breaking in my V-9 vortech S/C
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breaking in my V-9 vortech S/C i jus put on my S/C and ran into some fuel pressure problems so i called vortech. He told me that there was no breaking in on it. has anyone else ever herd that you dont need to break them in?? if not how many miles would you recomend??
vortech s/c kit
85mm manifold
85mm throttle body and MAF
cold air intake
custome tune
upgraded fuel system
borla cat back
spec stage 3
vortech s/c kit
85mm manifold
85mm throttle body and MAF
cold air intake
custome tune
upgraded fuel system
borla cat back
spec stage 3
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yes it came with an out of tank fuel pump and i did use the injectors that came with it.. i was suppose to get a power programmer but they couldnt get me one so i sent it to a place in Arizona and had it tuned for everything i have in it including the tires. thanks for the help!! also if i took it up to about 9 pounds do you think i put to much strain on the stock internals??
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you could be running into fuel problems because the injectors vortech supplies are way to small, they are only 38lb injectors I believe. You could try and upgrade to 42lb or 60lb injectors. I have 60lbs and my car pulls hard to 65k rpms and never runs out of fuel. Also, with my set-up I ended up making 9.2lbs of boost and am on the stock bottom end. So far so good, I've been driving it a ton lately, no issues. A good tune is key to a long lasting set-up
yes it came with an out of tank fuel pump and i did use the injectors that came with it.. i was suppose to get a power programmer but they couldnt get me one so i sent it to a place in Arizona and had it tuned for everything i have in it including the tires. thanks for the help!! also if i took it up to about 9 pounds do you think i put to much strain on the stock internals??
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you could be running into fuel problems because the injectors vortech supplies are way to small, they are only 38lb injectors I believe. You could try and upgrade to 42lb or 60lb injectors. I have 60lbs and my car pulls hard to 65k rpms and never runs out of fuel. Also, with my set-up I ended up making 9.2lbs of boost and am on the stock bottom end. So far so good, I've been driving it a ton lately, no issues. A good tune is key to a long lasting set-up
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Yea I was pretty surprised I made 9.2lbs at 65k. I used all of your old custom IC piping and the 2.95" pulley you sent me. As far as the intercooler goes, I picked up a thick 4" godspeed (ebay) unit and it seems to flow pretty well. Recently I designed my own air intake too with 2 large twin filters since I couldnt pick up one of spectacle solutions lids anymore. I also trimmed up my fiberglass ram air hood and really opened the scoops up, a ton of air is getting in there now. I'm in the process of now modifying a BMR radiator support to go around my intake and dress up the engine bay a little bit and get some additonal support for the radiator. I'll tell you, from going from the sealed air box to the twin 4" filters, I felt a definite seat in the pants difference. My camera took a **** on me but Im going to get a new one at put up pictures hopefully next week.
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