looks awesome, thats what I want...
My 2.9L Whipple Cobra is alive, sort of. Pics/Vid
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hey op, i would be weary of fastlane, i have two buddies that went there before, both had bad experiences.
one had cams installed along with a tune and since then found out from another tuner around the area (waynes dyno in jacksonville) that the tune he gave him is garbage...
my other buddy had a motor swap and found out a few days later that some bolts were loose. i would recheck their work, from what i hear they tend to work a little too fast and will miss some things.
i'm assuming your stationed on cherry point, i drive a 03 dsg with anniversary rims i think i've seen your car around.
one had cams installed along with a tune and since then found out from another tuner around the area (waynes dyno in jacksonville) that the tune he gave him is garbage...
my other buddy had a motor swap and found out a few days later that some bolts were loose. i would recheck their work, from what i hear they tend to work a little too fast and will miss some things.
i'm assuming your stationed on cherry point, i drive a 03 dsg with anniversary rims i think i've seen your car around.
Sounds sick, I think cams are next on my list.
Good meeting you too Ryan. Thanks for the help yesterday!
Fuel mods are : 80lb injectors and GT pumps. They were going to add the BAP if it ran out of fuel but it never did.
I've sprayed all around the blower and the idle goes up no matter where I spray. Strangest thing is that it ran great initially but after 2.5 hrs it developed the leak.
Thanks for all the compliments everyone! I can't wait to get it back up and running!
Sounds sick...I want cams
Do u have the 4 piece idler kit on your car? If so what belt size is that?
The throttle body is an Accufab, I wanted to get a Billetflow, but they stopped making them. Good luck with your build, I think you'll be very happy with the 2.9L it makes great power. :beer:
Ya it's the 4 piece kit, not sure on the belt size. I will try and find out for you.
Sweet... Your car sounds insane! Bad A$$!!!
Great numbers on pump!!!
That sound is ROCKIN'!! Sweet ride man. Some incar vid would be cool.
any driveability issues with the cam?
and also what kind of power do the stage 3 cams make? Clean car !!!!
2.9 FTW! I need toget my corn burner on the dyno.
How do you like the cams? It's about the only thing I have left to touch on my car.
How do you like the cams? It's about the only thing I have left to touch on my car.
Congrats bro, I can't wait to order mine. I'm just a little unset on who's going to be tuning mine this time around...
Drive-ability with the cams is good, I had no issues. I bet the cams are responsible for at least 20 rwhp, but I have no way of really knowing.
Best part of the cams is when I pulled into a busy gas-station and like 5 people approached me to talk about the car, haha! It draws a crowd now more than ever.
Getting the car moving can be a little tricky with that Spec 3+ in there. I just need to get used to it still.
Also, I spoke with Fastlane this morning and I will be bringing it back to them tomorrow. They've installed multiple 2.9 Whipples now and never had this issue so they want to see the car and get it fixed.
looks good man, everytime i start my car up and hear my cams i always get a hard on, you should come down to fay sometime
Well I feel dumb now...tonight I was getting ready to put the car on the trailer, when my dad asked if the holes for the emission bracket go all the way through the casing of the Whipple. After I got home with the car the other day, I pulled that bracket off and never put screws back in the empty holes. I figured they were shallow and never even thought about them possibly being drilled all the way through the casing.
The main reason I didn't think twice about it was because the car had just popped and stuttered a bit right before I got home when I tried to get on it a little bit. So when I sprayed the bottom of the blower with carb cleaner(after I removed the bracket), some would get into those holes with the missing screws and thus cause the engine to rev.
So tonight I put the screws back in and took it out and it ran perfect. I really don't think there is anything wrong with the car at this point. It ran great for over an hour of driving tonight and pulled hard/smooth every time. The AF ratio drops right to the mid-high 11's when I get into it.
My best guess as to why it stuttered the other day and fell on it's face was due it being 95 degrees outside and being heat soaked from driving the 2.5 hrs from Raleigh. So I'll give Fastlane a call in the morning and discuss why it might have done that when I got on it the other day, before I removed the bracket. Do our cars have a knock sensor or something that would pull a ton of timing to prevent the car from detonating? It's almost as if the car was pulling timing on it's own when it fell on its face. Sorry for the long read, it might be confusing, but basically I think the car is fine and runs great. I'm glad my old man was around and thought about when he saw me take that bracket off the other day. :rolling:
The main reason I didn't think twice about it was because the car had just popped and stuttered a bit right before I got home when I tried to get on it a little bit. So when I sprayed the bottom of the blower with carb cleaner(after I removed the bracket), some would get into those holes with the missing screws and thus cause the engine to rev.
So tonight I put the screws back in and took it out and it ran perfect. I really don't think there is anything wrong with the car at this point. It ran great for over an hour of driving tonight and pulled hard/smooth every time. The AF ratio drops right to the mid-high 11's when I get into it.
My best guess as to why it stuttered the other day and fell on it's face was due it being 95 degrees outside and being heat soaked from driving the 2.5 hrs from Raleigh. So I'll give Fastlane a call in the morning and discuss why it might have done that when I got on it the other day, before I removed the bracket. Do our cars have a knock sensor or something that would pull a ton of timing to prevent the car from detonating? It's almost as if the car was pulling timing on it's own when it fell on its face. Sorry for the long read, it might be confusing, but basically I think the car is fine and runs great. I'm glad my old man was around and thought about when he saw me take that bracket off the other day. :rolling:
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