[ShadowReaper]

Originally Posted by Amputechture

NP man, glad to help.
Power-Making around 300, maybe a little over. I've only been on a dynograph once, and it put down 289/229 on a mustang dyno that reads stock twins around 155whp, but that was when I was tuned by Bob from Circuit. It was an absolute shit tune. I went through James at HRI tuning last spring and it's much better, and feels a little bit more powerful so I have no idea what I'm making exactly...but I've never seen anyone with a comparable setup to mine make more than 310 or so on 93 octane.


Install- I installed it myself, but I had quite a bit of help from a friend that is very mechanically inclined. I know my way around a car and could have done it myself but it would have taken much longer, and I would have had a lot of trouble cutting the crash beam. That shit took like 3 hours because all we had was a little handheld circular saw.


Heat problems- Not really, I'm not trying to make it a racecar, just a quick street car. It will only ever see the track once I have another vehicle and this one retires from daily duty to the weekend. I have the following cooling related modifications; JDL Fan Shroud, the SPAL fans that come with the kit, FA20DIT Water-to-Oil Cooler, DEI turbo blanket, the manifold/downpipe/overpipe is header-wrapped, and the charge pipe and MAF wiring has DEI heat tape on it. My coolant temps are exactly the same as when NA, and my oil temps are usually around 215 I've seen it spike to 240 before but it recovers pretty quickly.


Supporting stuff- Outside of what I mentioned above, I use a vented catch can on both sides and deleted the pcv valve. That's about it for 'reliability' modifications that I can think of. I hardly ever catch any oil in it, some cars produce more blowby than others I guess I'm one of the fortunate ones. My clutch started slipping in the higher gears a couple of months ago, and now it's starting to slip even in 2nd/3rd at times. I have an Exedy St 1 to put in, I would probably do clutch at the same time because you will have to eventually unless you are going to run low boost. Stock block yes, I plan to drive this car until the wheels fall off. I would like to put 12.5:1 or maybe even 13:1 JE pistons in when my motor goes to hell but I have a six month old so that probably won't happen...but maybe it will if I play my cards right and the stars align for me.

I'm jealous that you are so local to James... Im ordering the kit to Georgia, that's why I am debating getting supporting mods now while the kit is being assembled because I assume evidently If I instal and tune the kit then get injectors fuel pump catch can AFTER, I would have to go right back to James no?