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Old 07-21-2013, 04:52 AM
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Did some fun runs tonight. I want to do a rematch with the R1 when i get my new 325/50/15's on (fenders getting rolled tomorrow ) and adding some more boost. Starting in 3rd gear sucks. Pulls felt a lot longer in person lol.. Hopefully a rematch soon as well between the 240 and the 3rd gen. 240 was having some traction issues. Anyway, enjoy!



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Nice vid.. Some nice rides.
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Nice vid, good to see y'all hold it down up there with the 3 months of race time you have per year. lol
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Originally Posted by KFC_Or_Bust
Nice vid, good to see y'all hold it down up there with the 3 months of race time you have per year. lol
Tell me about it, the scene has been kinda crappy here for about the past 2 years too.. hopefully things will begin making a comeback.
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Good **** dude! Please make more videos!
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Nice runs man, car looks like it's running strong!
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Nice vid man. Bet you are having fun with that twin setup
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Nice vid man. Bet you are having fun with that twin setup
I really am.. even more so since yesterday with real tires out back. There are some pretty fast cars around here i want a shot at - 700hp evo, whipple an kb cobras, couple supras etc. Should be fun. Havent made videos in a while, feels good to be back in the saddle
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Nice, how much boost are you pushing and what fuel do you run? I had issues breaking up when pushing 13psi so I had to tighten up the gap on the plugs and also trying colder b8efs plugs. I need to have Joe fab me a better kit. The headers I have from stainless works are a bitch to get at the plugs. Luckily i didn't have to drop the hotside to get at them. Just a lot of swearing. lol
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Nice, how much boost are you pushing and what fuel do you run? I had issues breaking up when pushing 13psi so I had to tighten up the gap on the plugs and also trying colder b8efs plugs. I need to have Joe fab me a better kit. The headers I have from stainless works are a bitch to get at the plugs. Luckily i didn't have to drop the hotside to get at them. Just a lot of swearing. lol
My peak boost according to the EB2 the other night for these runs was 11.7 psi.. im running 93 pump. I also run TR7 plugs. I can probably get away with about 13-14 psi now but I think i am going to be running out of injector soon. People have been having good luck with the ID1000's but i have had others tell me to go with a driver box and low imp injectors.
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Would you ever consider running e85? If not then you'd probably be alright with 80lbers or the ID1000's. I'm on 95lbers and out of injector but I'm on e85.
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Would you ever consider running e85? If not then you'd probably be alright with 80lbers or the ID1000's. I'm on 95lbers and out of injector but I'm on e85.
Probably not on the TA as it would involve me re-doign most of my fuel system... but I may run E85 on the mustang with the carb whenever i get that done. There is an E85 station near my house, one of the few in the area.
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Man if you have quick access to a station i'd really consider it before you put money into your injectors. Just from a quality prospective, ethanol is just such a better fuel to run on our FI setups. Where 93 octane at your boost levels are toward their fuel limitations, e85 has the headroom to keep everything safe and healthy providing it's not crappy e70 or fluctuates the blend. Poor mans racegas FTW!!!!
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Might be something to consider over the winter. I was thinking about going with some aftermarket heads and intake as well.. hmm..
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Seeing all these good races makes me wanna have my car together that much faster! Nice races
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What do you have right now for intake and heads? Can't remember if you had a forged bottom end, but that would definitely be worth going to. I run the 317 heads and ls6 intake but would do many other things before i'd worry about switching those out IMHO.
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Originally Posted by willizm
What do you have right now for intake and heads? Can't remember if you had a forged bottom end, but that would definitely be worth going to. I run the 317 heads and ls6 intake but would do many other things before i'd worry about switching those out IMHO.
Forged motor but I do have 317 heads and an ls6
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Originally Posted by jt76
Probably not on the TA as it would involve me re-doign most of my fuel system... but I may run E85 on the mustang with the carb whenever i get that done. There is an E85 station near my house, one of the few in the area.

Sick ride man. If I where you. I would use whatever you could from the WS6 for the mustang(probably not much based on the seeing your going carb)and keep the stang 93 and invest in a fuel system capable to handle E85. It would probably be one of the best moves you made other them putting a set of FM10's on the car . Seriously man, it's amazing.

Quick reference, other then running it in my TT car and everyone I know around here using it,...I decided to run it in my flex fuel Tahoe. I have an 87oct Diablosport/DiabloToona custom fuel saver tune in my Z71. It made a HUGE difference in the vehicle over stock,..amazing, so much that I wouldn't want to own the vehicle without it. I then tried E85. I honestly feel like I picked up 30hp across the board on my NA truck. The vehicle drives better, it's smoother,...I honestly now,..don't wanna run anything but that in it. It makes sense,...octane rating is around 105oct. Boosted cars,....love it. Dude at work, trailblazer runs 12.7, on e85 and a converter. Thats it.


Besides that, it smells sweet and exotic. If you have it nearby,...it would be a shame if you didn't utilize it. You would be leaving a lot on the table.

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Man if you have quick access to a station i'd really consider it before you put money into your injectors. Just from a quality prospective, ethanol is just such a better fuel to run on our FI setups. Where 93 octane at your boost levels are toward their fuel limitations, e85 has the headroom to keep everything safe and healthy providing it's not crappy e70 or fluctuates the blend. Poor mans racegas FTW!!!!

Best advice ever.

Just one thing. If you store the vehicle with e85 in it, add a stabilizer like STABIL or something,..run the vehicle, then park it.

OP,..sweet ride. Your ride is really sick



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