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Posted 08-04-2011 at 12:16 PM by 4G63 girl

Tags build, eddie, gsx, stm

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!

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looks awesome!!!! I hope to be at the shootout to see this. I like how you have the half sized radiator laying down long ways as oppose to being offset. I also like like front tube for the torque mount and rad support. I wish someone would make that as a kit for 1g/ 2g owners to shave more weight... HINT HINT!!!. Yes I know there are freelancers on tuners that make tubular front bars to eliminate the north south bars but I like how this actually goes into the frame rails and looks like it shaves off even more weight.

Posted 08-04-2011 at 12:30 PM by BleedingSilver BleedingSilver is offline

	P.S. What ever happened to the updates on the red small tubro e85 1g???
	Posted 08-04-2011 at 12:32 PM by BleedingSilver

	Sick loving the white waiting for the pics of the turbo set up.
	Posted 08-04-2011 at 12:35 PM by iugrad92turbo

	Damn.... I'd buy the kit but it would have to be A/C friendly, these hot days would kill me. Sooner or later the GSX would be a weekend car.
	Posted 08-04-2011 at 12:44 PM by ViciousLord

	Thanks guys. I can't wait to see this car finished either!! It's going to be drop dead gorgeous! The red 1g... well, you remember that SUPER clean white 1g shell STM had gutted and ready. It was gifted to a friend in need... someone with a red 1g. More on that later though. Like I said, we want this car ready for the shootout, so you'll get a load of pictures every other day!
	Posted 08-04-2011 at 12:47 PM by 4G63 girl

	Sweet ill be there hope to see it in person, more pics. Shawna
	Posted 08-04-2011 at 01:04 PM by iugrad92turbo

	When this car is done, I hope to take so many pictures you are sick of looking at it!! I have a very weak heart for white 2g's.
	Posted 08-04-2011 at 01:29 PM by 4G63 girl

	A weak heart for white 2g's... sounds to me as though some one misses their old white 2g :-)
	Posted 08-04-2011 at 03:40 PM by dsmTripp

	Being from another country. I am just curious on if this will be a track dedicated car, daily or something in between. I would have loved to do this when I cut my Ontario rust off but I went with square stock to help with any front impacts. I would love to do this to my car tho.
	Posted 08-04-2011 at 04:44 PM by nitroazz

	Looks very nice, I got to see the car in person during the 2011 Dyno day. And I get to see it again at the shootout if you guys take her up there
	Posted 08-04-2011 at 06:31 PM by shredwin

	He does plan to run this car on the street. It should be quite the "normal" car. Tomorrow the interior should be all finished up, wires tucked and clean. I'll have more pictures tomorrow
	Posted 08-04-2011 at 10:19 PM by 4G63 girl

	Do yall offer the tubed front in like this 2g has? or is this all a one off build? Im just saying that it would b nie for a vendor to offer something like this for us welderless members lol
	Posted 08-05-2011 at 10:53 AM by herms99gst

This would likely only be something to do in-house at STM. You have to (obviously) cut the frame, and let's just say a customer cuts incorrectly and things don't bolt up right... It would be a disaster waiting to happen. Not worth it from a vendor perspective. But we are more than willing to take in big builds like this and put some more sick DSM's loose on the streets!

I'm headed out to take some more pictures now... the turbo is hanging in it's place

Posted 08-05-2011 at 11:07 AM by 4G63 girl 4G63 girl is offline

The PTE 6262 is strung up into place and the first manifold runners are started.

Flex-A-Lite fan is mounted, above, ready to move some air.

AEM Digital gauges are installed in the gauge cluster along with the Sparco Lap 5 steering wheel. Most of the wiring is finished and the full black leather interior will be detailed and flawless soon enough.

(Yeah, I'm jealous too.)

Brand new VIS "Extreme GT" carbon fiber hood.

You can see just inside the driver side fog light the compressor cover. A 4" hole just under the headlight should allow that bad boy to breathe.

Posted 08-05-2011 at 12:37 PM by 4G63 girl 4G63 girl is offline

	Sweet keep them coming.
	Posted 08-05-2011 at 01:06 PM by iugrad92turbo

	600 whp street driver? What a beast. Looks like STM does some very beautiful work. Keep up the progress!
	Posted 08-05-2011 at 01:19 PM by blindboarder_02

	wow just beautiful im so jealous, i want my car built by yall too, my buddy james gots the white evo8 with yall too, but ya too far to take the car to get work done
	Posted 08-05-2011 at 01:32 PM by gst2g4g63t

	looking good keep up the good work keep those pictures coming
	Posted 08-05-2011 at 10:08 PM by sleeper-eclipse

	Looks awesome. Any idea on what the total cost to the customer will be? (you don't have to answer that, I won't be upset :-)
	Posted 08-06-2011 at 09:47 AM by TSIMonsteR

	Man i wish i had the money to just take my car to a shop and say make it badass, but that takes 90% of the fun and pride away also...
	Posted 08-06-2011 at 12:24 PM by jakelandry

	That tubular looks like it might be very tricky to unbolt. Maybe very tricky to unbolt and finish the welds, though it looks rather tasty to me!
	Posted 08-06-2011 at 07:58 PM by holo82

	expected nothing less from you guys!! keep up the great work, give us more updates when you get a chance.
	Posted 08-07-2011 at 01:32 PM by 95eclipser

	Thanks guys!!! Coming along!
	Posted 08-07-2011 at 02:06 PM by 4G63 girl

	Keep it love the forward facing set up.
	Posted 08-07-2011 at 02:11 PM by iugrad92turbo

	More pics!
	Posted 08-07-2011 at 05:21 PM by jeff24680

	jiizzzzz
	Posted 08-07-2011 at 06:35 PM by jongreene

	thats a nice gsx
	Posted 08-07-2011 at 10:50 PM by hawkman gsx

	Makes me want a 2g now.. just curious as to why you guys don't build your own motors?? I know buschur is well known but so are you guys.
	Posted 08-08-2011 at 03:53 PM by 907dsm

	Can i ask why you guys decided to go with a 4 bolt flange? instead of a tial vband, or PTE equivalent? Would help shed a lil weight on the cylinder head. More pics please!!! Also what turbo are you going with?
	Posted 08-08-2011 at 04:42 PM by 95eclipser

	Quick RFI on the radiator setup: What size radiator is that - is it the same as the 1/2 sized radiators that we see on the market? What do you expect as far as its cooling capabilities and the fact that this is a street car that might make a trip in the hot summer?
	Posted 08-08-2011 at 05:41 PM by 92 GSR-4


	Posted 08-08-2011 at 09:24 PM by 4G63 girl

I'll answer the best I can here, guys. I generally just take pictures.

Until we have an entire machine shop in our back room at our disposal, we aren't doing motors. Perfection is the name of the game. There are many things we can still grow into. Just takes time.

The Koyo is the half sized radiator, but we modify it to suit our needs. As far as the capabilities, we haven't had any issues with our cars or customer cars getting hot. Sure, it's smaller, but that also means less fluid to cool.

The turbo is a PTE6262 and we went with the 4 bolt... because it was available. We don't have time to wait around.

Tomorrow we should see some welds in place, but it's coming along nicely!

Posted 08-08-2011 at 09:37 PM by 4G63 girl 4G63 girl is offline

Please what ever you do don't stop building cars like these. I will see you guys in 1.75years with my car on your door step. I will prefer same people that did the builds and fabrications.

. And please don't get too big with your heads. i know you guys will continue to grow. But make sure quality of the works goes with it too (these days thats what dsm shops are lack of). Good luck and stay real...

Posted 08-08-2011 at 09:49 PM by DSMReviver DSMReviver is offline

	Thanks! That means a lot. That's what we pride our shop on, being "normal" people, loving what we do... and being GOOD at it! Every evening I say goodnight to 15-20 evo's and dsm's. And get to stalk them all day with a camera. Could it get much better?
	Posted 08-08-2011 at 09:56 PM by 4G63 girl

	I think you got the best job in the word! i would love to be around to a shop like that!!!
	Posted 08-08-2011 at 10:10 PM by DSMReviver

	Ill come work for food!!! ( and small bits of money). Its cold in ny but maybe we could strike a deal. I go to sleep dreaming of saying goodnight to 15-20 dsms and evos.
	Posted 08-09-2011 at 12:12 PM by BleedingSilver

	Awesome thanks for the reply Shawna... also what size lines are off the radiator??
	Posted 08-09-2011 at 02:07 PM by 907dsm

	Great work STM the car looks great so far. One suggestion, I would have used -16 on the radiator lines and fittings, -16 male fittings matches perfect with the water neck and water pipe.
	Posted 08-09-2011 at 03:55 PM by hks-gst

Quote:

Originally Posted by 4G63 girl

He does plan to run this car on the street. It should be quite the "normal" car. Tomorrow the interior should be all finished up, wires tucked and clean. I'll have more pictures tomorrow

Lookin' good chick! I love the custom front bar, can't wait to see it done, will be very sexy cruising NY.

Love STM by the way, rocking the EGR Block-plate, Mani studs and Viton valve seals.

Posted 08-09-2011 at 08:37 PM by Djsniperwolf Djsniperwolf is offline

	awesome job!
	Posted 08-09-2011 at 10:02 PM by LaBongJames95

	Are you guys planning on running the car on the streets without a filter for the turbo intake? It looks better without one, but get behind that one truck that drops a rock that bounces right into the turbo and
	Posted 08-10-2011 at 04:15 PM by green-go

	awsome fab work!
	Posted 08-11-2011 at 07:16 AM by gixrman

	any new pictures!!??
	Posted 08-11-2011 at 04:40 PM by 95eclipser

	Keep it up.
	Posted 08-11-2011 at 09:34 PM by DSMunknown

	They are taking everything apart now so the engine bay can be painted. Sorry, I missed all day wednesday (bought a 2g!!!! ) but when she's back out of the paint shop... there will be a serious amount of pictures coming!
	Posted 08-11-2011 at 11:16 PM by 4G63 girl

	Can't wait to see this car at the Shootout!
	Posted 08-11-2011 at 11:16 PM by 96awd

	I did get to snap some pictures before they took it to get painted... There's a lot of love in this car. Wait till you see them!
	Posted 08-12-2011 at 08:58 PM by 4G63 girl

	this looks amazing, keep the pictures coming! especially cause i own a white 2g haha
	Posted 08-14-2011 at 08:39 AM by 2GEEZEY

	Looks awesome guys keep up the good work!
	Posted 08-14-2011 at 02:29 PM by Eclipse'd

Sorry for the delay in pictures! I snapped a few pictures before paint when it had a partially chrome engine bay. The pictures don't do it justice, The polished engine bay would have been cool as hell. It would never last though. He continued on all weekend to remove all the rust and spot welds and it's quite lovely.