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Glassreflectionzn54

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If you want to drive around a race car, this platform is stupid for that. Your pro welder can weld fine, but the install by the wire is what was poor. Yeah, I'm sure straight dumps are not loud lol.
It's cold there and not loud because we installed 2 vibrant resonators. Here's the sound outside and inside. Open windows and closed windows. Normal driving and at throttle
 

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Eyelobes

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Just took her around the neighborhood, staying out of boost. No leaks, and no smoke. Well, it's running dog rich and smells like it, plus a bunch of steam in this 44 degree weather.

Just getting on the gas a tiny bit up a hill in sport mode.... Holy crap those turbos suck some air. At least 3 times louder than stock with mmp inlets. Can't wait to get a tune on this thing.

And my suspension settled back down in the front which is nice. That and no more oil drops in my garage floor
 

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nobody else is also pointing out the fire hazard of that hack job exhaust. I'm sure his neighbors will be thrilled also
Why does it seem too loud for you? Or are you just very concerned for his neighbors?
 

D14

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Just took her around the neighborhood, staying out of boost. No leaks, and no smoke. Well, it's running dog rich and smells like it, plus a bunch of steam in this 44 degree weather.

Just getting on the gas a tiny bit up a hill in sport mode.... Holy crap those turbos suck some air. At least 3 times louder than stock with mmp inlets. Can't wait to get a tune on this thing.

And my suspension settled back down in the front which is nice. That and no more oil drops in my garage floor

Sweet. Guess it wasnt the turbos😀. Get her tuned and off you go.
 
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Eyelobes

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Just placed my order with Ken, so excited! Can't wait to see what this breaks....
 
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Eyelobes

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Took apart oem turbos today to see what was causing whine. Looks like the rear turbo bearing caught the shaft and gouged it. You could feel the bearing binding on it and can't even slide it off the shaft.
 

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Glassreflectionzn54

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Update, Just took her out on the base map. Sounds soooooo good. Not a bit of smoke and runs great!!
for all the haters out there that were waiting for bad news. so far i didnt heard of them failing yet. if any had a manufacture issue before even installing them but other then that didnt heard of anyone drive for few k miles and just blow up. ofourse it happens or will happen with time but just didnt heard about it yet . which is a good thing becuse many people have them alredy. i only heard of a competition turbo talking shit
 
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Eyelobes

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for all the haters out there that were waitijg for bad news. so far i didnt heard of them failing yet. if any had a manufacture issue before even installing them but other then that didnt heard of anyone drive for few k miles and just blow up. ofourse it happens or will happen with time but just didnt heard about it yet . which is a good thing becuse many people have them alredy. i only heard of a competition turbo talking shit
You ain't lying. RB and VTT and their Fanboys send like the biggest issues against these turbos
 

Eyelobes

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Just did my first log pull with Ken's base map. Holy shit these things pull like crazy, all the way to redline. In MHD monitoring it looks like my boost hit 21 psi but it's running a little rich. WGDC was around 60% at Max boost. Fuel pressures look ok and both STFT maxed at -13 each.
 
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Just did my first log pull with Ken's base map. Holy shit these things pull like crazy, all the way to redline. In MHD monitoring it looks like my boost hit 21 psi but it's running a little rich. WGDC was around 60% at Max boost. Fuel pressures look ok and both STFT maxed at -13 each.
Do you mind posting the log? Depending on where in the pul it isl 60%, but sounds pretty high for those boost levels. You may have a boost leak.
 

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I don't believe I have a boost leak, and it tops at 50%, sorry was doing a lunch run during all of this.


target boost and boost psi are spot on, if I had a leak i would never be able to hit target.

Thanks for sharing! 50% is much more reasonable for those boost levels. What are you running on the low pressure side? Looks like it is starting to have a hard time keeping up. Also you may want to consider upgrading your FMIC at some point, 25 deg is a pretty big rise on a single gear pull. Not trying to pick your log apart and overall looks pretty clean, just offering advice. I am sure Ken will get it dialed in nicely! Glad to hear they are working well for you.
 

Eyelobes

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I don't know what intercooler it is, its aftermarket and looks like a non-stepped 5". I will def. be going to a VRSF 7" in the near future. The previous owner had put in a Walbro 255 on the low side, but yeah, i saw it dipping down close to 50 psi.