SEMPER FI! I can get you one once this is done... it will cost you though!
THE ONLY CPE ATMOSPHERE TURBO 335i - in the house
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Cool to see this come to fruition, will be excited to see how it does. We love CP-e. we work with them closely on the VTT Ford side.
lol come on Chris I know that, Tony knows me by name! I am equally as excited, how are all those bolt ons going for the Focus!?
lol come on Chris I know that, Tony knows me by name! I am equally as excited, how are all those bolt ons going for the Focus!?
Ah, I didn't know you guys knew each other -me being in AZ sometimes makes it more difficult for me to keep names/screennames/etc. separate. Mods will go on soon!
Sadly, projects like this that break new ground often take a lot longer than anyone anticipates. I have been following your build since you started and it reminds me of a build that HPF was doing for another guy like you. They had the car forever and used it as a mule to design and test all sorts of 3-series parts for their catalog. I think he got the car back just before they closed their doors and I do not recall if it was 100% finished.
Personally, as nice as your car is, and as good of a deal as you hopefully get, I would not have the patience to do something like that. I honestly mean no disrespect to you, or your build, (I am not a vendor of any sort and do not have a dog in this fight) but a lot of development work has been done outside of CPE while your build has been in progress. What was being done to your car was cutting edge when you started, but took so long to complete that other have had their products available to the consumers for a while now. While you car was being built, single turbos went from their infancy on the N54 platform to having multiple vendors develop various complete kits. VTT developed their cast exhaust manifold and their GC line of Turbos that generally cover anything that a stock N54 can do and beyond. They also have something that I believe to be similar to what CPE build for you in their Stage 3 VTR and VTX-R lines. I am not saying that these products are better than what you will end up with, but it would be amazing for your build to surpass products that have been refined over time and are several revisions into their development.
I wish you well and hope that you build surpasses your expectations.
Personally, as nice as your car is, and as good of a deal as you hopefully get, I would not have the patience to do something like that. I honestly mean no disrespect to you, or your build, (I am not a vendor of any sort and do not have a dog in this fight) but a lot of development work has been done outside of CPE while your build has been in progress. What was being done to your car was cutting edge when you started, but took so long to complete that other have had their products available to the consumers for a while now. While you car was being built, single turbos went from their infancy on the N54 platform to having multiple vendors develop various complete kits. VTT developed their cast exhaust manifold and their GC line of Turbos that generally cover anything that a stock N54 can do and beyond. They also have something that I believe to be similar to what CPE build for you in their Stage 3 VTR and VTX-R lines. I am not saying that these products are better than what you will end up with, but it would be amazing for your build to surpass products that have been refined over time and are several revisions into their development.
I wish you well and hope that you build surpasses your expectations.
I agree. Awesome build! But at what point do you do say...... money vs a 10 year old car that is getting way outside of being relevant. I can only hope you can afford to lose it.
I got Tonys son a BMW service assistants uniform haha used to be my sons. Yeah it gets tough.
Thanks brother, I do understand that and as I said it was multiple circumstances that made this take so long. Some on me some on CPE some on financial constraints, and just balancing to many projects at once. as for the 10 year old car comment. ever seen this thing called a toyota supra? 1994 made vehicle and people regularly drop 100 grand into it over a period of 6 years lol.
Modding your car is not something that should be done for financial investment reasons. In some ways it makes more sense to do it to a 10 year old car than something newer and worth more. I love my '07 and the couple of thousand bucks it's worth. lol
Video uploaded in another thread. I'll get another 40 pictures and another narrative loaded up late tonight or tomorrow.
i honestly wouldn't take anything i said as stabs. it's just simple knowledge i have of the company because well, i was around when the company first started. The Mazda thing wasn't meant to be a stab. moreso a funny piece of direct info that most people don't know.
Also, the only reason i mentioned the time it has taken, is because that is a common thing with CPE taking very long to do things. In the end this IS a fairly simple turbo kit. Outside the manifolds being Cast rather than fabbed via welding and bends. Its a simple turbo kit. Not a stab, its fact. Yes Cast parts take a little longer to do, absolutely, 100% agree there. There are several companies with cast options also.
Again, this is a great looking build, great looking kit, as I stated prior. I just feel it honestly took wayyyy too long for what it is. Just an opinion. no stabs, none needed as i like this build and have followed it and will continue to do so. The rest of what i said was helpful information for you to keep the engine together until you get around to building it. either way, keep it going. finish it as many people including myself have been waiting for this to show up and show out!!!
I appreciate the clarification brother, absolutely has taken a long time. But there are more than a few reasons why. It is a turbo kit (unlike anyone else's) but that also wasn't the only thing done to this car, I understand where you are coming from now. Again you didn't have to but thank you for your clarification.
Ill have to talk to the customer, i know he grudge races in New York. The shop is Evolution Performance. If you follow mustang drag racing we have many records/firsts for the mustang platform. We also built "devils reject" a single turbo 2000whp gt500 that regularly runs 7.5's in the 1/4". Also i cant seem to find the Ford section?Should post some info about it in our ford section
Thank you very much! I am SO anxious to hear this thing under load. Tomorrow we are trying to get to completing the meth system and onto wiring up the AEM for the port fueling integration and then its tuning time! exciting days
As promised some more build pictures...
Basically this vehicle has undergone a complete transformation. It is built to perform not only sitting on a dyno, but in speed and agility. More often in auto tuning people will strap a massive turbo and then forget about all the details; to me I equate that to going to the gym and getting a 350lb bench press but never doing anything except chest. I have worked hard on a restricted budget to push everything on this platform and I still have a few things under wraps (will be revealed as soon as they are done) but That is what community is about. This is my passion and I am glad to have you guys to share it with.
and to the pix. Again, ask me anything if you have specific questions and I would be happy to help answer.
Basically this vehicle has undergone a complete transformation. It is built to perform not only sitting on a dyno, but in speed and agility. More often in auto tuning people will strap a massive turbo and then forget about all the details; to me I equate that to going to the gym and getting a 350lb bench press but never doing anything except chest. I have worked hard on a restricted budget to push everything on this platform and I still have a few things under wraps (will be revealed as soon as they are done) but That is what community is about. This is my passion and I am glad to have you guys to share it with.
and to the pix. Again, ask me anything if you have specific questions and I would be happy to help answer.
Is that a defiv lockdown plate? What cooler do you have on the front, I assume that is engine oil with trans cooler on driver side? Do you have anything on the passenger side? Which blockoff plate is that?
