factory freaks
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sounds good to me Neb, that might tell us a little something.
polishpaul, when I break my cars in, I do alot of higher gear/lower rpm pulls. I'll come off a stoplight and shift normally into 2nd and then just punch it from there and run it up to 5500 or 6K. or I'll be getting on the highway or interstate and shift normally into 3rd (about 30mph) and run it up pretty high. I don't do a lot bangin the gears, just a long pull from a low rpm in a high gear to a higher rpm. It puts a lot of load on the engine which seats the rings and what not better than just taking it real easy or bangin gears a lot.
polishpaul, when I break my cars in, I do alot of higher gear/lower rpm pulls. I'll come off a stoplight and shift normally into 2nd and then just punch it from there and run it up to 5500 or 6K. or I'll be getting on the highway or interstate and shift normally into 3rd (about 30mph) and run it up pretty high. I don't do a lot bangin the gears, just a long pull from a low rpm in a high gear to a higher rpm. It puts a lot of load on the engine which seats the rings and what not better than just taking it real easy or bangin gears a lot.
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sounds good to me Neb, that might tell us a little something.
polishpaul, when I break my cars in, I do alot of higher gear/lower rpm pulls. I'll come off a stoplight and shift normally into 2nd and then just punch it from there and run it up to 5500 or 6K. or I'll be getting on the highway or interstate and shift normally into 3rd (about 30mph) and run it up pretty high. I don't do a lot bangin the gears, just a long pull from a low rpm in a high gear to a higher rpm. It puts a lot of load on the engine which seats the rings and what not better than just taking it real easy or bangin gears a lot.
polishpaul, when I break my cars in, I do alot of higher gear/lower rpm pulls. I'll come off a stoplight and shift normally into 2nd and then just punch it from there and run it up to 5500 or 6K. or I'll be getting on the highway or interstate and shift normally into 3rd (about 30mph) and run it up pretty high. I don't do a lot bangin the gears, just a long pull from a low rpm in a high gear to a higher rpm. It puts a lot of load on the engine which seats the rings and what not better than just taking it real easy or bangin gears a lot.
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Then you can run against me. I just got stage 2 so we can see the difference. Let me know if you guys are meeting up and I will get Biske to come too.
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yea, we are meeting up this friday night same as always. Hopefully all you guys can show up so there will be more than just 2 'bolts. It'd be tight to have like 5 of us out there. I'll bring my camera just in case and we'll get some photo's if you all show up.
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I dynoed 250HP w/ just an exaust. My brother w/ his Saturn Redline and Mercury from these forums as well as a few other members here went up at the same time as me. Mercury had an Intake and dynoed 237 HP, and my brother had intake and exaust and dynoed like 240. Another dood that was in earlier in the day w/ an SS had 227. SO I guess I would be considered a factor freak.
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racing from a stop will have so many other variables. He has 16" wheels with Nitto drag radials, so he would murder me just on the launch, plus his 1-2 shift will kill me since he won't lose traction there either. We plan to go from a slower roll, but a stop just wouldn't be fair. I'm not trying to see who is faster in the quarter. I'm just wanting to justify what my cobalt is putting to the wheels. I know the simplest thing to do would be to hit a dyno, but dyno's are more so used to measure gains and what not. I figure the easiest thing to do is just go from a roll with him and see which car pulls away. It's obvious I'm making more power than I should though since he didn't pull away from me at all.
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I dynoed 250HP w/ just an exaust. My brother w/ his Saturn Redline and Mercury from these forums as well as a few other members here went up at the same time as me. Mercury had an Intake and dynoed 237 HP, and my brother had intake and exaust and dynoed like 240. Another dood that was in earlier in the day w/ an SS had 227. SO I guess I would be considered a factor freak.
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So, actually..I dyno'd about 250whp and 227wtq on a DynoJet Dyno. I have Stg2, 2.79" pulley and CAI. Every car is different though, so who knows
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nope. Gave up on dyno's and deal w/ the track only now
Cut a 13.69 the last time I went. added the 2.8 inch pulley, and a header since then
My brother ran a 13.4 w/ the same mods. My car was actually faster then his, always, but he was a better driver. He had a banging launch on that run. IM sure I could do the same if not better now. Cant wait to hit Ceicel up again in the next few weeks. Got my new tires on, my Torque brace back on, and my new mods
Also cleaned my intake filter, changed my spark plugs, got an oilchange, and had my exhaust leak fixed 
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nope. Gave up on dyno's and deal w/ the track only now
Cut a 13.69 the last time I went. added the 2.8 inch pulley, and a header since then
My brother ran a 13.4 w/ the same mods. My car was actually faster then his, always, but he was a better driver. He had a banging launch on that run. IM sure I could do the same if not better now. Cant wait to hit Ceicel up again in the next few weeks. Got my new tires on, my Torque brace back on, and my new mods Also cleaned my intake filter, changed my spark plugs, got an oilchange, and had my exhaust leak fixed
Cut a 13.69 the last time I went. added the 2.8 inch pulley, and a header since then
My brother ran a 13.4 w/ the same mods. My car was actually faster then his, always, but he was a better driver. He had a banging launch on that run. IM sure I could do the same if not better now. Cant wait to hit Ceicel up again in the next few weeks. Got my new tires on, my Torque brace back on, and my new mods
Also cleaned my intake filter, changed my spark plugs, got an oilchange, and had my exhaust leak fixed
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I ran 14 psi when I was stock, but I don't think in anyway I have a factory freak. Now it you ran a consistent 13.9-14.0 and dynoed at 240hp then I would say you are a true factory freak. I wouldn't judge anything off a rolling start race. If you can't beat a car from a dig they are just faster than you. But kudos on the great numbers!
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