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Old May 12, 2007 | 02:10 PM
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Talking The beast from across the pond .. LIVES
Turn your speakers to full volume guys ...

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Old May 12, 2007 | 03:34 PM
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Bad *** man. Congrats on getting it fired up. It is the greatest feeling in the world when it lights off for the first time. Is that open headers or through your exhaust?
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Old May 12, 2007 | 03:49 PM
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open headers with 100 cell Dynatec sports cats
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Old May 12, 2007 | 05:21 PM
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very nice man! how soon til it actually makes the streets? i've seen the build up on this and it's really amazing! big props to you!
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Old May 12, 2007 | 06:13 PM
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Excellent Pete !!!

So what was the problem after all ??

Have you hooked up a pedal for the accelerator ? One thing I noticed on mine. The stock TB requires an awful lot of pedal to go WOT.
I ended up fitting a smaller cam to the TB ( was easier than making more mods to the pedal itself. )
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congratulations pete. sounds healty. So when should we expect a rubber burning video?
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Old May 13, 2007 | 01:24 AM
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Excellent Pete !!!

So what was the problem after all ??

Have you hooked up a pedal for the accelerator ? One thing I noticed on mine. The stock TB requires an awful lot of pedal to go WOT.
I ended up fitting a smaller cam to the TB ( was easier than making more mods to the pedal itself. )
Thanks Stevie.

It was the VATS, shutting the injectors off. Paul Spinks came down on friday, plugged in his laptop and disabled that and other stuff too. Now she starts on the key.

The pedal`s in, but not fitted the cable yet, and we`ve worked out, it needs 60mm of linear movement, the pedal has 80mm if necessary.

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congratulations pete. sounds healty. So when should we expect a rubber burning video?
Thanks mate

Should be within the next 3 weeks.
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I'll hopefully be at Avon Park that weekend....how busy is the PV day usually ?

I could maybe do Avon on Saturday and Santa Pod on Sunday..
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Old May 13, 2007 | 09:02 AM
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Originally Posted by stevieturbo
....how busy is the PV day usually ?
Very mate
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Old May 13, 2007 | 11:06 AM
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Avon it is for me then !!!! lol
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badass!!! nice to see you finally got it running.
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Congrats! That should be a blast to drive.
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Result! Nice one Pete, time for a


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What kind of car is it in?
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Old May 14, 2007 | 12:12 AM
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What kind of car is it in?
Vauxhall Astra Coupe

For the swap thread see here ............

https://ls1tech.com/forums/conversions-swaps/460867-ls1-into-vauxhall-astra-coupe.html
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Sounds great! Congrats on getting it running. That is always a huge milestone. Can't wait to see the finishing touches to this amazing project.
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Congratulations Pete! That's a heck of a ride you put together, it's been fun watching the build.
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Sounds good Pete,must feel good to see something you have worked so hard on come to life finally.

Congrats bud!
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