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Mafia 03-26-2008 07:22 PM


Originally Posted by HiTMaNN (Post 2371005)
Pics or it didn't happen.

LOL well then.. here you go
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...x8/nina066.jpg
BTW i hate pictures :icon_no2:

HiTMaNN 03-26-2008 07:35 PM

She is hot for sure but dude who is the nerd next to her putting his arm around your women? You need to do something about that dude!

flyboi1121 03-26-2008 07:45 PM


Originally Posted by HiTMaNN (Post 2371049)
She is hot for sure but dude who is the nerd next to her putting his arm around your women? You need to do something about that dude!

:lol: lol, so messed up (perhaps jealousy :uhh: )

anyways... u have a hot g/f who loves the sound of the BOV and a kickass kit... ur a lucky man :)

Mafia 03-26-2008 07:46 PM


Originally Posted by HiTMaNN (Post 2371049)
She is hot for sure but dude who is the nerd next to her putting his arm around your women? You need to do something about that dude!

lol! Im just gonna go hang myself now :P We were on vacation leave me alone! Enough thread jacking I wanna see a video or dyno ro something

flyboi1121 03-26-2008 07:50 PM


Originally Posted by Mafia (Post 2370949)
Excellent...... My girlfriend told me that she would kill me if I spent that much money on a kit and it didn't make the cool PSST sound :lol:

oh... you don't have the kit. i misunderstood.. hahaha:spank:

05rex8 03-26-2008 09:58 PM


Originally Posted by HiTMaNN (Post 2371049)
She is hot for sure but dude who is the nerd next to her putting his arm around your women? You need to do something about that dude!

HAHAHAHAHA!that was funny

Mafia 03-26-2008 10:01 PM


Originally Posted by flyboi1121 (Post 2371083)
oh... you don't have the kit. i misunderstood.. hahaha:spank:

haha u understood right the first time i do have a kit :)

NgoRX8 03-27-2008 12:32 AM


Originally Posted by zoom44 (Post 2368739)
as i mentioned elsewhere:)

D"OH we dont need to be chained to the factory MAF any longer!! why was i not thinking about this ?!!

replace it with a MAF that was designed with blow through in mind and then get a good tune on it with a FLASH.


http://www.vmptuning.com/store/index...=234&parent=29



with the ability to flash we can ditch the OEM MAF if we want:)

:evil_laug :evil_laug :evil_laug

Will this simply expand the range of flow compared to the OEM MAF?

Is it a matter of hooking up and flashing or is it more complex?

05rex8 03-27-2008 12:54 PM


Originally Posted by zoom44 (Post 2368739)
as i mentioned elsewhere:)

D"OH we dont need to be chained to the factory MAF any longer!! why was i not thinking about this ?!!

replace it with a MAF that was designed with blow through in mind and then get a good tune on it with a FLASH.


http://www.vmptuning.com/store/index...=234&parent=29



with the ability to flash we can ditch the OEM MAF if we want:)

:evil_laug :evil_laug :evil_laug

isn't this for mustangs?

staticlag 03-27-2008 01:34 PM

Started her up last night with the stock PCM, it ran :) ! for like 20 seconds and then died.

I'm back to all stock plugs, and I used the windshield washer fluid deflood technique (pull plugs, squirt windshield washer fluid in, crank a few times).

Tonight I'm going to try with the INTx, I think the throttle calibration may be off, and I'll adjust the startup richness to get it to stay good. I'm expecting it to startup tonight.

I said screw-it to coils and radiators, I have the stock stuff in. That will be good enough for the next few weeks.

staticlag 03-28-2008 12:22 AM

Throttle calibration was off by 27%!

That was the reason why my yellow light on the INTx was not lighting up when I was trying to start her up the first time.

I'm still not too sure about my after idle enrichment setting, but tomorrow I'm sure she will fire up without a problem!

zoom44 03-28-2008 11:00 AM


Originally Posted by 05rex8 (Post 2372457)
isn't this for mustangs?

isnt the Cobb for scoobies?

CnnmnSchnpps 03-28-2008 11:24 AM


Originally Posted by zoom44 (Post 2374300)
isnt the Cobb for scoobies?

Who uses MAF for turbo anyway? :lol2: :rolleyes:

zoom44 03-28-2008 11:47 AM

any body who knows how a maf works

CnnmnSchnpps 03-28-2008 12:21 PM

Allow me to rephrase that:

< HUMOUR >
Who uses MAF for turbo anyway?
< / HUMOUR >

:rolleyes:

staticlag 03-29-2008 10:45 AM

CHRIS!!!

HOLY SHIT!!!!

Great job on the turbo kit!!! It's exactly what I wanted!!!!

Driving normally I get perfectly stock like performance!

But when I press my foot down more than 3/4 of the way, I get instant power boost!!! Oh, I am absolutely loving the wastegate to atmosphere, sounds amazing!!!!!! Not too loud but it definetly sounds like my car has some serious balls.

staticlag 03-29-2008 10:51 AM

Chris, Jason...

Guys, I'm so pleased with the kit. Its nice!!!!

staticlag 03-29-2008 10:56 AM

Turns out the flooding and the trouble starting the car was caused by the INTX not being calibrated to my throttle. Fires right up now!!!!

I think that the person I bought the INTx from may have set a rev limiter at 6K, I can't seem to go past it without getting backfire noise (or it may be the weak coils after all). I need to borrow a laptop again to check this.

I'm getting 19inHg vacuum when at idle.

I get AFRs around 14.7-15.3 when cruising in vacuum of greater than 10inHg

I get AFRs of ~13 while at 3/4 throttle and 2-3psi
I get AFRs of 10.0 when at WOT and 10psi!!!

ChrisRX8PR 03-29-2008 11:50 AM


Originally Posted by staticlag (Post 2376062)
Turns out the flooding and the trouble starting the car was caused by the INTX not being calibrated to my throttle. Fires right up now!!!!

I think that the person I bought the INTx from may have set a rev limiter at 6K, I can't seem to go past it without getting backfire noise (or it may be the weak coils after all). I need to borrow a laptop again to check this.

I'm getting 19inHg vacuum when at idle.

I get AFRs around 14.7-15.3 when cruising in vacuum of greater than 10inHg

I get AFRs of ~13 while at 3/4 throttle and 2-3psi
I get AFRs of 10.0 when at WOT and 10psi!!!


Statig,

I am very pleased to hear of your success with the kit. How many psi are you running max? If you are at 10psi or above and at 10afr your car will miss fire at around 6000rpm when the APV opens up because all the air/fuel going into the engine will saturate the combustion chamber to the point where its hard to get an ignition going. We're working on the ignition upgrade to fix this :). In the meanwhile, you can tune the "idle" map from 2psi and above and adjust it slightly so that your in boost AFR stays closer to 11:1. This will help with the misfiring as well as release some extra HP. If your coils are good you should be able to run 10psi without misfiring all the way up the range. Make sure you keep an eye on the AFR gauge and confirm that the misfiring isn't caused by the afr spiking up or down in that range, if it is Pm me and I will give you some tuning tips. If you don't feel comfortable with this call me and I'll help you over the phone.

Good luck!


Chris

flyboi1121 03-29-2008 12:49 PM


Originally Posted by staticlag (Post 2376062)
Turns out the flooding and the trouble starting the car was caused by the INTX not being calibrated to my throttle. Fires right up now!!!!

I think that the person I bought the INTx from may have set a rev limiter at 6K, I can't seem to go past it without getting backfire noise (or it may be the weak coils after all). I need to borrow a laptop again to check this.

I'm getting 19inHg vacuum when at idle.

I get AFRs around 14.7-15.3 when cruising in vacuum of greater than 10inHg

I get AFRs of ~13 while at 3/4 throttle and 2-3psi
I get AFRs of 10.0 when at WOT and 10psi!!!

are you running on stock coils? If you were to get an upgraded ignition kit... but use stock trailing spark plugs, would these issues still occur?

OH MAN BUT CONGRATS MAN!!

WoodsOfGreenRx8 03-29-2008 01:00 PM

^Yes, he is currently running stock coils.

truemagellen 03-29-2008 01:07 PM


Originally Posted by staticlag (Post 2376057)
Chris, Jason...

Guys, I'm so pleased with the kit. Its nice!!!!

:wiggle:

TopGear8 03-29-2008 01:40 PM

Show us some sweet vids!!

Mafia 03-29-2008 05:42 PM


Originally Posted by staticlag (Post 2376049)
CHRIS!!!

Turns out the flooding and the trouble starting the car was caused by the INTX not being calibrated to my throttle. Fires right up now!!!!

I think that the person I bought the INTx from may have set a rev limiter at 6K, I can't seem to go past it without getting backfire noise (or it may be the weak coils after all). I need to borrow a laptop again to check this.

I'm getting 19inHg vacuum when at idle.

I get AFRs around 14.7-15.3 when cruising in vacuum of greater than 10inHg

I get AFRs of ~13 while at 3/4 throttle and 2-3psi
I get AFRs of 10.0 when at WOT and 10psi!!!

Congrats on gettin it goin! UGH, now I can't wait to get mine in. I hate you :P Can you post a vid of how it sounds? Do you already have 500 miles on the kit to push 10 psi already?!

snipaz2420 03-29-2008 05:49 PM

have you taken it off any sweet jumps? jk glad the kit is a success and you like it


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