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Looking good, great find.

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Aww fucking sell it!

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Thanks brotato!

Thanks Chris!

Like a tire valve stems? The last boost leak tester I made I used a swivel fitting and made it seem a little better.

Yea maybe.... Nope, its got a weird thing with the fan switch the guy wired in but I think that was just the previous owner being slow.

Thanks Josh!

Nate knows whats up:drive:








I'm looking at getting some new wheels/tires soon. I'm leaning towards some black rpf1's like everybody has because they are light and cheap.
http://www.oakos.com/Merchant2/graph...01/RPF1BLK.jpg
Or I was thinking maybe gunmetal or hyper black rota torques. I'd love a set of work's but I'm far too cheap to spend that kind of money on wheels
http://www.wheeldude.com/gallery2/d/...erblack_02.jpg
http://lsdmotorsports.com/merchant2/...e-Gunmetal.jpg



Thoughts/input appreciated!

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Yeah its a tire valve stem. Wanna go riding saturday?

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Oh. That looks just like carpet padding which is why I assumed mice must have been living in the heater core

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I have rota torques on my 2g. I like them, they are 17x8 +35 and black

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I'll have to try that if I make another one. I might be down, I have to put some insurance on it though. Hit me up before you go out though!

Same kind of crap, but I think it was from the fire wall padding. At least I know how to take a blower motor out quickly now. I test drove a few 2g's that had that same noise so it's nice to know what the problem is and its an easy fix as long as you have a guy like Nick around to hook up dsm guys on shell parts :D

What size tires do you have on it? I'm going to test fit a set of rpf1's tomorrow that are 17x8 +35. I remember your rims looking really nice on your car. Any issues with rubbing? I think I read somewhere that you said they stick out a bit?

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No rubbing but they are flush. 235/45r17

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It laid down the crazy numbers tonight. It was only running 22.5psi though.

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^wat. details!

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agreed, im jealous

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Did you look at the Konig feathers or konig daylites?

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It put down 263awhp at 22.5 psi when it came in. I don't think another 3.5psi would put it up to 409awhp. So take internet dyno number claims with a grain of salt. Maybe some E85 next week to see if it can get over 350.

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http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oET52dax8k...in-of-salt.jpg
This may be the world's largest grain of salt.

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still not too shabby, this thing will be trappin 140 in a few weeks:skiing:

btw brad when did you sell your black one? and why? sorry i've been away from the forums for a long time

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LOL @ #'s

Maybe they need to re-calibrate their dyno, if that's possible?

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Big thanks to Shane for looking over the tune and fitting it on the dyno! Came in knocking and left up almost 30awhp and no knock.


And because everybody likes pictures, here is the wack dyno run and some other randoms


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmeG-Z7WQLo&feature=plcp&context=C469c964VDvjVQa1PpcFMk 6Y4T-8wicV634aAQJEEIq6EWmqnLhaQ%3D&hd=1

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...A/3bfc2280.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...A/bc81295b.jpg

Before the Shane tune
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...9c69502d-1.jpg

After Shane's tune
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...a835e3cf-1.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...A/c001058d.jpg


Plan on putting corn in it this weekend and head back for an e70 tune next week:spin:

Also going to be keeping my eye out for an aftermarket intake manifold, fp exhaust manifold, some sort of 02 housing with an external wastegate setup and maybe a set of different cams if I find a really good deal on a used set. So much for leaving this thing alone... Still pulls way harder than the s2k even did :D


Thanks for the info on the wheels Chris. That's the exact same offset tire setup I'm looking at tomorrow. Glad to hear it'll fit.

I did look at the feathers and just looked at daylites and I'm not 100% sure I like the look of them. Plus the rpf1's I'm looking at tomorrow are a pretty good deal.

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I took a different job that required driving around the cities and I wanted one car with AC, so I sold it and got an evo. About 6 cars late I'm back into a black 2g :D

Haha yea numbers weren't close to what the guy claimed but they seem about on par for a dsm on pump gas with these mods. I'm not sure if he was claiming these numbers after some crazy correction factor or if he just made it up or what was up. Oh well, hopefully it'll hit 400 or very close to it before the summer is over.

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^ahhh i see, the evo you had was just sick. one of my favorite bby evos

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Thanks! I really miss the evo but I do not miss a car payment. Also insurance is so much cheaper on this car and dsm parts are so much cheaper than evo stuff.

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Yeah thanks for that lol but i hear you man it sucked but mines finally paid off so more time for :beerfunnel2:
hahah, anywho i ordered my ef3 btw and going with corn as well...i wanted to go with the fp red or black but decided against it, ive heard great things about the ef series turbo's and 800 bucks cheaper too

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Ugh, 400whp dyno dynamics...I'm sorry man....my X was listed as '450hp' on autotrader when I got it....stock + catback + mbc :) pretty sweet!

That being said the car looks fantastic and nearly 300whp is def in the 'fun zone' that's for sure! Enjoy it sir!

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I bet it made like 460 with those kind of mods?!? :drive1:

Thanks for the kind words Chris!



Anybody have hook ups on Tactrix cables or know a good place to find a deal on a used one besides evom?

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how is it only making that much power? Is it healthy? Compression checked? Or maybe that is expected power... I could be way off.

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I don't know, Shane said it seems about average for the mods it. I haven't done a compression test on it but it seems healthy.


E85 and more boost should help wake it up

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:drive:v tak man lol

you always find awesome cars or build them up, you gotta touch with cars

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Haha thanks! Half the fun is looking for new cars and trying to find deals and talking people down. I still have to see that evo of yours one of these dasy.


Just figured out I saved almost 20lbs of rotating mass today by picking up the rpf1's vs the evo8 wheels :D Also ordered a tactrix 2.0 cable and made an appointment to get my crappy tint taken off and have it re-tinted.

Going to try and wash it tomorrow and put e85 in it tomorrow if my computer would stop being stupid with evoscan. It says it connects then stalls out everytime.

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For sure, you going to bewst for bewbies? im sure youre going to the dyno day at db...i'll be at both

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I'll be at the DB dyno day for sure but not at boost for boobies. I got banned from all MAP events and their facility...:rollinglaugh::rollinglaugh:

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Explain :bullrider:

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Going to try and wash it tomorrow and put e85 in it tomorrow if my computer would stop being stupid with evoscan. It says it connects then stalls out everytime.[/QUOTE]

idk if it's your computer or not, evoscan was doing the same thing on my computer last week.

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Really nice car brad. Let me know when you want to go riding sometime

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Is this what people are talking about when they say they put a 6 bolt in a 2g??

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...A/8852ad94.jpg






But really, I picked up a 6 bolt block/head for a good deal today and already pulled the pan and crank/block look good. Plan at the moment for this motor is to just throw some eagle rods and whatever pistons I can get a good deal on in it. Then have the head looked at it and fix anything that might be needed


Also bought some silver rpf1's on craigslist last week as well. I kind of like the silver but can't decide if I should paint them black. What do you guys think?
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...A/735466b9.jpg

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Leave em silver. I like the contrast.

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I like it a is, looks good

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silver, black on black is so overplayed and everyone has black wheels.

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silver, otherwise matte bronze

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Rainbow.

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not gunna lie i liked the old rims man

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Maybe I can have Powder Keg do a rainbow theme...

I like the silver too, but I think a gunmetal/black would look kind of cool as well. Evo8 wheels looked nice but one tire was newer than the other three and these were a basicly brand new wheel/tire setup for the price just the wheels cost without shipping. Plus I saved almost 20lbs of rotational mass :)