Shorty's GTC (pic heavy)

[Shorty S91]

Update time: 

Its been a little while since the threads been updated with pics.

Some of you's have probably seen most of them if your on the Facebook page but for those of you  who haven't here's whats been happening over the last few weeks.



After going back and forward for a while I decided that I want to do a green and white conversion. The blue was nice but it was getting a bit much and i was getting bored of it. As it stands just now I've only done the speedo and gear surround to see if the green would grow on me (which it has). I will get round to doing the rest at some point. 



I ordered a DBilas flowmaster as an early Christmas present and it arrived on the Friday. I have fully installed it now and it did require a little bit of modifying to get the whole system sealed. This is what came in the kit.



Also messed about with the griffin and some candy green wrap, it might make a comeback but i'm not sure at this point.



Today I got straight to work installing the whole setup for the DBilas. Bumper off, wheel and the rest of the air intake had to come out to.



The kit is pretty well made, Definitely purpose built over aesthetics. installing the top part was probably the easiest part but I did have to adjust some of the brackets so it sat better.



The guide that came with the kit showed that the pipe should have just been cut and then stuffed down into the airbox water collection box/resonator. It didnt really make any sense to me so I have removed both parts and then fed the pipework down through were it used to be.



The next part was a little tricky and I ideally wanted to avoid modifying any of the existing parts. There was a part of the kit that is supposed to act as the initial entering point for the cold air but it wouldn't fit without further modifying so I decided to use the standard one.

The first problem was that the standard pipe was to large for the black tubing provided so it kept on falling down. I ended up cutting the mating flange on the standard intake so that it would all fit.




Like a Glove




End result and a fully closed and upgraded system. You'll see that I've added some green conduit on some of the cables and there is also a green hose on the return to the expansion tank. Engine bay will slowly be getting tarted up, just finding the correct parts that's a nuisance sometimes.



Been out on a drive with the kit on and there definitely is an improvement. Its not massive but it is noticeable. More than I was expecting to be fair from an induction kit. The noise is also a little louder than I anticipated and you can hear the recirc valve more when you lift off the throttle which is a little bonus and I haven't lost any low end torque. Need to do some motorway runs to see how it does up top end in sixth gear. In my eyes it is worth the money, it  was never bought with the expectations of giving big gains but more of an overall improvement in airflow and driveability.