Chris brought his beautiful Marrone Alcestis STO in for a full Series 5 build, along with a shopping list of other upgrades we’ll cover as the build makes progress. For this particular project, the car came equipped with a fantastic looking turbo kit fabricated by Virtual Works, but was otherwise stock. Chris has entrusted us to deliver a reliable 2,000+whp package, and we are all extremely excited to deliver his dream STO.
Post 1
T1 V10 Stage 2 Engine build
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- Brandon doing what he does best ensuring assembly is completed to perfection
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- Fresh stage 2 short block
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- The intricate process of timing the 5.2 V10
Post 2
Engine Install, Fire Suppression, ID FPS1100.
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- Fire suppression tank mounted.
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- BPC100 unit mounted.
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- Terence and Knox carefully dropping the fresh Stage 2 engine.
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- Terence carefully making room for the ID FPS1100.
Post 3
Significant progress has been made since our last update. The T1/DSX billet intake manifold is on. The main components of the turbo kit have been installed, fresh Novitec springs have been installed on all four corners, and the plumbing for the T1 ice box has been started.
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- A side of our billet manifold you usually don’t see
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- Bottoms on and O-Ring in place
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- Velocity stacks safely installed.
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- Terence plumbing lines for the ice box kit.
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- Novitec lowering kit installed.
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- Fun fact, these springs will still work with the factory nose lift system if equipped.
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- making sure the heat treated turbine housing stays scratch free during fitment.
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- Turbo in place and PTP blanket installed.
Post 4
We’re in the home stretch for this build and just had a few more things to button up.
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- Making some adjustments to the intercoolers that were previously installed on the car.
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- Correctly running the lines for the ice box.
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- Ice box put together correctly in back in the car.
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- Buttoning up everything in the bay before taking all the protection off.
Full underside of the STO.
Post 5
The car is finished and put down an impressive 2063hp and 1063tq
The dyno video can be found here
