psssst
go into the settings and change the IAT gauge to read the IAT2 sensor

you ARE reading the ambient temperature lol

 

kinda like how everyone refuses to believe they will be faster at the track by adding some DR's instead of bolting on an additional 50-60 hp in a car they cant launch as is. noobs

well **** me, i dont claim to be advanced in HPtuners...

speaking of which, how do i configure it to read knock?

 

throw me a message on msn.

grey_aussie hotmail.com

my ****** AT button stopped working haha

 

There you go!

 

I've been running a meth injected 2.8 for a while now. Only other mods are Catless DP and an Intake. I am faster then my buddy's non meth injected 2.8. Cooling mods are FTW, especially Meth.

 

dammit, i cant get MSN to work on campus. i can use AIM though...

 

I'm going to say the smallest IMO is the 2.9". Whenever I had my 2.9" pulley on mine the blower got pretty warm...

 

agreed you guys dont understand how much your driving influnces the way your car reacts to heat, and track times. driver mod, ftmfw

 

So let me get this right.

I can run a 2.8

On the GM stage 2 tune
+
I/H/E
+
Not beating the **** out of it all the time, just one ins a while?

 

throw water injection into that mix, and a bad ass tune. yes.

 

Im running a 2.7 with no cooling mods for about 5,000 miles now with no problems. Just can't be hot lapping it to much at the track

 

im running a 2.7 with no cooling mods as well

 

I would say for the Stock S2 tune... a 2.9 would be the lowest I would go!

I myself ran a 2.85, and an intake for about 1500 miles untill I got tuned by Area, car was mucho happier with me after such!

Meth/ Water injection seems to be the single best cooling mod for the money available... hence why the faster cars all seem to be running it!

 

you're also one of the few who doesn't care

 

2.5 pullied here, no cooling mods....header, dp, catback...stock intake and about 20,000-25,000 miles on those mods....nothing has blown up yet...BUT in the summer, a quick 2nd gear-3rd gear pull will reach 150-155 iat....which is why I never beat on it in the summer....I have had a meth kit for the longest time now in the trunk of my car....i'm just so lazy to put it in lol

 

Yeah, with much more fuel! ANd not the S2 tune either smarty pantz!

Very well put my friend!

 

Here is someone who is doing it right the first time. If I could go back in time I would of done axles, clutch/flywheel, cooling mods before anything else. If you plan on getting a smaller pulley then stage II don't even bother buying stage II. Buy GM stage I, get the dual pass and then add a 2.9 pulley. Would be a very good route to go.

 

See that is the smarter way to do it...... But the thing my car really hasn't even cough'd like it is getting mad at me... I don't know what is wrong with my car I have to be the owner of a FREAK!

 

Here is another interesting question, how many times was the words "cooling mods" said in this thread(not including quotes from before though)?

I thought it was funny. Any who...I plan on getting a full exhaust the a dual pass with another H/E and an extra surge tank before going with a smaller pulley.

 

i ran my 2.5 for half a year with out em and the second half with, i have had no problems ever

 

there is no "right way" to mod your car. its all personal preference..or more, what you plan on doing with the car. obviously a person using their car to autocross is going to start with suspension instead of starting with engine components. as long as you dont blow it up right off the bat, you're obviously doing something right. i did stage 2, then 60# injectors, then a clutch, and finally put my 2.7 on and have had zero problems.

and yes brian, i dont give a ****!

 

now, you just need to fix something else.

 

2.90

 

2.7 with no cooling mods

 

You have to realize the smaller you go, the more heat you're generating...if you don't have mods offsetting the heat you're going to actually lose power