I, like many on here, have read these FI forums and drooled over many of your setups. My question is simple; How many miles did you have on your Z/G before you decided to go FI? Right away? A bit closer to the end of the warranty? Please also tell us what FI system you decided to go with and how many miles since your install. Just curious to hear the different responses. TIA

 

31.5k miles - Turbonetics ST

 

17,000 miles Turbonetics.... 7k miles since...

 

8500 miles I put on the Greddy kit. I now have around 3000 on the kit, and everything is great!

 

28000 miles APS TT, I know have 40767 as of today.

 

28,000miles - Turbonetics ST

Getting installed in 3 weeks after getting car back from the bodyshop.

 

7,500 miles, Turbonetics S/T.

 

30,000...Vortech...now have 44,000...no problems

 

Vortech SC at 26,000 miles. NO problems!

 

Wow, you guys waited a long time. I'll be installing my APS TT kit in about a month and I have 1250 miles on my Z.

 

1 year old and 6000 miles before dropping it off last weekend for the Greddy TT kit.

 

APS ST I will have about 2500 when i start install.

 

I think I had about 14K . . . not sure . . . sold it at 18,800mi. Had a blast though.

 

14,000 or so...(vortech) but I bought the kit when I had about 8,000 (can you say procrastinator)

 

6000 miles....Vortech.....4000 miles before rebuild..3000 miles after...13,000 total

 

Unless you have a built motor, how can you justify getting a Greddy TT installed now with all the other kits out? I'm not bashing them but with the experiences i've seen on here, everyone who had one that blew up are not happy with it. Granted they were the 1st i know of to have one. So you don't get to have the experience like APS has or Turbonetics ST kits have because they came out later. So I was just curious? I would hate to see you on here a week later going " Add another one to the list" or "Greddy TT blown up or something". I hope it runs flawless for you tho, cuz that sux for anyone. But if you plan on doing it right from the get go then I understand.

 

Considering the lack of true tuners (not everyone has access to Charles or Sharif ), I sometimes wonder why people go Greddy IF they wanted something around the lines of PnP. If they wanted to build a dyno queen, the Greddy is very capable . . . it just needs a little love and a few more parts

G

 

this comment seems to surface weekly...i will reiterate what many have said before (and the truth of the matter)

the greddy tt kit is NOt complete out of the box...APS, and some others are more complete, making them safer when used "out of the box"

the greddy tt kit CAN be just as safe..you must address a few things first:
1-ignition harness--you must pull timing to make any forced induction safe --(the unichip on the APs kit does this-definately adds to its reliability)

2-must tune the e-manage fuel map--can not rely on the out of the box e-manage map--it sucks and is dangerous

3-one SHOULD address the fuel system is going over, say 7psi or so (8.5psi and above is closer to where the stock fuel system is maxed out)...get a return system with a 1:1 FPR

4-A/F gauge and EGT..monitor them daily to ensure ECU hasn't mutated the tune into a leaner condition...if you are running any F/I without at least these two gauges,,you are just guessing and praying...you need to be able to monitor these two imputs!!!

if these 4 things were followed on EVERY greddy tt kit that was installed...you wouldn't hear all of these horror stories (mine included, believe me, i learned the hard way)

so...greddy should not advertise their kit as "complete" or ready to go "out of the box"..they should add some disclaimers about the 4 abovementioned items...
but, just because they don't forewarn anybody about their kit, doesn't make their kit, when used properly (with the 4 crucial items above) any more dangerous than the rest!!!

and..to add...companies like www.forgedinternals.com (sharif) are EXPERTS regarding the greddy tt kit and ALWAYS give the best recommendations to any greddy customers- to insure the safety of their kit

those whp blew a motor on the greddy kit either: had the kit when it firts came out and didn't know to do all of these 4 precautionary dealies (me)...
ran too much power- the internals couldnt physcially handle the stress (few)...or didn't heed any of the abovementioned advice and figured they would be ok (most)

 

i think we z/g owners should flatout boycott the greddy unit until they offer a truly complete, safe kit. otherwise, what incentive do they have to make it better? jmo.

 

fingers crossed. hopefully, i'll have 38200 when i install mine, including the usual 1200 breakin on my new longblock which goes in this week.