Before , i was running 8 lbs of boost on my A trim. MODS are in sig.... I drove my car hard into boost once and as soon as i shifted, it seized right up... I sent it back to vortech because it was under warrenty and when i got a hold of them, they told me the cause of what happened was that it surged, and they will only warrenty half the cost when they should warrenty none ebcause it was my own fault.... Soo i am spending halfway of the price to convert to an S trim, 429.00 and they will ship it out on fri.. I will junk this BOV I have now and get a HKS super sequential blowoff valve
They told me that it should make about 2 more lbs of boost then it does right now, which would net me to 10-11 lbs of boost. I have a 7 inhc crank pulley on the car and the stock blower pulley.. That is why i was making 8 on the A trim, and then now 10-11 on the S. I really dont want to go throught he hassle of changing the crank pulley and both belts again soo im gonna deal with it.
(1)... Is my stock bottom end allright to handle 10-11 lbs safely? It was awesome at 8! If I were to guess, it might JUST hit 400 rwhp
(2). I have a 255 intank fuel pump... now with the addition of 2-3 more lbs, do i absolutely NEED the additional TREX pump?? Or is the 255 pump plenty... I do have 24 lb injectors, however i am running a vortech FMU, soo that takes care of the injectiors.. my question is the pump..
(3) Timing.... I absolutely would not want to detonate!!!!... I will be buying a vortech timing retard IF that is necessary.. Is it???? If it would be worth it to buy an intercooler, I will spend the 500 bucks on Kennedy's water injection kit. It is similar to the gains of an air/air intercooler. I wouldnt mind the hassle of filling water in it everyday if it would beat the price of spending 1500 on vortechs aftercooler... BUT. right where i stand, is that even necessary???
Before i buy the necessities, i am going to dribve it easily from point A to b... then i am going to put everything on and take it back to the dyno to get tuned..A friend referred me to Kennedys dynotune and they seem like they know their shyt soo I am going to call them tomorrow and ask them everything i asked in this thread to see if they can guide me to what i need.In the end with the NEW motor i am going to build, they are going to cusatom burn me a SD chip and put it on their dyno.. I am not trying to beata round the bush by any means to get this car running good.. I just want to know which is a necessity, or a want..
thanks Joe
They told me that it should make about 2 more lbs of boost then it does right now, which would net me to 10-11 lbs of boost. I have a 7 inhc crank pulley on the car and the stock blower pulley.. That is why i was making 8 on the A trim, and then now 10-11 on the S. I really dont want to go throught he hassle of changing the crank pulley and both belts again soo im gonna deal with it.
(1)... Is my stock bottom end allright to handle 10-11 lbs safely? It was awesome at 8! If I were to guess, it might JUST hit 400 rwhp
(2). I have a 255 intank fuel pump... now with the addition of 2-3 more lbs, do i absolutely NEED the additional TREX pump?? Or is the 255 pump plenty... I do have 24 lb injectors, however i am running a vortech FMU, soo that takes care of the injectiors.. my question is the pump..
(3) Timing.... I absolutely would not want to detonate!!!!... I will be buying a vortech timing retard IF that is necessary.. Is it???? If it would be worth it to buy an intercooler, I will spend the 500 bucks on Kennedy's water injection kit. It is similar to the gains of an air/air intercooler. I wouldnt mind the hassle of filling water in it everyday if it would beat the price of spending 1500 on vortechs aftercooler... BUT. right where i stand, is that even necessary???
Before i buy the necessities, i am going to dribve it easily from point A to b... then i am going to put everything on and take it back to the dyno to get tuned..A friend referred me to Kennedys dynotune and they seem like they know their shyt soo I am going to call them tomorrow and ask them everything i asked in this thread to see if they can guide me to what i need.In the end with the NEW motor i am going to build, they are going to cusatom burn me a SD chip and put it on their dyno.. I am not trying to beata round the bush by any means to get this car running good.. I just want to know which is a necessity, or a want..
thanks Joe
