Guys,
I've got a fairly lengthy story... and it's late... some of us have to work for a living... so the abridged version will be coming tonight...
2003... first real job, first real paycheck (august 31st 2003)..
September 1st, head over to Acura North Scottsdale, and buy my MY 2000 nsx.
I lasted about 3 months before heading into Basch Accurate Service for a BBSC. a "2 day" install turned into a "4 month" install when the car wouldn't start. Mark eventually blamed Chris at SOS for the gauges they installed, but i STRONGLY suspect it was the temperature issue with the Split Second Box.
Got the car back, and within 2 hours it dies on the freeway. Towed back to BAS, and he did some magic and in a week i got the car back. Suffered through an enormously long and exhausting glitchy SSbox tune where it stalled in traffic, oscillated the RPM if you held the pedal without load (neutral), and wouldn't start if the weather was too cold. I must say, however, the car was way quicker than stock. i think maybe 360 rwhp at this time, 7 psi.
I had the SSbox for maybe 5 years, and eventually Mark tuned out most of the glitchiness... that plus the fix for the cold start that someone engineered solved 98% of my SSbox complaints.
Eventually went to the aftercooler (must have more boost!)... then methanol (more boost!). Then AEM FIC.
That thing was a god send. Tony at UMS tuned it ONCE, and it was as if Honda themselves sold me the car straight from Japan with the BBSC installed. it was THAT good.
Blew the head gasket at 8.5 psi, 380 rwhp. Dropped compression to 9.5 and upped the boost to 9.8. Didn't gain much hp. 385 at the wheels. Went to race cats... picked up 47 rwhp. I shit you not. UMS postulates my cats were very clogged. RWHP up to 440. Woot!
12k miles later, lost ringland #5. I couldn't complain. I had 55,000 BBSC miles, and 8k previous to that with a CTSC.
Enter SOS. They rebuilt my motor with what they call the Stage II. I call it peiserg stage 12 Zeta, but I'll let them call it what they like. Forged internals, lower compression to 9.5, headstuds etc..
originally i was just going to go back with my bbsc and run 14 psi. Only reason i didn't was due to crank damage from too much belt tension.. I worried about it repeating, especially with higher boost and therefore more tension on the belt.
So i sold it to some lucky dude in Poland. And bought the first OBD II SOS twin turbo setup. The fitment looks perfect. Factory like actually. The welds look gorgeous. I could pleasure myself to them if my garage wasn't so damn hot.
The boost starts building VERY early... by 2k rpm i beleive i ALREADY have 5 PSI, and by 4k I'm at full boost, and HOLD that level of boost straight to red line, with ZERO fall off.
The car? Cartoonishly fast. I have two settings now.. 515 rwhp (9psi) and 605 at 15.8 psi on 91 octane.
I also opted for their stand alone AEM system (for OBDII), and AEM serial gauge as well as the aem boost gauge and air fuel wideband. the serial gauge is pretty damn cool. I can easily cycle between IAT, boost, water temps, AFR.. and ANYTHING else the oem computer reads! It is frikkin awesome!
The exhaust is about as loud as stock, but slightly deeper. I opted for the quiet exhaust since my FGT exhaust is just stupid loud.. and attracts more attention than i need. I was told if i used my enduralite exhaust, it would restrict my HP. The SOS exhaust is quite a bit larger diameter, and you would have the choice of loud or quiet. I went with quiet and don't regret it.
What else can I tell you? System is elegant, well thought out, and looks OEM like in quality, fitment, and transparency during driving. The only things that I'd like to see change are unrelated to the hardware. The car takes a little long to start vs. before i had the stand alone. however... and a pretty important note here.... is that it ALWAYS starts! The other thing is the clutch i had to buy for this... i prefer the feel of the SOS sport clutch over the 6 puck version.. but i have mentally prepared myself for the sacrifice of having a car with this much HP.
Just looked at my dyno for first time in the couple months i have been driving (1000 miles or so). Realized i make more rwhp at 3500 than my old stock system did at 8k. Woot.
I've got a fairly lengthy story... and it's late... some of us have to work for a living... so the abridged version will be coming tonight...
2003... first real job, first real paycheck (august 31st 2003)..
September 1st, head over to Acura North Scottsdale, and buy my MY 2000 nsx.
I lasted about 3 months before heading into Basch Accurate Service for a BBSC. a "2 day" install turned into a "4 month" install when the car wouldn't start. Mark eventually blamed Chris at SOS for the gauges they installed, but i STRONGLY suspect it was the temperature issue with the Split Second Box.
Got the car back, and within 2 hours it dies on the freeway. Towed back to BAS, and he did some magic and in a week i got the car back. Suffered through an enormously long and exhausting glitchy SSbox tune where it stalled in traffic, oscillated the RPM if you held the pedal without load (neutral), and wouldn't start if the weather was too cold. I must say, however, the car was way quicker than stock. i think maybe 360 rwhp at this time, 7 psi.
I had the SSbox for maybe 5 years, and eventually Mark tuned out most of the glitchiness... that plus the fix for the cold start that someone engineered solved 98% of my SSbox complaints.
Eventually went to the aftercooler (must have more boost!)... then methanol (more boost!). Then AEM FIC.
That thing was a god send. Tony at UMS tuned it ONCE, and it was as if Honda themselves sold me the car straight from Japan with the BBSC installed. it was THAT good.
Blew the head gasket at 8.5 psi, 380 rwhp. Dropped compression to 9.5 and upped the boost to 9.8. Didn't gain much hp. 385 at the wheels. Went to race cats... picked up 47 rwhp. I shit you not. UMS postulates my cats were very clogged. RWHP up to 440. Woot!
12k miles later, lost ringland #5. I couldn't complain. I had 55,000 BBSC miles, and 8k previous to that with a CTSC.
Enter SOS. They rebuilt my motor with what they call the Stage II. I call it peiserg stage 12 Zeta, but I'll let them call it what they like. Forged internals, lower compression to 9.5, headstuds etc..
originally i was just going to go back with my bbsc and run 14 psi. Only reason i didn't was due to crank damage from too much belt tension.. I worried about it repeating, especially with higher boost and therefore more tension on the belt.
So i sold it to some lucky dude in Poland. And bought the first OBD II SOS twin turbo setup. The fitment looks perfect. Factory like actually. The welds look gorgeous. I could pleasure myself to them if my garage wasn't so damn hot.
The boost starts building VERY early... by 2k rpm i beleive i ALREADY have 5 PSI, and by 4k I'm at full boost, and HOLD that level of boost straight to red line, with ZERO fall off.
The car? Cartoonishly fast. I have two settings now.. 515 rwhp (9psi) and 605 at 15.8 psi on 91 octane.
I also opted for their stand alone AEM system (for OBDII), and AEM serial gauge as well as the aem boost gauge and air fuel wideband. the serial gauge is pretty damn cool. I can easily cycle between IAT, boost, water temps, AFR.. and ANYTHING else the oem computer reads! It is frikkin awesome!
The exhaust is about as loud as stock, but slightly deeper. I opted for the quiet exhaust since my FGT exhaust is just stupid loud.. and attracts more attention than i need. I was told if i used my enduralite exhaust, it would restrict my HP. The SOS exhaust is quite a bit larger diameter, and you would have the choice of loud or quiet. I went with quiet and don't regret it.
What else can I tell you? System is elegant, well thought out, and looks OEM like in quality, fitment, and transparency during driving. The only things that I'd like to see change are unrelated to the hardware. The car takes a little long to start vs. before i had the stand alone. however... and a pretty important note here.... is that it ALWAYS starts! The other thing is the clutch i had to buy for this... i prefer the feel of the SOS sport clutch over the 6 puck version.. but i have mentally prepared myself for the sacrifice of having a car with this much HP.
Just looked at my dyno for first time in the couple months i have been driving (1000 miles or so). Realized i make more rwhp at 3500 than my old stock system did at 8k. Woot.
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