Intense Stage 4
02-23-2009, 07:28 PM
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Intense Stage 4
Is anyone here running an Intense Racing stage 4 or 5 kit?
I just want to know what you think about the kit and how much you have to shave down the snout to get that 2.7" pulley on.... Do I have to bring the snout to a metal shop?
I'm planning on doing the stage 4 next month. Thanks guys
I just want to know what you think about the kit and how much you have to shave down the snout to get that 2.7" pulley on.... Do I have to bring the snout to a metal shop?
I'm planning on doing the stage 4 next month. Thanks guys
02-23-2009, 07:32 PM
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Regardless of what people will tell you, I enjoy my Intense stage 3 kit a lot, and if you do intense stage 4, you send them your supercharger snout first, and they send you a machined one back. Now i'm what i'd say stage 3 and a half, haha. 2.8" pulley and 60's instead of the 2.7"
02-23-2009, 07:34 PM
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Ya they used to do that, but they don't do it anymore for some reason.... how much did they shave
02-23-2009, 07:37 PM
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Well is f they have a kit that can put out as much performance as the intense stage 4 I'll be happy to look into it...
I'll check it out, thanks
Are you saying that the intense tune is **** or what? sorry I don't quite follow where your going
I'll check it out, thanks
Are you saying that the intense tune is **** or what? sorry I don't quite follow where your going
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02-23-2009, 07:37 PM
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02-23-2009, 07:42 PM
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The thing about the ZZ kits is that they are very expensive, especially for the stage 4 (around $900 US)
I can get an Intense kit for about $450 US for the parts I need.....
02-23-2009, 10:28 PM
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ottp stage 1 kit FTW http://www.ottperformance.com/p111/O...duct_info.html
02-23-2009, 10:38 PM
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The reason cars blew up, is because Intense were some of the first people to mess with the LSJ. People were doing crazy things like a 2.7" w/ no cooling mods.
No one really " blew up their car" because of Intenses tunes, people were pushing the limits in the early days of LSJ, they were the only ones to try, then when someone cracked a ringland, it was intenses fault.
02-24-2009, 12:19 AM
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I would go with the OTT kit myself.
Thing is, Intense has a rough past, You may get one and it be fine, Or you could get one and it blow the motor, It seems it has gone both ways.
But with OTT (or even zzp for that matter, Even though i wouldnt recommend them), There isnt cars having valid problems, Not one. So why risk it?
IMO Go with what works, Not what "should" work.
Thing is, Intense has a rough past, You may get one and it be fine, Or you could get one and it blow the motor, It seems it has gone both ways.
But with OTT (or even zzp for that matter, Even though i wouldnt recommend them), There isnt cars having valid problems, Not one. So why risk it?
IMO Go with what works, Not what "should" work.
02-24-2009, 12:26 AM
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I bought intense stage 3 kit and lived with it for a while. However I had it retuned with hptuners and am much happier. The Intense tune was very inconsistent. Everything else they sell works just fine.
02-24-2009, 12:55 AM
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The reason cars blew up, is because Intense were some of the first people to mess with the LSJ. People were doing crazy things like a 2.7" w/ no cooling mods.
No one really " blew up their car" because of Intenses tunes, people were pushing the limits in the early days of LSJ, they were the only ones to try, then when someone cracked a ringland, it was intenses fault.
No one really " blew up their car" because of Intenses tunes, people were pushing the limits in the early days of LSJ, they were the only ones to try, then when someone cracked a ringland, it was intenses fault.
The parts are great. They're not gonna do anything. I ran Intense Parts for a long time, and still recommend getting them to people. I just wouldn't run the tune...
02-24-2009, 12:58 AM
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02-24-2009, 04:21 AM
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Okay, so I'll take everyones advice about Intense and look deeper into an OTT kit. But I have just one question about OTT, do they have specific kits or do you have to figure out a pulley/injector/PCM tune combo yourself.?
I looked on the OTT site and ony found a Stage 1 kit good for 240 hp.
Because I'm running a GM Stage 2 right now (good for about as much hp as this kit offers), and if I'm going to drop 450 US on my engine I want to see an obviously significant improvement in performance then the stage 2 kit
I looked on the OTT site and ony found a Stage 1 kit good for 240 hp.
Because I'm running a GM Stage 2 right now (good for about as much hp as this kit offers), and if I'm going to drop 450 US on my engine I want to see an obviously significant improvement in performance then the stage 2 kit
02-24-2009, 04:29 AM
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Okay, so I'll take everyones advice about Intense and look deeper into an OTT kit. But I have just one question about OTT, do they have specific kits or do you have to figure out a pulley/injector/PCM tune combo yourself.?
I looked on the OTT site and ony found a Stage 1 kit good for 240 hp.
I looked on the OTT site and ony found a Stage 1 kit good for 240 hp.
02-24-2009, 05:06 AM
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Intense claims 265 WHP and this one claims around 245 not including supporting (which for me would probably be 260 ish) mods. I don't really want to drop that much cash for a mild improvement...
But ya, keep the comments coming, this thread is helping me alot in making up my mind... Thanks guys