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Old 01-21-2009, 03:43 PM
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heres me doing the challenges the dyno the 60-0 challenge and my first run on the autocross because the camera died before i could learn the coarse better

http://s343.photobucket.com/albums/o...ent=smoty1.flv
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also im stocking up on mods for spring i have some heat wrap for the crossover and a silicone 45 to replace the stock elbow im planning to do a single exhaust with a borla muffler that kicks out in front of the passenger rear wheel to lose muffler weight and just modify the stock airbox to jive with my ram air headlight a bit better. i recently aquired a set of exhaust manifolds an intake manifold and throttle body that i dont know what im going to do with im thinking on sanding out some of the casting inperfections insid the exhaust mani because there are all these things on the inside that stick out like a penny glued on the inside and getting them ceramic coated also thinking about one of those tb spacers now that people have more difinitive answers on those any other ideas are appreciated i dont really want to have to run a tune though oh and im planning on getting a 13.5lb dynabatt battery

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That was awesome. What are you running for exhaust, it sounds nice.
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well then it was just a thrush turbo glasspack i had somone weld a two bolt bracket on so it hooked up just after the cat and dumped right in the middle of the car tons of interior resonance and it was hitting the floorpans causing false knock but it was a lot of fun at the time especially when you got on it
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"look how melow that thing sounds!" LOL
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You need weight over your front tires so replacing the battery would be the last thing i would do after gutting the interior. I gutted mine and the car is way better in the corners now. And why don't you want a tune? without a tune you will not see the full potential of your mods.
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^^^True this^^^ I like your plans though. I'm in the process of fabricating my own fenderwell intake. I'll post pics when I get it done. With a K&N filter, Stainless steel piping and a silicone coupling it cost 80 dollars I'm gonna have my cousin who works at Auburn Plastics cut a sheet of polycarb to wall off the fender hole from hot air. If it works I may make a kit out of it.
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nice im excited to see the pics reason i dont want a tune is so i dont f up my warrenty trust me i would love to learn hp tuner and if you thought the guy who made the mellow comment was funny i should have not edited out the part where my dads friend is talking really loud and making car noises

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nice im excited to see the pics reason i dont want a tune is so i dont f up my warrenty trust me i would love to learn hp tuner and if you thought the guy who made the mellow comment was funny i should have not edited out the part where my dads friend is talking really loud and making car noises
You know you can keep tunes in HPT and load your stock one back right?
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yeah i heard they could detect that though thats the only thing
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They won't always take the time to look through the PCM/TCM to see if its been tuned.
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yeah not sure if i want to take that risk
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If you're still under warranty don't do it. 38,470 miles, I LOVE YOU hahaha, therefore I could care less, I'm not covered anyways
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yeah i only got about 15 k on there lots of warenty left
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yeah, tons of warranty time. don't chance it if you're not into dealing with trying to mask the tune.
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fyi, they can deny warrenty if they know you were racing
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Wow, I had no idea about that. Thanks Stealth
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yeah i know the competition stickers are coming off before i go back for work
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No like don't post that video...its can be used against you.
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i would be suprised if they went so far as to look online like that and all the race results and pictures were published in carcraft if anything that will screw me but oh well got in the mag anyway and if it ruins the warrenty then ill have lots of mods to do this summer



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