Restrictor, and the First Look at Tires

After some minor adjusting (.015" that is) the restrictor is installed.  The restriction has a tapper that sits into the turbo.  As you can see, the restrictor only adds 1.5" to the total length of the intake.  To accommodate the length, I shortened the AEM intake tube by 2" to make sure everything cleared.

With the new battery, short intercooler piping and intake installed:




The car isn't going to win any car shows, but I'll make sure to clean it up once it's done being in and out of shops.


The new tires showed up today.  23.5x11.5x16 Goodyear R250 Slicks.  Data from other drivers has said up to 1 second faster on any given 60 second course than the same size Hoosier.  I should be able to get 100-130 runs from this set of tires.  They should do well until the new R170 compound comes out and stomps everything :D

Here's some tire porn. 8)




Next, it's down to RS Motors for the dyno tuning.





Next week the TRE rear differential should be here.

-Mike