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Old Oct 14, 2004 | 06:56 PM
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if anyone has been following my posts for a while about my car and its lack of power,the agony has finnally paid off.

first off big thanks to slowhawk and his incredible tuning skills,and to mighty mouse,and warbird,for all you help.

now the car is not incredibly fast,and still has a few bugs to work out,but so you all know it is a full weight firehawk nothing removed whatsoever,and is bone stock except for the qmp kit and a 9 inch rear and exhaust.

all runs were done on 8 psi dropping to about 7 after 4800 rpm,and you can feel a definate drop in power.

on the dyno after several runs it netted 470 hp and 505 tq i belive(i have a bad memory).

at the track with a 1.8 60 foot got me 11.4 @123 and still losing power after 4800,

so it looks like a turbo cam and some springs and such.
hopefully it will improve
again thankyou to everyone that helped when i was having all my issues.
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Old Oct 14, 2004 | 07:01 PM
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Very cool!!

Good to hear you got everyhting worked out
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Old Oct 14, 2004 | 07:06 PM
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Cool... good to here you almost have it figured out.... Keep us updated...
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Old Oct 14, 2004 | 07:23 PM
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So why is it dropping at 4800, fuel issues? Or don't know yet?
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Old Oct 14, 2004 | 07:29 PM
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long time comming, congratulations... another 10 second street car in the works.
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Old Oct 14, 2004 | 09:51 PM
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It's good to see you finally hit the track, nice run I hope I was able to help in some areas but it looks like you are well on the road to getting it sorted out
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Old Oct 14, 2004 | 10:33 PM
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Glad to hear you're back on track. Get that thing debugged! Get'er done!
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Old Oct 14, 2004 | 10:55 PM
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Awesome, keep chipping away at it. Sounds like you have some awesome help to turn too, he'll get you figured out.
10's are just around the corner for you.
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thanx guys,as alot of you know its been a long road
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Old Oct 16, 2004 | 10:06 AM
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what was the problem that you found that found the lost horsepower?
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Old Oct 16, 2004 | 01:36 PM
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So why is it dropping at 4800, fuel issues? Or don't know yet?
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I would guess valve float.
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Old Oct 16, 2004 | 07:17 PM
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my thoughts exactly,new cam and springs going in shortly
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