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Wow, somehow this fixed quite a few things!!!

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Old 07-07-2006, 11:22 PM
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Well, I finally got around to putting my car on the lift, changing the oil (it had coolant in it from the intake swap) and cleaning up the underside of the car. But anyways here's what I did, I added BG engine cleaner which you pour into your motor, let it run for about 10 minutes, change your oil and filter, put in a new filter, add oil and bam your done. Started the car up and jesus it idles better than it ever has before, I kid you not, I can revv it now and it doesn't hang. Also, I filled up with gas yesterday (first time since the intake swap) and I'm at 3/4 of a tank and my tripmeter thingy is at 80 miles (reset it after I fueled up) where as before I was at 3/4 of a tank and it was at 50. So that means before I was getting about 15-17 mpg and now after the TF street heat manifold I'm getting about 20-21. I'd have to say this has been a good day. Maybe a SLP Loudmouth catback would free up a few more horsepower and a little more fuel mileage.
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Old 07-07-2006, 11:33 PM
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The catback will definitely give you a couple more ponies and save you some gas at the same time.

It's always nice to do something to your car, no matter how simple, and see the positive effects.
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Old 07-07-2006, 11:33 PM
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How does it run with the new intake? Notice any change in performance?
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Old 07-07-2006, 11:35 PM
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gotta love BG products. its amazing what a little bit of engine cleaner will do huh?
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Old 07-07-2006, 11:40 PM
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sounds like that stuff is worth a try
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Old 07-08-2006, 12:23 AM
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I would really seriously try and use it, i'm definentally going to use it before every one of my oil changes. We carry a bunch of BG products and use them on almost everything that we work on, so I decided to use it. The intake was definentally worth some horsepower, actually quite a bit. It's a big SOTP gain all across the rpms, especially up top.
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Old 07-08-2006, 12:29 AM
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bg products are great. just gotta be carefull with the fuel system cleaner though. ive seen many injectors destroyed by incorrect use.
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