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Old 12-11-2011, 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by ltr450ryder
Dam she looks and sounds great glad to see shes going good now!
Thanks man, been driving it around all weekend, put 125 miles on it so far

Even though I ordered the 4-7psi adjustable gate I am pretty sure I was sent the 8-12psi spring because with the adjustment screw all the way out it boosts to 8psi and holds there. I kept my eye on the wideband as it got up to 8psi and its plenty fat and feels great.

I spoke with the ebay seller who sells the gates and he is shipping me the 4-7psi spring this week. 8psi feels great but in order to get some WOT logging done I need to step the boost down because the tires just wont hold. So for now I just cruise and hit boost at 40% throttle and it stays around 6psi, love how loud the spool and BOV are.

I couldn't be happier with the setup and it was worth every late night spent in the garage.

More mods in the coming months
-80e swap
-Built driveshaft w/ safety loop (yes paranoid)
-New rims/ drag radial (Thinking something along the lines of 17's with a fat DR in the rear. As much as I like the look of 20's its probably not the best for performance)
- Once all the above is done, step up the boost 10, 12psi?

Stay tuned...
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Hey what pioneer head unit is that?
Old 12-11-2011, 06:44 PM
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Hey what pioneer head unit is that?
Avic 700bt, Its an older model I bought a few years back, despite a few little quirks because of it being outdated, not bad for an in dash nav that only ran me $450 when I bought it.
Old 12-12-2011, 10:51 AM
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Nicely done, good lookin ride.
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Originally Posted by Dogsofjune
Nicely done, good lookin ride.

Thanks, I knew I recognized the name and the sig confirmed it. I started out on s10 forum years ago with a bagged xtreme that later turned into a failed turbo project with syclone manifolds. Was back on s10forum the beginning of this year with another xtreme and syclone manifolds again for round two and ditched the truck when I bought the 2500 daily. I followed your build the second time around.

Youthful impatience was a bitch

Third time's a charm though
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This inspires me to start looking at a fullsize someday. It would be nice to be under the hood of something that had room.

Lord help me when the six gets replaced with a snailed V8.
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fun aint it
Old 12-13-2011, 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Dogsofjune
This inspires me to start looking at a fullsize someday. It would be nice to be under the hood of something that had room.

Lord help me when the six gets replaced with a snailed V8.
I hear you, I had the whole passengers side to do what I pleased, only things there were the AC lines.

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fun aint it
I love it Cant wait to make some changes and get the power to the ground, The spool whistle and BOV are suuuper loud, already been chased by two subarus and a vw
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Hopefully going tomorrow to pick up an 80e. out of an 02 truck, GM goodwrench unit with 30k on the clock. Comes with the stock converter, flex plate, dipstick/tube and inspection cover.

Will post pics when/if I get it home
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I come here daily just to hear the turbo whistle


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