Just wanted to give everyone a heads up on some of the parts that are in the works in the JNZ Tuning and JM Fabrications camp.


*3" SS catback
*3" SS test pipe
*3" SS downpipe
*3" aluminum intake
*2.5" aluminum upper and lower intercooler pipes
* complete FMIC kit
* polished SS exhaust manifold heat shield
* color matched valve covers (powdercoat)

...that's just a taste of what's to come. There's plenty more!

A couple teaser pics....

 

Parts look great! Is the ignition a COP unit from the factory?

 

Sure is.

 

Wow the game has really been stepped up with the X
Let's see more parts!!!!!

 

Looks good...how hard is it to take off the valve cover and have it painted/pow coated?

 

Did you guys see any gains with the 3" downpipe you're developing? Some vendors are claiming gains with a 3" DP and others are saying no gains. Just curious where you guys fall on this.

 

VERY simple. Take the plastic cover off and take out about 10 bolts. Done.


We'll have dyno numbers for it on Saturday.

 

Stepped up? Did the IX not have COP? If my 1999 Mustang had COP almost ten years ago, I'd hope Mitsu started using it long before 2008...

 

Any more pics?

 

Tomorrow afternoon.

 

As Chris said, we'll know on Saturday.

I've read both sides with Martin/Eric (AMS) and Keith (Turbotrix). I have trust in both sets of people and have known them for years to be stand-up guys.

I'll be paying close attention to the results on the downpipe itself as there seems to be some much controversy over it and the "gains/no gains" aspect.

Regardless of the outcome that we see:

1) As we all have seen in the past, some cars (even being same year/make/model) react differently to different parts/tunes---even if the attempt to keep everything EXACTLY the same (as much as humanly possible). It's not like were talking about one car making 100 more whp then another on the same mods here.

2) Despite gain/no gain on otherwise relatively stock cars, there will be a point where a car will gain from the extra flow down the line.

I'm anxious to see what happens on Saturday, and we'll surely post up the results. However, I don't see this as a "Well, that decides the truth" kinda of scenario.

I have also yet to see pictures of either AMS's or Turbotrix's downpipes to compare the two dimensionally to each other. With the limited room in the car in that area (not that it's that tight) I don't see an apples/oranges comparison very likely however.

 

A couple more updates for everyone. The guys were up till the weeee hours of the morning finalizing the design and fabricating the downpipe, test pipe, and catback. The final outcome....nothing less then beautiful. We're strapping the car to the dyno tomorrow to get some numbers behind the products.

On to a couple pics....

3" polished stainless downpipe with factory style donut gasket flange (don't mind the finger prints








3" stainless test pipe (didn't get to polish it yet)




3" stainless single exit catback (didn't get to polish it yet)









...99% finished intercooler pipes and intake

 

looking good, can't wait to see it all polished and installed...

 

Those parts look solid! Do you have plans to do an o2 housing? The pictures posted makes it look VERY restrictive!

 

We're going to tackle the o2 housing after this weekend.