I guess I've gone and done it!
This weekend I pulled up 426whp and 429wlb/ft in my 1995 9000 Aero. It's come a long was since it was an auto trans 200bhp 222lb/ft car!
A bit of history, since I never really made a "project thread" for this car. There are lots of little threads dating back to Sept 2005, but nothing to chronicle all of it in one place...so here we go:
Bought the car in september of 2005 - rust free with 185,000 miles.
next step was to replace the automatic trans with a manual trans, I did this a mere 4 months after buying the car (January 2006) :lol:
Next I bought $250 worth of 3" tube and made a 3" exhaust system (February 2006)
Finally I got a Td04 15t to replace the T25 that was original to the car because of the original auto trans. At the same time I also installed a China-made intercooler, together they cost me $175. Took a while, but I eventually fount time to install it (March/April 2007)
At this point in time the car was over-powering the 1 year old stock clutch, so I had another purcahse to make. The clutch was $650 or so, installed it in April 2007
Next was stage 4 software from Jak Stoll, which I was very satisfied with. This kept me happy from August 2007, until November 2007 when I got a Holset HX35 for $200 shipped. This was intended for a different car, but that car ended up being wrecked in a race this September 2008. So, I installed it on the Aero along with a Walbro 255lph fuel pump ($150) and a set of Seimens Dekka 660cc injectors ($165) and an Innovate wideband ($260).
Car looks roughly the same on the exterior other than a custom grille, lowering springs and wider that stock tires.
I really don't have any photos of the turbo on the Aero, but I do have these videos and graph of the dyno pull!
4th gear pull
The car has since been re-tuned a bit to take care of the lean condition over 4,000 rpm, I've also turned the boost down a bit!
I'll try top keep this updated on any changes I make to my setup, or any issues I encounter. I plan to overhaul much of the suspension because there are some tired bushings with 230,000 miles on them. The shocks and struts are new, as well as the springs, but I have a feeling the stock sized race pads will not be able to keep up on the track anymore - so something will need to be done about that as well!
Other future items include engine oil cooler, 3 bar MAP sensor, I might try a 3.5 or 4 bar FPR as well, right now I don't see a need, but its worth looking into.
edit: Grand total so far for the power end of this project is just under $1900 including the computer stuff (BDM, power supply, etc). $1850 just for the hardware.
This weekend I pulled up 426whp and 429wlb/ft in my 1995 9000 Aero. It's come a long was since it was an auto trans 200bhp 222lb/ft car!
A bit of history, since I never really made a "project thread" for this car. There are lots of little threads dating back to Sept 2005, but nothing to chronicle all of it in one place...so here we go:
Bought the car in september of 2005 - rust free with 185,000 miles.
next step was to replace the automatic trans with a manual trans, I did this a mere 4 months after buying the car (January 2006) :lol:
Next I bought $250 worth of 3" tube and made a 3" exhaust system (February 2006)
Finally I got a Td04 15t to replace the T25 that was original to the car because of the original auto trans. At the same time I also installed a China-made intercooler, together they cost me $175. Took a while, but I eventually fount time to install it (March/April 2007)
At this point in time the car was over-powering the 1 year old stock clutch, so I had another purcahse to make. The clutch was $650 or so, installed it in April 2007
Next was stage 4 software from Jak Stoll, which I was very satisfied with. This kept me happy from August 2007, until November 2007 when I got a Holset HX35 for $200 shipped. This was intended for a different car, but that car ended up being wrecked in a race this September 2008. So, I installed it on the Aero along with a Walbro 255lph fuel pump ($150) and a set of Seimens Dekka 660cc injectors ($165) and an Innovate wideband ($260).
Car looks roughly the same on the exterior other than a custom grille, lowering springs and wider that stock tires.
I really don't have any photos of the turbo on the Aero, but I do have these videos and graph of the dyno pull!
4th gear pull
The car has since been re-tuned a bit to take care of the lean condition over 4,000 rpm, I've also turned the boost down a bit!
I'll try top keep this updated on any changes I make to my setup, or any issues I encounter. I plan to overhaul much of the suspension because there are some tired bushings with 230,000 miles on them. The shocks and struts are new, as well as the springs, but I have a feeling the stock sized race pads will not be able to keep up on the track anymore - so something will need to be done about that as well!
Other future items include engine oil cooler, 3 bar MAP sensor, I might try a 3.5 or 4 bar FPR as well, right now I don't see a need, but its worth looking into.
edit: Grand total so far for the power end of this project is just under $1900 including the computer stuff (BDM, power supply, etc). $1850 just for the hardware.