355z28

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yeah i know its not that fact it that it will be a fair race, its the fact that the wedsday we had our first get together i was driving my buddies formula and I stopped at a gas station to get something to eat and when i came back out he was driving by at like 2 mph then stared at me and did a burnout...Stuff like that bothers me...

oh and you can call me Emry, or Austin what ever you can remember

01FbTaWs6

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****** eh scott, that is wierd!! When I pulled that plug, it was wet with fuel, I swear to god. But atleast you got it figured out man! And we could smell fuel too, crazy.

matsarge

Since Omaha is a short trip for us, I thought I'd give you guys some feedback in my experience at C&S Motorsports yesterday.

Tom Van Vugt is the main tech there and he is a class act who definitely knows his stuff. Did the work at the right speed, didn't charge me for time he wasn't working on the car and did a fantastic job. Had the tranny and rear-end fluids replaced w/ Royal Purple, car shifts alot better and the common Corvette "rear-end rattle" is gone.

Dropped the car all the way on the stock bolts in the front and all the way in the back plus remove a section of the rear bushing. Looks great, probably dropped an inch all around.

Now the good stuff. Main reason for taking it there was to have the car re-tuned. I had the mod work done and the car tuned when it only had 290 miles on it and it has 17K now so it was time since the engine was broken in.

Here are the results:
Base pull - 341.5 RWHP @ 6000 / 332.1 RWTQ @ 4900
Final pull after the re-tune: 381.2 RWHP @ 6100 / 353.3 RWTQ @ 4800

Difference: + 39.7 RWHP / + 21.2 RWTQ

As the engine broke in, it was taking in more air and running lean and he was seeing alot of knock retard which was killing power. He made some nice adjustments to the timing and I can feel a difference in every gear including 6th.

Big difference in peak power, from 2900-5000, there is only about a 15-20HP difference, before and after. The best difference is in the "meaty" part of the HP curve where you want to see it. Before from 5000-6150, HP would jump from 316-340 (24HP). Now from 5000-6150, it jumps from 333-381 (48HP) and you can feel the difference.

Big difference in the torque band too. Even though the max tq. only increased by 21, I'm seeing a 32 RWTQ increase at 2900 and a 37 RWTQ increase at 6150. Basically, the torque curve is stronger, a little flatter and pulling harder and for a longer period then before. Before from 5000-6150, TQ would drop about 40 lbs., now it only drops about 20 lbs.

Figuring in the loss on the dyno, the motor is putting out 477HP and 442TQ at the flywheel. That's a 77HP and 42TQ increase from stock with nothing but headers, x-pipe, CAI, ported TB and intake and a tune. Pure bolt-ons mods.

Bottom line, I spent about 6 hours there yesterday and couldn't be happier with the results. If you need work done on your cars you should definitely talk to Tom @ C&S.

Screamer27

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So scott, want to come over and help pull the tank and rear end in my 88 Iroc, I have a fuel leak too Just kinda dreading pulling the tank, on a older leaky/rusty car

M6WS6

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Alright, anyone from Ames area going down to these get togethers? I have been wanting to, but I dont have my car here, and the bike I would just feel lonely and out of place. My roomate brought his TA up this past weekend, so maybe I can talk him into going. Otherwise I think I will be getting mine the weekend after school is out and have it here for a couple of weeks. Damn gas prices make it a bitch too.

Anyone here know who drives the Black Firehawk in Ames? Saw it for the first time yesterday.

Again, anyone from Ames heading to these GTG I would be interested in hanging out for a night. Have to let me know of leaving times etc. I will aid in gas if need be. Just want to get out and meet some Fbody fans.

caged02

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Trap door mod

Shinigami2x4

I saw it yesterday as well. A while back at the start of the year i seen it but never again after that. Dont know who drives it buts its one clean car.

BCNUL8R

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matsarge...congrats on the results! That's some good power with bolt ons.

Unstang

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Looks even better dropped! Nice numbers too.

V8bamf

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where is it gunna be tomorrow???

jay_dub87

all 4 of my o2 sensors crapped out at the same time.... I replaced the two but am waiting to replace the other rears. If you go to summit they have them for $49 each... (they DID anyways) I printed it out, took it to Advanced, and they matched it...

however, advanced refused to sell me 4 sensors.... they kept telling me my car only has two (i'm a 21 year old blonde chick... guys dont take me seriously there).....

rediculous.

but they're easy to replace

355z28

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lol everyparts store says that, finally i got pissed and took all four of them out and brought them all in, they still told me that there were only 2, i was like then how do you explain the FOUR i took out...uh uh, oh WOW there to different part numbers look at that lol.

I just hate going into parts stores now, because i worked at oriellys for 3 years, and i know what they can and cant get or have. It just drives me nuts when they say they cant get this or that when i know they probably have it in stock.

gixxer92

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Advanced will price match against the web so print out a sale price off the internet and took it to the store. Bosch sensor for a 1997 4-runner $118. Price matched through google's product search via the part number, I came up with 71 per O2.

They were going to charge me for the shipping, I said that since there was no tax on the internet buy they could charge me the normal price and the tax would come up to what it cost to have them shipped.

355z28

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is anything going on tonight???

Unstang

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Rookies on 63rd Street. Not sure how many are coming out...They had bike night there last night, they were advertising it though.

Camaro Z

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I'd really like to come, gas is kickin my *** though! Think I'm gonna sell my Silverado to get a car with better MPG's till I get out of school

355z28

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naw dude dont do that! just buy your self a cheap little beater car! some little alero or somthin.

Eric91Z

Anyone on here with a NBM LS1 WS6 that was in West Des Moines today? I was heading down Jordan Creek Pkwy on my way home for lunch and say a very nice one with 2 guys in it.

If you are on here I just wanted to say: Nice car!

355z28

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Ill try to make it out, im changing back over to my stock rocker arms instead of my 1.6RR's for some reason there to loud and keep giving me false knock dunno why they have plenty of oil.

Camaro Z

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Yeah went down that road already I had a little ranger I sold a couple months ago, but don't want another car payment or insurance payment so we'll see