Topic: Mudferret's HWhip - ask me about my exciting new end links

[mudferret]

It's looking like it will be the mounts at some point rather than a pitch stop on its own.  I'll likely put the money that would go towards a pitch stop towards the mounts.  And I do appreciate all of my fingers, so like you I'll likely pay someone else to do it.

Good call on the Grillcraft Grills, and er....nice color!
How difficult was the install of the lower grill?

Thanks.  The lower grill is simple.  Pop off your fog covers or bezels, drill a ~1/2" access hole for your mounting screws on either side of the grill.  3 mounting screws in total, 1 on either side, and one on the bottom.  It can be a bit of a PITA to get the screws to line up on the sides, but once you've found thread you're done after a few turns.

[Tenacious_B]

So easier than the upper grills? I've had the grills out of my car for a month now, all dissasembled and.......I lose my motivation when it comes time to hack apart the original inserts, just don't have the guts to do it yet.....

[mudferret]

Much easier.  I'm glad I did both, my radiator was starting to look like itshay.

[mudferret]

Bought Samco IC hoses, and Afta MAF along with t-bolts, and ordered a Killer B oil pick up tube yesterday.  Will get pics of said junk at some point.

[LilDrunkenSmurf]

Afta MAF?

[mudferret]

Just the stupid name they give to the plastic elbow between the MAF and turbo inlets. 

[Tenacious_B]

Bought Samco IC hoses, and Afta MAF along with t-bolts, and ordered a Killer B oil pick up tube yesterday.  Will get pics of said junk at some point.

Let us know what the install on the pick up tube is like, I just ordered one yesterday.....

[LilDrunkenSmurf]

It's not bad from what I understand. I'd like to order one out of posterity, but for the price, I can't justify it on a whim..

[Tenacious_B]

It's not bad from what I understand. I'd like to order one out of posterity, but for the price, I can't justify it on a whim..

Price isn't that bad, I just paid $175 USD from fred beans parts.

[seat safety switch]

I didn't know about the replacement oil pipes. Is it basically a certainty that these will break in an EJ25?

[Tenacious_B]

I didn't know about the replacement oil pipes. Is it basically a certainty that these will break in an EJ25?

http://photos.killerbmotorsport.com/GalleryThumbnails.aspx?gallery=244340

[seat safety switch]

Yeah, I saw the gallery. I've been searching around to see if it really is a problem or just sort of a fluke. It does appear to happen on a worryingly large cross-section of turbo EJ25s.

edit: Eep.

[Tenacious_B]

to me it was cheap insurance.

[mudferret]

to me it was cheap insurance.

That was the motivation for me as well; it's one less thing to worry about.  It's happened to a few people on this board alone; can't recall whom. 

[jutes]

That was the motivation for me as well; it's one less thing to worry about.  It's happened to a few people on this board alone; can't recall whom. 

I replaced mine and the stocker wasn't cracked, but had the formation of a crack.

[mudferret]

I installed the Samco hoses yesterday, the recirc tube is a massive PITA.  Not so much getting the new one on, but the getting the old one off.

The Killer B p/u tube should be here soon, will wait until next oil change to install.

[gd8]

Nice clamps,  see you got them from greenline.  One thing though, You should grind the clamp between the intercooler and the manifold so it sits under the raised lip on the casting.  I know the clamps width are a hair thicker then the lip on the intercooler, so overtime the clamps will walk on you.  Just a piece of mind.

[LilDrunkenSmurf]

Man, those are some pretty hoses.

[mudferret]

One thing though, You should grind the clamp between the intercooler and the manifold so it sits under the raised lip on the casting.

Thanks for the tip.  So you're referring to the clamp on the short coupler, on the t-body side?  I wish the coupler was a little longer, seems like it's just long enough.  I'll definitely keep an eye on it.

[mudferret]

Stock on same dyno ~170-175 whp / wtq???

The OTS Cobb stage 2 map had me at 203 whp @ 5100 / 223 wtq @ 3800.  I'm sure that would be 3 million HP and 4 million WTQ on a dyno in Florida... 

So Sunny was able to improve the numbers, and the area under the curve considerably.

Wonder how this would feel at sea level.

Jan 22/2011: Re-ran logs with my now known car + driver + junk weight.  These are typical results from a Airboy road tune, I looked through Airboy plots done in Calgary and without fail a stage 2 91 octane tune runs at 206-207 whp/270 wtq.  Mr Consistency.

Current Airboy Dyno #'s on page 4, Airboy Dyno Dynamics #'s on page 3.

[LilDrunkenSmurf]

Holy torquebots!

94 octane on AP w/ Airboy tune?

[mudferret]

Holy torquebots!

94 octane on AP w/ Airboy tune?

Ooops, 94 it was. 

Correct; Airboy tuned on AP.

[LilDrunkenSmurf]

Fun?

[mudferret]

Very much so; drive conservatively 95% of the time however.

[Perfect Dark]

Gotta love TD04 torque bots!