if your running the stock kit 8PSI, Trans cooler and oil coolers, Frozenboost heat exchanger are a must You'll also need to make sure your tuner ups the trans line
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if your running the stock kit 8PSI, Trans cooler and oil coolers, Frozenboost heat exchanger are a must You'll also need to make sure your tuner ups the trans line pressure and turns the cooling fans on earlier . Mine started to really pull like everyone else's 3100 RPMs or so all the way till red line. I remember the first few times I made pulls, I hit the rev limiter hard LOL came super fast!
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I don't think you need it, I've been waiting for it to give and had plans to do a Level 10 but it's shown no slipping at this point. You will see a lot of post that say you can't use gears 5-7 but I use 5th at WOT all the time at the track. My tuner did adjust the pressures to make it shift faster and it has a cooler but that is all we did.
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Any of you guys with this kit regret not going turbo? If so, any reason other than the higher power levels?
I am also reading that centrifugal SCs have a sort of lag as well. Can anyone comment on this? I'm not really gunning too often. Most of my time is spent between 2.5k to 4.5k. I only get into the higher RPMs when driving come open canyons or passing at higher speeds. My concern is that I don't drive aggressively enough to really feel the gains since they come on gradually, whereas with tt, there's massive trq pretty early. On the flip side, tt costs a lot more and I am not sure how often I will actually get to utilize that massive power as well, though it's effects int he low end should be felt more.
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I really don't have any regrets other than try to get to 500 WHP. At 420 ish WHP ( I was 412) I should have been happy LOL , and just maybe made it and AIR to AIR kit. I'm still tossing that Idea around if I can find just the SC and engine bracket( Used) I can make the rest . But for what it was built for mid/low 400's its good. I had no lag issues either. IT woud just build power. You might be feeling heat soak.
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I agree with guys above just for me having a X and auto my goals were different. Trust me tho this the trans and or TCASE wouldnt blow out of the car with a TT kit I would have went that route. I still wanna get the AAM kit but I know my trans wont last and to build it on top of the TT kit just to much $$ for me know( Looking for another house)
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I would upgrade the transmission if I turboed. The question is is the extra power and low end grunt worth double the price of sc and lack of carb peace of mind.
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Well a big to you for being the ultimate test mule, and thanks for sharing it all with us. You have helped me decide on going with the Stillen s/c. I find it amusing that some folks bitch about 415WHP in a 3200lb car. Quote:
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I get wanting a monster street car but I always wonder how many people have driven a 400+WHP car, it's not the fastest but it's a ton of fun if you use it.
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