Blog Title: 4G63 girl
STM 2G White GSX Build
Posted 08-04-2011 at 12:16 PM by 4G63 girl
This is a local customer's car we have been pondering on, and he's looking for a street-driven, reliable, 600 HP DSM... not really asking for much. 
So, the idea here is to get as much out of that 600 whp as possible: Shed the weight.
Here's a picture of when she was all normal and clean:
It's a 98 GSX and it's got a bit of the good 'ol NY rust. Best solution: Cut it off!!
On to the interior. If it doesn't DO anything... it's gotta go! We are still keeping appearances up however, and it will be a fully functional interior. I'm not going to let out all the secrets, but they went to town!
Now for the cool stuff. This GSX will be following with the elite STM crew running a forward-facing turbo set-up, a bit different than our off the shelf manifold, however. We will have pictures of that soon.
The polished Avid mounts are suspending a Buschur 2.0 built block, and STM Stage 1 head. Up front is an original STM intercooler with a Garrett core and half-sized Koyo radiator.
We've just finished up the custom front end and now starting to piece this puzzle together. Our goal is to have this at the Shootout in a few weeks, so updates will be rolling in quite frequently. We would like to get the car to the paint shop before then, but we will see what time has allotted for us.
Stay tuned and enjoy the build!
So, the idea here is to get as much out of that 600 whp as possible: Shed the weight.
Here's a picture of when she was all normal and clean:
It's a 98 GSX and it's got a bit of the good 'ol NY rust. Best solution: Cut it off!!
On to the interior. If it doesn't DO anything... it's gotta go! We are still keeping appearances up however, and it will be a fully functional interior. I'm not going to let out all the secrets, but they went to town!
Now for the cool stuff. This GSX will be following with the elite STM crew running a forward-facing turbo set-up, a bit different than our off the shelf manifold, however. We will have pictures of that soon.
The polished Avid mounts are suspending a Buschur 2.0 built block, and STM Stage 1 head. Up front is an original STM intercooler with a Garrett core and half-sized Koyo radiator.
We've just finished up the custom front end and now starting to piece this puzzle together. Our goal is to have this at the Shootout in a few weeks, so updates will be rolling in quite frequently. We would like to get the car to the paint shop before then, but we will see what time has allotted for us.
Stay tuned and enjoy the build!
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that turned out really good, good work!Posted 09-20-2011 at 06:34 PM by Robbyd
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Man STM does the best work out there.. My #1 Vendor 100%, Keeping the DSM game at the top!Posted 09-28-2011 at 11:30 AM by amballer82822
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I hope I'm not "blogging" incorrectly, but this format is rather confusing, so I apologize for that. Perhaps I should have edited the original post to keep it all formatted?
Anyhow. On pump gas 93 octane, we sent Eddie on his way for a few weeks to get used to the car, feel for the clutch and generally accept 450 HP!
But the time has come to start modding again. We tested out the new Walbro 400 LPH on this 2g, as well as swapped out the 93 and switched over to E85.
The Walbro pump performed very respectably, maxing out at 35 psi and making 588 HP and 482 TQ! Since dyno numbers are so hard to judge, for reference, Cory's Evil TSI 2g was running 10.3 at about 450 HP.
STM will release an install kit for the 2g shortly, so keep an eye in the Vendor section for that.
Here's the dyno graph from today:
In the future, this DSM can take more fuel and certainly more power! The stock 1g intake manifold is still limiting as well, but for now... I believe just under 600 HP will be more than fun on the streets!
Posted 09-30-2011 at 04:40 PM by 4G63 girl
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Posted 09-30-2011 at 04:44 PM by 4G63 girl
