The nastiest problem in this build had to be the ABS pump. Christofo found that the wrong unit made the power steering and speed sensors cut out after just thirty seconds of driving, so a manual transmission ABS pump went in instead of the stock automatic one, and the brakes were bled with a power bleeder bottle and clear hose hooked to the master cylinder. That kind of gremlin would stall a lot of people for months.
The car itself is a black Subaru BRZ carrying a turbocharged 2JZ-GE non-VVTI inline-six, backed by an A340E transmission with an FTI 4000 stall converter. A PSR S369 turbo sits on an eBay exhaust manifold, feeding a Deepmotor intake manifold, with ID1300X injectors and r35 coils up top, all run by a Haltech Elite 2500. A laptop tied into the ECU shows the tuning and telemetry software.
The fuel system shows real attention to detail. An Aeromotive 340 liter-per-hour pump turned out too tall for the factory hanger basket clip, so a DW300c went in as a direct-fit replacement, good for roughly 450 horsepower, handy since ethanol wants about thirty percent more volume. Access came through a panel under the rear seat floor, and the sender was cleaned of dirt before disassembly.
At the strip, the stock 4.11 differential gave way to a 3.73 to help boost build on launch. VMS Racing five-spoke wheels in 5x100 wear Mickey Thompson P275/50R15 drag radials, with longer ARP studs in the rear hubs and the caliper bracket ground for 15-inch clearance. Wheel weights clipped the modified caliper, so the wheel was rebalanced at a tire shop. The first clean pass went 12.0689 at 119.08 on 8 psi, and an Edgewater qualifier ran 11.9806 at 122.38, with a scramble button lifting boost to 16 psi in eliminations. One round was lost after lifting mid-run, and high-RPM misfire troubleshooting is still an open thread, with changes planned for next season.
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