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Old Jun 3, 2005 | 02:39 PM
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Wink STS on built 4.8

01 Silverado ,forged 4.8 with 8.5-1 compression,ported stock heads,216 Cam,STS T67 Turbo with custom front mount intercooler,built A4,4.11 gears.

The pull was at 15lbs and was laughing at the boost/high timing.Also tuned with 89 octain gas (thanks Matt )

This is just a baseline to get started.After some little stuff is fixed we'll be upping the boost///alot

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Old Jun 3, 2005 | 02:42 PM
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beautiful don! 89 octane gas? poor truck!
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Old Jun 3, 2005 | 02:46 PM
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Nice numbers! The setup looks pretty sweet too! 89 octane!!
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Old Jun 3, 2005 | 03:25 PM
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That truck sounded awesome last night, badass numbers too.
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Old Jun 3, 2005 | 03:27 PM
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very stought don i think matt will be more than happy

but why 89
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Old Jun 3, 2005 | 04:56 PM
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wow, insane numbers for a 4.8 i cant wait to see what happens when you guys up the boost
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Old Jun 3, 2005 | 06:03 PM
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Nice! Another Slowhawk STS kit and tune = Awesome!! How do the dyno charts compare between the Maggie and the STS??
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Old Jun 3, 2005 | 09:09 PM
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Ya Don is the MAN!!!!! It had 89 in it because that is what I was running in it to break it in. I was in a eush to get it down there and forgot to fill it with 93. I cant wait to see what the thing makes with 93 octane and the few other tweeks.
Oh and the blow off valve is freakin loud It is under the hood right where the stock air box was. It get addicting.
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Old Jun 3, 2005 | 09:18 PM
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Ya Don is the MAN!!!!! It had 89 in it because that is what I was running in it to break it in. I was in a eush to get it down there and forgot to fill it with 93. I cant wait to see what the thing makes with 93 octane and the few other tweeks.
Oh and the blow off valve is freakin loud It is under the hood right where the stock air box was. It get addicting.
Sure does get addicting. Everytime I hear of another STS kit being installed I miss my Trans Am more and more!
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Old Jun 3, 2005 | 09:29 PM
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Congrats Matt and Don. Way to go!!! That truck is amazing!!!! Now get some real gas in it and get some new #'s and some track times on it.
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Old Jun 3, 2005 | 10:27 PM
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Wow.. what a jump in power!
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Old Jun 3, 2005 | 10:48 PM
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That's a good looking truck.
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Old Jun 4, 2005 | 09:51 AM
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Don strikes again
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Old Jun 4, 2005 | 05:40 PM
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I think we'll end up at 18-20lbs of boost when we are done Also the inlet temps were a joke.At 14lbs on the street the temp only went to 90 degree's going through 3 gears
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Old Jun 4, 2005 | 06:41 PM
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Hey Don. I didnt know the intercooler was going on something that bad ***.
Truck looks great!
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Old Jun 5, 2005 | 08:50 AM
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Matt, cant wait to see that setup at the track. Nice tourque numbers. Doesnt it seem like forever to break in the engine?
Good luck with it.
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Old Jun 5, 2005 | 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by BrentC5
Matt, cant wait to see that setup at the track. Nice tourque numbers. Doesnt it seem like forever to break in the engine?
Good luck with it.
YES!!!!! I had to break it in while I was still in school. That only gave me saturday and sundays to break it in. I did it though. Had 1374 miles on the engine when Don molested it in the best way possible
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Old Jun 5, 2005 | 08:10 PM
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Originally Posted by LTNKLR01
YES!!!!! I had to break it in while I was still in school. That only gave me saturday and sundays to break it in. I did it though. Had 1374 miles on the engine when Don molested it in the best way possible

glad to see it back on the road,

sounds really cool.
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Old Jun 6, 2005 | 09:15 AM
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I heard someone with a Turbo 4.8 truck was schooling modded Lightnings yesterday
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Old Jun 6, 2005 | 09:21 AM
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He should get a sticker "powered by 89 octane"
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