[wnta1ss]

Originally Posted by JANNETTYRACING

I am sorry to hear of your bad experience, but I do disagree with your assessment of the industry and percentage of Low power units.

I can assure you that your installer or tuner or both missed something, we specialize in fixing these kind of problems.

I think you misunderstood what I'm saying about the very real possibility that someone can buy a kit and get actual results below or well below advertised. I did not say it happens all the time, but it absolutely does happen sometimes, and when you're the one who has spent thousands of dollars for the kit, it sucks.

As far as my install, with the poor results we were seeing from this kit, the tuner did test it for boost leaks, and the only place air or smoke (2 tests) came out was the blowoff valve. I bought another new blowoff valve and it basically was the same performance. The car did not go back on the dyno with the new/new blowoff valve but MAP readings were pretty much the same between the 2 valves. The fact that the car was 7mph slower on the track than the car that is on the ECS website certainly tells us that mine was not making any power. In this thread, that car's owner is saying that his is making similar boost to what mine was, which is a real head-scratcher.

[wnta1ss]

RageWorx, your trap speed confirms that my expectation of 125 from this kit was pretty reasonable.

Daves1SS, if your car did 511 then it's not the one I was thinking about. Thought I had seen one posted somewhere around 480hp. Definitely was 4-something not 5-something though.

[Drsagacity]

Originally Posted by Daves1SS

I was the edelbrock guy that got such mediocre results, and the reason was the sky high IAT’s. It was summer and I had raced a corvette on the way to the dyno. Then got there and shut the car off for an hour with the hood up. Then it was my turn to dyno, and inside the dyno room it was hot with a tiny fan. Car put down like 495 whp until the third run when we literally put a leaf blower pointed towards the IAT sensor to get the IAT’s down some. Then it pulled like 511.

A year later I went back in silmilar conditions and it did 530 on back to back pulls, but with plugs only gapped at .032” (too tight and suppressing power) but with the killer chiller installed to control IAT’s so there wouldn’t be so much timing pulled like the first dyno session.

The edelbrock IAT sensor location is in the hottest location they could find, and really caused the car to dial back power when it’s hot out. In the summer, without a killer chiller, my car feels WAY down on power versus when it’s under 75-80 degrees out, especially in city traffic which is all my car sees. Now when it’s under 75 out, the car is fast and always puts a big smile on my face.

That’s why the killer chiller is such a benefit to maintaining good power in the summer, at least with an edelbrock car with their tune anyway.

Do you recall what boost you were running. That is about right for a car running 5-6psi.

[JANNETTYRACING]

Originally Posted by wnta1ss

I think you misunderstood what I'm saying about the very real possibility that someone can buy a kit and get actual results below or well below advertised. I did not say it happens all the time, but it absolutely does happen sometimes, and when you're the one who has spent thousands of dollars for the kit, it sucks.

As far as my install, with the poor results we were seeing from this kit, the tuner did test it for boost leaks, and the only place air or smoke (2 tests) came out was the blowoff valve. I bought another new blowoff valve and it basically was the same performance. The car did not go back on the dyno with the new/new blowoff valve but MAP readings were pretty much the same between the 2 valves. The fact that the car was 7mph slower on the track than the car that is on the ECS website certainly tells us that mine was not making any power. In this thread, that car's owner is saying that his is making similar boost to what mine was, which is a real head-scratcher.

No sir I understood what your saying and still disagree I can get the exact same results every time.

Ted.

[MakCamaro]

Another thread on superchargers is dead?

[Qlimax]

Originally Posted by aka Reckless

They are pretty safe as long as you don't go overboard like me

I have fbo and headers and heads and cam. Should I be worried about adding a supercharger also?

[JANNETTYRACING]

Originally Posted by Qlimax

I have fbo and headers and heads and cam. Should I be worried about adding a supercharger also?

NO we do it all the time, It is called the JRE Super Street Brawler package.

700+ on pump gas and 750+ on E-60

Requires LT4 fuel system and JMS fuel pump voltage booster.

We have Whipple on sale till midnight tonight 15% off.

Ted.

[Tim M]

Interesting thread.

[ZarusSS]

Originally Posted by JANNETTYRACING

NO we do it all the time, It is called the JRE Super Street Brawler package.

700+ on pump gas and 750+ on E-60

Requires LT4 fuel system and JMS fuel pump voltage booster.

We have Whipple on sale till midnight tonight 15% off.

Ted.

Do your packages include labor?

[JANNETTYRACING]

Originally Posted by ZarusSS

Do your packages include labor?

Parts only on the website package, call for an estimate 203-753-7223

[L78toLT1]

Originally Posted by ZarusSS

Do your packages include labor?

I started with Ted's street brawler package, then moved up to the super street brawler. I did the install, Ted tuned remotely. The results were exactly what Ted advertised.
Even with the street brawler, which I'm guessing is around 7 -8 psi the car was an animal, NO ONE would ever claim the results were at all mediocre.

[19 2SS]

Good read, would love to see more posts on this!

[arpad_m]

Originally Posted by 19 2SS

Good read, would love to see more posts on this!

Lot of great info and truth in these posts, but here's the really big risk with this whole thing, if you so much as get your toes dipped, no power will ever be enough

[19 2SS]

Originally Posted by arpad_m

Lot of great info and truth in these posts, but here's the really big risk with this whole thing, if you so much as get your toes dipped, no power will ever be enough

I already bought my whipple, lt4 fuel and longtubes, just waiting on the longtubes to come! i'm sure i'll get used to the power and want more but I think i'll sit around 600whp for a while