Little new toys for my SSIII :D, hehe Options

[doGGy]

Well, as my car still is in Upgrade stage, and i dont want to show it off totaly, i though i will put some teaser shots of what stuff is going into it

First of my new upgrades was JUN Flywheel - for comparison - stock Beams engine flywheel weights around 8.6kg - JUN one weight 4.2kg - so you can imagine what the performance effect will be

Heres how it looks standing next to the stock one:




Next thing was to replace my damn exhaust (i had Forza rear muffler on the stock over the axle pipe...), it was so damn loud and i hated it cuz it was imposible to cruize at 60mph, either i had to rev to 4k rpm to make the sound lighter or i had to go slower...

So finally i had a chance to get one of my dream exhaust systems Kakimoto Racing:




It came from Toyota Altezza SXE10 with black top beams, so the piping was a bit different - but after some custom work it fitted like a glove Now the car feels way wayyy much better and sounds so quite that on idle its even hard to tell that i have almost straight exhaust But then you rev it - its another story - now it more compared to the SpeedBike - not the car No low deep growling sound - just pure reving sound

I will get the sound clips a bit later, once im done with the flywheel install

For now - thats it - more updates will be posted in exterior forums

[playr158]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Kakimoto....so very nice

good luck with the rest

[Aus]

good choice, my friend has that exhaust on fto mivec, sounds amazing at high rpm.

Btw. Do you have some sort of bucket seat fetish? Lol

This post has been edited by Aus: May 16, 2007 - 2:06 PM

[doGGy]

Nah - both pics of the exhaust i took from online - cuz my car is at my friends workshop - so i can not take pics

[spolski07]

its lookn good man!
keep up the good work!

[TomPoz]

Nice Romas, good to see that you continue with "the only right car".

[Sinyk]

Nice exhaust, but i HATE the blue end they are starting to put on the tips. But, to each their own.

[Valo666]

nice lookin exhaust system. 8.6KG oem flywheel?..wow the beams flywheel is pretty heavy but looks like every things coming along well Romas. Any idea of when your gonna b having a full completion date??

[malpaso]

...
First of my new upgrades was JUN Flywheel - for comparison - stock Beams engine flywheel weights around 8.6kg - JUN one weight 4.2kg - so you can imagine what the performance effect will be

...

Sorry for noob note... But I can not It's half of that weight... how much it can effect power on wheels?

[doGGy]

Martin - if you would be wearing 10kg Boots - and you had to run 100meters - your time would be bad, right? Now imagine what time would be if you where wearing 4kg sneakers? It would be better?

Lightned flywheel reduces moving masses - this means better response to trottle, faster reving, easyer for engine to rev.

[BigAl_UK]

Loving the Kakimoto Exhaust - your right they are quiet at idle and low revs - at high revs mine sounds like a jet fighter

[malpaso]

Martin - if you would be wearing 10kg Boots - and you had to run 100meters - your time would be bad, right? Now imagine what time would be if you where wearing 4kg sneakers? It would be better?

Lightned flywheel reduces moving masses - this means better response to trottle, faster reving, easyer for engine to rev.

Thank's Romas, perfect explanation... however... is that worth (I don't know) about 550USD investment? So for how much is worth buying lighter flywheel?

[doGGy]

Martin - if you would be wearing 10kg Boots - and you had to run 100meters - your time would be bad, right? Now imagine what time would be if you where wearing 4kg sneakers? It would be better?

Lightned flywheel reduces moving masses - this means better response to trottle, faster reving, easyer for engine to rev.

Thank's Romas, perfect explanation... however... is that worth (I don't know) about 550USD investment? So for how much is worth buying lighter flywheel?

It is worth every single $ i paid for it - trotle response is instant, and engine rev way easyer. And it feels more powerfull in the low / mid range now. Basicly im totaly happy with this Buy

Martin - i dont think you will find one for your ST...

[celicadude04]

Kakimoto

[TomPoz]

...i dont think you will find one for your ST...

What about one for GT4? Would one for MR2 SW20 3SGT fit?
Yours is for MR2 SW20 3SG, right?

This post has been edited by TomPoz: May 17, 2007 - 4:57 PM

[doGGy]

...i dont think you will find one for your ST...

What about one for GT4?

Its right now on Ebay - C-one You should check it Tomas

Btw - heres a shot of my new Exhaust on my SSIII

[TomPoz]

You mean - Cusco? There is no C-One.
Seller does not ship to Europe.

[Valo666]

looks good man. I demand sound clips!!! I wanna see what a beams with a nice exhaust sounds like.

[Celiracer18]

theres a lightweight flywheel for the ST (just check the parts database)

looking good Romas

[malpaso]

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Martin - i dont think you will find one for your ST...

I have found this. It's TOM's lightweight flywheel for Toyota Celica ST. Weighing 5.0kgs. Price $550 plus shipping... What do you thing?

I like it soooooo much

This post has been edited by malpaso: May 18, 2007 - 12:47 AM