Am I missing anything?
Am I missing anything? I am trying to get the most out of the bolt-ons as possible.
Sitting next to me are a set of QTP Headers and an LS6 intake ready to go on.
The car already has:
A Magnaflow Catback
Ported TB
Lid
Smooth Bellows
The car will also get a custom Y with a full dyno tune.
I want to stay away from the electric water pumps and underdrive pullies.
Question is am I leaving anything out that I can add to take advantage of the tune I will be investing in?
Sitting next to me are a set of QTP Headers and an LS6 intake ready to go on.
The car already has:
A Magnaflow Catback
Ported TB
Lid
Smooth Bellows
The car will also get a custom Y with a full dyno tune.
I want to stay away from the electric water pumps and underdrive pullies.
Question is am I leaving anything out that I can add to take advantage of the tune I will be investing in?
Get a 160* thermostat and throw it in before the tune. Get them to re-program your fans to come on earlier.
Why are you turned away from an UD pulley? They are a great mod. They free up some power and extend the life of your accessories (by 25%!
). If you have a large stereo or something, you could put on an overdrive alternator pulley.
Why are you turned away from an UD pulley? They are a great mod. They free up some power and extend the life of your accessories (by 25%!
). If you have a large stereo or something, you could put on an overdrive alternator pulley.
Originally Posted by TheBlurLS1
Get a 160* thermostat and throw it in before the tune. Get them to re-program your fans to come on earlier.
Why are you turned away from an UD pulley? They are a great mod. They free up some power and extend the life of your accessories (by 25%! ). If you have a large stereo or something, you could put on an overdrive alternator pulley.
Why are you turned away from an UD pulley? They are a great mod. They free up some power and extend the life of your accessories (by 25%!
). If you have a large stereo or something, you could put on an overdrive alternator pulley.
Originally Posted by 1slowls1
yeah i have been wondering about that myself, is it necessary to use the overdrive pulley for the alternator, if its a 6spd or only a a4. Just curious, I need enough power to run a jl 12 w7 its been done already with my car but now im switching over to a 25% u/d pulley and im curious.
You might be able to get away with running just a straight UD pulley. If you drive around all the time with the stereo blasting, you might run into problems. No real way to tell untill you do it. I got trapped in the drive-thru at Taco Bell one night for 45 minutes camming ***** and with the fans on, no charging problems at all. I doubt you'll have a problem with the M6.
Yeah, I just heard mixed reviews. I know alot of people on these boards run them, but for the saftey of not having to worry about any charging issues (also I live in AZ not so cool all the time) I would rather put the money towards the next project with H/C.
I am open to suggestions though.
I am open to suggestions though.
I did some searching on the forums and some have noticed a problem with the power steering at low RPM levels. I can forsee that as a problem as it is not recieving as much power from the engine from before.
Is this a problem with all underdrive pullies?
Is this a problem with all underdrive pullies?
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Originally Posted by sdbrown84
Is your car an M6?
Chuck over at HPE tuned my car, he did an outstanding job.
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Get the underdrive pulley.
I have over 1200 watts (900 to the sub) rms in my system and have almost your exact setup but with an underdrive pulley. Recently my alternator took a crap and I replaced it with a high output one and bumped the idle to about 850. Everything works fine. Also the high output alternator has an underdrive pulley on it. Less resistance and possibly a couple more hp.
I have over 1200 watts (900 to the sub) rms in my system and have almost your exact setup but with an underdrive pulley. Recently my alternator took a crap and I replaced it with a high output one and bumped the idle to about 850. Everything works fine. Also the high output alternator has an underdrive pulley on it. Less resistance and possibly a couple more hp.