not happy at all, might decide to sell
12-14-2008, 11:06 PM
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not happy at all, might decide to sell I have a 2000 WS6 Formula I ran 12.8's with and could stay behind a c5 by 3 cars and to a camaro that my friend has by about 5 well I installed NGK55 plugs MSD wires and a BBK SS1 intake manifold, I lost a *** load of torque, its like the car got married and lost its *****. I however only lose by about 2 cars to the C5 and can stay with the camaro on the high end.
I want to know what is so fucked up with the car I thought I should nain both HP and Torque with the new plugs, cleaning the motor out a lil, and the intake wtf gives. I have recently not liked my car and I can tell you this I almost lost to a Charger R/t tonight, if I would have I would have sold the car for a dollar.
I want to know what is so fucked up with the car I thought I should nain both HP and Torque with the new plugs, cleaning the motor out a lil, and the intake wtf gives. I have recently not liked my car and I can tell you this I almost lost to a Charger R/t tonight, if I would have I would have sold the car for a dollar.
12-14-2008, 11:21 PM
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FTRA and magnaflow catback thats it
The car rean steady 12.8's at atco one night and tonight I couldn't keep up with the 13.5 cars
and no ne better try telling me the street make a whole second on a difference because it simply doesnt when you have less the 400 horse. tires werent chriping(auto)couldnt EVEN DO A BURNOUT I CAN NOT DO A BURNOUT I REPEAT I CAN:T DO A BURNOUT my car use to burn out in third gear at the track
The car rean steady 12.8's at atco one night and tonight I couldn't keep up with the 13.5 cars
and no ne better try telling me the street make a whole second on a difference because it simply doesnt when you have less the 400 horse. tires werent chriping(auto)couldnt EVEN DO A BURNOUT I CAN NOT DO A BURNOUT I REPEAT I CAN:T DO A BURNOUT my car use to burn out in third gear at the track
12-14-2008, 11:23 PM
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still wanna sell for a $1? hell, i'll even give you $20 
sux but sometimes mods dont always work as planned, that extra air you added prolly just doesn't have any fuel to go with it yet, get a tune and im sure the car will wake up, is it running decently otherwise? if not you could have a vacume leak or something else going on
sounds like something is up, check your fuel pressure and deffinetly check for vacume leaks
sux but sometimes mods dont always work as planned, that extra air you added prolly just doesn't have any fuel to go with it yet, get a tune and im sure the car will wake up, is it running decently otherwise? if not you could have a vacume leak or something else going on
sounds like something is up, check your fuel pressure and deffinetly check for vacume leaks
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12-14-2008, 11:34 PM
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8 MPG??? OUCH!!! Not sure on how much you will put th the wheels or how much your mpg will change but if you upgrade intake you need to upgrade exhaust. Otherwise you will see minimal results. I think youll see a huge difference if you get LT's and good exhaust. Get a Good tune also that might help significantly with your MPG.
12-14-2008, 11:36 PM
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yeah dude if your getting 8mph on stock internals, no gears or a stall there is something seriously wrong going on.
my car has less mods than you as far as engine goes and if im rolling and i slam it im all over the place lol.
my car has less mods than you as far as engine goes and if im rolling and i slam it im all over the place lol.
12-14-2008, 11:41 PM
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All you people need to chill the hell out.
You have a car with EFI.
You modded the car to give the car MORE AIR FLOW.
Now, your stock tune is effectively junk, and is trying to compensate by giving the car a metric fuckton of fuel. Hence, your mileage/power issue.
So calm down, don't sell your car, buy longtubes, and have it tuned.
BTW, the search function is your friend.
You have a car with EFI.
You modded the car to give the car MORE AIR FLOW.
Now, your stock tune is effectively junk, and is trying to compensate by giving the car a metric fuckton of fuel. Hence, your mileage/power issue.
So calm down, don't sell your car, buy longtubes, and have it tuned.
BTW, the search function is your friend.
12-14-2008, 11:43 PM
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what did you gap your plugs at? I replaced mine with AC delcos that were speced to .060 and it ran like ****, i checked the old NKGs and they were gapped at .050. so i replaced the AC delcos with NKGs at .050 and it ran 1000000 times better. Also your manifold isnt doing donky dick for you because you arnt moving the air any faster out of your car.... in other words you will only benefit from the intake if you have full exhaust. your stock manifolds are restrictive and not having a tune with your new manifold is throwing the computer off... i could be completely wrong but it sounds like u F-ed something up.
12-14-2008, 11:46 PM
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Dang, 8 MPG? I would say, like others, check for leaks, fuel pressure, fuel filter?? Then definitely an exhaust and a tune to get rid of al that air the car's inhaling.. Good luck to ya bro, but before you decide to sell it, just think.. there are children in Africa starving for an LS1