Show Killer (Phil Hosner)

June 2008 - Ride of the Month 3000GT/Stealth International

3SI Member #984

Mods

• Block bored .020 over (by Duffins machine shop in San Antonio, Texas)
• Ross 9:1 pistons and racing rings
• Clevite 77 rod and main bearings
• Maximal Performance solid motormounts
• Cianci Victory Hood
• '99 lifters
• TEC 15g turbos
• Custom dual feed fuel set up
• Aeromotive AFPR with dual Earls inline filters
• PTE 550 cc injectors
• HKS EVC4 boost controller
• Greddy 60mm P/H/W boost gauge in a single pillar pod
• Short throw shifter
• 2nd gen brakes on all 4 corners
• Porterfield pads on all 4 corners
• Stainless braided brake lines
• Greddy type-r BOV
• E-Manage Ultimate in Speed Density Form w/a boomslang harness
• Custom dual k&n air filters (currently not on the car)
• FMIC w/polished aluminum pipes
• Borla cat back w/ custom dual tips on each side
• Stillen down pipe
• NO kitties
• 3SX lightened crank pulley
• DXD 6 puck clutch
• Fidanza flywheel
• Fidanza adjustable cam gears
• 300M output shaft
• Maximal T-Case Bracket
• RSR lowering springs
• Battery relocated to the rear
• NGK plug wires w/ NGK copper racing plugs (r5672a-9)
• Powdercoated (candy blue) lower plenum and coil bracket
• Front/rear polished strut tower bars
• Polished plenum, front valve cover, radiator cover, spark plug cover, fuse/relay box covers
• Blue anodized radiator cap, brake fluid cap, front injector harness cover and plenum plug cover
• EGR blocked and all the junk removed from the fire wall
• Saleen replica wheels powdercoated semi-gloss black
• Titanium lug nuts and valve stems
• Michelin Pilot sports on all corners (265/35/18)
• Pioneer head unit
• JBL GTO 220 tweeters in the dash
• Blaupunkt door and rear speakers
• Smokin corner sub box w/ (1) 10" pioneer sub
• Pioneer XM receiver
• Audiobahn 400 watt amp

The Story

I am the 3rd and final owner (unless i give her to my son) of this beautiful automobile. I have been the proud owner since March, 2002. In December 2005 i fried the #1 piston on the stock motor with 136,500 on the clock. She now has 151,500 miles on her. The block was bored .020 over and Ross pistons/rings were used with a 9:1 compression ratio. I also put Clevite 77 rod/main bearings in her. The stock rods & crank were used after being checked to make sure they were within spec. From the time i started tearing her down till the time i was finished was about 64 days. The total spent on the rebuild was around $2400 and about $750 of that was the machine shop bill.

Since we last visited i have added a FMIC, E-Manage Ultimate in Speed Density and a Victory hood. All work except for tire balancing, front end alignments and engine machine work was performed by me in my garage. The paint is original (except drivers side quarter panel) from the factory and will be 17 years old this October. This car is 1 of 169 that are exactly identical from the factory for the 1992 model year.

She's a little dirty in the pictures but you get the idea.

Pictures