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Old 06-13-2006, 03:36 PM
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I'm a little cautious to tow my car, but that's mainly due to my clutch. It's only about 4200lbs with the car and trailer, but I know SPEC didn't have towing in mind.

So when you guys say "low boost" what constitutes low?
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6 psi and under for me.
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Originally Posted by vanillagorilla
I'm a little cautious to tow my car, but that's mainly due to my clutch. It's only about 4200lbs with the car and trailer, but I know SPEC didn't have towing in mind.

So when you guys say "low boost" what constitutes low?

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Old 06-13-2006, 09:16 PM
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Whoops- I said bumper ment valance. I see now, didnt realize you were converting it. At least you get good flow to the intercooler that way.
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That picture gave me an idea. How about a second job for the truck? A fire pumper. Back it up into the lake, unhook the intake tube and attach a fire hose. Might come in handy.
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Originally Posted by KySilverado
That picture gave me an idea. How about a second job for the truck? A fire pumper. Back it up into the lake, unhook the intake tube and attach a fire hose. Might come in handy.
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J/K. lol, sounds like a good idea.
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Thats funny, I just added my second nosel to my meth kit and I had a syphoning problem because the resovor level was higher than the nosels. IT was running funny and I figured that was the problem, so I looked at my resovor and it was empty. I took my intake piping off from the throttle body and it was like a 1/2 a gallon of meth poored out. Drained it, started the motor and it ran fine. I thought I would hydro lock the motor, but it did not. I think I am really pushing it with this sts kit! I think I got lucky i did not go in to boost.
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Thats funny, I just added my second nosel to my meth kit and I had a syphoning problem because the resovor level was higher than the nosels. IT was running funny and I figured that was the problem, so I looked at my resovor and it was empty. I took my intake piping off from the throttle body and it was like a 1/2 a gallon of meth poored out. Drained it, started the motor and it ran fine. I thought I would hydro lock the motor, but it did not. I think I am really pushing it with this sts kit! I think I got lucky i did not go in to boost.
I done almost the same thing. but I was adjusting the turn-on point for my Alky controler to see if my tip-in knock would go away, and I was turning it down while I was driving. When I got home I turned the truck off, then turned the key on, Played with the computer for a while and thought, "I wonder what the noise under the hood is?" Then it clicked, I turned up the gain control for the motor and sure enough the wierd sound got louder.
Then I got to drain all the piping. lol I also turned the engine over by hand before I tried to start it. It did start, but it didn't like it. lol
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