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Old May 10, 2011 | 10:37 AM
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When my vet was stock it would hook pretty good and go. Now with the A&A kit I think it is actually slower because all it likes to do is spin the crap out of the tires I was actually really surprised at how much low end grunt this thing has with a centrifugal style charger. I have two other cars with twin screws and was shocked by the ***** on this thing. Maybe it is because the vette is so light but 1st and 2nd gear traction is hopelss, 3rd is braking loose at 100.... If I didn't have custom pin striping on the lip on my rims I would be swapping for much stickier tires. Overall though this thing is a blast. Just another Big thanks to A&A for a great kit, and Carmin at the Vette Doctors for awesome Tuning. Finally beautiful weather to get out and play in

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Old May 10, 2011 | 01:48 PM
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Good stuff man!
Do yourself a favor if you ever get tangled up with a PD or twin screw charged car. Do best 2 out of 3 back to back. If the race is close on the first, you'll murder them on the next 2. Those things heat soak in a bad way.
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if your tires are spinnin u aint winnin

get some sticky tires and redo pinstripe
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Old May 10, 2011 | 04:17 PM
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Good deal Imagine if you would have built a car for real power what fun it would be JK JK

Seriously, have fun with it. Thats why we got em right.
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Old May 10, 2011 | 06:38 PM
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if your tires are spinnin u aint winnin
if you can't drag it you're a fa**ot
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Old May 10, 2011 | 07:12 PM
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Old May 10, 2011 | 07:46 PM
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Congrats on the new found power.. Be careful out there!!
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Originally Posted by Bulldogger
When my vet was stock it would hook pretty good and go. Now with the A&A kit I think it is actually slower because all it likes to do is spin the crap out of the tires I was actually really surprised at how much low end grunt this thing has with a centrifugal style charger. I have two other cars with twin screws and was shocked by the ***** on this thing. Maybe it is because the vette is so light but 1st and 2nd gear traction is hopelss, 3rd is braking loose at 100.... If I didn't have custom pin striping on the lip on my rims I would be swapping for much stickier tires. Overall though this thing is a blast. Just another Big thanks to A&A for a great kit, and Carmin at the Vette Doctors for awesome Tuning. Finally beautiful weather to get out and play in
Bad problem to have Get your self a set of M/T D/R on her for the street will help a ton. Then you can chg her out to a auto trans. It is a never ending upgrade...
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Originally Posted by Bulldogger
When my vet was stock it would hook pretty good and go. Now with the A&A kit I think it is actually slower because all it likes to do is spin the crap out of the tires I was actually really surprised at how much low end grunt this thing has with a centrifugal style charger. I have two other cars with twin screws and was shocked by the ***** on this thing. Maybe it is because the vette is so light but 1st and 2nd gear traction is hopelss, 3rd is braking loose at 100.... If I didn't have custom pin striping on the lip on my rims I would be swapping for much stickier tires. Overall though this thing is a blast. Just another Big thanks to A&A for a great kit, and Carmin at the Vette Doctors for awesome Tuning. Finally beautiful weather to get out and play in
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Old May 12, 2011 | 01:19 AM
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Dang bro Spinning at a 100 MPH for real?

What is the RWHP and RWTQ?

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