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Old 04-09-2014, 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by 95bowtie
How's that hood exit working out for you?

Does **** blow all over the car on cold start or what, I kinda want to do it just for the lulz this guy has his exhaust coming out the damn hood factor.

But don't want to if the car ends up a mess everytime you fire it up.
no mess. only time it will create one is if your at the car wash and get water down in there. the hood stack really is amazing it keeps engine bay temps way down. It's not a slight difference its a major difference in temps (25-30* cooler coolant temps). The heat signature when driving around and in boost is amazing. Nobody with a camera has been able to really capture it but when following my brother said it was 10ft above the car. In the car the passenger cant see anything it's just a big blur but doesn't effect my vision. I haven't had to pull the trans since last year but it takes me 45 min to pull it by myself and half of that was getting the whole exhaust off the car...so much easier to work on. It's very quiet in the car. If windows are down it's loud as **** if you start to put the windows up it's so quiet you can whisper doing 2500 down the highway
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Originally Posted by AutomagicLS1
no mess. only time it will create one is if your at the car wash and get water down in there. the hood stack really is amazing it keeps engine bay temps way down. It's not a slight difference its a major difference in temps (25-30* cooler coolant temps). The heat signature when driving around and in boost is amazing. Nobody with a camera has been able to really capture it but when following my brother said it was 10ft above the car. In the car the passenger cant see anything it's just a big blur but doesn't effect my vision. I haven't had to pull the trans since last year but it takes me 45 min to pull it by myself and half of that was getting the whole exhaust off the car...so much easier to work on. It's very quiet in the car. If windows are down it's loud as **** if you start to put the windows up it's so quiet you can whisper doing 2500 down the highway
Very nice, define loud as **** lol.

Is it like can't hear or talk to the passenger loud or hear the radio or is it just slightly elevated noise no where near as loud as a dump under the car right?

I have a bumper exit now, 3 inch with 2 12 inch bullet mufflers. Windows up its very quiet, windows down it is still pretty mellow. I can listen to the radio at normal levels and talk over that and the exhaust at the same time without issue.
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Just curious, what do Fr8 and Flash run at the track? 1/8 or 1/4......and what's with the rivalry? I'm late to all this so I am trying to get caught up
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Originally Posted by 95bowtie
Very nice, define loud as **** lol.

Is it like can't hear or talk to the passenger loud or hear the radio or is it just slightly elevated noise no where near as loud as a dump under the car right?

I have a bumper exit now, 3 inch with 2 12 inch bullet mufflers. Windows up its very quiet, windows down it is still pretty mellow. I can listen to the radio at normal levels and talk over that and the exhaust at the same time without issue.
elevated, you can still talk in the car just louder. with the exhaust out the hood and windows up I've heard noises my car makes i've never heard before like squeaks because its so quiet haha
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Originally Posted by AutomagicLS1
The hoosier radials are the best tire imo but they go away after 6-7 hits. Still lots left but they just go away. I tried the hoosier QTP it worked decent then a friend gave me a set of these 28x10.5 et drag stiff walls and I haven't got them to spin yet. I want to stay radial but they just go away too fast but they'll take any sort of power new. So far the 275 hoosier radials and ET drags work identical. I may be a slick tire ****** from here on out on the street and use radials at the track...hell IDK. Point being if your looking for a good tire use the 275 hoosier or so far I'm having good luck with these used 10.5's
Have you tried the ET Pro yet?
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Hey Fr8train, any plans to come up to Chicago or St. Louis? We have a Silver turbo SS that would love to try you from a dig. SBE 4.8, TT, TH400, full weight street car. Shoot me a PM if you're interested.
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I like the hood DP.

Does the 'train run on E85 or ?
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Hey Fr8train, any plans to come up to Chicago or St. Louis? We have a Silver turbo SS that would love to try you from a dig. SBE 4.8, TT, TH400, full weight street car. Shoot me a PM if you're interested.
ill run anyone. St louis would be fun
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Originally Posted by Pro Stock John
I like the hood DP.

Does the 'train run on E85 or ?
e85 and e100 when need be
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Subbd for if you ever bring this thing to st louis
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Originally Posted by AutomagicLS1
ill run anyone. St louis would be fun
Yeah, sounds like a good time. Let's setup a weekend or let me know when you might be down that way.
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Take vids Curtis. Want to see that bad boy in action.
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Car is a beast!
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I can vouch for the hood exit. I had mixed emotions about it before I saw it in person. It really is badass. Not that loud in the car at all. Cruising back from the dig night at TX2K the sound system was louder than the exhaust was. Hahahaha. Easy to hold a conversation in the car without yelling



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