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Valve cover off to Primo for a bit of bling, well kinda, wrinkle black, lol

And dropped these off at DB:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...6/98729936.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...o26/scan-1.jpg

They are technically 1300's, but DW found me a set that flows 1400cc at base pressure:) So I call them DW1400's!

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Picked up a few small pieces from MAP today, nothing crazy...

MAP thermal intake mani spacer

Boomba Red Oil cap (one of my few pieces of bling, lomker is worried i am going to start blinging out my evo now ;))

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...6/9e64221e.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...6/0c44f9e4.jpg

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I thought about asking in Scheides thread, but I didn't want to cloud up his when I have my own.

Motor mount, so you guys think just the front should be enough? Is it a power level thing at all? I plan to hit 500 on DB's dyno at one point or another.

Any durometer recommendations? Or can I do like what Scheides did and drill some of it out if needed.

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I think you'll be fine with just the front. If you do want to do the rear mount then now is the time while the motor is out.

Stiffness is something you'll have to ask yourself, how much engine vibration do you want transmitted to the rest of the car?

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I would get just the front and go with AMS' 70A durometer to start with and drill holes in it if you find it too stiff. With how stiff the X chassis is a 90A would transmit a lot of vibrations to the cabin and become very irritating on a street car. Now on the VIII/IX's a 90A front mount is about right for a street car.

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2nd question then:

i can just get the insert right? or is it really hard to press it in?

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Most shops or TKR Mark can can press it in for you. With a press it only takes a few seconds and probably would cost you a 6-pack of beer at most.

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K, i'll probably order up the front mount to start with.

I plan to 1/4 mile the car though, so i am guessing the front mount will help the most, are the others really that much more helpful?

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The front alone is just enough to really firm up the shifts. Worry about the other three when you're trying to find that last thousandth of a second ;)

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Cool, thanks Kracka. I'll just go with the front for now then :)

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NEW SHORTBLOCK IS AT DB!!! Woo finally, now we can get this shit moving :)

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Those pistons will look great in an end-table. :)

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You know it :)

they would probably make good ash trays, but I don't smoke and don't want people smoking at my house, lol.

I want to make them like a coaster or something, but we will see. Once they get the new shortblock assembled, i will probably pick up the old one and bring it home to degrease it and clean it and play with it.

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+1 on just the front motor mount. I just got the AMS insert, we didn't even need a press to get the old one out or put the new one in at mark's, just a sawzall. If you wanna order one up and bring it over, I have my stock motor mount still (officially it is lomker's, since he lent me his to do my car), we can get it in in about 15 mins pretty easily.

Nice! Good luck man, progress is good. Get some pics!

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I'll try and get some pics, maybe Thursday or Friday this week if I have another excuse to go up there.

I'll let you know on the motor mount, maybe I can drop that bracket off that you said you needed (not sure if you still do) and we can do it quick then.

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Sounds like a plan!

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Just got this from Brian at Forced Performance, not the greatest of news :(

The two crucial pieces (covers and compressor wheels) I am waiting for are not here and I don't have a firm ETA. Robert was hoping for the end of this month, I think we are just hoping that happens.

So, July tuning is probably a no go...now I am starting to get scared for the Cookout...I wanted a month of driving at least but who knows if that will happen now.

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Lame.

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Is the Red already sold and gone?

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Yep, big time. I was scared when I saw a post about a person who said the FP comp covers were on backorder for the X...so i asked FP and got this, doh!

So now I am guessing the car will be all back together just waiting the turbo hopefully in the next two weeks or so.

Maybe I will get lucky and FP will get the parts sooner, who knows.

Yep, I was just thinking that like 10 minutes ago...maybe I should've just kept the red and maxed the shit out of it, lol.

I was just worried it was already maxed at 420whp on Shanes and I want more.
Edit:

Ps. I ordered the front AMS mount earlier this week, or maybe it was last friday. So I will probably run that up to DB when I get it and take some pics of the new shortblock minus a giant gaping hole. Thanks for the info on the motor mount too.

Good news is, another month to make money and pay off part of the build, so I won't have to borrow as much at the end. I already paid off part of the build and my new beater car and a lot of the extra parts I have been buying on the side. So its all gravy.

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When FP says weeks, they mean months. I ordered a set of cams in April a few years ago that were "two weeks out," come September I finally canceled my order and picked up a used set.

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lol want more than 420@db. I love the way you guys throw away these awesome numbers, esp for a street car like they are nothing.

FP's customer service has been getting a lot of neg. rep as of late it seems.

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Ya im going to guess you will be waiting for awhile. Sucks man!

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I think it's from hanging out on the national forums too much. ETS, AMS, Buschur, etc. get on there with their 700hp+ cars and you forget how rare they are since they are always in your face. They are also Dynojet numbers in most cases.

Our last dyno day we had like one car over 400whp@DB. It's obviously a lot of power.

I know it'd cost more money to do the turbo twice but if you want my stocker, it's just chillin' in my closet. You might want to drive casual for a while to break in the motor anyway.

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I wouldn't trust 'two weeks' from FP ever. They make awesome products, but there's a reason I bought a BBK (well, several).

400whp on a street car is perfect imho, more than that and you're starting to just get silly, start chasing numbers, and spend a lot of money. I wish you would have just kept the red until you had the black in-hand (or in transit), making a ton of changes all at once is never a good idea (IMHO).

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What the hell do you know? Oh, wait... :rollinglaugh:

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I was actually debating on asking you about this.

It would be nice for a stock turbo X record anyway :)

Then throw the black on in September or something.

FP isn't too bad, i think they are just like everyone else in the world. Parts are a huge issue right now and they are waiting on their vendors. My field is having lots of issues with parts delays. People are operating on bare bones crews and the orders are going up so things are going slow. My FPred took under a week to get it from FP to me and they ported it.

I know 420whp is quite a bit of power and i loved my car at that level, it's just that it still didn't make me feel like the car was that fast. I think it was from DD'ing the car 60 miles a day though, because I jumped in my dad's c6 and it seemed a lot slower than i remember it being. Also the X seems to deliver power a lot smoother than the 8/9's so I think they feel a little slower than they really all, plus all the added weight.

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I honestly had no intentions of really changing my car for a while, i was happy with it, it still wasn't perfect, but i was happy. The motor blew up so I didn't have a choice but to upgrade it some since I had to spend a lot of money on labor anyway.

The only reason I changed out from the red to the black was because i had to pay for the turbo swap in a sense already, so I was trying to piggy back costs. Personally i think I could've hit 475whp with my build on the red with the head work, new cams, new bov etc. But I knew it would only be a matter of time before i wanted a bit more. This build will put me as far as I go though. I think :(

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Just read an article in today's USA Today business section...the whole shipping industry is 1-3 weeks backed up, world-wide. They mentioned that clothing had to be sold at discounts because they missed the start of Summer. There are also only a couple companies in the world that make shipping containers and they all shut down cold fairly early in the downturn and now there are supply problems.

Interesting stuff but I'm a bit of a econ nerd.

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China's using up all the shipping means by importing corn by the container-shipful :)

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C6? regular or C6 Z06?

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Regular. But it is a lighter car and it used to feel like the top end was a lot better, not so much anymore.

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You are growing a butt dyno. Sometimes its good sometimes its bad.

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Honestly I'd say bad, makes all cars feel slow. I am not as easily wowed.

This further adds to my desires to upgrade to get more power.

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We could nitrous the honda with a fiddy shot, that fucker would hit hard and be safe.

H22 plus 100+ shot ftw.

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I don't think mine is the H22, maybe it is, lol. It is a 2.2L but its a non vtec one. it is such a dog its laughable, i can't pass people if i want to.

100 shot still wouldn't be stock evo fast I bet, lol.

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The nitrous hit is awesome, you won't know what I'm talking about until you try it.

I must be underestimating your evo a bit too, I've only been in scheides X and I think fully loaded each time.

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Hopefully you don't have to wait as long for a wheel and a housing as I did!

Also daily driving the car will make it feel slow no matter what power level I think. Don't drive it for a while and then go take a girl out for a ride and when she giggles you'll think its a little fast again.

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I got a ride for girls to go on, they usually don't giggle though.

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Wait if she giggle when she rides it and it's because it was fast...that is bad i thought? :(