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Old Sep 21, 2006 | 07:17 PM
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Okay this may sound a bit childish especially for a 30 year old but I am just curious to as why. I have an 02 trans Am only 27K on it with the LS1 and it has the following supporting mods Patriot LS6 CNCed heads with 59cc chambers, A comp cams S13 224, 224, 581 ,581 114 lobe sep. It also was tuned by HPTuners, has magnaflow catback, 3.73 gears, its an auto, K&N panel filter, lower box mod, and 8.5 MSD wires. Now thats what i have done as of last night I also have pacesetter coated longtubes new Y-pipe and SLP lid that will be here tomarrow. Thing pulls HARD after about 2600 RPMs all the way to redline but from a stop the darn thing will not fry the tires and i thought that it would with all those mods. Now I have a stock stall that will change in a few weeks as well as NOS. But I didnt know if this is normal and why?? I am pretty sure the shortblock is in great shape it did have a bit of carbon buildup on the pistons and looks like the oil was not changed often but I have flushed the system and added a can of good ole 44K whatelse would help clean out the combustion chambers?? Please put my mind at ease here, I will be putting in a MS 4 camshaft when I get a stall to handle the lift and duration. Thanks guys for any help. I guess I should also add that it has brand spankin new Toyo Proxie 4 tires all the way around 245/50/16 they are pretty sticky and was told they grip very well.
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Old Sep 21, 2006 | 08:08 PM
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A convertor will fix that!!
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Old Sep 21, 2006 | 08:40 PM
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Yeah I heard that will help alot haha, also I went out there and was checkin some of the work cause me an a few friends put it all together last night and it was a pain we worked from 10PM till 7 this morning installing heads and cam, it was tiring so between not being quite awake my buddy forgot to tighten all the intake bolts in fact 7 were finger tight while 3 were snug so i tightened up and it ran alot better.
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Old Sep 22, 2006 | 10:29 AM
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ttt common guys anyone know what I can use to clean things up
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Old Sep 22, 2006 | 12:10 PM
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A4's are always sluggish without a stall from a stop. You really don't need to look any further. Just get a like a 3600 stall if you're using nitrous, and be done with it. You'll be roasting those tires in no time.
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Did you leave your traction control on?
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If not then it sounds kinda like your bogging, is your tune spot on? Also, as everyone has mentioned the stall will help but I know I can roast the tires on my buddies bolt on a4 with a stock stall...
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