Sneak Peek: Michele Abbate’s 2012 Scion tC

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Sneak Peek: Michele Abbate's 2012 Scion tC
As you can see, much of the suspension is stock. They only added where they needed more adjustment or tougher components, which really wasn't much.
 
Sneak Peek: Michele Abbate's 2012 Scion tC
It also helps to make pictures like this all the more impressive, too. Lap by lap, the tC was two wheeling at Fontana. Can't wait to see her for Round 3 of the MPTCC at Infineon, or whatever they are calling Sears Point now, on September 29th-30th.
 
Sneak Peek: Michele Abbate's 2012 Scion tC
Remember that air filter? Well, here's what it is feeding! It is a Greddy tC turbo kit tuned on an AEM Engine Management system. The engine, bone stock as the Scion engineer intended it. It has only been opened up for valvetrain maintenance. Stock rods, stock pistons, stock crank, even a stock headgasket, guess if it isn't breaking and won't, don't touch it! No boost numbers, but it is putting out 250 Horsepower to the wheels as required in the Tuner Under class with 3,000lbs of official weight. The transmission is also untouched save for an OS Giken limited slip differential. If I only have one complaint, it looks pretty tight in there, but it's tight with just the OEM exhaust manifold.
 
Sneak Peek: Michele Abbate's 2012 Scion tC
You can also see the external reservoirs for the KW Suspension struts. Even funnier? It's still using the A/C and Heater Core, too.
 
Sneak Peek: Michele Abbate's 2012 Scion tC
After passing through the Greddy Front Mount Intercooler, which you can kind of see behind the lower grill…
 
Sneak Peek: Michele Abbate's 2012 Scion tC
It goes straight into the OEM Intake Manifold. Again, this car is just as you would buy it off of the showroom with bolt on engine parts. There was nothing custom made for this 2012 Scion tC.

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