Nice car man I love the pictures! Keep up the good work!

Spent the past few days collecting the last of the parts and waiting for them all to arrive. I was convinced that the berk down pipe was the best mod I had done to the car but I fully retract that statement. This is hands down the best thing that has been done as far as a noticeable difference. The following parts were replaced -

New front struts
New strut tops front and rear (fronts are moded, they are st204 style mounts and yes they are awesome!)
New drivers side lower control arm $$$$$$$$$$$$$$
New tein S tech springs
New ball joints in front struts
New front and rear sway bar bushings

Although it may not look like a lot, all you super strut owners out there know how much $$$was just thrown down. Prices are almost out of this planet..
The current ride quality is awesome, not crashy like coilovers but very responsive to corners. Minimal body roll as well. No more clunky noises from the faulty strut tops and control arm. I'm very pleased with this set up, I would highly recommend this over coilovers. The ride is appalling with coils, RIP to your spine. Something with super strut seems to over exaggerate the ride with coils, with a set up similar to this the ride feels very similar to a normal performance car!

New lower control arm from tcb, price=unreal


New vs old


St204 strut top, you also need the spring plate below it if you use this option.


Installed, not in the picture is the new full spring dust boot. Trying something new to me out. Covers the whole spring instead of just the shaft.

I thought you were going to use the st185 strut tops? I thought the St204 tops didn't have a bearing? (not that the 205 strut really needs it)

either way lookin good man

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Yes you are correct, I was going to use the 185 tops but the more I looked I like the idea of the st204 style. They are solid mounts with a roller bearing between the top and spring hat. Actually is a very nice combination as far as I can tell. Allows for easy replacement of the bearing if need be. Also makes for one of the few cost effective parts on the suspension Haha!

Superstrut suspension does not need a bearing top mount as the shock does not turn like it does on McPherson suspension.

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You are correct sir, the reason I opted for this setup is because of the easy of parts and prices.

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Good man sometimes the easy way is the best way.

Fantastic to see this project build, been following it since day one, the car looks brilliant. Keep up the good work

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Thank you! I appreciate it, there will be much more to come this winter

The superstrut dust boot cover that looks more like a top spring rubber insulator, actually covers about 80% of the piston stroke section.

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From the spring up is all parts off a st204. I opted to use and aftermarket shock cover to cover the whole upper assembly.

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From the spring up is all parts off a st204. I opted to use and aftermarket shock cover to cover the whole upper assembly.

Small update-
Ordered a set of 225/45/17 Bf Goodrich rivals (opting to go to 17's to better the ride quality)
Most likely order the new wheels within the month or during tax return season. Also replaced the spark plugs, wires, and valve cover due to the spark plug tubes being fully immersed in oil It incredible how such small maintenance can make such big improvements.

And I also did this!

legit. always wanted one of those types of rain deflectors

This post has been edited by enderswift: Nov 6, 2015 - 9:26 AM

Not sure if you can technically call it that as the rain still passes through onto manifold

Technically does not stop the rain. The oem hood has the under tray to direct water away, but my car never came with it.

deflect doesn't mean stop, guys. Its obvious the rain can still get through...

This post has been edited by enderswift: Nov 6, 2015 - 4:54 PM

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Don't lie, your grammar sucks

JK

Guess I technically just got schooled

What is up with this weather!! Its December here, and there should be snow, salt, and the death to a car enthusiasts season. Not this year, I have gotten to enjoy many days of getting the car out and having a good time. Thinking out to storage this winter I will be installing the new tires and wheels and hopefully recaros. I have also received some feedback from on the forums and facebook for some videos of the car so here you guys go!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLxX_iKAyeY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3uFYN_Mss8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D3bjHsMzqE

This post has been edited by 4-eyed-freek: Dec 20, 2015 - 7:12 PM

How to make a boosted car faster...

Step 1
Fix the major boost leak

In the fist pic you can see the rubber seal is not even close to being flush. The second pic gives you a better idea of the massive boost leak I had, and yes the aluminum base is broken right off...
I was not aware of this boost leak, no unusual noises or running issues. Thankfully out of pure luck I received a new HKS SQV BOV for Christmas, only to find this fault. Once installed I took the car around the block only to
realize I was hitting over boost on my EBC. I kept lowering the duty cycle value, eventually getting it down to 22 from 64. That's a 2/3 drop from before just for the boost level, I think you can see where this is going...
After about a half hour of changing values on the EBC I got the car to boost on all gears without hitting the set in boost cut. I can fully admit I am slightly scared to drive this car now, it is an absolute monster. With the boost set to 16psi
it will break the front tires loose in first on a rolling start. Truly amazes me how this engine ever performed they way it had for so long, massive props to Toyota for building such
an incredible engine.








New hood vent decoration!

Nice exhaust video. That same exhaust on a N/A engine is way too loud.

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Thanks! unfortunately youtube wrecked the quality of both audio and video

boost leaks are a constant threat. enjoy the ssqv, I love mine

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I cant even describe the power differences from a major boost leak to now. It blows me away! The ssqv is definitely been a wonderful upgrade, I'm positive it will be enjoyed!

This post has been edited by 4-eyed-freek: Jan 1, 2016 - 4:03 PM

>>LET THERE BE LAUNCH CONTROL!! >>

This has long been in the plans since I rode in my friends evo 8 many years back. I opted to go with a company called OMEX, they are based out of the UK and have made many great products including rev limiters/ launch control.
I went this route as apposed to stand alone due to this being a street car and will only be used for audible fun, not actually for launches. Install was very straight forward, positive coil wire, negative coil wire, ground and ground for the launch control switch.
It is a two function box, including a rev limiter and launch control activated via a button. There are many features packed in this little guy that actually gives me piece at mind while driving the car. I now lowered the max rev limit to 6,900 rpm with a soft cut.
The launch feature, is currently set to 3,400 rpm with a hard cut setting. Hard cut vs soft cut is simply put, soft allows the limiter to ease into the limit while hard cut gets straight to the point.


The box is well sorted, nothing short of a great product


Box includes everything you need to install, ecu box, switch, sticker and manual


Here you can see the two wires that make the magic happen. Myself being so picky I didn't cut any wires. I pulled back the casing and soldered the wires to the coil wires, then heat shrinking them. The larger black wire get connected to the red wire off the box and the white wire with blue trace gets the blue wire off the box.


Once the wires were soldered and wrapped I routed them through the wire loom hole and into the glove box where the box was mounted.


I installed the launch button in the center console to keep it discreet and out of the way. My first impression of this system is ease of use and over all function. I didn't use the rev limit portion but I tested the launch function. Results are extremely amusing and addicting, keep in mind that the launch feature can only be used for 15 sec to protect the box, coil, and engine. I will play with it a bit more to allow more pops bangs and flames. As stated before this is only going to be used for audible enjoyment

Here is a quick video of the launch control on action, this is base settings. 3k @ soft cut
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtaYhUf0TG8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6Y1MRLv-6A

This post has been edited by 4-eyed-freek: Jan 11, 2016 - 6:09 PM

Hmm... what could this be??

Hmmmm...a Hood spoiler?

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We have a winner

hmm like the launch control, but not safe to use ? bad for turbo/coils etc? but can be used to do a proper drag race ?

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Bad as in I wouldn't do it for an extended period of time. In the manual they advise not using it for over 15 sec to prevent the launch control box from getting to hot. All this system does is theoretically make a temporary rev limiter, which functions almost identical to any car on the road. The only difference being is that is can be set via a button.