Bugeyes 4 Life! now with more HP

since i sold my last suby before this section was created i have never posted in here. as most of you know i just bought another bugeye. it was already pretty well modded but still has lots of room for improvement. this is a list of mods that have already been done to the car.

Engine Mods:

APS SR40 Turbocharger
TurboXS FMIC
Perrin Inlet hose
TXS type H BOV
TXS short ram intake
UR Uppipe
Tial 44mm EWG dumping to atmosphere
Invidia bellmouth downpipe
Stromung 3'' dual tip catback
TXS MBC
Deatchwerks 660cc injectors
NGK Irigium Cold Spark plugs
255 Walboro Fuel Pump
heat wraped uppipe, downpipe, IC pipes
TXS UTEC engine management
PE kevlar timing belt
PE kevlar accessory belts

Exterior:

Rota 18'' Subzeros Gunmetal with chrome lip
Khumo tires
debadged trunk
JDM STi grill
CF hoodscoop
legal VA window tint
WRB painted blinker covers

Suspension/Brakes:

Megan Racing adjustable coilovers
Rotora Big Brake kit front and rear

Interior:

Defi Boost, EGT guages
Defi control unit
Dual DVD flip out MP3/radio
300mm Broadway convex, glare resistant mirror

The car put down 305whp and 295lbs of torque at MachV

 

Looks great dude you know you are itching for a retrofit though!

 

yeah when i get the doe. otherwise ill be fine with a bake job. gotta black those babies out. i also what to black out the intercooler.

 

car does look reall good JT, congrats again.....I'm sure your loving the WHP!!!

 

Car looks great bro.

 

Nice bugeye!

 

damn that's a good looking car....

those Rotora brakes look like a nice upgrade.

 

Nice one man! It is always nice to see another Stromung Dual tip, I love that exhaust!

How many miles are on it.

 

Yay for more bugeye love.

 

Very nice!!!! hopefully be able to check it out in person sometime!!! congrads man!!

 

yeah i like the exhaust to a point. i like that it looks stock but man can it drone. 81k miles

man i love these brakes. the most expensive mod on the whole car. 1700 for the front and 1100 for the rear. like the previous owner told me "if you rear end someone in this car its your own fault." found that out the first time i disengaged the cruse control and lurched really hard cause i tapped the brakes. yes i know theres a cancel for the cruise control but my avalanche didnt have that feature so im out of practice of using it.

 

paint your headlights then I approve

 

Are those different side skirts? I mean, obviously they are painted, but they look smaller than the wrx side skirts to me. Maybe it's just my imagination though...

 

v-limited lip FTW! it'll accent that cf hook scoop nicely! that car is clean JT...enjoy it!!!

 

81k I have 82k on mine...here is a link to my journal, page 2 has the most upto date pics.

http://wrxatlanta.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12319

Drone???? Really!?! Mine doesn't drone at all, I love the way it sounds. How long do you think it has been on the car, maybe the insulation is wearing out. I originally had an ANSA Silverline...talk about drone, holy shit...I couldn't drive through parking lots without setting off every single car alarm in the lot. This Stromung sounds like a stock exhaust compared to it. The fact that it didn't drone was one of the reasons I picked it...anyway.

welcome back to the bug!

 

JT, that bugeye is sweeeeetttt.....I bet it can really haul butt....LOL....I am happy for ya bro...How is school coming along?.

Mark

 

Nice! Blacked out lights and FMIC will really set it off. Loving those brakes too!

 

When you find one for a bugeye, be sure to let me know.

 

It looks like the sideskirts were taken off and the holes that held the skirts on were filled in.

Car looks fun to drive.

 

very nice man.

 

I have a catless helix up pipe, catless cobb downpipe, and 3" stromung dual tip exhaust with no resonator...and I swear, it doesn't drone at all.

I did the same, its the way to go!

 

very nice, I'm keepin' my bugeye forever lol

 

Car looks awesome but I'd be worried about reliability at those power levels on the stock engine/tranny. Either way congrats!

 

Very clean. Nice car.

 

Uber cool buddy :bigthumb:

 

thanks guys

 

sexy bugeye

 

well i might have to get the shocks re valved so no ap v2 for me. when i got the car it was way too low for me. so i had it raised and corner balanced and a performance alignment. well when they where done the car is still too low. the car is also kinda bouncy so im either thinking that the spring rate is to low or i got blown shocks and am riding on strait springs. getting that further looked into next week. i got one goodie in the mail today though. hopefully i can catch up with ss when he comes down to florida this month and get it all tuned up.

 

is that turbo on the 2.0L? How's the lag?

 

right now its very laggy but i think its mostly the tune. the mbc is def not set right. i dont hit full boost til are 4300 rpm. sol drums has the same turbo and its not laggy at all.

 

:bowdown::bowdown:I can vouch for this bad boy!!! :bowdown::bowdown:

 

I have the ANSA Silverline exhaust now, and I love it. I haven't had any issues with droning yet....

Mark

 

good to see ya down here in my neck of the woods!

 

Yeah it was cool to catch up with ya! O-town FTW :ddirty:

 

well i decided to paint the fmic black. the problem i was having was i don't have another car or inter cooler so i could not send it off for coating. that left me looking at what i could do at the house. the main thing i was looking at was that i didn't want to effect the amount of cooling that ic makes by putting paint on it that would hold in heat. there are some home powder coating kits but i don't want to have to buy a bunch of stuff for a 1 time application. after a lot of research i decided on Eastwood's Radiator Black 12 oz Satin Finish. ive only had it on the car a day but i will let you know how well it holds up against chipping and washing. overall im pleased with the outcome. i hated how much the fmic seemed to stick out and how the metal finish really showed off the butcher job that was done on the bumper when fitting the fmic. http://www.eastwoodco.com/shopping/...ODUCT&iMainCat=390&iSubCat=392&iProductID=726

 

Looks a lot better black, Nice job.

 

That looks good man. Did you paint over the sidemarkers or did the previous owner do that?

 

I don't know how i ever missed this thread, that ins one beautiful bugeye

any power number estimates?

 

previous owner. but i have to say i like it better than orange and better than the clear ones.

the last dyno was 305 whp and 295 wtq but ive backed the boost off a little since then. it has a mbc currently but i have a avcr to replace it. i want to get retuned when i install the avcr. currently its a little laggy getting to full boost. hoping the avcr will reduce alot of that.

 

The car is lookin sweet JT. Now just get it down here so SS can tune it for ya and you'll be good to go.

 

ss comes to tampa every month i can stay here and get it tuned!:naughty:

 

So is that gators license plate a Fla requirement?

That is one sexy looking bugeye though.

 

lol no. the car came from VA and they require a front plate. if i remove the black plate holder i will be left with 2 nasty holes in the bumper so i just got a plate to dress it up and since im a die hard GATOR there where no other options!

 

i could but didnt think this was very hard mod to do. easily 1 star for difficulty. pretty self explanatory. and the bumper removal and re install only took about five minutes each. ill write a little something up tonight ok.

 

The car looks great JT...I am glad that you are enjoying it.


Mark

 

Looks great!(besides the aformentioned Gators tag....) Hey, who am I to talk, I have a Detroit Lions frame on my rear tag... get shit for it all the time...