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ENGINE: Toyota 1JZ-GTE VVT-i, 2492cc, straight-six
BLOCK: Factory
HEAD: Factory
INTAKE: Elwood Parts billet plenum, 90mm throttle body, custom Bespoke Fab intercooler with Plazmaman 100mm core, Bespoke Fab three-inch intercooler piping EXHAUST: Bespoke Fab four-inch stainless-steel turbo-back system, custom resonator
TURBO: Holset HX40, billet core; Hypertune twin-scroll manifold
WASTEGATE: Twin Turbosmart Gen V Hyper-Gate45, Bespoke Fab bonnetvented screamer
FUEL: Walbro in-tank pump, E85-rated braided lines and fittings, Turbosmart fuel-pressure regulator (FPR)
IGNITION: VAG coil packs, Cooper plugs ECU: Haltech Elite 2000
COOLING: Fenix twin-core radiator
Peel back the endless layers that make up the trials and tribulations of a ground-up build the likes of which you’ll find on these pages, and you’ll see they always follow a pretty straightforward equation, an equation that dictates exactly how far things will get out of hand. That end result relies on three simple factors: how much time you have to dedicate, what budget you’re willing to commit, and how willing you are to
