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Mar 16, 2008 | 10:05 PM

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CO99Z28Vert

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Hey hows everything going?

Did you get it up and running yet?

Mar 16, 2008 | 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by CO99Z28Vert

Hey hows everything going?

Did you get it up and running yet?

Yes it's up and running. I just re-did the vacuum wiring today with the new catch can and check valve. I have to finish my boost gauge and fuel pressure gauge wiring and then tuesday morning it's off to Speed Inc.

Mar 16, 2008 | 10:30 PM

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Very cool - glad you got the major stuff sorted out. Now comes the fun time...

Jim

Mar 18, 2008 | 02:18 PM

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Alrighty here's the last few pics of the gauges, and a couple more of the motor. Also just took it to Speed Inc for a dyno tune.....results below:

Mar 18, 2008 | 02:31 PM

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After all that hard work it must feel great to see those results.

That's a nice flat torque curve, nice linear steady horsepower curve
and a nice safe and steady tune on the a/f ratio.

schaweet.

Mar 18, 2008 | 08:44 PM

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Good results Eric!

Mar 18, 2008 | 11:01 PM

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Thanks guys.

Mar 18, 2008 | 11:05 PM

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Dude thats very nice!
It makes me even more anxious now. I gotta ask, what all is done to your car? Is it all stock?

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Mar 18, 2008 | 11:32 PM

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looked pretty stock in the pics. imagine the numbers youll get with some lts and a cam and intake.

Mar 19, 2008 | 08:07 AM

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Mods are catback only. A cam and some lts will be nice, probably some time in the future.

Mar 19, 2008 | 10:01 AM

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how much psi???

congrats on the successful install.

Mar 19, 2008 | 10:09 AM

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very clean install, i was expecting more power than that, but i didn't realize your car is almost 100% stock besides the charger. nice car!!!

Mar 19, 2008 | 10:36 AM

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how much psi???

congrats on the successful install.

They didn't say what the psi was on it's dyno. With the pulley it's somewhere between 7-8 psi. It was raining too much yesterday to really get on it but for the little that I did on the interstate I saw around 6 lbs, not taking it all the way up.

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very clean install, i was expecting more power than that, but i didn't realize your car is almost 100% stock besides the charger. nice car!!!

Honestly, it's about exactly what I was expecting and hoping for. I had a 125 shot on before this and knew I wanted to feel that range of power any time I put the pedal down.