March 2018 All topic thread
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Been dialing in custom tunes for the 6.0-my favorite by far is the "SPD Locked" under full throttle it shifts into full TC lockup in 3rd-5th....it helps with traction as I would spin all the way thru 3rd before. The 3rd to 4th shift is HARD! Fast, fast tune with little to no smoke. I did put my catalytic converter back in to quiet down the exhaust, 4" turbo back with new turbo and 10 blade hot side wheel was pretty obnoxious. It is tolerable now. I had some 4" flanges made so I can go from straight pipe to cat when needed .
Talked with Pete last night and we just broached the subject of putting on another tech day since it looks like we may have a spot to do so again.
More to come!
Stewart
PS - Can you post some pics of the welded flanges you had put on? Did you get the connectors from Summit?
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From: San Francisco East Bay
Hello all, hope life is treating everyone well. Rain on the horizon, sprinklers have been off for a while! Hey Scott, ran into Brian Bogle and we were talking about your crazy neighbor.....wild stories man.
Have everything to lower 60, will get cracking on that ASAP-trying to find info on replacement rear shocks after lowering.
Been dialing in custom tunes for the 6.0-my favorite by far is the "SPD Locked" under full throttle it shifts into full TC lockup in 3rd-5th....it helps with traction as I would spin all the way thru 3rd before. The 3rd to 4th shift is HARD! Fast, fast tune with little to no smoke. I did put my catalytic converter back in to quiet down the exhaust, 4" turbo back with new turbo and 10 blade hot side wheel was pretty obnoxious. It is tolerable now. I had some 4" flanges made so I can go from straight pipe to cat when needed .
Have a good weekend fellers
Joe
Have everything to lower 60, will get cracking on that ASAP-trying to find info on replacement rear shocks after lowering.
Been dialing in custom tunes for the 6.0-my favorite by far is the "SPD Locked" under full throttle it shifts into full TC lockup in 3rd-5th....it helps with traction as I would spin all the way thru 3rd before. The 3rd to 4th shift is HARD! Fast, fast tune with little to no smoke. I did put my catalytic converter back in to quiet down the exhaust, 4" turbo back with new turbo and 10 blade hot side wheel was pretty obnoxious. It is tolerable now. I had some 4" flanges made so I can go from straight pipe to cat when needed .
Have a good weekend fellers
Joe
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From: Manteca, CA
When we have another tech day you're gonna have to bring that badboy down so you can gimme a ride!
Talked with Pete last night and we just broached the subject of putting on another tech day since it looks like we may have a spot to do so again.
More to come!
Stewart
PS - Can you post some pics of the welded flanges you had put on? Did you get the connectors from Summit?
Talked with Pete last night and we just broached the subject of putting on another tech day since it looks like we may have a spot to do so again.
More to come!
Stewart
PS - Can you post some pics of the welded flanges you had put on? Did you get the connectors from Summit?
Sounds good to me!
I ordered from cone engineering. I'll post pic when I get them installed. I couldn't find anything 4" from summit?
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From: Manteca, CA
You know where I live Scott!
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From: Morgan Hill, CA
I'm down for a tech day. Since I hosted the past 5 or 6 it's someone else's turn! Truth be told, I'd love to host but my place isn't good for it in terms of flat parking.
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Stewart
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Man, what a strange weather week up here. We closed I-5 a couple of times due to accidents and snow. The other highways haven’t done much better, and we had a tornado warning between here and Chico.
It’ll be interesting to see if March goes out like a lamb this year.
It’ll be interesting to see if March goes out like a lamb this year.