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Old Aug 15, 2006 | 01:14 PM
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well, I broke down and gone one, put it in and proptly had the crank and cam connectors backwards. I was being an idiot anyway

0/0 stock
1/0 hmm, I feel a little difference here
1/1 same as 1/0
2/1 just a hair more power than 1/0
2/2 woah, thats interesting
3/2 ummm. . . I just nailed 35PSI in like 30 nano seconds and tires broke loose in 4th
3/3 tires no longer staying on road
4/3 oh crap
4/4 holy crap
5/3 welp, the clutch just let loose
5/4 clutch let go even sooner, I wonder why
5/5 same as above
6/5 gee, those people infront of me sure are coming up quick
6/6 gee, why are the people behind me so pissed off, that was just a little smoke oh, clutch let go as well at 1600rpm
7/6 HOLY SHEITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! not going any farther seeing as I can go to 9/9
 
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Old Aug 15, 2006 | 01:22 PM
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LMAO... so you got it dialed in... cool... where do they recommend you stop (settings) before clutch upgrades?
 
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Old Aug 15, 2006 | 01:39 PM
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3/3

and I can tell my clutch doesnt hold at 4/3 with the throttle on the floor. In the instalation instructions it does say do not go over 6 on any combination of the stock clutch on manuals will not hold, and dont go over 4 for auto's or the torque converter will slip.
 
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Old Aug 15, 2006 | 01:45 PM
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cool, where do you plan to run it? also, are you going to track mileage with it? (i'm curious).

also, FYI...looking to do the amsoil swap next oil change and may do the bypass filter, is your 1 mpg gain still holding up?
 
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Old Aug 15, 2006 | 01:52 PM
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I'm not worried about this tank. . .I'm just having fun adn seeing what this thing will do, but next tank I will and see what happens.

and yes, my mileage gain was there and verified over two tanks, it came to .8mpg better over dino and old axel and tranny juice.

I'm going to start doing oil sampleing as well. this might help extend drain intervals and I'll post what comes of it.
 
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Old Aug 15, 2006 | 01:59 PM
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cool, I'll keep an eye out for results... at the rate I'm going, I should be doing another oil change by mid Sept if not sooner, I plan on doing the swap & install then.

 
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Old Aug 15, 2006 | 09:00 PM
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and yes, my mileage gain was there and verified over two tanks, it came to .8mpg better over dino and old axel and tranny juice.
Drew, How are you figuring the mileage gain that comes to the .8 ? How do you know that it's that close? traveling same distance? amount of fuel used?
 
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Old Aug 15, 2006 | 10:33 PM
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I would think the best way is to average the fuel useage over an extended period of time... I look at it by months. my mileage has been creeping upward by about .2/mile from May.
 
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Old Aug 15, 2006 | 10:43 PM
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Love the presentation!
 
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Old Aug 16, 2006 | 07:51 PM
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well, I finaly got the ***** to turn it up higher yesterday after work

any combination of 8 and I'm smoking like a freight train. infact, a blip of the throttle and the clutch is slipping at 1400rpm. I had a test of 9x9 with an easy foot and I could keep the smoke down, put a little more throttle into it and daylight was turning into night time. intersections were being closed down from the smoke. people getting pissed off, but then there were those who were giving me thumbs up on the smoke screen

anyway, pooch, I just take the mileage driven and the fuel used to fill up to get my mileage. first tank was only .5 better, second I drove slower due to alot of back road 65mph crusing. the gain is there.
 
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