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Old 08-09-2009, 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted by hpwrestler220
ughhh... i dont wanna have to pay for those bad boys... hopefully once i tune her up it will start fine and ill start seeing at least 20mpg on the highway.. 18 is killer

trust me, no one wants to have to pay for em. I tell ya what tho, since you didn't get my steeda tips, when I get my weapon X coils in, you can have my stock set, or even the MSD set of CoP's if you'd like, 40 bucks shipped.

I still have the stock 03's, and the MSD ones.
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Old 08-09-2009, 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by hpwrestler220
tire chirp is over-rated.. its all about sticking to the pavement =) so what should i do with my tune up???

spark plugs (what kind?) and ill check my compression ratio while im in there
clean my air filter
get a new fuel filter? (my dad says i dont need to bc fuel is cleaner now than way back then?) i feel like i should get one anyway
and im definitely getting a new battery.

am i missing anything?
Yeah get a new one when I first got both my cars I changed out the filters and both had brown crap pouring out of the old filters.
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Old 08-09-2009, 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by hpwrestler220
tire chirp is over-rated.. its all about sticking to the pavement =) so what should i do with my tune up???

spark plugs (what kind?) and ill check my compression ratio while im in there
clean my air filter
get a new fuel filter? (my dad says i dont need to bc fuel is cleaner now than way back then?) i feel like i should get one anyway
and im definitely getting a new battery.

am i missing anything?
Plugs- Anything but champions
air filter- clean or replace
Fuel filter- replace (your dad should see what came outta my 94 jeep, fuel isnt suppost to be dark brown)
battery- test it at local parts store, if bad replace, good overnight trickle charge

dont forget oil change if its due, and inspect the belt/pulleys
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Old 08-09-2009, 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted by 2000AZ5.0GT
trust me, no one wants to have to pay for em. I tell ya what tho, since you didn't get my steeda tips, when I get my weapon X coils in, you can have my stock set, or even the MSD set of CoP's if you'd like, 40 bucks shipped.

I still have the stock 03's, and the MSD ones.
haha i forgot about those steeda tips!! did u see what i did? i ended up dremeling off the inner exhaust tip on each side of my catback... looks legit now. looks like an exhaust should

that sounds like a deal... but i want to see if the basics will fix her up before i go and buy other things... if the tune up doesnt work, $40 will be coming ur way lol
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Old 08-09-2009, 04:22 PM
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alright guys.. ill buy a new fuel filter.. he is too old school. thanks for the real life feedback. gunna tell him right now... even the old guys need to learn something new everyday
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Old 08-09-2009, 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by hpwrestler220
haha i forgot about those steeda tips!! did u see what i did? i ended up dremeling off the inner exhaust tip on each side of my catback... looks legit now. looks like an exhaust should

that sounds like a deal... but i want to see if the basics will fix her up before i go and buy other things... if the tune up doesnt work, $40 will be coming ur way lol

Yeah, they look really good, I saw your thread back when you did it.

I finished putting the SRA back in yesterday, so I'm not running dumps anymore, and the tips are a nice touch, and quiet it down a bit.

Hope you get it running right.
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Old 08-09-2009, 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by 2000AZ5.0GT
Yeah, they look really good, I saw your thread back when you did it.

I finished putting the SRA back in yesterday, so I'm not running dumps anymore, and the tips are a nice touch, and quiet it down a bit.

Hope you get it running right.
why did u switch to an SRA?? and thank you
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Old 08-09-2009, 05:41 PM
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I'm going to get another degree, possibly my masters, and I'm leaving home and going to live in an Apt on campus. I won't have the time/money to road race for quite a while, so I'm converting to a drag setup, with a Manual valvebody 4R70W and I already have the SRA in. New MT's are being delivered, hopefully the car will see consistent 10.2-10.1's, with slightly more power added.

Just something to do on the weekends while I'm away at school, and i didn't want the extra weight of the IRS/bracing.

I had a thread in OT about it
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Old 08-09-2009, 05:50 PM
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Originally Posted by 2000AZ5.0GT
I'm going to get another degree, possibly my masters, and I'm leaving home and going to live in an Apt on campus. I won't have the time/money to road race for quite a while, so I'm converting to a drag setup, with a Manual valvebody 4R70W and I already have the SRA in. New MT's are being delivered, hopefully the car will see consistent 10.2-10.1's, with slightly more power added.

Just something to do on the weekends while I'm away at school, and i didn't want the extra weight of the IRS/bracing.

I had a thread in OT about it
oh damnnn... good for you going back to school though...

i havent really been on here much.. been really busy lately. idk anything about anybody anymore... one minute ox is here, the next he is gone.... i cant keep up anymore lol. low 10s is no joke lol.. damnnnnn
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Old 08-09-2009, 09:34 PM
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I wouldnt go with anything but NGK TR series spark plugs. And i think TR55's are stock heat range...or maybe it was the TR7's. Its one of the 2 and i have neither. Im running TR6's and they run great. Dont really know how much different spark plugs would change the butt dyno but id go with stock heat range.
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