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Old Jan 22, 2011 | 05:29 PM
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Default whos had a bad experiance with meth?

just wanting to see what gerenral opinions are on relying on meth or bad experiances vs good experiances
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Old Jan 22, 2011 | 05:32 PM
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hear nothing but good about it...

sounds like a bad *** set up any numbers/times?
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quit a couple years back. it ruined my life
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fully recovered now??
did it require rehab or just will power??
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Old Jan 22, 2011 | 05:44 PM
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Originally Posted by nassty00
quit a couple years back. it ruined my life



I read the title and lol'd
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Old Jan 22, 2011 | 05:44 PM
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Originally Posted by 02anti_vnm
relying on meth
Those are the key words. Don't RELY on it and tune it so if something does go awry, it pulls timing. ie.-place the IAT sensor between the meth nozzles and the TB and tune accordingly.
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Old Jan 22, 2011 | 06:02 PM
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lol that was a bad name for the title wasnt it...
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Originally Posted by yelo04goat
hear nothing but good about it...

sounds like a bad *** set up any numbers/times?
nah not yet thats where my dilema comes in i could tune the car on higher boost and rely on meth make maybe low 800s or tune the car safely and make low 700s

im just wondering who have actually had a meth kit fail
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Old Jan 22, 2011 | 06:13 PM
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Works great really well for me, but it was on my Grandnational. I found if you dont tune right I will slow you down.
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my pump failed and caused my crank to come out of the pan on my gn. 10 days after i bought the car. so yeah it sucked. mills is right if i spray my gn to hard it slows it down.
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heintz racing has the car now and nick williams will be tunning the car. they said they dont think i should push it as far as relying on meth and i do agree with them but i feel like low 700s will be kind of dissapointing. not low hp just was expecting 800s
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Old Jan 22, 2011 | 06:31 PM
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i feel like the setup is solid and the pump and entire kit is brand new but still have fears of pushing it
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Old Jan 22, 2011 | 07:04 PM
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I have the meth kit on my car, and when I got my car tuned a few months back, my tuner had me unplug it and would not tune with it, he says its not worth it if it fails. I really would like to use it and get the extra h.p. Maybe I will have to get another tuner.. I dont want to damage my new motor if it ever fails, so Iam not sure what to do yet...
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Old Jan 22, 2011 | 07:35 PM
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Its fairly easy to tune the car as to not have motor failure if the pump fails. Like I said before, relocate the IAT sensor and modify the table for the PCM to pull timing if the IAT increases past comfort level, denoting a methanol related failure.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-f...shes-fine.html

This is just one example and it comes to mind because we have the same tuner.
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it will make u sell everthing u own and do things u never thought u would lol
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Just make sure your tuner knows what he is doing and you will be fine, even if the meth fails. It's all in the tune.
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Originally Posted by yelo04goat
fully recovered now??
did it require rehab or just will power??
cold turkey
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Old Jan 23, 2011 | 06:54 AM
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For street use. Build your combo right and there is little need for meth. You'll easily make more power than your tyres can handle without it

When racing....every little bit helps though. Meth can be a good thing when it's working right.
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I used it in spades, like 8-10 gallons a week back in the day. Had 2 pumps fail and the second one took out my motor. Never been back since, just run E85 and never have to deal with that **** again
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If you want to run big power on the street and fill up with pump gas, methanol will definitely only help make things safe and make more power. As long as you buy a good kit (Alkycontrol ) you won't have any issues. I buy 30 gallon drums for $100 which lasts me over a year and come on....it's not hard to fill up before you go out every couple of times
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