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Old Jan 15, 2008 | 09:06 PM
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oooo oooooooo can i tell you how my car feels at a 4500rpm drop on my stock clutch.. pick me pick me! haha
Old Jan 15, 2008 | 09:21 PM
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um...ok...The shirtless hawaian in the back...care to share how your car feels at a 4500rpm drop?
Old Jan 15, 2008 | 09:29 PM
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oooo yes! it feels like ____! i knew i knew the answer to this one!
Old Jan 15, 2008 | 10:25 PM
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NICE! Now have you tried doing hard launches off the line? How does it grip from like a 4500rpm drop? Or is you car not tuned well enough to try that?
i haven't done any launches yet; competition recommended a 500 mile break-in (only on the stage 3, not on all of their models) so i'm taking it seriously.. i still boost a little when i'm in gear and whatnot, but no launches yet. plus i don't think my tune would like that very much haha ill let you know when i do it, but the thing is rated grippy to about 375ish whp, so it should be okay
Old Jan 15, 2008 | 10:27 PM
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And when are we going to see these pics of your car?
Old Jan 15, 2008 | 10:46 PM
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yeah, mine feels like I'm spinning tires...but that's not what it sounds like...and it's not what it smells like either!
Old Jan 15, 2008 | 10:57 PM
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And when are we going to see these pics of your car?
As soon as I clean up the engine bay a little haha.. within the next few days I'm sure

btw, my manifold is ugly now lol.. oh well, i guess i can learn to like the rugged look
Old Jan 15, 2008 | 11:04 PM
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why is your mani ugly? I thought you got yours coated?
dude, I thought the raw form looks sweet as hell.....untill i saw a black coated one!
Old Jan 15, 2008 | 11:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr_Meaty
why is your mani ugly? I thought you got yours coated?
dude, I thought the raw form looks sweet as hell.....untill i saw a black coated one!
haha mine has no coating. it's a nice bronzish color.. it's not TOO bad, but the black powdercoated looks amazing and would be perfect for the direction i'm going with my engine bay.
Old Jan 16, 2008 | 02:17 PM
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I got mine polished. I'm hoping it looks good.
Old Jan 16, 2008 | 02:18 PM
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I got mine polished. I'm hoping it looks good.
ola has his polished. it looks AWESOME
Old Jan 16, 2008 | 07:16 PM
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well i might end up getting my header Jet Hot coated in the future; what temperature range does Todd have his coatings at? I want the Jet Hot flat black color, which comes in either 1300 degrees F or 2000 degrees F editions... how hot do our manifolds run?
Old Jan 16, 2008 | 07:43 PM
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I dont' know exactly how hot they run, but I boiled water on mine the other day just pulling into the garage.
I beleive his black is rated at 2000.
Old Jan 17, 2008 | 04:33 AM
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Originally Posted by jaxtcracer
well i might end up getting my header Jet Hot coated in the future; what temperature range does Todd have his coatings at? I want the Jet Hot flat black color, which comes in either 1300 degrees F or 2000 degrees F editions... how hot do our manifolds run?
Get the extreme sterling and the matte black over it. The extreme sterling is recommended for super and turbo charged applications...
Old Jan 17, 2008 | 06:18 AM
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Originally Posted by 2_much_tc
Originally Posted by jaxtcracer
well i might end up getting my header Jet Hot coated in the future; what temperature range does Todd have his coatings at? I want the Jet Hot flat black color, which comes in either 1300 degrees F or 2000 degrees F editions... how hot do our manifolds run?
Get the extreme sterling and the matte black over it. The extreme sterling is recommended for super and turbo charged applications...
extreme sterling is rated to 1700F i believe.. so it's in between the two others, and i bet would cost the same as the 2000 in black once you coated it as well
Old Jan 17, 2008 | 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by jaxtcracer
Originally Posted by HyPn0TiC
I got mine polished. I'm hoping it looks good.
ola has his polished. it looks AWESOME
Mine too is polished, but whats the heat rating of he polished?
Old Jan 17, 2008 | 06:50 PM
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same as the black im lead to believe.
Old Jan 17, 2008 | 07:25 PM
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I think the black is rated higher then the polished.
Old Jan 17, 2008 | 09:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr_Meaty
I think the black is rated higher then the polished.
i would agree with that based off of my Jet Hot research.. their sterling isn't rated as highly as their black 2000, unless the coating todd got is like the jet hot black 1300, in which case theyre almost the same
Old Jan 17, 2008 | 11:25 PM
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i cant wait to get my new mani!

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