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Old 02-26-2013, 03:37 AM
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Missing her a bit. Wife is reporting that she has a light coat of pollen covering her. Just over 40 more days till I'm home.
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Took her out yesterday to run some errands. Have to say I was a nervous wreck going into stores leaving her out in the parking lots. Other than that ran good.
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Nice, anything new planned for her?
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Nice, anything new planned for her?
New tuning.
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Old 05-08-2013, 11:47 AM
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lol i need to go check out your g37 build, got the new wheels on yet?
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lol i need to go check out your g37 build, got the new wheels on yet?
Not yet. Vendor and my free time hasn't match yet.
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Will be for sale soon.
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Headed to JTran for retuning Tuesday.
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What's gona be for sale soon the g37 or your Z??
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I was considering selling the Z. After seeing what they are going for I'm going to hang onto it a bit longer.
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Baseline on a Mustang dyno was 317/294 @ 8psi. I knew it wasn't strong as I was told from PowerFab. Three pulls later and 370/346 at 10psi. Car wasn't making anymore boost and thought it was the boost solenoid. Ruled that out through trial/error. Got underneath the car to check the waste gates and found a loose coupler. End result was 446/446 @ 16psi on 93 pump. Also got the two-step working...

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Thanks! Blew the lower radiator hose and had some overheating issues in heavy stop/go traffic. So going to get that fix and looking at upgrading the OEM fans for some more CFMs.
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Originally Posted by Robert_K
Baseline on a Mustang dyno was 317/294 @ 8psi. I knew it wasn't strong as I was told from PowerFab. Three pulls later and 370/346 at 10psi. Car wasn't making anymore boost and thought it was the boost solenoid. Ruled that out through trial/error. Got underneath the car to check the waste gates and found a loose coupler. End result was 446/446 @ 16psi on 93 pump. Also got the two-step working...

Wait, I'm confused I thought you were at 551whp?
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Originally Posted by Nismo350z#0310
Wait, I'm confused I thought you were at 551whp?
I thought the same thing. Basically, I feel, I was given a half finished tune/car. The 446/446 at 16psi should relate to around high 400/low 500whp on a DynoJet.

I did speak with JWT and they recommended running 19-20psi and should be in the 550-600whp DynoJet range. I was considering upgrading to the GTX2860 turbos and larger intercooler and that should break the 600whp mark with ease around 15-16psi. 19-20, JWT said, should be touching high 600's.

The car pulls good and power band is very flat, no spiking.
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Robert, you ever get the chance to weigh or at least "feel" the difference in weight of that seibon hood vs the stock hood. I was considering switching to the terminator style but not if it weighs more. I've heard the wet carbon hoods might actually weigh more.
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