The car was tuned by The Turbo People of NY, (Chase and Job Spetters, Jr - to be more precise). But, in all fairness, the car was tuned with an Air/fuel of 11.0:1 with the car's safety/longevity in mind. The car is quite capable of more power, and faster times, but I needed to break in the engine, turbo, and everything else first. Almost every single part was brand new, and needed the break-in time. I didn't want to take any chances, especially since the first real test was the drive home from NY to NC. Eventually the car will get an Accufab upper plenum and 75mm TB (which it sorely needs) and will be retuned to 11.9:1 on the Air/fuel. I expect to see the car making around 460 rwhp (or more) at 13psi.DBMSTNG said:
well that kind of scares me a little. I would buy long tubes or the midllengths but like i said the shorties are legal. And i already shelled out like 300 bucks for a midpipe last year. I dont want to throw it away. NOW you have me thinking.droptop2001GT said:
Save up until you can do the more logical of the two choices. As much of a pain as header installs are on 4.6L cars, you will only want to do it once. If you dont do it yourself, it will be quite expensive to have it done right. Save up the cash until you can do something like a set of BBK Longtubes, and a BBK short Catted H/X-pipe to match. When you do get them, you can sell your other midpipe to help offset the cost.03redfiregt said:well that kind of scares me a little. I would buy long tubes or the midllengths but like i said the shorties are legal. And i already shelled out like 300 bucks for a midpipe last year. I dont want to throw it away. NOW you have me thinking.
Long tubes are for "off-road purposes only" in most states. Some states have visual inspections in addition to smog tests, and if they see LTs you fail. Most states just check for cats, and thats how most people can put LTs on their cars.droptop2001GT said:
Perhaps It's just a variation in the laws from state to state, but BBK's website (like many others) state that only non-catalytic midpipes are for "off road use" only. A long tube setup with a catalytic midpipe is completely legal in ALL 50 states. Only the non-catalytic midpipes are illegal in most states. Perhaps you should check with the local DMV or a local inspection station to make absolutely certain. It doesn't make any sense that you can't put on long tubes with a catted H-pipe. If the law really does forbid you to add long tubes in Mass, you need to be writing John Kerry a letter.NasaGT said:Long tubes are for "off-road purposes only" in most states. Some states have visual inspections in addition to smog tests, and if they see LTs you fail. Most states just check for cats, and thats how most people can put LTs on their cars.
Like you said hopefully just QC issue. I didn't have those problems or I would've sent them back.