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The mutt is 95% finished

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Old 03-08-09 | 09:21 PM
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looking good cant wait to see.
Old 03-08-09 | 09:27 PM
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looking good cant wait to see.
I will be at the april meet at Fuddruckers
Old 03-08-09 | 09:29 PM
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very sick setup!!
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Originally Posted by smuv gs3
I will be at the april meet at Fuddruckers
i saw that, im hoping i can make it also.
Old 03-08-09 | 09:31 PM
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Originally Posted by JeffTsai
Yep, it never ends lol. It sucks but that's the just the cold hard truth. I thought I was near the end, but now I'm kinda feeling the HKS turbo isn't doing it for me anymore lol. Time to go to 80mm+ turbo, 1600cc injectors, and very big fuel pump

Yes, I'm a HP nut heh.
Hey Jeff what management systems do you recommend I know the EMS but I 've heard of problems with passing emissions test, because I know sooner or later I'm going to ditch the fic
Old 03-09-09 | 03:50 AM
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looks great, inside and out
Old 03-09-09 | 07:57 AM
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Here is a birds eye shot before I had my engine covers repainted
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Old 03-09-09 | 08:04 AM
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nice upgrade!
Old 03-09-09 | 08:06 AM
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very lucky to have an engine such as yours.
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Looks nice..can't wait to see the result..!!
Old 03-09-09 | 09:49 AM
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Originally Posted by JeffTsai
Yep, it never ends lol. It sucks but that's the just the cold hard truth. I thought I was near the end, but now I'm kinda feeling the HKS turbo isn't doing it for me anymore lol. Time to go to 80mm+ turbo, 1600cc injectors, and very big fuel pump

Yes, I'm a HP nut heh.
wow! you're GS is just perfect!
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smuv gs3, to be honest the only way to get real power and reliability on these cars is to go to a standalone. Personally I'm running the AEM EMS and I like it since it was pretty cost effective for me. It's also decently easy to tune and everything is pretty flexible. I bought a used one on ebay for $700 including AEM 3.5Bar MAP, IAT, and coolant temp sensor. Then I bought an extra harness to adapt it to my car which was about $125 and I had a working EMS for that much money. As for passing emissions, that should be the last thing on your list once you pass 500hp lol.

Also, one final note. MAKE SURE you have a fire extinguisher in your car. You just never know when something might go wrong. I'm serious, if you don't have one go get one ASAP and put it in the back seat where it's easily acessible! Especially on a new setup where you have not "stress tested(raced)" the engine
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Looks like you are building a sweet boosted GS. I keep thinking that one forced induction car is enough, but these kinds of threads always make me want more
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damn mike looks like your gonna be done before i do.
Old 03-09-09 | 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by JeffTsai
smuv gs3, to be honest the only way to get real power and reliability on these cars is to go to a standalone. Personally I'm running the AEM EMS and I like it since it was pretty cost effective for me. It's also decently easy to tune and everything is pretty flexible. I bought a used one on ebay for $700 including AEM 3.5Bar MAP, IAT, and coolant temp sensor. Then I bought an extra harness to adapt it to my car which was about $125 and I had a working EMS for that much money. As for passing emissions, that should be the last thing on your list once you pass 500hp lol.

Also, one final note. MAKE SURE you have a fire extinguisher in your car. You just never know when something might go wrong. I'm serious, if you don't have one go get one ASAP and put it in the back seat where it's easily acessible! Especially on a new setup where you have not "stress tested(raced)" the engine
Yeah man after what happened to your setup you are right I will invest in one,I might switch over to the EMS in the summer


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