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Posted by chrome17s (Member # 1187) on :
 
my friend is looking into the vortech or the novi 2k on his 98 snake. his motor is basically stock, except for a little polishing on his intake runners and some flowmaster dumps.

what is the diff b/t the v1 and the v2? and the vortech comes with the trex in line, correct? is that worth keeping or should he sell and get a walbro in tank or something like that? how about that FMU? he already has his eye on some 36#s, is that sufficient?

he's planning to have it tuned at apex to make sure everything is running in synch, but his car has 56k on it and i heard those rods/pistons in there are known to be weak. will they hold to 7-10psi? i know i have more questions, but i'm having writers block. thanks for any info...

DJ
 

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Posted by Blown GR40 Mystic (Member # 476) on :
 
V1 is noisy, V2 is quiet. I think the V2 may be a tad more efficient, but not sure, and i doubt its by much. It comes with a t-rex inline, and depending on how much boost he wants to run, he can use the stock intank, or get a 255. 36's probably wont support more than 10lbs of boost, nor will the stock intank pump. If he runs 8-10psi it should be fine for Id say 25-40k miles, with a good tune, and depending on how he drives. Let me know if you need to know more.

- Eric
 

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Posted by Red97SVT (Member # 2811) on :
 
1) As far as injectors go, don't bother with 36s. Get 42s. The price differance is very small.

2) Getting a custom tune is the best way to go.

3) Detonation kills! Greed causes detonation. Keep the boost to a reasonable level and only use good gas.

4) Be smart. Even with a great tune, you need to think before stomping on the gas. Don't do something like try to accelerate up a steep grade in 100 deg weather with 4 people and a trunk load of stuff.

Lots of people will argue that they now a guy that runs 16lbs of boost on his stock block and it has 80k miles on it with out a problem. My answer to that is I know more people, that if they were lucky, just ended up getting a short block rebuilt. The unlucky ones destroy the block, crank and heads.
 

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Posted by Blown GR40 Mystic (Member # 476) on :
 

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Originally posted by Red97SVT:


4) Be smart. Even with a great tune, you need to think before stomping on the gas. Don't do something like try to accelerate up a steep grade in 100 deg weather with 4 people and a trunk load of stuff.

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Did that with just myself in the car. Temp guage read 250
 

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Posted by Red97SVT (Member # 2811) on :
 
Word!
 

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