Pdx Tunings' Fj Cruiser gets some sound

April 07

Jarrad from Pdx Tuning wanted some better sound in his Fj cruiser. The Fj was limited in it's room available, and jarrad would probably use the vehicle to haul engine parts for subarus, so we knew a false floor would be out of the question. The next logical choice was the ceiling! It's a ton of work working upside down, shoulders and neck take a beating. We went boston gear, and an alpine ipod unit. The amp rack was welded up and mounted, and then a panel fabricated from fiberglass was made to cover things up. The enclosure housed two 10's and was sprayed with a rhino liner covering. He wanted easy access to the ipod, so we devised a nice little slide out tray, a favorite amongst those who see it.

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Rotated Manifold for the shop Subaru

Mar 07

We got the manifold all rotated and the front mount in, we had to remove the water meth injector to match the powder coat. Once the powder coat was finished we got the custom pipes and intake back over to PDX Tuning so they could put it all back together. The custom piping along with Perrin's fuel rails were all shot the same candy red as the water/meth tanks. The intake, TGI's and PWI-1 got shot a wrinkle black. There was plans to do more but time and money ran out so that will have to be a later project.
Without being around their shop much during the fabrication of the pipes and the rotating of the manifold I can't fully grasp all the work that went into it, but you can tell by the details in the pipes and routing of the new lines that it wasn't easy! Keeping the car totally functional with the AC poses a huge problem when rotating the intake, custom spacers were used from a previous build ( Thanks Kendrick!! ) that allow the pipe to get up and over the alternator (which was moved as well)
I can't thank the guys enough, Chris and Dustin (PDX Tuning) put in some long hours and detailed work to get everything dialed looking great for us. With PDXT just getting a new dyno and Subiefest right upon us we didn't get a chance to have the car tuned, Jarrad got it running with the new 16g and we'll be back to get her dialed when time allows. Can't wait to see how it does!!

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95 Supra Buildout

Mar 07

This custom install was needed to help finish off the impressive nature of the car. With over 600 wheel horsepower, the sytem needed some much deserved attention to catch all eyes at the shows. The roll cage was put in and unfortunately (for us) wasn't a bolt in one, this made the install a bit more difficult. The customer supplied some mtx gear, which you'll see in one of the pics how massive the woofer is. It definately is a finger pincher if you're not careful. We fiberglassed the bottom of the enclosure and braced it from the inside, we also bolted it to the roll cage in case of any accidents. We used a matching black vinyl to finish the install off, real tight tolerances provided a real snug fit. Stainless steel perforated metal was used to cover the amps, and we also devised a couple small cubbys for storage behind the seats.

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