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Old 03-30-2007, 09:16 AM
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The turbo builds its pressure a little later (around 250rpm later) but it pulls noticeably harder. I blew the tires off the car at the top of 3rd this morning
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I blew the tires off the car at the top of 3rd this morning
how fast were you going when this happened?
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now cut the shit out of your front bumper so you can see the fmic like dom did.
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Looks great man, damn I wish my FMIC on the Cavy went that smooth and easy
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how fast were you going when this happened?
dont know, took it easy 1-2 and 2-3... mashed it in 3rd and when the turbo spooled they cracked loose and shot right up to the rev limiter
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Old 03-30-2007, 02:31 PM
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thats what you get for having 6 inch wide tires
seriously... it's bad enough the car is FWD... they could have put 8" wide wheels on the thing... I'm running crappy 215/45/17 tires on the stock 6" wheels now... after a few auto-x races they'll be toast and I'll have an excuse to put 19's on it and get the stockers powdercoated.

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In silver on an orange srt:
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The turbo builds its pressure a little later (around 250rpm later) but it pulls noticeably harder. I blew the tires off the car at the top of 3rd this morning
Or your ass dyno could be off. Determining lag changes is difficult and not as accurate as most people think.
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holy balls thats huge, i def want a fmic; and it would help to not spool as soon as i do.


and those rims are hot
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The your going from a 16g to 15g? or did I misread in page 1


FMIC is nice....should be ok with the stock turbo
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