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Round 1.2 DIY: Finally 1k rwhp??

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Old 03-22-2013, 05:36 PM
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Default Round 1.2 DIY: Finally 1k rwhp??
First, I'd like to thank all the folks who has helped and given technical information here for my build.
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Old 03-22-2013, 10:46 PM
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You have a nice garage set up

And ALOT of nuce mods there.... gonna be
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Very cool, man! Glad to see it getting bigger and better for you.
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Very cool, man! Glad to see it getting bigger and better for you.

DSteck, would you help again with the tune??
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Something small happened, still waiting some parts and new long block..

DDS wheel hubs done and control arms get soon Pfadt poly bushings..

Attached few pics of the progress again..
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Y are you going away from e-85? I thinking about going to it from dual nozzle meth
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Y are you going away from e-85? I thinking about going to it from dual nozzle meth
Yep and only reason going back to gas is I make every year roadtrip to Europe and E85 is not available in every country, example in Italy.
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E85 is Gods gift to boosted cars.
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E85 is Gods gift to boosted cars.
You're absolutely right!! But need to make compromises sometimes..
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Originally Posted by Tuomas FIN
You're absolutely right!! But need to make compromises sometimes..
i would make the Pro EFI compromises. lol

we have it on our shop car. Jason did a GREAT system.

i can fill up with e85. or get to a place where it isnt common and fill up with 91 and car addjust it for me.

LOVE FLEX FUEL SENSORS. lol

either car should be a rocket
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Loving the well lit garage. Makes for a more pleasurable working experience.
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Originally Posted by NICK YOSKIN
Loving the well lit garage. Makes for a more pleasurable working experience.
Thats the rule nr.1
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Meanwhile I'm waiting rest of parts got installed Vetteworks seat rails and shark bar plus seat belts..

Also Pfadt poly bushings done!!
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Is that the new ERL block setup?? I'm still waiting for just my block from them
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Is that the new ERL block setup?? I'm still waiting for just my block from them
No it's old one, I'm still waiting too..
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S**t, C6 TB don't have clear space with C5 S/C bracket.. Any ideas?
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Originally Posted by Tuomas FIN
Yep and only reason going back to gas is I make every year roadtrip to Europe and E85 is not available in every country, example in Italy.
So you are switching off the fuel that you use 80+% of the time to appease your needs for less than 20% of the time.

Just change tunes if you don't want to get into the complexity of setting up a Flex Fuel sensor. Speaking of complexity, meth is a PITA.
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S**t, C6 TB don't have clear space with C5 S/C bracket.. Any ideas?
Solved, thanks to Josh at A&A got answer again quickly!!
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Originally Posted by carlos@redline-motorsports
So you are switching off the fuel that you use 80+% of the time to appease your needs for less than 20% of the time.

Just change tunes if you don't want to get into the complexity of setting up a Flex Fuel sensor. Speaking of complexity, meth is a PITA.
Yep that's possible one way..
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