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Nov 28, 2009, 05:28 AM
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ok so i have $680 to spend for xmas should i buy a 4" ETS intercooler on sale for 600 at the moment 'it's usually 700' or should i buy 1200cc injectors and or AMS fuel pump kit that are not on sale. Im thinking of intercooler but you guys have done plenty of more mods and have a lot more experience in buying stuff 
2. Are you out of injector?
3. Is the stock IC a huge restriction?
If you are out of pump you need to upgrade the pump or more airflow from a better IC won't help you as you will have to turn the boost down. If you are out of injector more pump may help reduce the duty cycles without having to upgrade, right away. If you have plenty of pump and injector left then go for the FMIC.
Many 1000cc/min and larger injectors don't idle and run to my liking. I know "my friends car this, this guys car that, my car...." blah blah blah. Many of those cars that "run fine" are always broken, "daily drivers" that only come out on weekends, and/or sold withing a year of being "built". When you start to need 1000+cc/min be prepared to start spending money on good fuel system parts.
Nov 28, 2009, 08:52 AM
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Thanks for the info ^ i still have pump and injectors yet, I just read a forum that either way the stock turbo maxes out at around 350whp on E85 any way so im just going to wait to get Injectors and fuel pump until i can buy Fp red or bbk turbo with it. Im gonna go ahead and buy FMIC!!!
Nov 28, 2009, 09:25 AM
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I stand corrected, early reports on fox said Big Ben will not be playing, and i think ESPN just confirmed 
on a side note, PITT can still get an Orange Bowl above Cincy if they win!!!
on a side note, PITT can still get an Orange Bowl above Cincy if they win!!!
Nov 28, 2009, 09:28 AM
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Josh how did you mount your wideband and boost gauges? Do you have the AMI dual a pillar?
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ok so i have $680 to spend for xmas should i buy a 4" ETS intercooler on sale for 600 at the moment 'it's usually 700' or should i buy 1200cc injectors and or AMS fuel pump kit that are not on sale. Im thinking of intercooler but you guys have done plenty of more mods and have a lot more experience in buying stuff
Nov 28, 2009, 02:22 PM
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And as for cams or meth im not gonna do a meth kit, ill stick to E85 plan but cams are deff in the future
just dont have that much to spend for christmas or id be getting them instead of the FMIC
Nov 28, 2009, 07:50 PM
No, I haven't heard one yet. I am just going to stop over for a little and say hi to the guys and see some of the cars. Probably not going to put mine on the dyno. Going out of town next week so I have some things to take care of before the night game. So what say you fellas? What time is best?
Nov 29, 2009, 07:57 AM
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To answer garcia's question: no dude a lower ic pipe is def not critical for reflash. Ur good to go.
If anyone (killthelights included) needs redline products let me know. I physically drove my tcase to shep and I'm driving out to Ohio to pick it back up. Shep is an official redline dealer and I'd be more than happy to pick stuff up for people when I go to pay for my wavetrac upgrade
If anyone (killthelights included) needs redline products let me know. I physically drove my tcase to shep and I'm driving out to Ohio to pick it back up. Shep is an official redline dealer and I'd be more than happy to pick stuff up for people when I go to pay for my wavetrac upgrade
PS ill be at J&S around 2pm...not dyno'ing because the car needs some work but ill be there to chat and shoot some HD vid and take some pictures..
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Nov 29, 2009, 11:35 AM
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Can't make it to dyno day my girl was up all night sick so I didn't get to sleep till this morning and I have work at 3.
Goin to sheps tomorrow man
my girl was up all night sick so I didn't get to sleep till this morning and I have work at 3. Goin to sheps tomorrow man
Nov 29, 2009, 02:18 PM
I was up at J&S for about a half hour today, around 1. Good turn out it seemed. Peeked in, said hi to some familiar faces and watched a couple cars do some pulls. Did anyone see the Buick Regal that put down 430ish at the wheels. Hahaha. Thing was nuts. I would be really pissed if I got beat by a buick, but apparently they did a full turbo swap and solid supporting engine mods. A cool little project indeed. Good to see so many DSMs and especially Evos up there. Any time you guys want to meet up again I am down, lets just post a solid time next time around.
Go stillers
Way to go pens. Brashear and Avery are goons.
Go stillers
Way to go pens. Brashear and Avery are goons.
Nov 29, 2009, 04:30 PM
Got there around 2pm and stayed till about 6. Put it on the dyno just to do a comparison vs Buschur's dyno. Buschur's was 332whp and 325ft/lb. J&S was 325whp and 350ft/lb. Pretty darn close.
Great seeing a lot of cars out there.
Great seeing a lot of cars out there.
Nov 29, 2009, 05:55 PM
I was pretty pleased with 312/297 baseline... Can't wait to see what it will do in the spring. But now its time to put it away for the winter
If I would have known more of the Evo guys that showed up I woulda said something.
If I would have known more of the Evo guys that showed up I woulda said something.
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