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I just have audio, no vid showing... 645HP to the tire on 13psi!?!

 

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Well... Trying to get my heart rate down enough to type.  She sounds like a Nasty Bees Nest, and it sure makes some serious power and she looks sexy in her undies too. 

I cannot wait to see her in person - congrats, you built a winner there!!! 

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Had a lot of fun working on GM car and such cool options. Tranny temp, ambient air temp, fuel gauge, gear selector are just a few of the things displayed on his new dash. There is a splash feature that comes on with first start up. We need a pic or a clip that GM will  see each time he keys up. Let’s see what you got

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When I see this car I’m sure I’ll have to turn away, so I don’t drool all over it. 

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Looks great!  Shocked you put a PC925 battery in that thing.  Kinda like building that amazing car and then putting a VW motor back in.

Get yourself an EarthX ETX1600.  Will save you 20lbs and spin that motor like crazy.  It fits in the same box as a PC925.

 https://earthxbatteries.com/shop/etx1600

My friends tell me I'm great at spending their money.  lol

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So stoked for you Buddy..

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22 minutes ago, r3meyer said:

Looks great!  Shocked you put a PC925 battery in that thing.  Kinda like building that amazing car and then putting a VW motor back in.

Get yourself an EarthX ETX1600.  Will save you 20lbs and spin that motor like crazy.  It fits in the same box as a PC925.

 https://earthxbatteries.com/shop/etx1600

My friends tell me I'm great at spending their money.  lol

you aint kidding, that thing is spendy!  that is one area that i went with a full size easy to get car AGM battery from interstate. and think i spent $150   im all about weight savings but have power on tap for many things like search and rescue, or if i just flat out had a starter that was acting up i dont want to think i only have a dinky power reserve 

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Lets try this.

 

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1 hour ago, r3meyer said:

Looks great!  Shocked you put a PC925 battery in that thing.  Kinda like building that amazing car and then putting a VW motor back in.

Get yourself an EarthX ETX1600.  Will save you 20lbs and spin that motor like crazy.  It fits in the same box as a PC925.

 https://earthxbatteries.com/shop/etx1600

My friends tell me I'm great at spending their money.  lol

You think thats shocking!!! Just wait!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I installed 2 PC925 Odyssea's

 

:lmao:

 

 

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Guna be a dream car!!!! Subi 6 banger let’s goooooo😎

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15 hours ago, Fullthrottleguy said:

Well... Trying to get my heart rate down enough to type.  She sounds like a Nasty Bees Nest, and it sure makes some serious power and she looks sexy in her undies too. 

I cannot wait to see her in person - congrats, you built a winner there!!! 

John spent some time tuning yesterday. I showed up earlier than scheduled to bring the GM52 home. Mostly to avoid as much Friday Freeway traffic as possible.

Car is even more crisp, pulled more rpms and beat the hp average from the day before.

This subi amazed me last year. It just flat pulls and pulls and pulls.  Linear power like nothing Ive had before.  

 

I can't wait!!!

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Wow this beast is going to be amazing looking forward to seeing the finished product will be a beautiful beast congrats GM on a job well done 

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I never run an 02 sensor in my cars for multiple reasons. My personal car either but after the last few days I have decided to do it to my own. Most Subarus  I build has eco priced Ecu’s so it’s not really an option. But GM and mine run an AEM ecu. The infinity series, their top of the line. So I installed a base map ftom a previous build and it started and ran good. I turned on the lambda and made a pull right out of the box and had fabulous AFR through the whole pull. Then I turned off lambda and I was surprised at what I saw. Base maps are just that. Base maps. Too many variables that affect it so to run the same map on two different cars is not a reality (with no tuning) what I saw was how far off the base map was to my target AFR. This 02 was doing way more corrections and at a very fast rate than I had thought it could do. Yesterday I got the base map on the money sans 02 sensor and then when I was done I turned it back on. I already ordered one for mine. 

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3 hours ago, Grease Monkey said:

You think thats shocking!!! Just wait!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I installed 2 PC925 Odyssea's

 

:lmao:

 

 

Well when its time... 1 EarthX = 2 PC925.  1 Earth X = 6.9Lbs.  1 PC925 = 28LBS x 2 = 56lbs.  So its kinda like carrying around a 50lb bag of sand.  🙂

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41 minutes ago, r3meyer said:

Well when its time... 1 EarthX = 2 PC925.  1 Earth X = 6.9Lbs.  1 PC925 = 28LBS x 2 = 56lbs.  So its kinda like carrying around a 50lb bag of sand.  🙂

Sounds like the same Good reasoning for buying a Subaru over a V8 😉. only in this case its over 100# of sand and the sand you already have gets to move more forward too.

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14 minutes ago, John@Outfront said:

Sounds like the same Good reasoning for buying a Subaru over a V8 😉. only in this case its over 100# of sand and the sand you already have gets to move more forward too.

Yeah, But be thankful for that weight forward....It really helps when you pull all those blown up subis back to camp..... Makes for a easier ride all around :lmao:

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6 hours ago, Grease Monkey said:

John spent some time tuning yesterday. I showed up earlier than scheduled to bring the GM52 home. Mostly to avoid as much Friday Freeway traffic as possible.

Car is even more crisp, pulled more rpms and beat the hp average from the day before.

This subi amazed me last year. It just flat pulls and pulls and pulls.  Linear power like nothing Ive had before.  

 

I can't wait!!!

You also cannot forget John's dyno is "Stingy"  He proved it to me back to back against the Turnkey Dyno  ran in both hours apart and saw 30 less HP on John's...

 

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Updates???

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29 minutes ago, SandTrap said:

Updates???

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Trey is burning the midnight oil to get the car completed for our trip on the 27th.

Car is looking good. Checked on it today. Went to PCI to exchange the steering wheel PTT buttons for dash mounted buttons.  

Center console is in. Dash is in, seats are going in. 

Jet trim kinda screwed me on the seat tabs. Not sure if their welder was suffering from heat stroke or just DGaF. Tabs are not to spec and neither seat fits without making some changes to the sliders.

I assumed they had or have a jig. I've swapped many a seat and the tabs have been the same give or take a drill bit to match the edge of a hole. 

New funco shifter is bad ass. Only issue is the cable mount is below the pivot so now my up shift is pull back. The old shifter had the cable mount above the pivot point. 

No easy way to convert this at the trans. I may make a lever to change the throw next to the shifter with some linkage. This will all be well inside the center console. Not sure I can handle the opposite sequential shifting. So much mussel memory to fight.

Rant over, it's getting done.  

Wiring is getting finished and should have panels on the car tonight.

I'll get some photos tomorrow.

 

 

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2 hours ago, Grease Monkey said:

rim kinda screwed me on the seat tabs. Not sure if their welder was suffering from heat stroke or just DGaF. Tabs are not to spec and neither seat fits without making some changes to the sliders.

 

I love my Jet Trim seats but I had the same exact issue....It took soo much time and headache to fit properly and modify.

Cant wait to see this baby!!

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On 12/17/2021 at 2:12 PM, tjZ06 said:

I just have audio, no vid showing... 645HP to the tire on 13psi!?!

 

-TJ

That 645 hp ^^^^^was at the engine

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Must be looking good. Guess I get to wait as well. 

 

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4 hours ago, John@Outfront said:

That 645 hp ^^^^^was at the engine

Gotcha.  Should be a dune weapon. 

 

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