Flagship 001 Revamped-Link G3 Plus Stand Alone ECU

With any complicated, high-horsepower engine setup, an efficient, and powerful ECU is required to safely control all the functions properly. In this case, FLI chose to run a Link G3 Plus wire-in stand alone ECU. At the time of this build, the E-Throttle plug and play unit was not available, so FLI custom made a [...]

Flagship 001 Revamped-FLI RFMIC

With this new, and aggressive, street-power package, FLI and the customer agreed that an RFMIC (reverse intake manifold front mount intercooler) set up is a must.  The FLI RFMIC will help in achieving the most amount of boost at the lowest rpm for better response. FLI has improved our RFMIC kit over the years, and [...]

FLI’s Flagship 001 has been revamped-

Flagship 001 was a well-balanced, respectable, daily street-driven 2006 STI. Although the car was making close to 400 wtq, and 390 whp on race fuel, the owner is now ready for more power, combined with a more aggressive look/feel for his STI.  FLI must stay true to the street driving status, so we had to [...]

APS Single Turbo G35 Update: FLI Custom made down pipe using Turbonetics External Wastegate

FLI Custom External Tial Wastegate Downpipe-
FLI has made a custom 3.5 inch down pipe which uses a Tial 44mm external wastegate actuator to assure better boost control. The APS internal wastegate set up limits the boost pressure that can be ran on this turbo kit because the internal spring can only control up to [...]

APS Single Turbo G35 Update: APS Extreme Fuel System-

APS Extreme Fuel System Addition-
With a lower compression engine combined with more boost, more fuel is needed to create the proper fuel map saftely under all conditions. FLI did some market research and found that the APS Extreme Fuel System is more then adequate for this turbo system. The APS full Return Fuel System includes [...]

APS Single Turbo G35 Update: Engine Break In

There has been lots of progress on this project in the past few months.  Here is the break down:

LONG BLOCK-
The time has come for FLI to assemble the complete VQ35DE(T) long block (blue printed and balanced) which includes a complete multi angle valve job and the factory valve train (camshafts, valve springs and retainers). [...]

APS Single Turbo Powered 04 G35 Update!

The time has come for FLI to extract as much power as we can from this 04 G35 APS single turbo charged 2004 G.  To start with, FLI custom built a low compression VG35 engine using Cosworth billet rods, Cosworth forged pistons and the factory crank.  The engine has been blue printed and all rotating [...]

FLI Flagship 001 Update!

FLI has been very busy on the Flagship 001 2006 STI in the last 6 months.   On a cold rainy day, this set up made 402 torque to the wheels and 384 horsepower to the wheels!  Keep in mind these were ideal weather conditions, 55 degrees with 75% humidity in the dyno room running 24 [...]

ACPT Carbon Fiber Driveshaft Test-

FLI has installed and sold ACPT carbon fiber driveshafts for Subaru STI’s for many years now. We wanted to take the time to write up an article about the ACPT carbon fiber driveshaft to show the improvements and advantages with a detailed customer testimony.
Our test was performed on James’ 2006 Subaru WRX Wagon with [...]

“Fresh and Clean” 07 WRX SCCA Competitor

This 2007 WRX Limited project is a very special one.  “Fresh and Clean” is not only a show car (the car is spotless and regularly waxed), but a avid winning SCCA auto cross competitor.  FLI wants to congratulate Troy for achieving 2nd overall place (OSP-Open Street Prepared class) in 2008 and 3rd overall place in [...]