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^you are going to pick it up now?

Woo, nice. So what tune is on there now? You just going to baby it or something?

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Going to take another 'executive lunch' today. It has the stock turbo tune on it with updated fuel trims to fix the AFR. I'm not sure what that's going to equate to, I assume a little more power than stock turbo since it has more fuel.

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Nice, well good luck, let us know initial impressions. You need to get tuned soon, if you make enough power maybe it will convince me to keep the X.

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I have a dodge spirit that makes an est. 350/350 it spins tires at 85, you interested in one of those?

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^Thats only on 15psi untuned.

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I need a reliable dd, not another turbo car i will spend too much time/money on...i assume you were talking to me.

Back on topic though, don't want to clog his thread up.

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wtf? You serious? My Dad's beater is a Plymouth Acclaim. FWD...

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^I am dead serious.

So how is the break-in going?

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Just drove it 35miles back to the office.

No visibility? Check.
Louder than hell? Check. Test pipe added a new level.
Vibrates and rattles? Check. Motor mounts helped out.

I need to get use to all the new sounds...

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Congrats on getting it back, I'm sure it feels good.

Shane is always willing to go that extra mile, there have been nights I've been up there and he's still been around after 10/11 trying to get a tune worked out. You're car was in great hands!

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Yea i thought my car was loud before the testpipe, but a testpiped X is crazy loud.

Hopefully the new loudness drowns out the rattles, i know it did on my car.

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It'll be back in a few weeks for the tune and then we'll see what it does. It's clearly down on power but I've been getting by with a sub-100hp vehicle for a few months here. lol.

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Congrats on getting the car back! Can't wait to see what numbers it puts down. How many miles of break in are you doing?

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A test pipe makes a car louder?
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However many miles I put on before getting on Shane's schedule. From what I've gathered there's no firm opinion on such things. I'll just follow the oil change schedule that he suggested.

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Is there anything you aren't changing? :) I am sure the car will be a beast on the track.

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I think the stock Evo alignment is done by a blind guy with a hammer.

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Put 150 miles on it yesterday getting my Dad's car back to him. Next oil change today.

The additional lag makes 5th gear easier to deal with.

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Went to Valvoline for an oil change...had the whole staff standing around my car and bullshitting. That's one thing that I enjoy about having a car like this.

On the way out of there I tried a 3rd gear pull and holy crap. The untuned spool is pretty late but that also gives it quite a hit when it comes on. The BOV with the upgraded spring is surprisingly loud.

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What oil are you having them put in?

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Shane said conventional 10w40 until 4500 miles. Changes at 150, 500, 1500.

With track days over the Summer I'll undoubtedly change a few times between 1500 and 4500.

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^Is that because it's thicker and to help with small metal shavings (probably not the best words)?

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If you want a great break-in oil give the conventional Valvoline MaxLife a try, it is very high in moly count. Most manufacturers add moly to the factory-fill oil to aid in break-in.

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I have also heard good things about maxlife for break in. Would be easy too since you are getting your oil changes done at Valvoline. I will be using rotalla 10-40W to break in my new engine on the talon.

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Ok, cool. Next change should be in about a week so I'll ask for it.

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You trust guys making $6/hr with your rather expensive investment?

Fuck dude, do the oil changes yourself and you'll know everything is torqued right and the correct amount (and type) of oil was used.

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^how the hell do u do that? You really did go to 4 yr college for engineering.

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How many times do I have to explain this? I live in a condo and the car lives in a parking ramp. I'm not going to impose on friends or drive 30+ miles each way to a relative's house just to change the oil.

I'd thought about dropping by RS but I'd imagine they're as busy as DB is this time of year and something like an oil change is probably a waste of their time even when slow.

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Just because people don't make a lot at there jobs, doesn't mean one can't take pride in their work.

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If you cant (or wont) do it yourself then at least take it someplace with competent employees.

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You want slightly increased wear on a fresh engine so that the rings seat and everything else mates together nicely. Synthetic is too slippery and does not allow for this initial wear.

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There is always someone here willing to help out, especially for a 15 minute oil change. Just ask!

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LOL, okay sir.

Let it be noted that pride and competence are completely separate fields in life though.

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I am not saying I don't agree with you, I am just saying there are people that still take pride in their jobs even though they are ones that do not pay well.

And yes I agree with ability to do a job well does not coincide with pride. There are plenty of people that don't take pride in their work but can do it very well.

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I'm willing to bet there are more DIY oil change fails than chain shop fails. With that being said I still do all my own oil changes and wouldn't trust most shops, but I'm super anal/picky about type of oil and filter used.

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/agree

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I've had a few shit jobs in my day. I was an oil change/tire guy for the first two years out of high school.

I also took a part time job for a while at Computer City when they were still in business. I'd have customers come in and treat me like crap even though I knew way more than they did due to my day job. I was only making like $7/hr there and ultimately quit because I was overqualified and got tired of being talked down to regardless of what I knew.

In any case, I have had good luck with this location in Eagan...took my Subaru there for years. The supervisor has a built truck with 400whp. We talked about his setup for a while.

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Got the Summer tires on. The Rays lugs were a real disappointment. Their 'secure' lugs uses a design that seems guaranteed to permanently wedge the lug into the special socket if you apply any meaningful torque (like say 80 ft/lbs). Luckily it happened on the first secure lug so I ran to Pep Boys and got a $10 set instead. ftl.

Got the front strut tower bar back on...then went to the car wash. Tomorrow I'm going to try to get the rear tower brace, RalliArt tails and wing on...if there is time. Doesn't look like the weather will be nice enough to bother taking pictures.

Nice to have the wheels out of the living room! Bought this cover so that I don't get chewed out for storing stuff on the balcony. Hopefully it looks good enough for them to not hassle me. I already got one lecture from the security guard for changing my tires in the ramp...lied and said that tire was flat (was doing them one at a time anyway).

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Haha that's awesome out on your deck! if they give you crap about them lmk, I have some space in the attic of my garage. Now that I actually have a ladder I've been using it more and more. Jealous about the ralliart tails, those will look nice!

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Decided to snap a couple crappy pics in the ramp, anyway. I think the width of the tires is pretty much perfect. These are RE30's in 18x9.5 +28 w/Star Specs in 265/35.

I'm not going to get too aggressive with the drop (when I go to Jeff) but I need at least an inch.

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Wheels look nice. I like bronze