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Old 09-23-06, 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by eskinol
OooOoooOoo! Are you doing post turbo or pre turbo? I'm assuming pre to help spool them big twins! I can't wait to see the pictures.

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The twins are ballbearing turbos...and the headers are designed and made for excellent flow and velocity...they do not need meth to spool them up. The meth is just to provide cooler, denser air, and much more HP and TQ...

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Old 09-23-06, 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Durrr
stop doing stuff and dyno it! your results are gonna determine which route I take with the 1UZ I have =P
Hey Bud, what is it you are considering with your car??? Also, I will not dyno it until all is working properly...Sorry I cannot be faster, but it takes doing it right to get things done...

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Old 09-24-06, 05:37 AM
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Looking good Ryan!!!!!
Old 09-24-06, 12:09 PM
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the anticipation is killing me.......... can't wait to hear this thing in the vid.
Old 09-24-06, 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by SC400TT
Hey Bud, what is it you are considering with your car??? Also, I will not dyno it until all is working properly...Sorry I cannot be faster, but it takes doing it right to get things done...

Ryan
well, im either considering modifying a roots blower or going to twins not unlike yourself . I'm most interested in the torque curve to see when it plateaus. If it is flatter than Kansas (which I expect it will be) ill be all over this like white on rice in a blizzard

Btw, sorry for being impatient, the anticipation has been killing me for weeks haha
Old 09-24-06, 06:40 PM
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Not all of Kansas is flat. LOL
Old 09-24-06, 09:08 PM
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Originally Posted by SC400TT
OK. We figured out the problem with the Tial...The spring is not the correct one...We are ordering and hopefully picking up the heaviest duty spring we need tomorrow...What we did was to swap another Tial from an EVO, and everything worked properly...Car is running perfectly...The car is driving as well, but only in the parking lot.

What is left to do? The WIdeBand, boost gauge, oil gauge, turbo timer and water injection are being installed tomorrow. As well as the brackets for the exhausts. Car will be done tomorrow or Saturday. I wil flim it driving...

Here is a pic of the filters...This pic does not do them justice...



Ryan
absolute still life beauty Ryan!!... i'm speechless,kudos to u Ryan!!!
Old 09-25-06, 02:46 AM
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Emblems are complete...







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Old 09-25-06, 01:54 PM
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I love those emblems man! I just love it. Beautiful work! Keep em coming.

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I went to pick up my car tonight...Everything is done except the Methanol...I thought they had it done, but a few more things to do to complete it. We decided I should take the car, test drive it, if all went well then take it home, and then tomorrow morning, drop it off at Ultimate Audio for the custom plate for the gauges, head unit, and EDFC...Car started up perfectly, Scott was there to witness it...Car ran great...We boosted it at 6 pounds, peaked at 8 pounds...Wow!! What a difference...The power is definitely improved greatly, very linear, but very much quicker, and the ECU has not even had time to really learn it yet...Plus the gas is almost 2 years old...Still, no ping, no sign of detonation. Car was great!!!

One problem...the rack and pinion was making a hell of a lot of noise...Just replaced it with a reman from Lexus...May be bad, and may need to swap it out with another...Getting the car tomorrow.

Scott filmed us driving...

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Old 09-25-06, 09:21 PM
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mmmmmmmm, this makes me want a 400...wow...

major props.
Old 09-25-06, 09:36 PM
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Originally Posted by lighthalo
mmmmmmmm, this makes me want a 400...wow...

major props.
Wanna trade?
Cmon....suspense is tearing us apart..
Old 09-26-06, 07:00 PM
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i was there with my camera, but its dark, loud, and my cam sucks for video.

YOU MUST HAVE QUICKTIME TO VIEW THE VIDEO!!

here it is...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_DHGuxUkgw
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Originally Posted by ki_soarer
i was there with my camera, but its dark, loud, and my cam sucks for video.

YOU MUST HAVE QUICKTIME TO VIEW THE VIDEO!!

here it is...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_DHGuxUkgw
LOL, this video is such a tease. Haha, I'll be waiting patiently for them good videos.

How does it feel to be finally driving her again?

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Originally Posted by eskinol
LOL, this video is such a tease. Haha, I'll be waiting patiently for them good videos.

How does it feel to be finally driving her again?

-esk
I am not driving her yet...Hopefully tomorrow...The rack and pinion is still funky...BUt they apparently fixed it late this evening, test drive much harder tomorrow...If all goes well, then I will take it at that time...

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