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Offline Punkur67

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Re: Summer Upgrades
« Reply #75 on: January 01, 2017, 09:42:09 AM »
Out at the desert this weekend and everything is working great. I have a couple small leaks to address but no big deal.
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« Reply #76 on: January 01, 2017, 11:32:20 AM »
Very cool.
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Re: Summer Upgrades
« Reply #77 on: January 01, 2017, 02:12:49 PM »
best kind of trip!! good to hear. so how does it compare to what it was before the mods?
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Re: Summer Upgrades
« Reply #78 on: January 01, 2017, 07:17:55 PM »
-Definitely more power with just the 325hp tune. I cant wait to put the 400hp tune in it. I let the motor bog down a few times in the sandy areas and the motor pushed right through where i would have had to downshift before.
-Suspension is much better with the bypasses
-Seats are very comfortable. Way better than the old ones
-Love the headsets with the tunes going
-The agm coil sliders are a little noisy but cant hear them with the headsets anyway
- I did not mess with the ipad gps much but i do like it so far
- The new switchpro switches are very nice


Overall im very happy. To be honest I was over my car for the last couple years and just started to dislike riding. The car feels brand new and the upgrades made me fall in love with the car and desert again.
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Re: Summer Upgrades
« Reply #79 on: January 02, 2017, 12:07:43 AM »
great to hear and you did a damn nice job and glad to hear your enjoying it again.
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Re: Summer Upgrades
« Reply #80 on: January 02, 2017, 07:16:36 AM »
-Definitely more power with just the 325hp tune. I cant wait to put the 400hp tune in it. I let the motor bog down a few times in the sandy areas and the motor pushed right through where i would have had to downshift before.
-Suspension is much better with the bypasses
-Seats are very comfortable. Way better than the old ones
-Love the headsets with the tunes going
-The agm coil sliders are a little noisy but cant hear them with the headsets anyway
- I did not mess with the ipad gps much but i do like it so far
- The new switchpro switches are very nice


Overall im very happy. To be honest I was over my car for the last couple years and just started to dislike riding. The car feels brand new and the upgrades made me fall in love with the car and desert again.
very cool!
"There can be no divided allegiance here.  Any man who says he is an American,
but something else also, isn't an American at all.  We have room for but one
flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is
the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a
loyalty to the American people."
Theodore Roosevelt 1907

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Re: Summer Upgrades
« Reply #81 on: January 02, 2017, 03:05:15 PM »
A couple pictures from this weekend
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Re: Summer Upgrades
« Reply #82 on: January 03, 2017, 01:16:04 PM »
Sounds like it ran out nice. SSSWWWWEEEEEEEET

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Re: Summer Upgrades
« Reply #83 on: January 15, 2017, 01:06:29 AM »
I got to run the dunes with the new setup today. We went out to Glamis for a day trip and I can say i'm very happy. The car ran comfortably in 3rd with occasional downshifts for the tight stuff. For once i was not stressed trying to play catch up with the v8 cars I ride with. The car is way more enjoyable now. I cant wait to take it to Outfront and retune it to their 400hp tune. Should really wake the car up nice!
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Re: Summer Upgrades
« Reply #84 on: January 18, 2017, 07:44:18 AM »
Scheduled my dyno tune for next Friday. I excited to see how much difference it makes
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« Reply #85 on: January 18, 2017, 10:15:16 AM »
Scheduled my dyno tune for next Friday. I excited to see how much difference it makes
So are we!
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but something else also, isn't an American at all.  We have room for but one
flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is
the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a
loyalty to the American people."
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Re: Summer Upgrades
« Reply #86 on: January 18, 2017, 11:35:53 AM »
I have never had mine on the dyno.  Always wondered if I could get more power but still be reliable.  I run a "canned" tune from outback right now. 

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Re: Summer Upgrades
« Reply #87 on: January 18, 2017, 12:40:28 PM »
I have never had mine on the dyno.  Always wondered if I could get more power but still be reliable.  I run a "canned" tune from outback right now.
I think their common tune is 330hp which is what I was told my motor has. John said he can do his standard 400hp race fuel tune no problem now that the motor has an intercooler.
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Re: Summer Upgrades
« Reply #88 on: January 18, 2017, 06:06:28 PM »
that's going to be a substantial change! nice pics btw
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Re: Summer Upgrades
« Reply #89 on: January 28, 2017, 07:38:11 AM »
Well, the tune did not go as planned. I showed up and was told i need a different turbo and header to get the power i want. I would have done that before i went up but oh well. John was very nice and informative. He fixed some things in my current tune that were wrong that should smooth out the power. The motor was very lean at the bottom and top of the rpm curve and had too much timing in certain areas. Im going to sell the t3 turbo and order a turbonetics t3/t4 from John so i can go back. We then can bump the boost up to 15-17 psi and get me to the 400hp+ mark im after.
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