My Car then to now part 2
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My Car then to now part 2
I maxed out my allowed pictures so here is a continuation from part 1
Ordered a dual gauge pod from CA, along with an AEM UEGO wideband, and a dual gauge pod from MKulrey ( still pending install )
Drove the car like this and was happy for a while, made a few passes up at New England Dragway and still wanted more.....
A stop up at SMG Motorsports and Get Bent exhausts out of Hopedale MA solved my problem. Got a 2.5 catless downpipe fabbed up and installed, along with a dyno tune on HPTuners, and installed my gauge pod, and AEM UEGO. This showed that at 5,000 rpms my 42 lbers couldnt keep up with the fuel demand, so a set of flowmatched 60#ers were installed. The result was 239hp, 219 tq with a 11.5 a/f ratio at WOT.
Needed a tiny bit of engine dressup, so I ordered a CF fuel rail cover
Then I burnt the snot out of the stock Pirellis, they were junk anyway, and bought a new set of Bridgestone Potenza S-03 Pole Positions in 225/45/18
And Fred at SMG has a 2.7" pulley, Snow performance water meth, and a CXRacing intercooler awaiting me in MA. This should be installed mid April and I should have a good start to 2008!
Here is some current pictures of the car.
Questions and comments welcome. Please dont forget to check out part 1 of my post. Thank you for looking.
Ordered a dual gauge pod from CA, along with an AEM UEGO wideband, and a dual gauge pod from MKulrey ( still pending install )
Drove the car like this and was happy for a while, made a few passes up at New England Dragway and still wanted more.....
A stop up at SMG Motorsports and Get Bent exhausts out of Hopedale MA solved my problem. Got a 2.5 catless downpipe fabbed up and installed, along with a dyno tune on HPTuners, and installed my gauge pod, and AEM UEGO. This showed that at 5,000 rpms my 42 lbers couldnt keep up with the fuel demand, so a set of flowmatched 60#ers were installed. The result was 239hp, 219 tq with a 11.5 a/f ratio at WOT.
Needed a tiny bit of engine dressup, so I ordered a CF fuel rail cover
Then I burnt the snot out of the stock Pirellis, they were junk anyway, and bought a new set of Bridgestone Potenza S-03 Pole Positions in 225/45/18
And Fred at SMG has a 2.7" pulley, Snow performance water meth, and a CXRacing intercooler awaiting me in MA. This should be installed mid April and I should have a good start to 2008!
Here is some current pictures of the car.
Questions and comments welcome. Please dont forget to check out part 1 of my post. Thank you for looking.
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Thanks, I think for this years show season I might make a photo album to leave on the seat like I saw last year of the build from start to finish only I have a hella lot more pictures. They are the sports not the sport 2s. I love them
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killah - I did not cut the bump stops when I installed them, I havnt bottomed them out yet and have had them for about a year now.
dman - thanks, they are H&R sports
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dman - thanks, they are H&R sports
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Yes I did actually lol. I was going to get kdw's and saw these and the price/rating. I had to jump on them. got them for 550 shipped to my door. I think without the discount it was 850ish to 900 shipped. Couldnt pass it up. Theyre still sitting here next to me, have to save up for rims for them first....
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I was tempted to buy them also....regular 234 each for 115..what a deal. I should have done it....lol A tire in that price range must be good for a reason. Good choice..not a fan of KDW's
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thanks Stage
I got 239/219 with
TTR Motor mount
CA Trans mounts
GM header
SMG Catless downpipe 2.5
Magnaflow catback 2.5
AEM Intake
BkR7E one step colder plugs
2.9" Supercharger pulley
and 60# injectors.
No cooling mods at that time.
Sitting up at SMG awaiting install for me is a 2.7" pulley, snow performance water/meth kit, GM dual pass, and CXRacing Front mount, hope to put down some good numbers then.
After that probably hood trunk and decklid all in cf, plus some rims and ill be done with this and can focus on paying her off lol. Wish it was like my streetbike where I can order all my aftermarket parts and have them put on before I take delivery
I got 239/219 with
TTR Motor mount
CA Trans mounts
GM header
SMG Catless downpipe 2.5
Magnaflow catback 2.5
AEM Intake
BkR7E one step colder plugs
2.9" Supercharger pulley
and 60# injectors.
No cooling mods at that time.
Sitting up at SMG awaiting install for me is a 2.7" pulley, snow performance water/meth kit, GM dual pass, and CXRacing Front mount, hope to put down some good numbers then.
After that probably hood trunk and decklid all in cf, plus some rims and ill be done with this and can focus on paying her off lol. Wish it was like my streetbike where I can order all my aftermarket parts and have them put on before I take delivery
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sorry for the crappy cellphone picture, just got them on tonight.
kyowa racing 18" - 19 lbs a piece. very happy with them
wrapped in bridgestone potenza s03 pole positions
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