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Whatever punk, you mentioned UPS coming with your new turbo in the shoutbox multiple times, then were talking about it, blah blah blah....don't try so hard to pretend to be a wallflower when you know you're an attention-whore :P

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Did you ever figure out the reving issue?

Thats a pretty cool turbo tho, hope you put it to good use!

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Hello 1000RPM of usable powerband.

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I assume he's building the head for 9k rpm or somesuch.

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Yea I dunno, big turbos are cool. But I would have stuck the money into fixing the ignition issues, and maybe a paint job. :D

I like having power for more than 2k rpm too. Just doesnt seem fun.

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Even then I bet he has less than 3000 RPM of usable power, and as of right now he can't even get the car to rev past 8000.
Low end power is for pussies.

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For drag racing he might need 2k of power.

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If you read back through this thread, this car has been plagued with a solid rev limit of like 7949rpm or something exact and he hasn't really been able to figure it out. I say put a hta68 on it and you have the perfect street car/drag brawler.

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But hes never drag raced. haha

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:wedgie:

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We think the rev limiter issue has been fixed, as everything else has been looked over, ohmd, tested, etc. The valvesprings couldn't keep up with my cams, especially since they where not properly shimmed, but rather thrown into the head, like most of us would do.

Lag. I don't really care. I like the fact that it's laggy, in all honesty. Regular driving, the car is easy, like a honda, and when I want power, just downshift. You all act like it's soooo hard to find the powerband and drive in it.

Small ass turbos don't make the power I wish for. Plain and Simple. Who knows when I'll stop, but right now I am still working things out.

For a second there, I thought I was reading another swifty bashing thread, not a BUILD/PROJECT thread...;)

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truf.

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You seem to constantly be working things out. When was the last time you stuck with a setup long enough to even attempt to achieve the maximum potential of that setup? Not hating, just calling it as I see it. You're kind of like a dog chasing a car, but you never catch the car because you start chasing another car that just passed you going the opposite direction.

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Please don't try to involve, group the rest of us in your failures. Most of us are not wanna be cool asshats. :KANE:

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huh? I said not many people measure, check, and shim their valvesprings? Did you?

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We do on all the valvesprings and valves we do on heads, unless someone really wants them thrown in ghetto/internetz style without removing the head.

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Well then, I'm just a fuckup, and caused all my failures. I certainly HOPE this is the case! I know some springs/retainers you can throw in and not shim, other softer, or less strong ones you don't need to. The new ones I'm getting you don't need to.

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If you aren't throwing a mild spring into a 100% stock head, then you should probably have the installed height, seat pressure, coil bind, retainer to valve guide seal clearance, etc checked. Having different valves or a valve job can throw things off.

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Well, what about what I AM doing? 1mm oversized, otherwise stock porting, soda blasted so it's fresh and clean, and rau's beehive ferrera valvesprings, retainers, etc? He said he never shims his and doesn't have issues hitting 11,500rpms..I would hope i'd be ok to hit 9200?

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How often does he tear down the motor? When you cross the line from daily driver (perhaps a 10 sec car) into these beastly ranges then I'm sure a lot of things are done differently.

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Motor is only torn down when it's needed. The motor that was in it this last year was the motor all year, and the head swapped once when we where in brainerd for the MCSO, atleast to my knowledge. Either Way, it seems the springs and retainers are more stout then the BC ones I had before..

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ftfy ;)

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I have been advised by multiple shops to avoid BC springs due to premature fatigue.

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Well, good thing I got rid of them then! I was cheap when I got them, just as I'm cheap now, but I keep thinking the things I am changing will help for the future. Be it the -an lines everywhere to prevent swelling/leaks/tears, or etc..

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I just purchased GSC beehives, they're similarly priced to the BCs but use stock retainers and you don't have to worry about the questionable quality that Brian Crower is know for.

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hmm..You gonna shim yours though? I guess there's a lot more into it then I thought. Coil bind, valve seat cut, etc..

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I think You mean Ferrea noob. lulz

Good luck with the new setup though, the head upgrades should help the revving issue. I'm thinking of going with the FP Beehives in my car, Shane had said the Kiggly beehives might be a bit too stiff of a spring for my setup.

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I don't know how to multi-quote, but.

You caused that fuckup where the alternator wasn't grounded probably last year.

And apparently shane puts in springs the right way by checking them unless they are mad sick yo and you want to pay him partially with taco bell, I heard something about "extra no meat" once upon a time.

My head I got from Munchgsx and well we know how he rolls.

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Please note the 'MQ' button, next to the 'quote' button ;) Click it on whatever posts you want to multi-quote, then click quote on the last one. You can do it in the order you'd like to quote them in, too.

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lol, yea. The alt was grounded, it was a different wire that wasn't that I didn't know about. It was tucked down away from back when hort had the car. Either way, we all find things that are hacked and not the way it should be, and we fix it, right?

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fuck yeah I hate this car, I find hacked shit all the time still.

I wish I would of started with a stock car, but well I've had quite a journey with this one.

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See? We all are there. Fuck it. Fuck cars. Just fix em, and try to go faster! :D

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Yeah, but nothing where my car didn't work. Just dumb shit that pisses me off.
Either way, whats left on this beast now?
Can we get pics of teh manifold?>

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Manifold is currently in the works..I have pics of the collector somewhere..lol. I also have pics of his other work..lemme dig them up.

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His pics:

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...y38/ballin.jpg

A T4 mani he just is finishing up:

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...8/DSCN1208.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...8/DSCN1199.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...8/DSCN1194.jpg

And the start of mine..

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...8/DSCN1188.jpg

I keep trying to get him to sign up on here, but he's a busy guy.

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MAP will be building my head, so it will be at their mercy.

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Progress pics of the mani so far..

http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs169...._5106588_n.jpg
http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos..._1466094_n.jpg
http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs169...._7860430_n.jpg

Mocking and more test fitting tomorrow, then should be soon that I get it..

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Nice, what about the WGs?

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Single wg..my old 38mm, with the dual springs. WG will be added last minute.

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Where's the turbo already?