Daily Driver or Turbo???
08-02-2008, 02:27 PM
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I've seen hondas put down better numbers than your car. How about you just sell your car and get one. All of my mods on my car vs. all of your, I guarantee we've spent close to the same amount on mods. If you wanna factor in the car, I'll guarantee I've spent 4-6K less than you and you can do your math to who will win that race.
I would definately race you, and if I lost i would congratulate you on building a fast car. I don't know what numbers you put down, and frankly I don't care. You said yourself, your kit is essentially custom. Everybody knows that FI is the way to go if you want to put down big numbers on a stock cubed car, that is not the point.
The point is that my car is working (i.e. not on blocks) 365 days a year. I don't have ground clearence issues, and for the most part can run all day without having to stop for cool-down periods. Not saying its better/worse than your car, just saying that we may have different goals.
08-02-2008, 04:20 PM
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If you check out my pics you won't even see the turbo looking behind it so there is 0 ground clearance issues. The only way you can tell it is turboed is the FMIC which I chose to leave exposed. My car is extremely reliable with the exception of fuel pump issues but that any f-body, and what the hell are you talking about heat soak? That is not an issue when it comes to a rear mount turboed car. I actually leave my car on when sitting in the staging lanes to keep the exhaust flowing to the turbo as hot as possible. As far as nitrous, you are correct when it comes to HP per dollar, no argument from me there.
08-02-2008, 04:31 PM
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im gonna buy a procharger.. there.. end of arguement.
caleb no reason to argue with landonnew.. he obviously knows nothing about the STS kit if he is saying it is going to have to have a cool down period form being heatsoaked......
o and as far as calebs car goes.. like he said look at pics he has no ground clearance issues..... hey caleb when you get your car from FL you could stop by for a short race with landonnew???? hes in AL.
caleb no reason to argue with landonnew.. he obviously knows nothing about the STS kit if he is saying it is going to have to have a cool down period form being heatsoaked......
o and as far as calebs car goes.. like he said look at pics he has no ground clearance issues..... hey caleb when you get your car from FL you could stop by for a short race with landonnew???? hes in AL.
08-02-2008, 06:30 PM
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im gonna buy a procharger.. there.. end of arguement.
caleb no reason to argue with landonnew.. he obviously knows nothing about the STS kit if he is saying it is going to have to have a cool down period form being heatsoaked......
o and as far as calebs car goes.. like he said look at pics he has no ground clearance issues..... hey caleb when you get your car from FL you could stop by for a short race with landonnew???? hes in AL.
caleb no reason to argue with landonnew.. he obviously knows nothing about the STS kit if he is saying it is going to have to have a cool down period form being heatsoaked......
o and as far as calebs car goes.. like he said look at pics he has no ground clearance issues..... hey caleb when you get your car from FL you could stop by for a short race with landonnew???? hes in AL.
LOL.. I'm down for the race should be fun.
Your right i don't know much about the STS kit. I guess i am just brain wahed from seeing 5 threads a week in the FI section saying how it blows. When someone asks about it or considers getting it all the FI guys tell them not to waste their time. I thought most turbo cars dealt with some degree of heat soak, but maybe the sts kit is not as bad as others since its location is in the rear. I have heard that other people have clearence issues with sts, but maybe it is not a problem for some people.
My question to you is HOW could something that gets that many bad reviews be a quality product???? Bad installation may be the culprit OCCASSIONALLY, but time after time??? I find it pretty unlikely that all the problems stem from operator error.
Anyhow, because my knowledge about is somewhat limited i will avoid the "knee jerk" reaction and not relay what i have read in other threads.
Anyhow, good luck with the build, whatever it is you decide to do and let us know how it turns out.
08-03-2008, 02:36 AM
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LOL.. I'm down for the race should be fun.
Your right i don't know much about the STS kit. I guess i am just brain wahed from seeing 5 threads a week in the FI section saying how it blows. When someone asks about it or considers getting it all the FI guys tell them not to waste their time. I thought most turbo cars dealt with some degree of heat soak, but maybe the sts kit is not as bad as others since its location is in the rear. I have heard that other people have clearence issues with sts, but maybe it is not a problem for some people.
My question to you is HOW could something that gets that many bad reviews be a quality product???? Bad installation may be the culprit OCCASSIONALLY, but time after time??? I find it pretty unlikely that all the problems stem from operator error.
Anyhow, because my knowledge about is somewhat limited i will avoid the "knee jerk" reaction and not relay what i have read in other threads.
Anyhow, good luck with the build, whatever it is you decide to do and let us know how it turns out.
Your right i don't know much about the STS kit. I guess i am just brain wahed from seeing 5 threads a week in the FI section saying how it blows. When someone asks about it or considers getting it all the FI guys tell them not to waste their time. I thought most turbo cars dealt with some degree of heat soak, but maybe the sts kit is not as bad as others since its location is in the rear. I have heard that other people have clearence issues with sts, but maybe it is not a problem for some people.
My question to you is HOW could something that gets that many bad reviews be a quality product???? Bad installation may be the culprit OCCASSIONALLY, but time after time??? I find it pretty unlikely that all the problems stem from operator error.
Anyhow, because my knowledge about is somewhat limited i will avoid the "knee jerk" reaction and not relay what i have read in other threads.
Anyhow, good luck with the build, whatever it is you decide to do and let us know how it turns out.
anyways, im going with a procharger. ill let everyone know how it goes... should be done within the next 1-2months.
08-03-2008, 08:14 PM
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Because you bought the kit from STS and didn't fab the kit yourself or your a manual. PERIOD.
I'll agree with the bashers that "STS" kit blows but the theory of a rear-mount does not "blow". If you still say that rear-mounts suck, your pretty much saying that Zombie's car is a 8 sec. POS????
I'll agree with the bashers that "STS" kit blows but the theory of a rear-mount does not "blow". If you still say that rear-mounts suck, your pretty much saying that Zombie's car is a 8 sec. POS????
08-03-2008, 11:31 PM
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haha... anyways, kept researching and searching and searching and searching.... im going to go with a little bit smalle cam for gas mileage reasons a nice set of heads and intake some 3.73s and some nitrous.... a lot cheaper and just as fast if not faster.. especially in the 1/8.. just not from rolls.. but you gotta have one or the other unless im spending biig bucks..
08-04-2008, 03:19 PM
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like artic white! haha...
anyways, kept researching and searching and searching and searching.... im going to go with a little bit smalle cam for gas mileage reasons a nice set of heads and intake some 3.73s and some nitrous.... a lot cheaper and just as fast if not faster.. especially in the 1/8.. just not from rolls.. but you gotta have one or the other unless im spending biig bucks..
haha... anyways, kept researching and searching and searching and searching.... im going to go with a little bit smalle cam for gas mileage reasons a nice set of heads and intake some 3.73s and some nitrous.... a lot cheaper and just as fast if not faster.. especially in the 1/8.. just not from rolls.. but you gotta have one or the other unless im spending biig bucks..
08-04-2008, 04:21 PM
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im getting rid of it... im gonna go with just a tad bit bigger cam than he has, and go with just a little bit better heads.. cause i know hell go with an ms3 or something later and im hoping that my better heads will help me out.
08-05-2008, 01:41 PM
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J/K. What heads are you thinking of going with?
