About to buy either U3 or BRP hybrid advice

newbie lurker here.

I've owned an fm II'd 2001, and a 94 jrsc'd, and currently own another 94 and a 10ae. The 10ae is about to be force fed. :burnrubr:

I want 200-220 easy rwhp. 10% chance I'll want more hp later... but I doubt it...but I'm willing to pay a hefty premium now to forego the possible hassle later and am therefore only looking at the Uber U3 and the brp hotside w/the R4 intake manifold.

I really like the hydra's plug and play nature. I realize that i'll have to spend a weekend taking eveyr thing to stock and back each time I need an inspection sticker, but I can deal with that.

Then again, the elf sounds virtually plug and play.

I spoke w/Brant from brp and with FM today for about 15-20 minutes each.

I'm a saved shopping cart's authorization away from pulling the trigger on ONE of these two. about the same price for each--as configured.


Anybody in the dfw area have any advice or things to warn me about? I'm honestly stuck on a log.

Thanks in advance,
robert

You defiantly need to take some time and talk with shuhart1. He is local and a heck of a nice guy!

http://www.trackdogracing.com/

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Originally Posted by POS Racing

You defiantly need to take some time and talk with shuhart1. He is local and a heck of a nice guy!

http://www.trackdogracing.com/

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OMG!!

I'd actually been considering driving to either colorado or brp and taking a week... but work currently makes that impossible... THANK YOU!!

Decision now 98% made :drive:

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Originally Posted by r-man, too

OMG!!

I'd actually been considering driving to either colorado or brp and taking a week... but work currently makes that impossible... THANK YOU!!

Decision now 98% made :drive:

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Yea defiantly give him a call! Tell him those a##holes at MME lead him you way. ;)

Couple of the kids here on the board have some of his goodies!

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Originally Posted by POS Racing

Couple of the kids here on the board have some of his goodies!

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...and several of us want them but sadly can't afford them! :cry:

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Originally Posted by black roadster

...and several of us want them but sadly can't afford them! :cry:

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'afford' is only a state of mind (or an extra job) away :drive:

Yep... you have to give Gary a call. I love what he did for my car!

http://forums.dfwmiata.com/attachmen...9&d=1116088731

http://forums.dfwmiata.com/attachmen...8&d=1116088721

While I think FM certainly makes quality kits, the fact that Gary and Track Dog Racing are local makes the decision a no-brainer to me. If I ever decide to add a blower, I'll make my decision from among the products that Gary carries.

He knows a good engine builder as well, if you decide you really want that extra power. :wink:

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Originally Posted by Titus

Yep... you have to give Gary a call. I love what he did for my car!

http://forums.dfwmiata.com/attachmen...9&d=1116088731

http://forums.dfwmiata.com/attachmen...8&d=1116088721

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Those are VERY pretty. When I saw the tubing and shroud, my mind was made up.



Yep, it's gonna be a brp/tdr car....

Only question is if I'm going to do the installation myself or have them do most/entire thing.


(is it just me, or is 'tdr' difficult to type? Comes out "trd"... must be my toyota-centric background, lol

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(is it just me, or is 'tdr' difficult to type? Comes out "trd"... must be my toyota-centric background, lol

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I suppose it's better than turd. ::Clown::

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Yep... you have to give Gary a call. I love what he did for my car!

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Showoff! ::Clown::

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Originally Posted by Treibenschnell

Showoff! ::Clown::

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::Angel::

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Originally Posted by black roadster

I suppose it's better than turd. ::Clown::

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That's what I always thought it said on those Toyota trucks...

Wow!

Spent +-5 hours saturday w/Gary and some of the guys from tdr... and OH BOY! am I ever skrewed (in a good way).


Rode in/drove the Trackdog? car? (gary's red car/test mule)... it's currently de-tuned to about 230-ish rwhp, and it JUST ROCKED!!

INSTANT GO!

Not just gary, mike, and robert, but all of the clients and friends who stopped by were ALL very nice and fun :)


...of course, after checking out their Tein and goodwin-racing brake equipped miatas, I'm also now under a self-imposed emotional obligation to spend THAT $3k, too... ;)

So even though it WAS just gonna be a $7-8k SC/clutch/intercooler install, I'm now well into New base-Neon and/or Hyundai territory... :D

::EvilBanaWelcome to my Hell. :twisted:

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::EvilBanaWelcome to my Hell. :twisted:

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Mine too... especially when Princess up there blows a power steering belt!

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Mine too... especially when Princess up there blows a power steering belt!

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::Flame:: ::EvilBana BURN!!!::EvilBana ::Flame::


:clap:

Just ordered the SC from Brp. '3-5' weeks... probably more like 5-8, lol.

The big gulp mount/pulleys and VRTgear from BigGulp should be here this week.

And I'll pick up the clutch/lightweight flywheel and pressureplate from Gary @tdr this fri/sat and install next week.

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Originally Posted by r-man, too

Just ordered the SC from Brp. '3-5' weeks... probably more like 5-8, lol.

The big gulp mount/pulleys and VRTgear from BigGulp should be here this week.

And I'll pick up the clutch/lightweight flywheel and pressureplate from Gary @tdr this fri/sat and install next week.

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You didn't order it all from Gary?? :confused:

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Originally Posted by POS Racing

You didn't order it all from Gary?? :confused:

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No kidding... :confused: