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GM Vortec Max, your thoughts?

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Old May 2, 2006 | 10:07 AM
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..I got the Superchips Flashpaq for my Hemi. Not sure of all the bells and whistles but the one thing it did do was over ride the Torque Management feature that we all hate so much.... Now when i go wot it holds gear til the high rpms and thats a huge benefit...
That is exactly one of the things I want to see with the FlashPAQ. Answered a question for me :P I was told the Hemi, when floored from get go, goes WOT, then backs down to 1/2, then slowly goes back open to full WOT. Racing, this aint going to work :P I think we are talking about about the same thing. Not sure what this crap is called. It does help when it needs to, which with the FlashPAQ I can probably turn it back to its normal settings during winter and rainy weeks (and such). So am I talking about the same thing? :P I want to punch it and squeel. Right now, I really can't. Dead stop, it doesn't let me spin my tires. *sigh*.
 
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Old May 2, 2006 | 09:02 PM
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I don't get it, I can roast my tires at WOT and I don't notice my truck back down at all? I must be crazy, maybe a coke bottle fell out of a plane or something. I drop the hammer and the front of my truck wrenches up and it goes up to red then shifts and does so well. I still get giddy and grin like a schoolgirl when I floor this thing. Even at 70-80 I floor it and it drops out of OD and then a gear and just screams to life. I wonder what kind of wonderfulness a superchips will do for me. i run 89 octone and am completely stock.
 
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Old May 2, 2006 | 11:49 PM
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GM trucks are a lot lighter than Ford or dodge, the 5.3 Vorteck is a good kick *** engine in camparison the 5.4 3v ford, I'm still waiting on a factey order for my ram, I don't have any seat of the pants expierance with the hemi yet, but thier is more to a truck than how fast it will go in a stright line, I'm not sure what the next step up from the 5.7 is, I know the charger and 300c SRT 8 a re running bigger engine than the 5.7, Dodge set the standard for truck engines, Ford has nothing, Titans are quick, but I don't like the looks of them.
 
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