Turbo!

[Josh]

I spent much of the week before last at Active Autowerke in warm and sunny Miami, FL. Why?
I had one of their turbo systems installed on my car and I was down for the week to observe the completion and final tuning, and.... oh yeah.... Drive It!
It is an OBD2, stock compression kit but with some customization, including my existing Schrick intake manifold, a custom “open” exhaust by Active Autowerke and Active's Water/Alcohol Injection. Most of the piping and the exhaust manifold was heat wrapped and the car was tuned on the Active's Mustang Dyno by tuning guru, Karl Hugh. To eveyone’s surprise the car was pulling some strong numbers; very strong numbers. The most consistent run, using a 1.31 conversion factor, was 424 hp at 5500 rpm and 441 ft/lbs of torque at 4500 rpm at 9 psi. By comparison, the same kit on AA's 4 door OBD2 Turbo M3 makes 395 hp at 6250 rpm and 394 ft/lbs of torque at 4250 rpm. The European Car, Vader M3, made a translated 429 hp at 5730 rpm and 422 ft/lbs of torque at 4260 rpm on its old Stage 2 3.0 setup at 10 psi on pump gas.
Needless to say, I was very pleased, and with the stock compression and the above listed modifications, my car is into the powerband very quickly.
On last Monday afternoon, my car arrived from Florida on car transport. I had driven the car several times while in Miami and was estatic with the amount of power it was making. But now, after having the car for a week, I have had the oppurtunity to drive the car on numerous venues with Northeast weather. WOW! As powerful as my Mov'it brakes were in forcing my brain to the front of my skull, this AA Turbo kit hurls you back into your seat with the ferrocity of being tackled by a professional football player. The tachometer becomes a fuzzy blur with each shift as the speedometer is yanked around and down to the very depths of the earth by Satan himself.


Here are some pictures of the car on the dyno:

http://www.motorsportpower.com/turbo/dscn0712.jpg
http://www.motorsportpower.com/turbo/dscn0713.jpg
http://www.motorsportpower.com/turbo/dscn0714.jpg
http://www.motorsportpower.com/turbo/dscn0715.jpg
http://www.motorsportpower.com/turbo/dscn0716.jpg

Here is a picture of the rear section of my new exhaust:

http://www.motorsportpower.com/turbo/dscn0704.jpg

Here is a picture of the intercooler and aquamist pump:

http://www.motorsportpower.com/turbo/dscn0701.jpg


I'll have more pictures and some video in about a week when I finish a few more things on the car.

[CMT]

of automotive perfection. Congratulations, Josh! Hope to see it soon.

[///MCubed]

Turbos suck (LOL!!!)

Congrats!!!

[JuBu]

Simply


I want my ride when I get back to Jersey!


Justin

[Samir]

Must feel good to know you have more juice than a 996 TT

[Magnus]

I had the pleasure of being driven in that Beast! Mommy? Mommy? I want mommy!
The motha sucka moves! Damn! Now my S14 feels like a YUGO (Nicks first car). I also appreciated the Mov'it breaks, or Movement Breaks as Neel would have put it! They came in very handy when being thrown to 80-90 then having to stop or BE STOPPED instantaneously! I think I had new hair growth after the ride?

Thanks Josh! It was nice haviing the BBQ at ROcky's for the unveiling.

[vodomagoo]

damn that is sweet, your car was already sick and now this, it must sound great now

[mefunny]

nice congrats. hope u show all those supercars what a bmw can do.

[328bimma]

NICEE!!! so did the schrick intake manifold helped out alot? thatz some VERY impression numbers!

Jerry

[///M3Ryder NY]

You've already gotten my sincere congrats on this, since I got a sneak peek last week. But here it is again...CONGRATS, it looks awesome man! Have fun!

[caball88]

Wow next time i see a black m3 whizzing by with red calipers i'll know who passed me. It must be nice to have all that power. hey i just wondering why you used 1.31 as a converion factor. does the drivetrain really take away 24% of the crank power?

[Josh]

328bimma - Yes, the Schrick helped out quite a bit.


caball88 - Mustang dynos produce lower RWHP #'s, so a higher correction factor is required to calculate correct crank HP. See link... http://www.aatuning.com/dyno/MustangVsDynojet.asp

[Mpovrshd]

How loud is that thing without any rear muffler?

[Scho]

Wow! Congrats! That is something I know we all dream of having!!

[jonsibal]

Congrats. Im envious of your power output.
AA rules!