Owner: Sal Delisi
Location: East Meadow , New York. USA    
Vehicle: 2010 Kia Forte Koup
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/Boostedforte_10
Horsepower: 300

Photography Credit: Double O photography

STORY
I purchased the car brand new as a daily driver. I had no plans to modify the car, just maybe tint and that's it. I started doing research on the car and realized that no one's ever made this car into a show car - let's be unique! I contacted Turbokits.com and ordered their stage III kit which brought the car up to 300whp; not bad considering the car came with 150whp and I'm still on the stock block. I added a Turbonetics t03/t04e turbo, 550cc injectors, HKS bov, Turbosmart wastegate, Turbokits.com fuel rail, a Mishimoto intercooler, custom made 3-inch exhaust with a GReddy RS muffler. A Haltech stand alone engine management replaced the stock ECU for better tuning.

Now that I have the horsepower, I need to work on the looks. I searched and searched and finally came across a company that could ship me parts from Korea. I have a Nefd front bumper (the only one in North America with it), Nefd side skirts, Sequence GT spoiler and a Seibon carbon fiber hood. I didn't want the car to look like I just ordered everything out of a magazine, so off to paint it went.

I decided to keep the stock paint since it was already a cool paint code - "Racing Red". I painted the top part of the car in Ebony Black and decided to show the carbon fiber in the hood. The OEM paint wasn't the best so I had the whole car wet-sanded and then clear-coated. Since not too many companies make parts for this car, a lot of parts are custom-made. The headlights are a custom retro-fit quad-projector. I also had to fabricate a gauge pod using the existing clock pod.

The suspension is Megan Racing coil-overs, Ultraracing front and rear strut bars.

Interior consists of NRG steering wheel, short hub and quick release. Cypher seats, NRG harness and harness bar. TWM Performance short shifter and color-matched interior pieces using the OEM color code. Suede headliner and pillars accent the interior.

As far as wheels, I had to be as unique as the car. I contacted Rotiform and worked with them very carefully. What I have are Rotiform Classic BLQs, 18x9 with a +20 offset. These are actually a one-off set of wheels. They're wrapped in Nitto Neo Gen 215/40/18 tires with R1 Performance cross-drilled and slotted rotors, and ceramic pads.

Now that the performance and looks are done, I had to work on audio. I wanted to keep it simple and clean. I installed a Pioneer touch-screen DVD player and custom subwoofer enclosure in the trunk with two 10-inch MTX subwoofers and a MTX 900W amplifier.

The car looks great, runs great, sounds great and still gets 32mpg! What else can a guy ask for?

 

 

ENGINE / PERFORMANCE
Turbonetics t03/04e turbo
HKS blow off valve
Turbosmart wastegate
550cc injectors
Mishimoto intercooler
Haltech engine management
Custom 3" exhaust
High flow catalytic convertor
GReddy RS muffler

DRIVETRAIN
TWM short shifter

WHEELS / TIRES
Rotiform Classic BLQ; 18x9
Nitto Neo Gens tires; 215/40/18

BRAKES
R1 Performance cross drilled and slotted rotors
R1 performance ceramic pads

SUSPENSION
Megan Racing coil-overs
Ultra Racing front and rear strut bars

EXTERIOR
Custom 2-tone paint
Nefd design front bumper, side skirts
Sequence GT spoiler
Kia retro badges,
Kia racing fuel door
Custom retro quad projectors

INTERIOR
Suede headliner and pillars
NRG steering wheel, short hub, quick release
Cypher Racing seats
Planted seat brackets
NRG 4-point harness
NRG harness bar
Custom gauge pod
AEM wideband, boost gauges, and exhaust gas temperature gauge

AUDIO / MULTIMEDIA
Pioneer touch-screen DVD player
MTX 10-inch subwoofers
MTX 900W amplifier

COMPETITION EVENTS / CLASSES
Carlisle - Kia
Import Expo - NA
Tuner Evolution - NA
Wekfest - NA
Englishtown - Import Other

COMPETITION RESULTS
2013/2014 Carlisle - 1st Place Kia
2013/2014 Englishtown - 1st place at Spring Nationals, Fall Nationals, Summer Nationals

FAVORITE MODIFICATION
I'm going to have to say the turbo kit. The power it makes on such a light car is insane and it's actually a little car to drive!

SPONSORS
Turbokits.com
Autocity imports
Rotiform
JDM geek
Streets are life

SHOPS
Hassle Auto Body
DTT
BTRcc