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BTW that guy has an awesome channel, he has since gone to a twin turbo setup that traps 150 in the 1/4 lol.
 

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This is true. But then again, this looks hilarious and awesome. Doesn't have to be the fastest, but if you put a blower on like this and launch in 4X4 basically no one will beat you on the street up to around 80 mph. I don't need to go much faster than that anyway lol.

I think once this vehicle is set aside as a spare vehicle, I may do this for fun.

Wow. And, there's always something satisfying about being able to outrun that ******* trying to jump the light to cut in front of you before their lane ends. That goes double when they're driving a fast car and have to suffer the humility of being beaten by a 6000 lb SUV.
 

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This is true. But then again, this looks hilarious and awesome. Doesn't have to be the fastest, but if you put a blower on like this and launch in 4X4 basically no one will beat you on the street up to around 80 mph. I don't need to go much faster than that anyway lol.

I think once this vehicle is set aside as a spare vehicle, I may do this for fun.

That’s like every stoplight for me. Kidding, I try not to. Beat a Subaru STi once. Whipple, 6.0 AWD 02 Denali, Vinci cam, Performabuilt trans, ARH longtubes, Wilwoods, BBP tuned, lowered 2/4 etc. It’s my daily and it’s a blast to drive. Sure it costs to play but wth. I always have lane choice lol.
 

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What is your budget? How soon do you wanna start the mods? What are your horsepower needs?


Common mods

Cold air intake 5hp
Headers 20 hp
Exhaust 5 to 10hp
Tune up to 20hp
High flow cats/ cat delete
High flow heads 5 to 25hp
Cam up to 50 hp
Aftermarket intakes up to 25
Turbo/ SC up to 120 hp w a good tune

Hey neighbor , can you put high flow cats or cats delete in our neck of the wood and still pass inspection? I have already done the K&N Cold Air, Borla cat back, Diablo tune (main thing was AFM - off). I talked to one shop that said they put spacers in the O2 sensors to get it to pass but I am a little skeptical of that
 

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That’s like every stoplight for me. Kidding, I try not to. Beat a Subaru STi once. Whipple, 6.0 AWD 02 Denali, Vinci cam, Performabuilt trans, ARH longtubes, Wilwoods, BBP tuned, lowered 2/4 etc. It’s my daily and it’s a blast to drive. Sure it costs to play but wth. I always have lane choice lol.

Any vids? Sounds like stock block and rearend holds up well then?
 

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Any vids? Sounds like stock block and rearend holds up well then?
I don’t have any recent, here’s back right after the cam install. Stock block on an LQ4 is stout. I did put a girdle on the rear differential. I broke the output shaft on the trans but I was told by Performabuilt that was because I got RTV in the servo passages when doing a fluid & filter change which was bad for the hard parts because the servos weren’t releasing right. I need to get some recent vids up. I’m only running about 8-10 lbs of boost, I pulleyed down and did some data logging and the injectors were maxed at WOT so I removed it and settled for this since the next step involves a lot more work and at that point I figure I’ll be breaking more stuff. I want to keep it reliable.

 

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Hey neighbor , can you put high flow cats or cats delete in our neck of the wood and still pass inspection? I have already done the K&N Cold Air, Borla cat back, Diablo tune (main thing was AFM - off). I talked to one shop that said they put spacers in the O2 sensors to get it to pass but I am a little skeptical of that


I had high flow cats, long tube headers, CAI and a custom tune on my 03 Silverdo SS 6.0 for years and it always passed the emissions. The rear O2 sensors were also turned off.
 

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I don’t have any recent, here’s back right after the cam install. Stock block on an LQ4 is stout. I did put a girdle on the rear differential. I broke the output shaft on the trans but I was told by Performabuilt that was because I got RTV in the servo passages when doing a fluid & filter change which was bad for the hard parts because the servos weren’t releasing right. I need to get some recent vids up. I’m only running about 8-10 lbs of boost, I pulleyed down and did some data logging and the injectors were maxed at WOT so I removed it and settled for this since the next step involves a lot more work and at that point I figure I’ll be breaking more stuff. I want to keep it reliable.


Sounds strong, its working good at this point.
 

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