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Originally Posted by lscamaro
Doing some aesthetics as well. Got bored of the red so I ripped it off and just went with some gloss black hash marks on the car. Really like it! Looking to do some painting on my bowties and such to keep me occupied while I get more money for mods. Looking into a new front bumper soon. Like the zl1 front bumper so I might save for that soon. Also like the mpd z force hood or the vis ams, might do that in the future. I also have a very important package coming in for me on Friday... 
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Yeah sometimes a mod you loved just doesn't make sense anymore. I change the looks of my car(s) a lot, I always want to improve them. Whats in the box!? lol
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Originally Posted by lscamaro
Gretchen's car is an LFX now though so I don't think his build is a good comparison to an LLT build. He can do all the tuning himself so that makes things a lot easier. I do agree about the tranny part though. Kind of. I know an aftermarket clutch is being designed soon so that might help. Other than that, I don't know because I have an auto and I haven't seen any problems with the auto yet.
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Is it really the tuning though? I thought it was more of a fueling and internal engine parts thing. I do think we have a clutch already and yeah the auto seems to be holding up well. I still don't see the auto trannys lasting that much longer than the manuals long term.
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Originally Posted by Blues45th
Hps major issues. Also how would you know about ported throttle body response if you don't have one lol. I have a ptb and I noticed it on way home on why doing 70 to 80 and then when in the city. The vmax one ,which I have, I love and is night and say from stock. Yes there will be up coming numbers to show gains in all these mods that so many wanna just call not needed or do nothing. I'm excited to see them as much as all of you.
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Originally Posted by lscamaro
Buddy let me borrow his. I put it on, we went out for a good 3 hours. I drove the car to the restaurant we were going to get food at, he drove it on the way back, we both agreed we didn't feel anything with it and we put it back in his car. You can definitely feel a difference in his car but in mine... nada
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Yeah there is only so much power you can make off of bolt ons...
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Originally Posted by lscamaro
Here's the way I see it. I wanted a turbo kit in the beginning as well. But our cars are pretty much capped at about 450 hp on power since we have fueling issues. Pretty much all the systems out there can make that power. So then it comes down to a simple matter. Reliability. If your car is a daily driver, I imagine this may be a big thing to look at. When I did my research, I really liked the IPF kit in this department but that's up to you to look at. If you're looking at just turbo kits, you have 2 options being an LLT. HPS and RX. HPS is crap so that's out. But then comes the fact that with the RX turbo's, you'll have to ship your car out since as far as I know, they don't have a kit. So that adds cost on top of the turbo kit. Then, to me, I like to at least see how things are going and if your car is halfway across the country, that's not possible. I'd like to also have a way to get in contact with the shop who did the kit and be able to just drive down there with any concerns I may have. And unless I'm completely wrong, not many shops will pay for you to ship your car to you to get something looked at. So sadly, unless you have a shop in your region who is willing to build you a turbo kit, you're kind of left with just supercharger kits. If you don't mind shipping your car out, then RX seems like a good choice to go. But I have yet to see another twin or single build other than can't_c_me's kit. That's the way I see it
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Definitely, if you want to add forced induction you really need to understand entirely how it works or else when something breaks, which it will, you'll have to pay a mechanic to fix it...
This is really why you need two cars, its just a bad idea to make your daily try to also be a race car.