New engine build

Westy78 · Post by **Westy78** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 6:11 pm

Wow, this new exhaust is what my engine was missing! It was good before but now, now it is complete. There is a most definite increase in power and torque over the Thunderbird I was using. It sounds beefy too. Not to bad cruising on the highway but when you get into the throttle it roars.

I think the engine is finally starting to loosen up. Throttle response has gotten better with the new exhaust and it will easily cruise at 70mph under light throttle. I don't know if it was the cool dry air today making a few more ponies but it felt reeeaaally nice. Temps are also settling down a bit too. Although that could be the mid 30's air temp contributing. Cruising at 70 my head temps were barely pushing °355.

The header is a work of art...Video when it finishes uploading.

Westy78 · Post by **Westy78** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 6:30 pm

Video...Click on "watch in high quality".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7296rCjP0Q

Post by **Amskeptic** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 7:55 pm

Westy78 wrote:Wow, this new exhaust is what my engine was missing!

I look forward to driving it.
If you get a chance, do the 50-60 50-70 time trials for us.
Is the noise around town acceptable?
Colin

Westy78 · Post by **Westy78** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 8:04 pm

Amskeptic wrote:
Westy78 wrote:Wow, this new exhaust is what my engine was missing!
I look forward to driving it.
If you get a chance, do the 50-60 50-70 time trials for us.
Is the noise around town acceptable?
Colin

I'll get some new numbers on the way to Nehalem next weekend. The way it felt today I'm guessing I can improve on the other times by a second or so.

It's a bit noisy around town up through the gears but once at light throttle it mellows out some. If the tone was a little higher it would be more annoying like the fart cans on the tuner Hondas and such but this muffler has a throatier sound that isn't to bad.

tristessa · Post by **tristessa** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 8:40 pm

Westy78 wrote:

Not to piss in anyone's cornflakes or anything, but .. WTF? The header as a whole may be a work of art, but the droopy muffler and tailpipe looks like Scheiße -- even crappy Bugpack headers usually get the muffler parallel to the bumper.

I know Chris and Tangerine Racing do good work, but with as much as it cost (even before ceramic coating) .. that just ain't right, unless there's a *damn* good reason for it to hang down like that.

LiveonJG · Post by **LiveonJG** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 8:57 pm

Oh no he deedn't!

-John

cheesehead · Post by **cheesehead** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 9:01 pm

Did I miss something who may it?
Sounds wild:)

tristessa · Post by **tristessa** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 10:03 pm

LiveonJG wrote:Oh no he deedn't!

Oh yes I deed!

LiveonJG · Post by **LiveonJG** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 10:26 pm

tristessa wrote:
LiveonJG wrote:Oh no he deedn't!
Oh yes I deed!

Uhhh Huh... It's on!

-John

tristessa · Post by **tristessa** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 10:57 pm

LiveonJG wrote:
tristessa wrote:
LiveonJG wrote:Oh no he deedn't!
Oh yes I deed!
Uhhh Huh... It's on!

Bring it.

chitwnvw · Post by **chitwnvw** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 11:18 pm

Please. It's a muffler. We can have different tastes.

tristessa · Post by **tristessa** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 11:49 pm

chitwnvw wrote:Please. It's a muffler. We can have different tastes.

Damn, you had to ruin it just when I was getting in touch with my inner third-grader.

Back on-topic, the prototype doesn't appear to have that droopyness:

Westy78 · Post by **Westy78** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 11:55 pm

Yeah, you're right Hal. I was expecting it to be parallel to the bumper also but it is what it is. I'm not sure what went wrong with getting this one straight since the prototype bus that it was designed on is nice and straight.

All in all I'm happy with it.

tristessa · Post by **tristessa** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 12:21 am

Does anyone else have theirs installed yet? Wondering if they're all droopy like that, or if something's just wonky with yours...

vdubyah73 · Post by **vdubyah73** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 6:37 am

just read this thread. Did the rich smelling lean idle go away. Maybe you could fool the tempsensor with the factory spacer for it. Makes the ecu think the engine is still cold for a while longer. it's just a threaded fitting that goes into the temp sensor hole and then the tempsensor screws into it.

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New engine build