Quadcammer

so, I have made a few modification decisions that i hope will make the car a bit quicker, a bit better handling, and allow it to run cooler.

So far:

Turbo S ecu
911 Chips Strut tower brace
custom auxiliary oil cooler based on the following diagram:



Total cost for the mods should be less than $2200



Its getting new tires up front and a good alignment any day.

Basal Skull

That's looks like a great plan! I had lots of fun fitting mine. Hope it goes well for you.

Ryojo

Quadcammer

Thanks!

Your thread and the pcar diy were my inspiration.

Not to mention the ridiculous prices of some of these aftermarket "kits".

Total parts cost is $425, which is half the cost of the tiny turbo S cooler

Macster

Careful. All those 90, 180 and even 45 deg. fittings affect flow. Be sure you select a large enough hose size to compensate so oil flow is not impeded in any significant way.

Or arrange the layout to eliminate the sharper bend fittings.

Sincerely,

Macster.

Quadcammer

hose is 12an, which is 3/4" ID, and quite a bit bigger than the lines in the turbo s kit.

The 90 may restrict flow a bit, the 45 less so. I suppose I could do two 45s, but I'm not terribly concerned.

Thanks for the input though.

Turbodan

where is the oil cooler coming from? great price $179.
are you planning on tracking? it should be fine on street without the cooler in NJ.
good luck and have fun!

Quadcammer

all parts are coming from pegasusautoracing

I may be fine without the cooler on the street, but I hope to do the occasional DE, and since oil temps are probably the most important thing for engine longevity for these cars, I intend to overdo it a bit in this area.

Since its pretty cheap and relatively easy to do, I figure why not.

Tuner1

Hopefully you are buying a Setrab, Mocal or similar.

Coming from a power SC'd 'Stang, you might need more than a Turbo S ECU to satisfy your power cravings I would suggest looking at some exhaust mods if you want cheap power.

IMO, the front strut brace won't do jack s**t for you.

Welcome to the wonderful world of the 9 9 3 turbo

Quadcammer

I believe this is a Mocal unit.

Strut brace is more for the creaks than it is for the suspension, but a touch of preload up front can't hurt.

I've resigned to the fact that this car won't feel fast enough until it gets better rods, new turbos, some headwork, and basically everything else including a lovely HELOC for me.

Therefore, I'm going to work on learning to drive the car with the 430bhp its going to have.

Its has muffler bypasses, and I've considered going to the AWE bypass pipes, but they don't sound very good and I need my heat.

So there you have it.

I appreciate the input.

IamSMC

Any updates?

Quadcammer

yes in fact.

I've added the strut brace, which was a nice addition. Limited some of my front end creaking. The turbo S ecu didn't add much of a noticeable performance gain to me, but my butt dyno sucks anyway.

Stiffened up the rear bar and went with 36fr/36r air pressure, which has reduced my understeer issue, but hasn't eliminated it.

Given the cool temps here, I haven't gone through the cooler yet.

Current plans include the rS lever, a golden rod, delvac tranny/diff fluid, some 235s up front and some front sway bar adjustments.

thanks for the input.

Quadcammer

Here is what I ended up doing:

Standard 996TT wheels 235/295 sumi htr ZIII
Tranny/front diff fluid-Delvac
Tranny/front Diff realignment
cleaning the ever loving hell out of the disgusting tranny...filthy
Tightened up slightly leaking back up switch and oil pressure sending unit
Installed the FDM golden rod and the RS shift lever
Went through every vac line, hose clamp, etc
New Air filter
New IC o-rings
T-Bar clamps on boost hoses

Beefs:

The rs shift lever doesn't fit into the AWD shifterbox thingie without some gentle persuasion courtesy of a 5lb sledge
The rs shift lever doesn't have the "step" on it, so the stock shift **** is all wobbly. It will require some electrical tape.
Whoever designed the heater setup should take a size 13 to the nuts.
Whoever tightened my intake to head hose clamps forgot their wheaties
Allen bolts are annoying
Need to fix a torn hvac duct

Finally, after jacking the rear up by the motor, my stock 73k mile motor mount gave up the ghost and leaked some fluid. This of course means I get to spend more money and get RS mounts.

All in all a very long and tiring day, but the car isn't difficult to work on whatsoever.

IamSMC

Hey Quad, what did you do to "stiffen up the rear bar"?

Quadcammer

The car has the H&R adjustable sway bars, so I simply moved the drop link to the nearest bolt hole to stiffen up the bar.

Basal Skull

My understanding (pls correct if I'm wrong) was that the stock oil cooler (and thus any cooler put in addition) was connected in a parallel oil circuit when the valve opens at higher temps (not series) so that a little increase in resistance wouldn't actually affect overall flow/ overall flow would always be higher than if the oil cooler was not in circuit.