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Old Feb 17, 2003 | 09:31 PM
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need to squeeze out some more power take a look

this is proably beat to death but your oppinion is appreciated so with the mods in sig in mind whats the next thing to do for power besides cam that will happen in the upcoming months hopefully thanks randy
Old Feb 17, 2003 | 09:34 PM
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How about some suspension mods?
Old Feb 17, 2003 | 09:43 PM
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sorry forgot to mention i got those in my garage not put on yet lca stb and pan bar
Old Feb 17, 2003 | 10:42 PM
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Spray some juice to it!
Old Feb 17, 2003 | 10:47 PM
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Old Feb 17, 2003 | 11:00 PM
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more power

well if you havent re-programmed your computer you can change out your air temp module you can get this at SLP of Rk sport, and you can get a throttle enhancer calibrator from caspers electronics
Old Feb 17, 2003 | 11:33 PM
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whats a throttle cable enhancer i have a hypertech pp thats like the slp thing isnt it any ways i was thinkin pcm for less
Old Feb 18, 2003 | 11:22 AM
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Old Feb 18, 2003 | 11:30 AM
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sorry forgot to mention i got those in my garage not put on yet lca stb and pan bar
Those won't help your traction in launch.

Get some LCAs and relocation brackets.

Maybe an airbag in the passenger rear spring.
Old Feb 18, 2003 | 11:32 AM
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It's not in your sig, but I assume you already have exhaust? If you want more power, but not a cam, then spray it or slap a supercharger on it! You could also get a custom 3" y-pipe made. You can also get some relocation brackets for better traction. And some Nitto's.
Old Feb 18, 2003 | 11:34 AM
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It's not in your sig, but I assume you already have exhaust? If you want more power, but not a cam, then spray it or slap a supercharger on it! You could also get a custom 3" y-pipe made. You can also get some relocation brackets for better traction. And some Nitto's.
Relocation brackets dont do much unless your lowered from my understanding
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Actually your wrong. The take your lower control arm and relocate it so it's parallel with the ground. That way it can bite more when you accelerate. It in a way reduces wheel hop.
Old Feb 18, 2003 | 11:47 AM
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Relocation brackets help MORE when your car is NOT lowered.

On a lowered car they simply return the suspension geometry to stock settings.
Old Feb 18, 2003 | 12:46 PM
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ditch the hpp and go pcm4less, 1.6rr's and springs should pick you up 15ish, also, you might see a lil hp from a throttle body. MSD is always a good idea but I hope you're overdriving your alternator to make up for the uD pullies. Don't bother w/ that TPS enhancer crap. Just make sure that your TPS is adjusted correctly w/ a voltmeter. Other than that the pcm4less tuning will advance your timing plenty. Go a half qt. low on oil (I picked up 2 tenths going 1 qt. low but wouldn't recommend driving like that all the time). get an adj. fpr since you'll need one w/ the cam anyway and play w/ it until you hit the sweet spot. Add 0.25oz. of 40% nitromethane mix (hobby shop) per gallon of gas. Add half the nitro, then half the gas, then half the nitro. Used a small mix of that to get down to 12.5x's N/A stock cam, stock heads, stock bttm end, 2.73s on a bet. Won $$ off that one. Guy never had a clue that I was prolly pushing 35-45hp more (I used a lot more than .25oz,per gallon, stripped the interior, etc.)
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Originally posted by LT1Brutus
ditch the hpp and go pcm4less, 1.6rr's and springs should pick you up 15ish, also, you might see a lil hp from a throttle body. MSD is always a good idea but I hope you're overdriving your alternator to make up for the uD pullies. Don't bother w/ that TPS enhancer crap. Just make sure that your TPS is adjusted correctly w/ a voltmeter. Other than that the pcm4less tuning will advance your timing plenty. Go a half qt. low on oil (I picked up 2 tenths going 1 qt. low but wouldn't recommend driving like that all the time). get an adj. fpr since you'll need one w/ the cam anyway and play w/ it until you hit the sweet spot. Add 0.25oz. of 40% nitromethane mix (hobby shop) per gallon of gas. Add half the nitro, then half the gas, then half the nitro. Used a small mix of that to get down to 12.5x's N/A stock cam, stock heads, stock bttm end, 2.73s on a bet. Won $$ off that one. Guy never had a clue that I was prolly pushing 35-45hp more (I used a lot more than .25oz,per gallon, stripped the interior, etc.)

first of let me say "i hope your joking about the last half of that post.

dont run your car low of oil and the run the 1/4. thats stupid.why dont you drain 2/1/2 quarts out and drop half a second. dont encourage people to do dumb stuff.

afpr is is a waste of money to begin with. (execpt 93) esspecially if your putting a cam in because your going to need a tune anyway and then you can adjust it the right way. so now you just told him to waste $250 on a afpr.

you never mix fuels unless you can monitor all the sensors in the car. because different fuels have different densitys. so if you run a denser fuel then lean it out with the afpr which last about 2 or 3 minutes because the pcm corrects the pulse width and compensates the change. and then if you go a put regular gas in the car which is not as dense you burn a hole in the piston because your way to lean now. the highest octane a stock lt1 needs is about 94 to 95 at the most. so nitro is not needed.

god i hope the last part of your post was a joke.

until hobby lobby starts advertising on here dont buy crap for your car there.



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