Mark and Don (tiburondriver47) might never have bought the Tiburon if it wasn't for Mark's mom. They originally set aside a pair of Honda CBR 600s at a local dealer but the father/son team were vetoed at the last minute. Still needing a daily driver, the two finally settled on a Tiburon in June, 2003. The selling points were - great looks, a 100,000 mile warranty and concern about Mark driving a car that was too fast. The Tiburon’s sole purpose was to transport Mark to/from both his job at the airport, and the university where he is a full-time student.

The daily driver needed a few improvements. Mark and Don started with a Mussa exhaust. After feeling the extra pickup, they added a 91 Octane ECU, headers, and intake. Still feeling the power-bug, the next steps were NGM's Stage 3 intake manifold, a set of Stage 1 cams, and polished valve covers. With that impressive list of mods, there was one more big one to come: an Alpine supercharger. Many of these mods involved leaving the car for long periods of time. Waiting for cams to be reground, waiting for heads to be sent, waiting for the mechanic. Not much daily driving going on!

If you dyno 330 whp, there are some serious expectations for vinyls and wings. Not this car. Mark and Don have kept it simple, adding the little touches that let you know the driver modifies his car. Red taillights, Tuscani badges, and clear corners are nice details. Tinted windows, lowering springs, and a set of 18" rims round off a subtle exterior package. Sweet....simplicity.

Open the hood, however, and your jaw will drop. One word says it all: Anodized. Don and Mark have anodized just about every part they've modified. To help out the power plant, Don did a custom job on the front bumper to let more air flow to the Alpine intercooler.

The new clutch is still in the break-in phase, but Mark expects the car to put up 12s in the quarter mile.

What's in store for this car in the future? Mark and Don may look into a better cooling system for the Alpine supercharger, maybe some other minor appearance mods. But mostly they are looking forward to shocking some big block V8s at the track.

Power Mods:
Alpine supercharger, running 12 pounds of boost
2.5 upper pulley
7.5 lower pulley
TC's MAF extender
MAFterburner
Stage 1 cams
Alcohol injection
Fuel pump
440 cc fuel injectors
REAL 91 Octane ECU
TC's lower intake manifold and fuel rail
Adjustable cam gears
K-Spec cam sprockets
Phantom Grim LSD
NGM Stage 3 intake manifold
Fidanza Flywheel
Intake & Header
Mussa Exhaust

Appearance Mods:
18" ADR M-Sports, Hyper black with polished lip
Lowering springs
Window tint
Red turn signals
DIY Clear corners
Tuscani badging
Anodized engine bay

Mark would like to give special thanks to God, his Mom and Dad, T.C. and NGM, and everybody who's been rooting for him all along.

 

Nice write up....but I'd like to see a pic of the actual car, not just pics of the engine bay

 

Beautiful! I love it and congratulations!

 

hehe you just know that george is gonna be cotm soon ;D

 

way to go Don and mark, i will never 4get the sound of that tib screaming in the dyno, glad to see u make the cotm, cant wait to see it again, maybe next time ur down u can give me a ride.lol

for those who were not there, me, speck and phil were and u all missed out,lol










-dave (kid with the red tib)

 

Nice write up....but I'd like to see a pic of the actual car, not just pics of the engine bay

Yes, I too would like to see pictures of the whole car. The engine is definitely WILD material.

 

pics of the car and where is the video of the dyno run?

 

im impressed... congratulations

 

i need a new pair of pants please!

 

Who is Mark and Don? What is their Member name? We could use a little more info here, lol.

 

Mark and Don = tiburondriver47

 

congrats mark!! i shall see it someday

 

That ride looks awsome! Love the engine bay & S/C!

 

That... is... gorgeous. What an engine bay SHOULD look like! Congrats on making a nice sleeper, I doubt anyone would expect the car to pull like that from the outside.

 

Yes, I too would like to see pictures of the whole car. The engine is definitely WILD material.

It's my theory that they sold the rest of the car to pay for the mods under the hood........ :3_saai: We've asked for more pics....we didn't get a response back. But it's a great dyno and a nice list of mods, Congratulations! :3_winkthu

 

330hp gots to feel so good! That is one sweet looking bay.

 

All i can say is damn. Lets see pics of the exterior.

 

I wanna see the outside!!! Get some outside pics!! it says car of the month... not motor of the month!!

 

MAY WILD COTM​

Article by AADA Driver​

May’s Wild COTM is pure, unadulterated Power. At 330 whp and 291 ft/lbs torque, this Tiburon screams forced induction at it‘s finest!

Why is graph cut into 3 pieces?

 

Where do you get that the graph is cut into 3 pieces? The line across the middle is the 0 line. The wavy line under that is the Air to Fuel Ratio. The two lines above the 0 line are the horsepower & torque curves.

 

looks awesome . . . and i'm jealous of the power . . . wish I could see a pic of the entire car though . . . NICE WORK!

 

i need more pics and i will be 110% satisfied.. those pics that are up are gorgeous.

 

Why is graph cut into 3 pieces?

i think your talkin about how the graph lines have empty spots.. those can be caused by several things.. but in a nutshelf the dyno didnt get a reading for those points.. so it couldnt create a graph..

 

Damn, 330whp and and 290 pounds of torque, and this is on stock internals? maybe i should bump it up to 100shot after all

 

gorgeous, just gorgeous