GM STAGE KITs FAQs - Read Me First!
03-03-2009, 03:12 PM
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If the engine blows it was either driver error or the car was ragged out its whole life. Trannies usually blow from wheel hop or running slicks.drag radials.
One guy I know ran st2, 2.8, full exhaust, intake, and a 50 shot for over a year. It finally went because of user error(spun/caught traction and blew #4 piston) but he probably ran over 20 bottles through it. He drove his car very aggressively but wasnt an idiot about it.
One guy I know ran st2, 2.8, full exhaust, intake, and a 50 shot for over a year. It finally went because of user error(spun/caught traction and blew #4 piston) but he probably ran over 20 bottles through it. He drove his car very aggressively but wasnt an idiot about it.
03-04-2009, 08:34 PM
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03-05-2009, 12:13 PM
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can you be more spicific? what are you looking to accomplish? what are your current mods? what are your goals? etc... if you just are looking to drop pulley sizes grab some butter cause your motor will be toast shortly
03-05-2009, 12:55 PM
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seriously, as posted in many other pages of this paticular thread..... build your own!. i built my stage kit and the tune for under $240.00 as long as u dont care about warrenty u'll be fine. find some used injectors, get a hub and pulley from smoothflow and find someone that can do a HPTuners tune on it. easy as that. screw paying 1000 bucks for the stage 2, its not even worth it. my car runs great, i smoke sti's all the time and other crap, and my injectors are used. just make sure to do a bg44k shoot thru them to make sure they are clean and such.
03-05-2009, 01:08 PM
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I just order a CA heat Ex. and a CA header and a zzp downpipe w/high flow cat. So far I have the GM stage 3 with a CAI and a GMPP cat back as well as the dual bypass end plate which comes with the GM stage 3. It come with a 72mm pulley (2.99) but I was want to but like a 2.8 on there. I was thinking since the stage 3 has the tune for more fuel to kick in when 50 shot hit in at a serten rpm it will make up for the extra boost maybe. And im not running the nos right now. I dont think it will work safely. What you think?
mybad for my wording being all jacked up in that last message.
Yeah man I already have 42lbs ers and a 2.99 pulley on there now that came with the GM stage 3. The thing is I dont have the Stock PCM to put that back on and go get a tune. The GM stage 3 is locked thats why I was just asking if I could run a smaller pulley with this tune safely.
mybad for my wording being all jacked up in that last message.
seriously, as posted in many other pages of this paticular thread..... build your own!. i built my stage kit and the tune for under $240.00 as long as u dont care about warrenty u'll be fine. find some used injectors, get a hub and pulley from smoothflow and find someone that can do a HPTuners tune on it. easy as that. screw paying 1000 bucks for the stage 2, its not even worth it. my car runs great, i smoke sti's all the time and other crap, and my injectors are used. just make sure to do a bg44k shoot thru them to make sure they are clean and such.
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03-05-2009, 01:12 PM
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seriously, as posted in many other pages of this paticular thread..... build your own!. i built my stage kit and the tune for under $240.00 as long as u dont care about warrenty u'll be fine. find some used injectors, get a hub and pulley from smoothflow and find someone that can do a HPTuners tune on it. easy as that. screw paying 1000 bucks for the stage 2, its not even worth it. my car runs great, i smoke sti's all the time and other crap, and my injectors are used. just make sure to do a bg44k shoot thru them to make sure they are clean and such.
Thanks bro
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03-05-2009, 01:47 PM
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seriously, as posted in many other pages of this paticular thread..... build your own!. i built my stage kit and the tune for under $240.00 as long as u dont care about warrenty u'll be fine. find some used injectors, get a hub and pulley from smoothflow and find someone that can do a HPTuners tune on it. easy as that. screw paying 1000 bucks for the stage 2, its not even worth it. my car runs great, i smoke sti's all the time and other crap, and my injectors are used. just make sure to do a bg44k shoot thru them to make sure they are clean and such.
With your mods you could run a 2.8 with no problem ( other than a small amount of tuning nothing major ) add meth and you can run a 2.7 and with the meth really start to see some noticeable gains. goodluck!
03-05-2009, 01:51 PM
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ha, gotcha. thats me just opening my big mouth in some one elses convo. sorry. lol. theres just been so many people asking about the gm stage 2, and people can save so much money if they just build their own. ya' know.
03-06-2009, 09:04 AM
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I think he asked what size pulley could he run, not build his own kit, he already has that.
With your mods you could run a 2.8 with no problem ( other than a small amount of tuning nothing major ) add meth and you can run a 2.7 and with the meth really start to see some noticeable gains. goodluck!
With your mods you could run a 2.8 with no problem ( other than a small amount of tuning nothing major ) add meth and you can run a 2.7 and with the meth really start to see some noticeable gains. goodluck!
03-17-2009, 10:55 PM
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So does the stage 2 kit give numbers like advertised on crate engine depot? 245 with st2 up from 205 stock?
Also. If I got the st2 tune tweaked. For warranrty purposes could I erase the costom tune off my map so that gm couldn't see it was ever on there
Also. If I got the st2 tune tweaked. For warranrty purposes could I erase the costom tune off my map so that gm couldn't see it was ever on there
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03-18-2009, 12:17 PM
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um im not to sure can someone else jump in on this but from personal experinece the guy that tuned my car said that gm cannot see that i got my car custom tuned
