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Old Sep 10, 2010 | 05:40 PM
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Originally Posted by edge04
where are you guys buying whatever it is you are running? I know snow makes a 49/51 mix and sell it for $30 for 4 gallons but it is also $30 to ship! Have also heard of guys buying it from VP? Can you do that on-line or do you need to order from a local shop/rep
I purchase mine from Summit and it usually gets here the next day without me having to pay extra for shipping.
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Old Sep 13, 2010 | 12:31 PM
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7 year old snow kit just won another LS true street title.. works ok I guess.
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Old Sep 13, 2010 | 02:07 PM
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Originally Posted by MIGHTYMOUSE
7 year old snow kit just won another LS true street title.. works ok I guess.
Congratulations! but that's a little misleading don't ya think
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Old Sep 13, 2010 | 03:55 PM
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Originally Posted by MIGHTYMOUSE
7 year old snow kit just won another LS true street title.. works ok I guess.

I dunno... if it worked so well the car would have driven home on it's own from the last one wouldn't it?

How'd that snow kit work out on Slinky's first motor? Hmmm. I don't have any Alkycontrol customers with hurt motors from intermittent or failed kits.

Isn't it kind of crazy to say that plastic lines with stab-in plastic industrial air line fittings are really better than braided hoses and brass fittings/nozzles? The rest of the kit from MAP sensor to controller can be argued the same...
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Old Sep 13, 2010 | 05:49 PM
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Old Sep 13, 2010 | 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by AFASTYZFR1
Congratulations! but that's a little misleading don't ya think
Thank you. I don't think it's misleading other than their stuff is obviously better than my understated 'ok'.

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I dunno... if it worked so well the car would have driven home on it's own from the last one wouldn't it?

How'd that snow kit work out on Slinky's first motor? Hmmm. I don't have any Alkycontrol customers with hurt motors from intermittent or failed kits.

Isn't it kind of crazy to say that plastic lines with stab-in plastic industrial air line fittings are really better than braided hoses and brass fittings/nozzles? The rest of the kit from MAP sensor to controller can be argued the same...
1. No; and I will elaborate completely just in case it shuts yall two up about it. My 7 year old pump running straight methanol all its life and inside of the front end of my old car when it hit a guard rail at 130mph. DID NOT HICCUP OR FAIL.
At the shootout last year I filled my meth tank and noticed drips on the ground, I noticed it was comming from the factory w/w pump grommet so I shoved it down into the tank BLOCKING THE METH PICKUP on my practice pass. *I placed the pickup in this tank myself, not SNOW* No meth was able to be sprayed; and some valves in my cylinder heads tuliped as a result of the heat from being short on octane and possibly overall fueling requirement.

The engine had a stumble on the next fire up and I noticed / fixed the pickup problem. I then ran 3 passes over 156mph in a 3800# car and drove it off the track with the methanol again funcitonal.

I also drove it back to the hotel and the track the next day before determining exactly what had happened and deciding to not make the 6th straight trip between memphis and my house in VA.

2. Accidents happen. *see above* He failed to verify proper operation before use just like I did. Setting the tune up to rely on meth vs. use as an enhancement in a street car / pump gas situation I also do not advise.

3. Did I even make a comparison? If i did it would only read "I prefer the stainless diffusers Snow uses vs. the brass fixed orifice from A/K." They are both completely capable systems; However your brought up points are:

Snow does use lines that are lighter (plastic vs the steel lines), easier to size (snip the line to adjust length vs no), and easier to install (simple push in fittings vs. the threaded / taped fittings I hear some people have trouble with. )

DID I MENTION Snow has an average LS-specific True Street finish of 1.25?
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Old Sep 13, 2010 | 06:02 PM
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Did you mention that you push their product because you have a hookup with Snow?

I don't get a dime on the sale of Alkycontrol kits (and I don't sell them either). I'm just trying to recommend the kits that seem to be the most reliable over time and work consistently well.
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Old Sep 13, 2010 | 06:16 PM
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i run their product because it works! see the results i posted???
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My iat's have been shooting up since I since I put a new 90 on my charge pipe to fit the new intake and changed where I had the nozzle and iat sensor located. I checked the system and it still sprayed but I wasn't sure if it was putting out like it should. So tonight I sprayed it into a bottle for 20 seconds and measure the results. It still puts out at full tilt. I have had it almost 2 years running strait meth. No problems with the quick connect leaking.
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