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SC430 HEADER INSTALL THREAD w/PICS, DYNO

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Old 03-02-06, 12:41 AM
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wow, pretty impressive numbers there, lee!!!!! now go out and get some races going
Old 03-02-06, 06:05 AM
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Originally Posted by rominl
wow, pretty impressive numbers there, lee!!!!! now go out and get some races going

Yea do you ever plan to take it to the track and get a 1/4 time slip?
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i think he plans to go to autox
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Once the gears are in (next week i hope) and TC is in-couple of months-I will hit the 1/4 track as well to get some numbers. No doubt the car will be in the 13's, just where is up in the air right now.
Will use getch shortly to get an idea.
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Lee,

GREAT effort

Very nice to see accurate testing and procedure.

Can't wait for the track times
Old 03-02-06, 10:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Pearlpower
Once the gears are in (next week i hope) and TC is in-couple of months-I will hit the 1/4 track as well to get some numbers. No doubt the car will be in the 13's, just where is up in the air right now.
Will use getch shortly to get an idea.

what kind of new gearing? Is a TC and LSD not enough? Also who did you buy the headers from?
Old 03-02-06, 10:45 AM
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jbrady, what do you suppose that dip in the high RPM is attributed to?

Tony, gearing is the Supra TT automatic rear end. I have a 3.92 unit from a SC400 and was going to install a LSD in it but a 3.76/LSD unit came my way for a good price so I could not pass it up. Stock is 3.27. Dynos above were with stock gears. Placing a 3.76 gear in the car is equivalent to adding 15% more torque or 48 lbs of torque. Or in my situation up to and over 400lbs of torque-so says the math. Do a search on it. Gearing helps ALOT for these cars at the expense of some fuel consumption. Had it in my GS4 and loved it.

Headers purchased from ssheaders.com. Service is ok at best. Dont expect much feedback from them or responses if you email them. Shipping was quick though and the price cannot be beat.
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Old 03-02-06, 12:51 PM
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damn you Lee,

The more I read about the different gearing and the LSD the more I want to buy it
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Great Numbers - LEE!!!

go ahead with the flow...

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i cant resist! i just ordered some.

thanks for the writeup!!!
Old 03-02-06, 02:42 PM
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Awesome Lee!!!

I'm chomping at the bit for install!!!
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Originally Posted by tonydt1g3r
damn you Lee,

The more I read about the different gearing and the LSD the more I want to buy it

Glad to be of service Tony.
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Originally Posted by Pearlpower
jbrady, what do you suppose that dip in the high RPM is attributed to?
Lee,

You would need to monitor the ECU and determine if the timing is being pulled at that point. It is possible the knock sensors "think" they hear detonation due to an unknown harmonic. Just guessing really. You say you do not feel it drop, correct? Otherwise as you said the gain in torque is fantastic and really changes the way a car feels and drives. It is like adding a half a liter of displacement or more. Kind of like going from a 4.3 engine to a 4.8 liter engine in terms of torque gains. I feel these should really make more power but the camshafts may be the limiting factor... they are modest to say the least.

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That was exactly my first thought-knock sensor picking up something. I will look into this futher. Not that I am losing any peak HP as it starts to drop from that poinit, but....would like to know.
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Great job Lee It is great that someone finally has some accurate before and after #'s other than JP430's FI #'s now that should quiet the nay sayer's. This is a great starting foundation to validate our headers.
I notice that your A/F#'s seem lean, but w/o knowing what it was before the SRT intake It is not known exactly how lean it is. When I put my SRT intake on my A/F really got lean. But I don't know how much my altitude (5280') if any played in that
Can you post both of your charts with just your A/F #'s on them? so that it is larger and see where your A/F is? looks like it settled at 14.

I don't know how much more hp could be gained if you richen it up. You could throw on an
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