Sorry to hear of your accident.
At least you're ok to go on the forum.
I thought your turbo pipes were designed and fit perfectly. However, I understand this type of project usually has some surprises in engineering. That's the spirit of it, but don't give up. lol.
Steve, they were. But they were designed for the other twin fan set up and that proved insufficient to cool my car and maintain proper engine temps...so, once I came up with the new fan/shroud set up, the overheating issues have been resolved. But now the piping is a bit tight for them, although it dies fit.
I have decided to dyno tune the car first, then decide if I need to go with the new tubing. 1,000 WHP is still my goal. So I need to get a baseline and determine then whether I need more fuel, bigger exhausts, more aggressive cams, or a combo of the aforementioned.
I just got the car back from the Orlando Lexus Dealer, and I must say that they did a great job...the previous painters disassembled the doors to properly paint them, but then they reassembled them incorrectly by not using the factory screws and instead using sheet metal screws that screwed into the rear door trcks and interfered with the windows rolling down...the driver side would lower 50%, and the passenger would not roll down at all!!! Unbelievable! And since the economy killed that shop, I could not go back to them to fix it...so, I had Lexus do it, and they did it right. I had them fix the door lock clip and align the car too. Drives like a dream...
I took it out for a spin this afternoon down Markham Woods road...a winding road that has lots of high end sports cars driving on it...I drove up behind an Audi R8 Spyder...gorgeous car, and one I plan on buying within the next few years ( non-Spyder). When he first saw me come up behind him, I could tell he wanted some, but then he heard my V8 rumble along with the Turbos...he backed off...when we came to the intersection, he was turning left into Alaqua Lakes, I was going straight...So I gave him a little taste...took off quickly, but only a chirp (didn't push to hard), but shifting into second while on manual mode at that rpm broke both rear tires loose and left some serious sound and black streaks...I was grinning from ear to ear...
I can't wait for the dyno tune...
Ryan
Driving it is just totally fun!
