The V6 Lounge - Page 72

dianeokie · 03-25-2013, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by nikos30

I've dont sooooo much research on ex and ipf, it's just that nobody has an Hps kit really. Maybe there's a reason hahahahaha. I haven't read one bad thing about ipf. I want a turbo though. Rx has turboed plenty so idkkkk :(
Wahhhhh!!

Lmao DAMIT.

I don't usually post in here, just stop by to check out the thread, but I heard a rumor that HPS was out of business. Not sure if it's true or not, but wouldn't be surprised!

DarkneSS · 03-26-2013, 12:19 AM

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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...

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.

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

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

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.

MDV6er · 03-26-2013, 12:24 AM

Has anybody bought any blackout kits or led strips off amazon? I'm starting to get into cosmetics and don't really want to buy bad quality stuff.. But I also don't want to spend a fortune.

MDV6er · 03-26-2013, 12:27 AM

On a completely different note, does the resonated x-pipe get quieter after breaking in? Or is it possible my car is running too rich and clogging my cats thus lowering the noise of the car? (Still untuned. Ordering trifecta this paycheck.)

lscamaro · 03-26-2013, 12:28 AM

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Originally Posted by DarkneSS

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

It's actually more than one box

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.

I think the tuning is a major part of it. The fueling on the LFX is better but it's also a constraint. Gretchen fabbed up a direct injection fueling solution that might solve the fueling problem. Might be great news for those that want to really push what the car can do.

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.

I agree and don't. I think if you are going after getting every ounce of power out of your car and wanting every last tenth of a second, then yes, get another car to race and have one to daily.

Although I do think that if you keep it conservative, a few bolt ons or even forced induction but not pushed to the limit, you can have a great daily driver that you can race. The challenge is in the being able to restrain yourself

lscamaro · 03-26-2013, 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by MDV6er

Has anybody bought any blackout kits or led strips off amazon? I'm starting to get into cosmetics and don't really want to buy bad quality stuff.. But I also don't want to spend a fortune.

What are you looking to get?

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Originally Posted by MDV6er

On a completely different note, does the resonated x-pipe get quieter after breaking in? Or is it possible my car is running too rich and clogging my cats thus lowering the noise of the car? (Still untuned. Ordering trifecta this paycheck.)

Yes, the resonated x-pipe will quiet. Like any other muffler, it will "season" after some miles have been put on it

MDV6er · 03-26-2013, 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by lscamaro

What are you looking to get?

Yes, the resonated x-pipe will quiet. Like any other muffler, it will "season" after some miles have been put on it

Tail light and marker light tint, bowtie black outs, under dash led's, grill lighting, and possbily some under body led's if I'm feeling extra ricey

DarkneSS · 03-26-2013, 12:44 AM

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Originally Posted by lscamaro

Lolol see if I do not have the ability to restrain myself so my tranny and engine will get worked, they both need to be nearly bullet proof. Stock, the tranny already is too weak in the manual so if I add FI without beefing it up it will definitely go!

lscamaro · 03-26-2013, 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by MDV6er

Tail light and marker light tint, bowtie black outs, under dash led's, grill lighting, and possbily some under body led's if I'm feeling extra ricey

Well here's what I did. Might save you a few bucks.

For my sidemarker tint, I went to a local tint shop and asked if they had any scraps that they were going to throw away. They gave me a few pieces of scraps and then I took off my sidemarkers and put it on and cut it out. Easy and free

For when I had vinyl on my bowties, I did the same. I went to a vinyl shop and told them I wanted to see if I could get some vinyl to cover my bowties. He gave me a few sets of scrap of gloss black vinyl which I took home and cut. Again, free

For led's, I would honestly just go with the cheapest you can find. I know a bunch of people will say oh the made in the usa stuff is a whole lot better and worth the price but I don't know if I believe it when it comes to LEDs. My LED fog light bulbs are from ebay. They cost me $5 and have been working perfectly for 2 years now. If they stop working, I can buy replacement sets and still be under the cost for what some are selling theirs. Do some give out more light? Maybe but to me it didn't matter because it's not like I can tell since the RS HID's are so bright

For tail lights, you can do tint and go look for scraps or use vht night shades. A buddy and I tinted his taillights with vht and it was easy and looked real good. The can is $15 at your local auto zone and is not hard to use at all. The hardest part might be removing the stock taillights since we didn't want to mask everything off and even that only took us 10 mins to do. You can just mask things off and spray right on the car if you choose. For $15 as opposed to $30 some of the taillight kits are is a no brainer to me. And you even have some left over if you want to do your sidemarkers as well.

lscamaro · 03-26-2013, 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by DarkneSS

Lolol see if I do not have the ability to restrain myself so my tranny and engine will get worked, they both need to be nearly bullet proof. Stock, the tranny already is too weak in the manual so if I add FI without beefing it up it will definitely go!

I thought the only problems most of the manual guys are having is the stock clutch being too weak to hold the power?

J_Vibe92 · 03-26-2013, 12:50 AM

is VHT Night shade okay? since you cant take it off?

lscamaro · 03-26-2013, 12:53 AM

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Originally Posted by J_Vibe92

is VHT Night shade okay? since you cant take it off?

You can take it off. Just get some paint thinner

MDV6er · 03-26-2013, 12:56 AM

So I heard the roots blower is another solid 2 months out.. I'm really wanting the cam's results to be positive so I can order them asap.
I have to talk myself out of trading my car in every day. I do love it, but I need moar powar

J_Vibe92 · 03-26-2013, 12:57 AM

pics of how it looks with lights on . rather not get pulled over haha

03-26-2013, 12:24 AM	#997
MDV6er Drives: 2011 Camaro LS Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Hagerstown, Maryland Posts: 279	Has anybody bought any blackout kits or led strips off amazon? I'm starting to get into cosmetics and don't really want to buy bad quality stuff.. But I also don't want to spend a fortune. __________________ 2011 Camaro LS M6 13.972 @ 103.44mph w/ 2.215 60'

03-26-2013, 12:27 AM	#998
MDV6er Drives: 2011 Camaro LS Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Hagerstown, Maryland Posts: 279	On a completely different note, does the resonated x-pipe get quieter after breaking in? Or is it possible my car is running too rich and clogging my cats thus lowering the noise of the car? (Still untuned. Ordering trifecta this paycheck.) __________________ 2011 Camaro LS M6 13.972 @ 103.44mph w/ 2.215 60'

03-26-2013, 12:50 AM	#1005
J_Vibe92 Drives: 2013 Mustang 5.0 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Houston Posts: 1,788	is VHT Night shade okay? since you cant take it off? __________________ Performance Mods: Vararam Intake, MRTv2.0 exhaust, Elite Engineering CC, Vmax Black Iceolator, Vmax Ported TB, OBX LT Headers w/ no CATS, LMR Tune Visual mods: Eagle Eyes w/5k hids, Custom Hood Spears, Heritage Grille, Stage 2 LED Dome lights,Transformer Emblems, PD Bezels, 19in Chevy rims with pirellis, Blue painted calipers, GM GFX Front Splitter, 35/20 % Tint, TailLight Tint(charcoal) 1/4 Mile: 13.65 sec @ 102.53 mph R.I.P.

03-26-2013, 12:56 AM	#1007
MDV6er Drives: 2011 Camaro LS Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Hagerstown, Maryland Posts: 279	So I heard the roots blower is another solid 2 months out.. I'm really wanting the cam's results to be positive so I can order them asap. I have to talk myself out of trading my car in every day. I do love it, but I need moar powar __________________ 2011 Camaro LS M6 13.972 @ 103.44mph w/ 2.215 60'

03-26-2013, 12:57 AM	#1008
J_Vibe92 Drives: 2013 Mustang 5.0 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Houston Posts: 1,788	pics of how it looks with lights on . rather not get pulled over haha __________________ Performance Mods: Vararam Intake, MRTv2.0 exhaust, Elite Engineering CC, Vmax Black Iceolator, Vmax Ported TB, OBX LT Headers w/ no CATS, LMR Tune Visual mods: Eagle Eyes w/5k hids, Custom Hood Spears, Heritage Grille, Stage 2 LED Dome lights,Transformer Emblems, PD Bezels, 19in Chevy rims with pirellis, Blue painted calipers, GM GFX Front Splitter, 35/20 % Tint, TailLight Tint(charcoal) 1/4 Mile: 13.65 sec @ 102.53 mph R.I.P.