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Old May 19, 2008 | 08:32 PM
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not cool enough i see...
Old May 19, 2008 | 09:22 PM
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ghetto ******* fabulous....



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Should've half shafted that bad boy. Good enough though, better than no porting at all.
Old May 20, 2008 | 09:01 AM
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I'm still working on it. It may not be pretty, but exactly, better than none at all. In the least I got rid of the lip just before the flapper.
Old May 20, 2008 | 06:32 PM
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aiight, i think im done. removed more material and smoothed **** out. if i gain 2% more flow, that's 2% more flow.

Before:




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Basically here's where I removed:

Old May 20, 2008 | 06:52 PM
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I guess you're never removing the butterfly valve....
Old May 20, 2008 | 06:57 PM
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Aren't those rivets and not screws? I don't remember.
Old May 20, 2008 | 07:12 PM
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they are screws. and i haven't removed a butterfly in 13 years since we owned our '93, why would i start now?
Old May 21, 2008 | 10:08 AM
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you guys nothing about no DIY.
Old May 21, 2008 | 10:50 AM
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Sexellent!

Great idea with the boost controller switch. I now must do that too.
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Fine.... Here:

Old May 25, 2008 | 08:57 AM
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LOL @ the picture :-)

Originally Posted by Braineack
yeah yeah. it's really just for rainy days and when my dad drives it. I can easily spool it to 10 pounds without trying at part throttle on the highway, and since my auto TB is still sitting on my dining table....
Things like boost control and shift lights start to make sense when you start making some serious power and the tacho needle has a tendency to move itself full sweep in a blink.

Can I steal that image Joe? (EDIT : this one (didn't see second page) http://img28.picoodle.com/img/img28/...Cm_47b041d.gif )

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Old May 25, 2008 | 12:20 PM
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here's what mine looks like, i still need to polish it...

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Old May 25, 2008 | 02:51 PM
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good boy! im doing the same as you already know
Old May 25, 2008 | 07:19 PM
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It's in TPS finally working. I had to perform a few open heart surgeries on the TPS unit itself to get it to work. First the pins on the connector did not make contact to the wiper paths on the inside. Then the wiper brushes themselves needed to be readjusted. So far good. Now to play with TPS stuffs....launch, TPSdot, TPS boost, etc.
Old May 25, 2008 | 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by UrbanSoot
good boy! im doing the same as you already know
hahaa sorry didn't mean to be a copycat its just that i already had it of my
engine and i just got a new dremmel so i went for it...
Old May 26, 2008 | 04:09 PM
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Blah. I had it working this morning was able to play with launch control....then it stopped sending voltage again. I need to get a new TPS unit, my surgeries were unsuccessful it seems. the brushes are too fubared.

launch control is really fun btw.
Old May 26, 2008 | 04:35 PM
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it sure damn is, glad you're playing with it now i will have to figure out a way to make a switch for my launch control.... wanna school me via PM brain?
Old May 26, 2008 | 04:43 PM
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i figure if I keep the TPS switch at 75% or so I'll never activate it.
Old May 27, 2008 | 12:45 AM
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well i heard you're suppose to run it according to the clutch switch on the car.... and with 100% on the floor with the clutch pedal down, you activate it...

what's weird when i do it is.... ALS activates when it wants to, which is weird. my foot's all the way down on the clutch and if i hold it for a while... ALS activates, and i can't deactivate it.... sorta why i want an actual switch i can flip now lol



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