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Old May 1, 2009 | 04:42 PM
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Finally got my car down to get a tune after a cam/valvetrain installation I did over the winter.

Of course out of all the nice days this week, it ended up raining. I won't complain though, as it never really opened up on me.

Car has never been tuned, I've had bolt ons for years and it was always a little on the rich side. After the cam install, it was even more so.

Cam is a Slowhawk grind, and I was impressed with the results. I was figuring somewhere in the 380rwhp range on his Mustang Dyno. Deleted the speed limiter, skip shift, set new fan temps for the 160 t-stat at the same time.

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KOOKs stainless 1 3/4" headers, with 3" ORY and 3" Hooker Catback, Accufab Throttlebody, LS1 Motorsports Lid and Holley powershot filter, SLP smooth belows, Granatelli 85mm MAF, NGK TR55 plugs, Taylor Thundervolt Wires with red Taylor heat boots, 160 degree T-stat/housing, Evans NPG+ coolant with red Samco Sport hoses, and of coures the "Kinder Cam" w/921 duals

Result was 404rwhp, 373rwtq. Pulls strong all the way up to 6400, limiter is set @ 6800. Graph is a little tough to read, as my scanner washed the color out a bit.



Get your *** down to see Don and his crew. They do it right, and they are the best to deal with. Results speak for themselves.

Thanks again SLOWHAWK PERFORMANCE!
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Old May 1, 2009 | 05:37 PM
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wow amazing results. congrats!! i bet it feels like a competely different car.
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Old May 1, 2009 | 06:12 PM
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Sweet Results! Must be a blast to rip in that thing.

Did you do an oil pump or anything while you were in there? I want to do a cam in mine but after adding up all the "extras" I get discouraged. I want to do a cam, springs, maybe pushrods and call it a day lol.
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Old May 1, 2009 | 06:25 PM
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congrats man, i have always loved ur car
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Old May 1, 2009 | 07:46 PM
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Originally Posted by NateLS1
Sweet Results! Must be a blast to rip in that thing.

Did you do an oil pump or anything while you were in there? I want to do a cam in mine but after adding up all the "extras" I get discouraged. I want to do a cam, springs, maybe pushrods and call it a day lol.
Call Don,(Slowhawk) He does some cam install specials with tunning & all parts for a great price.
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Old May 1, 2009 | 08:02 PM
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Great results man. Having Don do my cam and tune has been the best money ever spent on the car. Really woke it up alot.
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Old May 1, 2009 | 08:02 PM
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Wow !!! Your car makes the same power as mine and your cam only and I got heads and cam. Nice setup. congrats!!!
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Old May 1, 2009 | 09:19 PM
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sweet dude! congrats on finaly getting it all tuned out. nice numbers fo sho. hows the idle w/ that cam if you dont mind me asking.
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Old May 1, 2009 | 11:39 PM
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Originally Posted by 454mag
Wow !!! Your car makes the same power as mine and your cam only and I got heads and cam. Nice setup. congrats!!!
Tell me about it We were going to knock him out and switch his motor with the Red Rocket before he woke up

Car is definitely strong for a stock driving 230Cam.
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Old May 2, 2009 | 09:37 AM
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sweet dude, so when are we all gonna meet up and have a nice little car show at dons???
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Old May 2, 2009 | 10:43 AM
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sweet dude! congrats on finaly getting it all tuned out. nice numbers fo sho. hows the idle w/ that cam if you dont mind me asking.
Idles great, sounds mean, parking lots aren't an issue. It was stop and go driving all the way down I95, so I had a chance to test out Dons magic LOL.

Nate, I left the pump stock as the car just turned 31k. Car has always had great oil pressure so I just swapped in an LS2 timing chain.

Theres still plenty of time to get down to Dons and get it done!
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Old May 2, 2009 | 11:59 AM
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Nice power!
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Old May 2, 2009 | 03:09 PM
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Excellent power!! Need video!!
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Old May 2, 2009 | 11:09 PM
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your 10 bolt must be thrilled w/ you right now lol.
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Old May 3, 2009 | 01:55 AM
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Don knows how to work the magic in that shop and I'll be back soon to get my cam dropped in. maybe next year.
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Old May 3, 2009 | 08:34 AM
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Outstanding results and Don's cars usually shine even more at the track.
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It's not much of a track car. I haven't been to the drag strip in 4 years. I've never even seen NED with a paved entrance LOL.

Just a street car to have fun in. I put a built T56/new Spec stg.3 in at the same time as the cam. Already has a 3.5" driveshaft and and a set of DRs. 10 bolt has a lot of slop in it though, and thats all the $$$ I feel like spending on the car this year, so I won't push my luck.

Dons cam grind, and tuning are what tied everything together for now. I'm very happy with the way it turned out, thanks for the compliments!
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Old May 4, 2009 | 12:06 AM
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Congrat's on getting the magic touch of Slowhawk!

Nice power and a great looking Car! Enjoy!
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Great numbers!!! Very impressive.

Man, makes me wanna do another cam swap
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Old May 4, 2009 | 02:08 PM
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Congrats on the new power We don't call Don "The Professor" for nothing!

Enjoy!!
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