mikal

Here's my new Toy. Picked it up from LMS yesterday.

Still need to wait for my Y pipe and retune for better #'s
It was also really hot in the shop while tuning so best #'s so far was 279rwhp 250tq


Didnt get a chance to detail engine bay yet.

LEXISM

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WOW CONGRATS !!!....man too many of you GS3's are coming too close or passing us GS4 owner ...i think LMS Needs to hurry it up W/ the GS4 KIT

Looks Great

GS300Rich

That looks great. Congrats. What did the kit and install set you back?

StasGS4

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Always wanted to ask - Does it really pay off to put a supercharger on a GS3 vs just buying a GS4? GS4 is already at 300 hrs. I am sorry for not understanding this.

mikal

thanks,

I dont think i can disclose the price since me and steve did a small business deal (I think they are distributing my items to customers and at the meet)

But retail i would have spent over 7k

LMS Super Street Kit
PLX Wideband w/ custom mount like LXOGOOD
Obx Header & Y pipe
New Waterpump
and new seals (cam seal etc..)

mikal

GS4 is about 240 to the wheels.


But sometimes when you buy a car, there really isnt an option to pick as i didnt purchase this car brand new.

bmgs400

If you're not opposed to mods...then most definitly it pays off. You can see how mikal has 279 rwhp...that rwhp is horsepower to the ground measured by a dyno on a hot day...he's already surpassed a stock GS400/430. We don't know the cost factor, but there's a lot of FI upgrade options for the GS300.

BTW....nice work mikal. Clean her up a bit and give us some more pics to drool over.

QuikLex

Congrats on the new SC!! Looks like their product is of high quality...something to look in to in the future....

bluelex

Wow Huge congrats man!!!!! I read your sig the other day but didn't notice a post about it so I figured it would be coming sooner or later. Looks just awesome man.

bluelex

Like the others have said the gs4 is about 235rwhp and with all the mods you can think of besides going FI you can only get up to about 260-265rwhp mayb. Mikal's car is at 280rwhp and that not tuned right yet and missing very important under hardware so he'll be around a real 300 rwhp when done, which is about 365 hp at the crank from 225 hp at the crank stock. Huge jump and lighter car.

mikal

Thanks! Quicklex. There are many setups out there depending on your driving style / hp goals
But as for daily driver, i would get an SC

Thanks bluelex. Yea, I didnt post up pictures yesterday because I didnt have a camera on me. The pic above was taken this morning after I swapped to an Optima Battery. My factory battery finally took a crap.

I'll post some interior shot later of where i have the imanage and the A/F meter.

49GS400

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Hey mikal congrats on the upgrade. Man the mod bug hit you very hard this year. You totally transformed your car in just a few months.

You didnt happen to get any info on the new GS4 supercharger did you.

Way to represent the DWP CREW.

bluelex

I love it, we got used to only seeing the gs4 guys talk bout more HP and FI and now we have so many gs3 guys making moves its great to see. Very happy for you.

Now lets get that intercooler shot..LOL

mikal

Yea, started digging my money pit hole with a garden shovel, then brought on the bulldozer to dig a bigger hole.

I believe they were still working on a kit for it. I didnt really ask, sorry.



Yea, i'll take an intercooler shot soon. I wasnt happy with the cut they made to my lsportline bumper. One side is perfect but the other side was a hackjob (the vents next to the fog lights)
I'll probabaly have to swing by my body shop and see if they can shave it back to shape and repair it.

Richie

Congrats man, looks sweet!!
Would look better under my hood though