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Old 11-08-2007, 03:47 PM
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sorry guys...i want to come, but MS is next on my list, and i have nothing else to do, for now...
but ill try to the MS myself and see how it goes
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Old 11-08-2007, 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Ben

looks like it'll be the 2 Bens.
Maybe we should move to the DC area...we might actually have other people to swing a wrench with.
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Old 11-08-2007, 05:00 PM
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guys, if you think you can help me get a good tune ill still come, i dont know much about MS so i dont know whether it is possible or not, well it is not with me doing the tuning, lol
let me know, id still love to come if im gonna be able to drive back home
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Old 11-08-2007, 05:05 PM
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Originally Posted by whaaamx5
guys, if you think you can help me get a good tune ill still come, i dont know much about MS so i dont know whether it is possible or not, well it is not with me doing the tuning, lol
let me know, id still love to come if im gonna be able to drive back home
Let me put it this way:
I plugged in my MSPNP and test drove it, made sure everything seemed ok. Then I drove over to Ben's place, about an hour and a half away, with my wastegate wired open. We installed injectors and started tweaking/tuning around 9:30pm. I drove home at about 3am, boosted, with no problems. We're both immensely better at tuning now.
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Old 11-08-2007, 05:30 PM
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No deer were harmed in the process.
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Buy an MSPNP Pro, you'll feel better.
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Old 11-08-2007, 05:32 PM
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so is this my invitation? lol
my car is stock and MS is loaded with the PnP map, i dont forsee it to be hard for someone that knows the MS, but for me, tst tst tst
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Originally Posted by Ben
No deer were harmed in the process.
inside joke im sure...
so who hit it?
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Old 11-08-2007, 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by whaaamx5
inside joke im sure...
so who hit it?
Nobody. But we easily could have. It was quite dark.
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Old 11-08-2007, 06:19 PM
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not cool, i have friend who hit three or four so far, not cool
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Old 11-08-2007, 06:23 PM
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Nobody. But we easily could have. It was quite dark.
And we saw 3. Remember, when were at that 4 way stop, they were in front and to the right.

I've hit a few, but oddly enough never near where I live, where it's kinda rural. I've hit them in very populated areas. I see deer all the time here, maybe they're those new, smart deer.
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Buy an MSPNP Pro, you'll feel better.
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Old 11-08-2007, 06:25 PM
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And we saw 3. Remember, when were at that 4 way stop, they were in front and to the right.
Yup. The thing I remember most about that drive though was the feeling of hitting the boost overrun on the first attempt at boost, and blowing the wastegate rod off the flapper. Definitely scared the **** out of me for a sec.
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Old 11-08-2007, 06:31 PM
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Good times

Dan, come, don't come, up to you. I can't with certainty tell you your car will be tuned better than it is now, because I don't know how it's running now. Odds are since you're still NA, unless you're way off, we won't be able to do too much w/o benefit of a dyno.
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Old 11-08-2007, 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Ben
Good times

Dan, come, don't come, up to you. I can't with certainty tell you your car will be tuned better than it is now, because I don't know how it's running now. Odds are since you're still NA, unless you're way off, we won't be able to do too much w/o benefit of a dyno.
Amen.
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Old 11-08-2007, 06:42 PM
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it is still stock, the MS was plugged up to test, i didnt want to drive down there initially to find out something is wrong with the harness etc. but its all good, i just have to install everything not just temporary and get the idle right s what i was told, lol, we all know how that can go, so im sure im just being a pansy
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Old 11-08-2007, 10:08 PM
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there is going to be one in the spring right? I'd like to come down on the 10th, but i read this too late
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Old 11-08-2007, 10:15 PM
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Probably not. Turnout will be so low, I'm embarrassed to have put forth the effort.
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Old 11-09-2007, 10:07 AM
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ben I'd go - I actually got the car drivable during lunch yesterday. It's just a choice between racing or tech day...
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Old 11-09-2007, 10:09 AM
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You're always welcome Rob, but as a smart man once said, I'd rather be racing
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Old 11-09-2007, 03:07 PM
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send me an address or something, so i can GOOGLE it
what time are you guys getting together
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I'll see if I can stop by and say hello. I'll be going to the race - not competing or anything, just hanging out.
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