Finished 99 GT 3S-GTE Swap from Dr. Tweak UPDATE W/PICS AND VID Page 3, Titled "The Thing That Should Not Be" Options

[Fastbird]

"The Thing That Should Not Be"

This was a swap that should have never happened, and suddenly in April, a decision was made and the rest is history. Anyway,

Swap is DONE! Sadly, we didn't get to dyno tune it today due to a slight glitch, but it's running at pretty much 100%. Here's what was done:

JDM Gen II 3S-GTE w/ECU
eBay Downpipe
Custom 3" Exhaust system from ST Performance (all stainless, pieced together mandrel bends, Magnaflow muffler and resonator)
ATS Racing TB Inlet Pipe
ATS Racing GM Knock Sensor kit
GReddy Electronic Boost Controller
Perfect Power SMT-6 Piggyback
HKS BOV
Whalbro 255 LPH High Pressure pump (whines like a mofo!! )
Autometer Nexus Gauges in a Lotek Pod (unfortunately, Autometer forgot to include a power cable in the controller box, so they're not working yet).

I left the exhaust setup choice up to Dr. Tweak, and he did us right. My wife and I both popped a huge grin when we first heard the car. Sounds completely AWESOME.

We turned up the boost to 15 PSI, car seems to run really well. Down low is nothing to write home about, but at about 3000 RPM the boost comes on HARD and she pulls like a mofo on the top end.

Given that there wasn't a dyno tune, how much power and torque do you think I'm putting to the wheels??

Dr. Tweak, a review.

Dr. Tweak has been nothing but outstanding during this whole endeavour. His customer service is certainly top notch and he's done an outstanding job with the swap. He was having issues with getting the SMT-6 wired in last night and ended up staying at the shop until 3:30 in the morning and only got two hours sleep before coming back in to get everything polished up. If that's not a testament to his dedication I don't know what it. EVERYTHING works on the car, from the A/C back. Nothing but perfection. Everything was installed where and how I asked, cleanly done. He even installed a couple of "feeder wires" through the firewall in the event we decide to install anything in the future that needs wiring through the firewall.

Money wise, his estimation was almost spot on. Due to a couple of unforseen events I had to pay some out of pocket, but nothing terrible and certainly an understandable deal. I consider what we got to be well worth the money, and for anyone even contemplating paying someone the swap, I would highly recommend getting ahold of Dr. Tweak. He will go out of his way to make sure that you, the end consumer, is happy. A TRUE professional.

Feedback on dyno numbers please people. I'd love to have an idea of where we're at.

Lastly, videos to come. Took a couple today and will download and edit them into one vid when we get home tomorrow (parked in the middle of North Carolina for tonight).

This post has been edited by Fastbird: Jul 23, 2006 - 6:35 PM

[lagos]

part throttle driving was just pig rich (typical black puffs out back).

thats totally normal. your vented bov is to blame for that. you can try to tighten the nut on it a little bit. it should help out a bit.

exactly how much fuel was taken out overall?

do you know if your smt6 has the afm to map option, or was that only in the smt7?

i thought you said you never saw a dyno that can log boost? lol . its awesome to see that the greddy type-s holds the boost fairly even. i know jeff has some issues with his profec that uses the same selenoid as us, so i was worried about mine. good to know it works well. what was your peak boost on those runs?

[Fastbird]

i thought you said you never saw a dyno that can log boost? lol .

Never seen a Dynojet that can log boost.

Max boost seen on my runs was 16 PSI.

Here's a shot of where Dr. Tweak set it:


And an update on those gauges. Right now as installed in the pod there's Boost/Vac, Oil Pressure, and Fuel Pressure. Silly me didn't research the fact that Toyota didn't put a schraeder valve on the fuel rails, so there's no easy way to install the Fuel Pressure gauge. So...............I'm pulling that out as soon as the new gauge comes in:

http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.a...15&autoview=sku

Figure with the datalogging capability of the Nexus gauges coupled with the SMT6 and a good TPS hookup, I'll have no trouble doing some no bs real world tuning, both part throttle and wide open. Coming soon to a swap near you.

*Edit* Scratch that. Just found out why no one seems to have it in stock. Not being released until Mid September even though they were supposed to be out in the spring time. Dang it.

This post has been edited by Fastbird: Jul 24, 2006 - 3:46 PM