion kit off a member on 3si only to have the engine spin a bearing in December of 2006. I decided to buy a jdm Twin Turbo engine at that point. It took me several months to save money up for the engine and everything else I would need. I bought the engine from JDM of Miami and stripped it down to the shortblock and cleaned up everything and also did a 120k service as well as convert the transmission to fwd by welding the VCU. After getting the engine in the car I ran into problem after problem. The caps leaked in the ecu and that was what was causing most of the problems. I got that rebuilt and was good to go after that. I did all this in my driveway pretty much by myself with very limited tools. Since then I have done a mod here and there but not much because I have been broke. Future plans include an awd conversion and 16g's.
