Mikey 97Z M6

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Man I wished I could swing that. It's already going to be pretty tight enough just getting the machine work done though. I hate not having a job..... Besides, I already got the pistons and they're non-returnable.

Mike

musicman

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Not sure what machine work you need done, but the shop that is part of the Baxters in Delta park does good work for cheap. It's a small shop though, so they're a little slower than others.

zlicious94

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Happy new year guys! Hope everyone is safe and has fun cause 2010 is gonna be a kickass year for muscle cars and friends. Cheers mates

Tyler_LS1

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Happy New Year everybody! zlicious94 is right 2010 is gonna rock

musicman

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Happy new years everyone, may we all get some awesome new PB's in 2010. And goodbye 2009, land of yesterday in a few hours.Goodbye to all the breakdowns and headaches, time for a clean slate.

Mikey 97Z M6

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Somers Automotive Machine here in Vancouver does my machine work. I've had them do all my cylinder head valve machining and flow bench testing for the last 10 years or so. With a full facility engine dyno and Superflow cylinder head flow bench, they have one of the best reputations around.

Happy New Year everyone!!!

Mike

02sslayer

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happy new year everyone! i spent my new year in spokane with my girlfreind with her and her fam. my first spokane trip but nice town i must say. my new years was kinda lame though, went to bed by ten lol. ive never done that before. did anyone have or go to any cool party's?

tmoney223

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Happy new years everyone!!! No good party here eathier.

Hey does anyone know of a somewhat cheap dyno tuning place? Every where I look is about 155 an hour and they say it takes about 4 hours!!!!! BULLSHIT I SAY!!!

Rockin C Racing

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Did you check with Wong? I didn't think he was that much per hour, but the 4 hours sounds right.

94lt1white_bird

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whats up oregon guys im usually on ls1lt1.com but anyways...

im in SE portland and working in baxter auto parts on 112th and sandy

we have a really nice machine shop ... ernie is the guy who did all my block machine work and man does he do some impressive work id recommend him to anyone


anyways any meets comin up looking forward to some fun times with all of ya'll lol

zlicious94

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Whats up man! Not much going on in the winters with the fbodys but fixin em from last years beatings lol! Last year we had our first real cruise in april I believe? Hillsburrito to vancouver lake for some racin Stay in touch there is definetly gonna be some fun stuff this spring and summer of 2010!!!

94lt1white_bird

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oh i guess i have it all backwards cuz i had mine all tore apart in the summer now its ready to go in the winter lol

but yeah ill keep in touch for sure

99blancoSS

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$450 -$500 is a fairly standard price for a dyno tune and I have never seen it take 4 hours Usually 45 minutes once its strapped down and it's good to go. ( the rest the time is spent BS'ing)

I think if shops would just say it's a flat rate it would alleviate questions. Your paying for their experience and talent to tune your car and you accept it for that. Most of the time the tuner has files from a previous car that is close to your setup and it takes them 15 minutes at most to tweak it.

95CamaroLS1

Hey guys I am looking into some headers for my LS1 swap into my 95 Z28.

I am thinking about Texas speed 1 7/8" long tube headers into a straight exhaust.

What do you guys think about the straight exhaust system? Or just no cats but glass packs/muffler?

And i have been reading up on the straight exhaust and people sayin the back pressure will make you lose hp and all that. But other sites sayin the hp loss is not significant and you get low rpm torque?

Thanks guys
-Karl

02sslayer

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1 7/8 headers are good if big power, cubes or boost is in mind pace setter is pretty good for the buck. if you go with true dual make sure to route into an xpipe

zlicious94

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Tru duals w/xpipe ftw!!!

Mikey 97Z M6

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I can say from experience that tuning electronic fuel injection isn't exactly easy to do. If it were, then everybody would be doing it. With that being said, if you care to spend countless hours reading up on tuning it yourself, then you could just buy the tuning software and do it yourself for about the same price as a tuner shop charges for a dyno tune.

As for taking four hours to tune a car, kinda depends what all is being done. If all the customer wants is topend tuning at WOT, then yes, 45 minutes to an hour on a dyno would do it. The problem is that most people want it to idle nice and drive great at 5mph in a parking lot, and that is where the extra 3 hours is spent. Tuning WOT is pretty basic, tuning for good drivability is an art form.

Mike

Mikey 97Z M6

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Welcome to the party. Tell us more about your car.

Mike

musicman

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Tuning is complicated, I've got HPT pro, and I usually end up cussing the laptop out more times than not, lol. After I get the blower on, it's going to Wong, simply because his experience will bring everything out of that thing it has, important with 6 pistons.

Hey Mike, got a question for you. We've got our old 351c block that lost a rod last season sitting on a stand, lucky us it came out the pan. But we're looking at over boring it and putting some sleeves in it for a backup engine (worst damage is a heavily scored cylinder). Just to get a feeling of it, how much did it cost you to sleeve the block? Different engines, but I'm curious.

Mikey 97Z M6

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You would need to call a machine shop for that quote. To install the Darton sleeves (all 8 of them) is around 1200.00 in labor alone but it's done on a huge CNC machine. The LS Darton sleeves cost around 190.00/each, if you're doing the math in your head, then you have an idea why I was so bummed about losing that block.... I have no idea what a typical sleeve would cost for a Ford engine. Does it need all 8 sleeved?

Mike