What wert said...trust me you don't want the lower hanging intercooler if you can avoid it.

I put over 20k miles on my Zfr

 

I bought the smaller intercooler. I'm not that low, but I'd rather be save with these shitty roads.

 

I bought the full size and like 10 minutes after installing it I scraped the **** out of mine leaving the driveway. In a way I do regret getting the full size but I'm not planning on going any lower. My driveway is just a royal PITA. My old Mazda protege that wasn't even lowered scrapes.

 

I forget, what springs are you on? Sportlines or SSC? I'd say the only time the smaller one is really needed is with coilovers.

 

Cm springs.

 

Thx for the replies everyone, I'm ordering my zfr and small core intercooler from zzp in the morning. Now to find some used charge pipes.

 

Whats the highest miles someone has swapped a zfr into their balt? Anybody stay stock turbo past 100k and then swap?

 

That would be me lol, I'm at 107k stock turbo been tuned for E47 for about 20k miles of that, car was completely stock up until then and well maintained by the previous owner, was an older friend.

 

Almost had it.

 

Are u on zfr now?

 

Dude, if you increase the power you increase the liklihood something breaks. It is as simple as that regardless of the miles on the motor. There are asshats out there that blew the motor on the k04 and there are ones out there pushing 200k on the stock turbo.

It is all about taking care of it and a little luck.

 

pretty much did the same things, on stock springs no less. smh. When I scraped bad my radiator would break. Im on 3 radiator right now.
I swapped to the ZFR at 94,000 miles...was tuned since just under 50k @24 psi on K04

 

No, I just ordered the zfr and increased clearance intercooler from zzp yesterday. Hopefully they will get i shipped quick, tx2k starts in 5 days.

 

You're lucky you do your own tuning. If not, then I doubt you'd even have the ZFR at full potential in 5 days of remote tuning.

 

I actually plan on buying a dyno soon and opening a shop here in Houston. Its been my dream to work for myself and doing something i love, I'm an engineer and been welding for 16 years, I've fabbed up tons of crazy things when people said it couldn't be done.

Can't wait until friday, already took the day off to do the install Still a bit worried how the LSJ tranny will be, I've been babying the crap out of it since i installed it, but I got some good tuning advice over at hptuners forms so I'll be good. Hopefully I won't run out of fuel on E47.

 

I wonder who that could have been.

 

Hopefully you didn't take any advice from that lunatic. He makes rockets go to the moon then boom.

 

Haha.. that's just my own trans luckily. I tend to tune customer's cars a bit more conservative than my own. I can't let someone else I've tuned beat me after all.

 

Lol. .. what tranny you onnow

 

I'm coming to CT this June for like 4-5 days for my gfs cousins wedding. I volunteered to drive my cat if it's running. You better be prepared.

 

Stock for now but hopefully not for long.

Oh ****! Where in CT?

 

What's wrong with lower hanging one. Sure the smaller one is safer, but I got the most shitty roads around and I haven't had an issue. Just don't be parking on the curb when u park and u good.

 

Are you lowered?

 

4.05, 4.45 or F40??
Im sure you cat is not up for such a long trip lol
not really shitty road, but more in changes in grades/incline. Pretty much where ever you can scrape the lip, ...go straight and level into an incline at someones garage/ a gas station or even a dip and let me know how that work out.

 

I think she said something like Mystic or something along those lines.

Pretty sure he went with another stock lnf trans. And ya I meant car. Lol.