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Post by Ladi3sman55 » Sun May 16, 2010 10:47 pm

BIGRAM wrote:Hey not bad buddy just make sure to get a good tune on it so it lasts
thanks man. and will do. no way im letting all this work go down the drain!

neon_freak wrote:whats left to do wiring harness, fluids and intercooler?
pretty much man. a few other odd end things. exhaust, wideband, fuel pump, alternator, etc..
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Post by BIGRAM » Tue May 18, 2010 1:18 am

So what type of stuff you got to tune with
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Post by Ladi3sman55 » Thu May 20, 2010 3:21 am

BIGRAM wrote:So what type of stuff you got to tune with
im going to run ms :D
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Post by metal_gear_jon » Thu May 20, 2010 7:21 pm

Ladi3sman55 wrote:
BIGRAM wrote:So what type of stuff you got to tune with
im going to run ms :D
Lucky bastard!!!! Which version??
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Post by BIGRAM » Sat May 22, 2010 9:08 pm

Nice a few guys I know are runnin it so if you need a tune you can make a road trip lol
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Post by Ladi3sman55 » Sun May 23, 2010 10:25 pm

metal_gear_jon wrote:
Ladi3sman55 wrote:
BIGRAM wrote:So what type of stuff you got to tune with
im going to run ms :D
Lucky bastard!!!! Which version??
MSv3 i believe :D


BIGRAM wrote:Nice a few guys I know are runnin it so if you need a tune you can make a road trip lol
haha ive got a friend who is running ms who is hopefully going to help me with tuning!! :D
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Post by Ladi3sman55 » Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:54 am

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exhaust is done. (for now) 3 inch dp stepped down to stock piping with a free glasspack i got from jdt18
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wheels swapped (for now till winter is over)
alt has belt on now too. tomorrow will consist of some wiring and changing the fuel pump.
more pics will be up soon.
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dirty
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simple rinse off
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simple enough.. i plan on redoing the exhaust with a 3 inch side dump but this will have to do for now.
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what a mess!
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interior finally coming together
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roof rack just resting on roof
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shiny! :grin: :good:
haha its funny what a difference my camera makes compared to my phone!
i forgot pics of 2gn center console all cleaned up.. :pardon: o well i'll just post it in the car instead haha i just need to get the 2gn e brake from d when we trade parts! :grin:
well im further off than i thought and need to get more parts! but i still got some work done this weekend with brandon and jason.
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fixed wiring harness and got the throttle cable connected to the tb
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ic mounted
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next on my list is to get a srt hotside ic pipe, new walbro 255, upgrade my ms board and get proper wiring harness. Also i need to get another laptop.

waiting on parts...
fattirebicycle is sending me a relocate kit, modern is shipping me a walbro, and i got some couplers and t-bolt clamps on the way.
hopefully i can find a srt lower charge pipe and heat shield soon. i'll be upgrading my ms soon too!
:sorry: it'll be done someday.....
also just bought riddlers old vacuum block so that should be on its way soon too!
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Post by Ladi3sman55 » Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:55 am

also a correction i am going to be running ms1 upgraded to ms2 with the 3.0 board with tach output and board switch added.
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Post by Ladi3sman55 » Wed Oct 06, 2010 2:26 am

all of my ic piping is now done. next i need to install the walbro. once i get my ms back i'll wire that in and be ready to start her up!
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Post by Bzevey » Wed Oct 06, 2010 9:04 am

We should have just dropped the tank this past weekend
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Post by Ladi3sman55 » Thu Oct 07, 2010 2:33 am

haha i know. im not looking forward to it though lol
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Post by fuzzyneon » Thu Oct 14, 2010 3:21 pm

Ladi3sman55 wrote:haha i know. im not looking forward to it though lol
its cake i did my pump in 45minutes second time i ever did one first time was 1.5 hours on a plastic tank dropped and all
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Post by Ladi3sman55 » Tue Oct 19, 2010 9:18 pm

ive got a plastic tank and iirc its full lol
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Post by fuzzyneon » Thu Oct 21, 2010 11:58 am

Ladi3sman55 wrote:ive got a plastic tank and iirc its full lol
is your current pump dead? jump the fuel pump relay take line off the fuel rail and put into gas can takes like 15m or less for it to pump all fuel out then drop the tank pull the pump pm me if you need any specifics i thought it was gonna be a pain in the ass and take forever honostly easiest thing ive done.
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Post by Bzevey » Mon Apr 25, 2011 8:48 pm

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