ENT-Z Build Thread

[ENT-Z]

Good progress the last few days.

The turbo oil reservoir was straigthened up at the machine shop - this took care of the last of the oil leaks.

Wiring for the PLX gauge and sensor modules was done - hid the modules in the passenger footwell styrofoam blocking.

Today the car actually went for a drive!

Tomorrow should be dyno/tune day and I plan to pick her up this weekend!

Pics when I have more time to upload this weekend!

[Boosted Performance]

Originally Posted by ENT-Z

Good progress the last few days.

The turbo oil reservoir was straigthened up at the machine shop - this took care of the last of the oil leaks.

Wiring for the PLX gauge and sensor modules was done - hid the modules in the passenger footwell styrofoam blocking.

Today the car actually went for a drive!

Tomorrow should be dyno/tune day and I plan to pick her up this weekend!

Pics when I have more time to upload this weekend!

Good stuff...can't wait to see the results. You will be only the second person to dyno with this kit, and third to have a complete running/installed car with it.

[Mitco39]

Originally Posted by ENT-Z

Good progress the last few days.

The turbo oil reservoir was straigthened up at the machine shop - this took care of the last of the oil leaks.

Wiring for the PLX gauge and sensor modules was done - hid the modules in the passenger footwell styrofoam blocking.

Today the car actually went for a drive!

Tomorrow should be dyno/tune day and I plan to pick her up this weekend!

Pics when I have more time to upload this weekend!

Got any pictures of the hidden modules? Did you cut the foam to make them fit or just tuck them in behind the foam? I was thinking of using velcro in combination of tucking them in right along the firewall to hold them.

Looks good man! Crazy how fast a build comes together when you pay a shop to do it. I wish I had more time to put into mine, haha.

[ENT-Z]

So to play a little catch up on what has been going down the last few days...


New fuel pump went in


The styrofoam in the passenger footwell where the gauge modules are being hidden away


A shot of where that styrofoam came from


That thing above the mirror is the bracket for my EVC-S boost controller


The next issue we encountered was that the serial port type plug for my PLX gauge was not going to fit through this opening


The quick although not ideal solution was to cut and splice the 15 wires. The other option would be to disassemble the dash


Next obstacle was that my custom gauge pod wouldn't clear the speaker cover. This meant the custom a pillar wouldn't clip in by the headliner.


Here is the gap I'm talking about. Luckily they were able to grind down the pod to clear the speaker grill and everything fit in. As a nice bonus, the gentleman that made this one off piece for me is going to help cover the costs of making it fit or replace it with a new one if I am not satisfied with their modifications.


With all that being done, it was started for the first time!!


Body work back on and ready for a test drive


A little dyno time!


There it is. 459 rear wheel hp and 431 rear wheel torque on 9 psi boost. I'm a little surprised the torque was that high and the hp that low (not that 460 wheel hp is anything to sneeze at). There is an issue with the mass air meter maxing out at 4500 rpm and I wonder if changing this out (if possible) may allow more power up top... After 4500 rpm the car is running very rich, which of course is better than lean, but we would like to get this cleaned up.

I'm going to pick it up this weekend!! I anticipate some additional tweaking with the tune in the near future. I have the option of running as low as 5 psi boost for daily driving which is nice. I'll be turning it up for my next track weekend March 23-24.

Next major upgrade will be the install and paint of my stillen front fascia, side skirts and varis rep rear diffuser. Looking forward to a great spring/summer/fall with this car!