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Brandoe's Build Thread

Brandoe's Build Thread

Postby Brandoe91 » Wed Nov 02, 2011 10:31 pm

My story in a nut shell:My name is Brandon and I live in South Florida. I originally had a 96 Lexus es300 with a 2mz-fe. It had to many problems, so i got rid of it. I now have a 2000 V6 se fully loaded with 68k miles. The Solara will be my 1st real project car since i never got a chance to mod the lex. The car currently have some minor issues: few scratches on the body,discolored passenger fog and headlight etc. I will get to those issues in due time.As for now I am trying to get some of these parts out of the house and onto my new baby. Stay tune!

Previous Car:

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Solara when i first got it 6/23/11

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Obx racing headers and 3inch catback installed 9/12/11
The rear header was a b*tch even with the sub frame lowered.

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Quick pic of the exhaust installed
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I bought what appears to be an unused trd lip kit for a really good price :wink:
It even came with original mounting accessories and trd decal still in trd packaging.
Pic with the kit installed 10/17/11
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Near Future Plans/ To do list

Replace passenger fog and headlight
Tint fog lights yellow
Install that thing with the Trd logo on it :D
Install safcII and Tein s tech springs
TRD S/C 6psi - OBX Full Exhaust - Injen intake ( 226whp untuned).

New Setup - 3mzfe - obx full exhaust - aem fic - innovate mtx-l wideband - Cpe intake. (Estimated 220whp) dyno numbers coming soon.
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Re: Brandoe's Build Thread

Postby trd4life » Thu Nov 03, 2011 12:14 pm

keep it up man! great job so far.
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Re: Brandoe's Build Thread

Postby 1gSE » Thu Nov 03, 2011 2:39 pm

nice work. Now you just need some boost to go with those headers and catback :)
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Re: Brandoe's Build Thread

Postby ftw » Thu Nov 03, 2011 3:44 pm

Looking good! How does it feel with the 3" OBX exhaust?

I might be rolling up to midnight madness at PBIR next weekend...not sure if I will make some passes but if you are interested in going let me know.
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Re: Brandoe's Build Thread

Postby Brandoe91 » Thu Nov 03, 2011 5:37 pm

Thanks Gabe
trd4life wrote:keep it up man! great job so far.


Thanks.. Who knows, it might be coming soon :wink:
1gSE wrote:nice work. Now you just need some boost to go with those headers and catback :)



Thanks. I might be down to ride out. Couple other Toyota owners having a meet this Saturday and we might be hitting up County Line Dragway after let me know if you wanna come out. Obx 3inch exhaust sounds nice but I might have lost a little power on the low end. I am looking forward to see what times it will run on Sat. I think you know Gino with the camry coupe he will be out there 2.

ftw wrote:Looking good! How does it feel with the 3" OBX exhaust?
I might be rolling up to midnight madness at PBIR next weekend...not sure if I will make some passes but if you are interested in going let me know.
TRD S/C 6psi - OBX Full Exhaust - Injen intake ( 226whp untuned).

New Setup - 3mzfe - obx full exhaust - aem fic - innovate mtx-l wideband - Cpe intake. (Estimated 220whp) dyno numbers coming soon.
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Re: Brandoe's Build Thread

Postby SleeperSolara » Fri Nov 04, 2011 10:27 am

Looks good so far man.
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Re: Brandoe's Build Thread

Postby Shadow » Fri Nov 04, 2011 10:57 am

Looking awesome so far. 5-speed?
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Re: Brandoe's Build Thread

Postby ftw » Fri Nov 04, 2011 10:58 am

Brandoe91 wrote:Thanks. I might be down to ride out. Couple other Toyota owners having a meet this Saturday and we might be hitting up County Line Dragway after let me know if you wanna come out. Obx 3inch exhaust sounds nice but I might have lost a little power on the low end. I am looking forward to see what times it will run on Sat. I think you know Gino with the camry coupe he will be out there 2.

ftw wrote:Looking good! How does it feel with the 3" OBX exhaust?
I might be rolling up to midnight madness at PBIR next weekend...not sure if I will make some passes but if you are interested in going let me know.


I have a paint correction to perform on a client's car on Saturday and that usually runs anywhere from 5-10 hours, so if I'm not too tired after that I'll definitely pass by.
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Re: Brandoe's Build Thread

Postby Brandoe91 » Fri Nov 04, 2011 8:45 pm

Thanks. Yup 5speed and loving it. Coming from an auto 1mz-fe, it's a big power difference.
Shadow wrote:Looking awesome so far. 5-speed?


Gracias!
SleeperSolara wrote:Looks good so far man.



Didn't know you paint. My car need some correcting. If you come out, maybe you can give me an estimate.

ftw wrote:I have a paint correction to perform on a client's car on Saturday and that usually runs anywhere from 5-10 hours, so if I'm not too tired after that I'll definitely pass by.
TRD S/C 6psi - OBX Full Exhaust - Injen intake ( 226whp untuned).

New Setup - 3mzfe - obx full exhaust - aem fic - innovate mtx-l wideband - Cpe intake. (Estimated 220whp) dyno numbers coming soon.
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Re: Brandoe's Build Thread

Postby Brandoe91 » Wed Jul 11, 2012 7:46 pm

Update

I recently installed my trd rsb and a stage 1 exedy clutch kit. Car shakes like crazy when taking off in first, it's a little better now but still shakes.
I am hoping it just needs to be broken in.

Here are some crappy cellphone pics from the rsb install

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Took the trd sway bar off this car and swapped it with the stock one, then sold it hours later

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My car waiting for her trd rsb

Side note: It was a bitch swapping sway bars while on the ground. Took me about 15mins when I put the car on the lift.

Next I will be getting a high flow cat welded onto my OBX headers, installing my tein springs and maybe put my s/c on that's been sitting in the my closet.

What you guys think of this cat?
http://www.amazon.com/MagnaFlow-59959-U ... w+cat+spun


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New Setup - 3mzfe - obx full exhaust - aem fic - innovate mtx-l wideband - Cpe intake. (Estimated 220whp) dyno numbers coming soon.
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Re: Brandoe's Build Thread

Postby 1gSE » Wed Jul 11, 2012 8:20 pm

Brandoe91 wrote:
What you guys think of this cat?
http://www.amazon.com/MagnaFlow-59959-U ... w+cat+spun


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I think pollution FTW!
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Re: Brandoe's Build Thread

Postby Brandoe91 » Wed Jul 11, 2012 9:09 pm

1gSE wrote: I think pollution FTW!


lol I need a cat, the exhaust smell is too strong.
TRD S/C 6psi - OBX Full Exhaust - Injen intake ( 226whp untuned).

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Re: Brandoe's Build Thread

Postby ftw » Thu Jul 12, 2012 5:45 am

Good to see you are still modding. What did you do with the lip kit that was on the gunmetal solara?
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Re: Brandoe's Build Thread

Postby Brandoe91 » Sat Jul 14, 2012 5:55 pm

I sold it to a member on here. How's the car? Do you have anything planned for it?
TRD S/C 6psi - OBX Full Exhaust - Injen intake ( 226whp untuned).

New Setup - 3mzfe - obx full exhaust - aem fic - innovate mtx-l wideband - Cpe intake. (Estimated 220whp) dyno numbers coming soon.
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Re: Brandoe's Build Thread

Postby Solarizona » Sat Jul 14, 2012 7:52 pm

Brandoe91 wrote:Update

What you guys think of this cat?
http://www.amazon.com/MagnaFlow-59959-U ... w+cat+spun


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I have the same one in 2.5" with OBX headers. Only had it for about 8 months, but doing great so far. I too had it installed because of the smell (and noise).
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