NEW from Chicago
Hi Guys wanted to introduce myself on behalf of me and my shop's krew. I am Sebastian known on many forums as: Boostin240 and Chicagos14T. I frequent Supra Forums, Club Lexus, KA-T.org, Zilvia.net, STLdrift, Midwest240sx, Chicagoarea240sx, ClubFR, DSM Tuners and many more.
I have been around cars for as long as I can remember and recently along with 2 of my friends opened up a performance shop specializing in turbocharged imports. Our shop is called Midwest Street Performance ( MSP or MSP TUNED for short) and were are located out here in Addison IL just a few miles west of Chicago.
My journey with imports began back in 2003 when I purchased my 1995 240SX. Ever since then I fell in love with the car and the s-chassis. Ive gone through about 12 x 240sx's, a few DSMs and a couple other cars since then, however my original 95 S14 is still alive and currently undergoing surgery as its getting swapped with a 1JZGTE and R154 combo. The previous setup was a KA turbo setup on the original stock engine. It wasnt too bad but I needed somthing a bit more wild.
I also have a slowly moving 4G63 transplant into my 1987 Mighty Max pickup truck. The project has been put on hold since my 1JZ swap and running / operating the shop are my main priorities at the moment.
As you can tell by the above I seem to like blending Toyotas, Mitsubishis and Nissans. My other guys are both DSM-ers at heart, however both have split into other areas. Mike our Toyota Master Tech, who also works for Strange Engineering in Morton Grove has been cheating on his GSX with recently aquired daily driver WRX. My other tech and DSM Guru Paul has a secret crush on Honda Civic hatches and has been restoring a 1991 EF Hatch while letting his daily driver GST and his minty fresh 92 GSX sit in storage.
I joined the forums to check out the scene in Atlanta. Recently we came down for Import Alliance and seen some cars from Georgia.
Well sorry for the rant, dont want to bore you guys but I look forward to checking out the forum and if possible sponsoring it a bit by hooking you guys up with some sweet deals.
Heres a bit about the cars, projects and shop:
Mighty Max:
91 EF Si conversion / restoration:
95 GST 2GA > 2GB converted shop sponsored car
2G GSX Drag Sleeper - Borg Warner S366 with 6 bolt swap etc.
1977 Celica Fastback ( mini mustang ) with 4G63 / R154 rear wheel drive swap:
1JZGTE swap > S14
Finally inside the car:
93 Hatch SOHC Vtec Turbo build:
EVO 9 Mivec engine build:
Some powdercoating we offer:
And some shop pics:
Sorry for some of the low quality photos and the cluttered post, but im working on some stuff at the shop and didnt have too much time to post up so I just gathered what I had on the pc.
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