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This one did come with a microphone when i purchased it.

Downpipe is 4 inch stainless steel, the whole catback exhaust (which i believe includes the midpipe) is titanium for the tomei expreme Ti system.

Unfortunately when i got the car onto the dyno, we weren't able to truly measure the horsepower the car was making. One of the lines to the wastegate was loose and wasn't allowing the boost controller to work properly. I can tell you that based on the boost levels that we were at, I was making about 30 more wheel horsepower at the same boost level as compared to the older turbo setup. I was at about 517 wheel horsepower at 15 psi of boost on the old setup so i'm estimating that i'm around 550 wheel horsepower now as the car sits at 15 psi. I didn't push the car any more than that due to the 5 speed transmission that is not known to be able to handle much more than i'm already pushing it. It probably could be pushed to 600 if i wanted to though.

Thanks for the comment! apologies for the late reply, I did not have the car dyno'd before the cam's were installed so i couldn't speak to how the cams adjusted the power curve. and depending on your horsepower goals, the cast manifold can handle a good bit. Powerhouse racing's website rates it up to 900 horsepower. I just wanted more of that "raw" 2jz sound so i switched up to the tubular manifold myself. I also run 93 octane pump gas in my supra and i made mid 500's to the wheels with my build and could probably do more, but I'm still running the w58 5-speed and am keeping it held back so i dont grenade the transmission LOL. Good luck with your build!

I’m currently trying to figure this out and was wondering if u had found a solution to that?

Apologies for the late reply, i cannot remember wiring in the parking brake wire. I believe everything worked without having to connect that wire. I know on my supra for the pioneer unit that came with that car, the parking brake wire was basically a ground to allow the DVD functionality to be used. I just used one of the bolts that mount around the shifter to act as a ground for that wire and had a toggle switch wired in from the previous owner so i dont have to actually pull the parking brake to use the DVD function. Sorry i cannot fully remember if / how i used the parking brake cable! if i did connect it to anything and remember i'll reply to your comment again.

Nope, the scosche faceplate has some thickness where the radio goes in so there is no gaps between the face plate and the radio istelf. The buttons on the lower part of the radio just barely poke out to make it so that you can still press them. If you find its too "sunken in" for you liking then the extra screw holes for the adjustability are what you'd need to do to make the depth to your liking. Hope this helped!

There was an existing plug on the auto harness house connection that plugged right into the maestro unit. the only thing i had to do, since the harness i used was originally for a pioneer unit and not a sony unit, was provide power to the maestro unit. That was done with cutting a wire that was meant for power to a plug that was specific to pioneer head units and soldering it into the existing auxiliary power supply wire to the head unit. See the video at around 15:10 that shows the plug and how i wired it in. hope this helps!

I'm running GSC stage 1 cams with brian crower single springs and titanium retainers. I also did the shimless bucket conversion.

Sorry its been a minute since i wired this in but i believe you are correct. sorry i forgot to mention this. Had a couple of mishaps during the install with the unit being bad and the battery on my wifes car dying from too much testing to solve the issues that the bad unit was causing, it slipped my mind to finish recording the installation process and to mention that. Hence the clip at the end from a couple months after the initial install. Thanks for the comment!

Glad it helped! that was the purpose of the video to directly compare the sounds of the log vs tubular style. Same phone at approximately the same angle and distance only a few days apart. good choice on PHR! Their stuff is quality and Sam is very helpful.

Same!

S45??! GOD DAAAYYM you rich lol

😅 in no way shape or form rich, just worked and saved really hard haha

LIEZ you live in a solid gold mansion with fountains that flow Cristal champane and Louivutton toilets and wipe your ass with gold leaf XD lol as for actually saving what I earn.... I gotta do that instead of spending my money on gundam, tea pots and other stuff my fiance yells at me about. lol

Sorry for being a little late with replying to you on this video! My fiance's car came factory with a reverse camera and all i had to do was plug in the yellow A/V style plug into the radio for the actual video feed, The purple and white striped wire that i had to cut and solder into the harness i believe was just the signal wire to tell the radio to transition over to the reverse camera feed. I believe that signal comes through the stock 28-pin harness that is built into the car's OEM harness. Hope this helps a little bit!

I know ive been slacking im sorry! I parked the car at my parents place before going on a vacation 2 months ago and have been crazy busy traveling for work pretty much every nice weekend since. I also broke the car (the plastics in the wheel well) thanks to the car being too low for the shitty PA roads so i gotta fix that and they repaved in front of my parents place and now it bottoms out when trying to leave their driveway so i have to raise the car before i get it back to my place to do more videos 🙃🙃🙃

Thanks for the comment! I used the USB adapter that I explained in the video with the weird square plug end and with the original USB port in my fiancé's cars arm rest it charged the phone but did not connect to use apple car play. Only after I went inside to complain to her about it did I figure out that her car has had this problem the entire time even with the OEM radio. So I deduced that the USB plug in her car is faulty and instead used the USB wire provided with the unit, just fished it through to the passenger side behind the glove box and onto the floor.

@@knuckleheadsgarage4627 thank you!

ricer ;)

@@ps.6023 lol

So far, when I did the GTE swap I changed fluid to redline MT-90 and its has held up well! I don't really abuse the car, only get into it from like a 30 or 40 roll and it hasn't complained once! I also changed the rear end fluid to the same MT-90. From what I've seen, around 450 lb. ft. of torque is the "stay below" number and I'm just touching that level. I also plan on going to the t56 but not until next year unfortunately.

I went with the ax3000, everything but the answer and hang up steering wheel control buttons work and my fiance said she had problems with those buttons with the old radio anyway

@@knuckleheadsgarage4627 thanks for the quick response! Also, I used the USB retention adapter to retain my factory USB ports but the radio says “USB hub not supported.” My car has two USB ports and one AUX port, so I’m not sure if that makes a difference.

@@RDRS_Phoenix hmmmm yea i wonder if because the sony unit only has one usb input, having 2 from your car is confusing it.

Thank you! I managed to get this car before the latest insane explosion of prices on these cars. I ended up driving out to Tennessee and towing the car back. Was a grueling drive as I picked my best friend up who was living near Indianapolis at the time and there was major storms with golf ball sized hail about 20 mins north of where my best friend lived and I only got to get about 4 hours of sleep before I had to start the 10 hour drive back home LOL. Found it on craigslist near Nashville area, there's a gentleman in that area that's huge in the Mk 4 community and flips them a lot named Vu. He's a good guy and doesn't ridiculously price gouge. Keep an eye on that area or in the Facebook forums for cars for sale from Vu. Good luck on the search!

Thank you very much! The grannas racing kit is 100% the goal lol. Getting married this year so all funds are going to the wedding so its gonna be at least another year until i can afford it but that is definitely the end goal!

Sorry, but I plan on keeping all my spare parts for the car. Its just a PHR 3" midpipe that came with the street torque kit when I purchased it. You can get one from them for a reasonable price: www.powerhouseracing.com/product/6971/phr-3-midpipe-for-1993-1998-mkiv-supra

Unfortunately the T56 swap is on hold for a while with the car. Have a wedding coming up this year and that has taken all spare funds LOL. Have some minor upgrades in place for the car this year but that T56 swap is a major expense I just don't have the funds for yet. For now I'll be very careful with the W56 LOL. Thanks for the comment!

Appreciate the request! The car has been in storage for winter these past few months but she'll be back out soon with winter just about done in my area! Will definitely try to get a in car driving video as well as explain the differences that you are requesting. Will be slightly challenging with not having a proper go-pro and only recording via my cell phone but i'll do my best!

@@knuckleheadsgarage4627 Thank you for the reply. And I look forward to it. 🙂👍🏾

I have a 2J and plan on upgrading to a single turbo, so this information would be very beneficial to me.

I contemplated switching up just the exhaust system with the log style manifold prior to purchasing my s23 setup, but after watching countless videos and talking with several owners they all said the same thing, the tubular manifold gets you the "supra sound" thay everyone thinks of. With the midpipe needing to be modified to accomodate the tomei exhaust, i wasnt able to do a log style with tomei or tubular with apexi for an even closer A to B comparison. This still gets the main point accross give or take that the tubular manifold really gets you the tone of the 2jz.

$230k last week! BAT

Definitely plan on doing that for a future video. Thanks for viewing!

Thank you! That is definitely in the works for the future. Currently saving for a wedding i have coming up next year. After that, ill be sure to throw all my money at this car for more upgrades ;) future plans for the car are limited slip differential, grannas t56 kit, twin turbo brake upgrade, flex fuel / e85 fuels system so i can turn it up!

@@knuckleheadsgarage4627 congrats!! And Good luck!!♥️

Thanks bro! I was happy with the power it was at before but a little more never hurt ;) hahaha im guessing ill lose a bit of torque down low but gain some hp up top, maybe crest 550? Hope ur car is 100% again!

@@knuckleheadsgarage4627 nice 550 sounds about comfortable!! It’s not lol Just removed turbo yesterday sending it back, got my refund thank the heavens for PayPal. Turbo was the issue or at least after all tests done that’s the only culprit. Upgrading over winter maybe build the head too

@@ESherbinFox dang sorry to hear that bro! Hope all goes well over winter and she comes back better! Ill be sure to record the dyno session and post the results! What turbo were u running?

@@knuckleheadsgarage4627 I had a hybrid Borg Warner EFR 8370 (8374+7670 mixed). I honestly think it was fine and it could be just in my head lol but I’m just gonna go with a true 8374 that way I don’t question what’s wrong and I’ve seen this turbo WORK!!

@@ESherbinFox nice! What power goals are you aiming for then with the true 8374??

Ill work on those! Car goes for a full tune on the 20th, after that ill feel more comfortable with full throttling the car for some comparisons.

@@knuckleheadsgarage4627 Ahh of course; dial in for AFRs, Fuel tables and MBT sparking timing according to boost levels first. Just stay away from knock and too lean/rich AFRs. Good luck on the calibration for power. ✌️

@@755hp exactly, the tune has been adjusted for the drivaility aspect from the previous street torque kit from the same tuner i used last time but the full throttle tune is a whole other thing lol. After that, ill be sure to get some in and out of car driving videos for the channel!

Thank you! I appreciate the high praise from one of the larger names in the supra community!

Thank you! I plan on doing some more uploading just have to figure out on what exactly with the car i want to upload. Hope to see you around sometime! Im about an hour north of philly!

True, but ive talked with other mk 4 owners that had the same issue with getting the right sound and they said they tried different exhausts and only got the right sound when they switched the manifold out to tubular.

@@knuckleheadsgarage4627 Oh yea, I'm not doubting you. I have tubular manifolds on both of my Supra's but am thinking of going with the PHR street torque kit on my Aristo. Not too worried about the sound since I want the Aristo to stay a sleeper anyway

@@mr2foryou loved the street torque kit, the quick spool of the turbo was ridiculous lol. Literally the only reason i switched out was for the "true 2j" sound. Super jealous here that you have 2 supras hahaha

@@knuckleheadsgarage4627 Well, thanks man. Got my first(97 TT targa 6 speed) in 2009 and bought my second(95 SE N/A hardtop 5 speed) in 2018. Shipped it to Drag International in 2019 and had a full GTE V160 swap/TT brakes done on it and have since done a billet 72mm turbo on a Greddy T88H manifold, AEM Infinity, Radium fuel system, etc. etc. Are you selling the street torque kit?

@@mr2foryou ayyyyeee 95 SE gang here and im not 100% sure what im doin with the street torque kit to be honest, but im actually curious all you had to change out to do the TT brake upgrade, im looking to do that next year. Did you need ti change brake dust shields as well? I got used TT brakes but im not sure if i need to get more parts or not.

Be happy to make longer vids! Anything in particular youd like to have in these longer videos?

Thats why i did the exhaust comparison! Crazy what a difference it makes and only by messaging owners on instagram was i able to find out i needed the tubular manifold to get the right sound. Good luck with your install!

@@knuckleheadsgarage4627 yep tubular is the way to have a high pitched tone on the 2jz, and the vast majority of people don’t know lol The true kind of manifolds for the Supra mk4 is the «RPS», super high pitched note due to the thin walled structure, very rare to get and super expensive 4000$+…

@@Itscastlebravo So if I like more a deep sound and rumble then higher pitch in the higher revs I'm guessing I need the opposite then rigth?

@@marioandultrachap if you want a deep sounding ( kinda dull) exhaust tone, get a log manifold

@Carti.2jz yeah I don't think it's dull at all I like the deep bass rumble feel more than the high pitch raspy exhaust. I'd be getting log manifold anyways for more lower end torque anyways but I do like a real bassy rumble exhaust. Like this setup right here.

Haha dustys the man and yea only through messaging a couple people i could find that ran the street torque kit did i find out i had to go to the tubular manifold to get the true supra sound.... no video really showed that A to B difference so i figured id make one to help other people out with that decision!

@@knuckleheadsgarage4627 I’m glad you did. I was going to purchase the street torque Manifold. But after this video I purchased the tubular style manifold instead.

@@vacoombs glad i could help! Theres nothing wrong with the street torqe kit but it just wasnt quite what i was going for.

crazy that Dusty is still around, so glad to know he is. LOL i remember him from the forum days

Not at all! At the time i bought the cluster, the spare cost me 1000 dollars, the LED upgrade was 275 and the custom faces that i went with was another 150 so it was 1425 all together. Stu has a website where you can see all his options. See the link 97supraturbo.com/

That was actually parts that I had arranged to go with the engine when I dropped the engine off at Freed Engineering to replace the head gasket and also install ARP head studs. I was told no need to take the head off as it is more likely to bend a connecting rod than blow a head gasket and that isn't a problem until around 7-800 lb ft of torque. Nearly double of what I am running right now. I ended up giving the studs to my buddy Eric that helped me out immensely with the swap as he had his original TT 6 speed supra's engine completely refreshed. It is definitely an upgrade I plan on doing after i have the T56 swap done and the fuel system capable of turning it up. For now, I don't abuse the car all that much and I don't anticipate any problems due to the OEM head bolts.

Thank you very much! Was about to finish ny s23 kit install and then i snapped 2 bolts off inside the chassis and decided it was time to call it quits for the night lol. Just have to refill the coolant, fix those two bolts and do the exhaust and then its ready! Video soon to follow after that!

Thank you! If you have any questions or need any videos explaining my swap lmk and ill be glad to make them! Working on wrapping up the s23 install right now actually!

@@knuckleheadsgarage4627 awesome! Maybe a detailed install vid? Turbo/exhaust sound differences. Power goals, dyno maybe? Parts list fer sure lol but yeah man excited to see what u turn this beauty into!

@@SutokkuBoizu there are dyno videos of the street torque setup on my brothers channel "the exhaust note" (see the comment section) and i can definitely do a parts list video. I havent been detailing out the install, but ive done a couple minutes explaining what i was able to get done each day with installing this s23 kit. Ill compile those. Ill also be uploading an exhaust comparison between the street torque and s23.

Thank you!