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Just finished spraying where the heatsheild over the exhaust used to be. I used some Tetrosyl undercar with added waxoil. Its in a yellow tin and is excellent for anybody wanting to do that kind of thing. Also tested the IC core for fitment. Its all a bit tight, but fits just perfect. Now as soon as my inlet manifold is done we should be in business!
Nice to see something different to Chargecoolers 
If you look at say a Greddy or blitz large intercooler the end tanks are huge and direct the air to travel through all the bars in the intercooler but compared to the xspower ones i can only see it travelling efficiently through the bottom bars . The only xspower intercooler we decided to be anygood was the 4" wide one due to having bigger tanks which allows the air to spread across the whole intercooler. Their is no way I would use any of their stuff as I had one of their 4" Greddy style versions in my hand and they are shocking, the internal fins were loose for a start. I get what you are saying about the end tanks but TBH, how would I get anything bigger in! 
Even if it only uses half the core it will still be about twice as big as a Greddy which are known to do over 400bhp. Judging on my previous core it will be negligable.
Thought he made a 40RWHP gain with that and an RMR so can't be too bad. 
Oh almost forgot the XS Power core as used on Jekyll and Hydes car seems to work ok for him?
Jimbob wrote:Oh almost forgot the XS Power core as used on Jekyll and Hydes car seems to work ok for him?
Secondly cost was a big issue. I was tempted to do a home made PWR core based unit but TBH couldn't be bothered with the water pipes and front mount rad. So in the end went for no boot, which doesn't bother me as its a weekend car, with the potential for whatever HP I wanna throw at it within reason. 
We'll see how the 3071 does and how long it takes me to get bored first Jimbob wrote:In my mind the main advantage of a CC was space saving with the TMIC homebrew system offering more HP handling than the current off the shelf CC's.
I'm already considering a GT35R
Go the TMIC route instead of the CC, but after hearing how well the Radtech system works, and experiencing it for myself, I opted for that. Don't knock it until you try it as they say. It's such a good turbo for the street (and I'd imagine it's not too bad for competition either), and has excellent spool characteristics. Try 1.5 bar by 3300rpm for size. Oh and I reversed my mates GT4 
With lots of things on my car I have tried to stay away from the norm oh anything anyone else had. Hence HKS flywheel, my own fuel system, custom manifolds and a GT3071r designed for an Evo with an integral wastegate mount. All extra work but in my eyes worth it. I thought my TRd was individual but there getting more and more about. This one car I have seen totally rocks and if I could swap my bodyshell I probably would. TRD looks awesome in a rear view mirror, especially one slammed on teins but it's so impractical, hard to get out of without hitting your feet on the skirts, hard not to bottom out, mine is annoying me due to the imperfections in paint. Once its resprayed we will see how I feel.Jimbob wrote:I started off wanting 300, then 350, then 400, now I want more and all I have ever driven is mine at 250ish.
Not knocking the Radtec Earl.
Am actually considering getting rid of the TRD and going for a Border kit and Bomex Wing.
Little scratches, chips and stuff from when the car was in bits. I'm the same mate. I get disheartened by things if they're not perfect. 
My car is testement to that. 
I was lookin at doing the trd kit. Lots of work by the looks of what u've done. Nice to see it out this year The good news is the car is progressing nicely, just slower than I would like. The inlet manifold is due to be welded up this week/weekend. - Phosphate coated discs
."use-able".- WOW - but just by looking at it, you know it's something a little bit special (just like the rest of the car).(and welding !) I shall be stripping all calipers blasting and re-furbing them the next week. Want a dog to do up though. I need something to fiddle with to keep me happy, an N/A would be perfect. My mates just bought an MX-5 (ST205 as first car)and its well cool. Need to get my house and a garage first though. Not perfect but its coming along, the turbosmart sticker needs ripping off as I thought it was a decal. Then its back in with the motor after 1 year!! 
Then mapping the AEM in the front garden 
(I assume most of it rubs off soon after you start using them) Where the brakes touch it rubs off, but if you drive fairly regularly rust is not a problem in this area, as it gets polished by the pads. Just helps the rest stay pretty Got all the brakes off now and the fronts are goosed! Got my re-furb kit so I'm on with re-furbing them. I'm guna move the engine to the garage then fit that and the turbo side of things then straight into the garage with the rolling chassis to get the engine in. My Uncle owns westleton garage so getting it fitted in his workshop, then get it started finally. If you fancy doing a running in road trip let me know I need to get 500miles on quick then fit AEM. I think any more on the MR2 chassis is too much, the GT4 just has more forgivingness, 4 wheel slides are controllable, and it seems to have bags of traction. Mind you the MR2 is lighter so its a good matchup.