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Old Sep 5, 2006 | 12:17 AM
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Picked up the car yesterday.

475 rwhp and just above 500 rwtq. This is at slightly under 5.5 psi with no adjustments to torque management. Yeah, could of had more, but Google Harry Reasoner and helicopter pilot and you'll better understand why I'm very happy with the tune


More boost and some torque management tweaking will have to wait on when a better transmission and diff/with brace go under it (hopefully this winter or early spring)

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Starts, idles at 500 rpm with the air conditioning on, and drives like stock without any hint of the devil hiding under the thottle pedal. It is a little louder without the cats. Press the pedal down and ...HOLY &#*%
Didn't have too much opportunity to get on it on the way home (police were out in force on I-75, I-10 and hwy 231) but it is a completely different animal when the throttle is floored.
With a temperature of between 94 and 97 and stifling Florida humidity, oil pressure was 37-38 psi with temp varying between 218-223 degrees at 75 mph cruise. Water temp varied between 196 and 198 during the trip home with a few peaks of approximately 204 degrees in stop and go traffic.
A big and to Mike Norris, Tom Porter, Jeff, and the rest of the Next Level Performance crew for an install that looks like it came from the factory and for making me feel at home while I was there.
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Old Sep 5, 2006 | 12:27 AM
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...CONGRATS with your results, great #'s for conservative boost!!! Everytime I see a picture of your ride on the forum, I... , such a beauty!!!
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Old Sep 5, 2006 | 12:43 AM
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Congrats on getting the ride back The car looks absolutely amazing! You have to get some good vids of it. Congrats again and keep us posted!

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Old Sep 5, 2006 | 09:44 AM
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Your car looks great. The Z06 should have come in white. Congrats on the install. Those are great #s for an auto with conservative boost. Gotta LOVE the torque!! That will smoke many 600rwhp (and higher) cars, especially from a dig!
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Old Sep 5, 2006 | 10:44 AM
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So exactly what type of setup did they install for you? Details, details please. Actually I just saw from your earlier post that it was a TT setup. Congrats.

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Glad you had a good trip back Steve and we're glad you're happy. The guys here can't say enough good things about the APS TT system and it's exceptional fit and finish. Definitely great HP and TQ figures for just over 5psi and with a stock A4 auto transmission with 2.73 gears. Here are a couple more pics from Saturday;








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Old Sep 5, 2006 | 02:54 PM
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Great nice numbers. Glad to see your are happy with it. That must be alot of fun especially with the auto
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Old Sep 5, 2006 | 05:56 PM
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A short video of the car on the dyno:
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...CONGRATS with your results, great #'s for conservative boost!!! Everytime I see a picture of your ride on the forum, I... , such a beauty!!!
Thanks...if we ever got the two cars side by side we'd both be standing in drool puddles...lol
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Old Sep 5, 2006 | 06:02 PM
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Congrats on getting the ride back The car looks absolutely amazing! You have to get some good vids of it. Congrats again and keep us posted!

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Your car looks great. The Z06 should have come in white. Congrats on the install. Those are great #s for an auto with conservative boost. Gotta LOVE the torque!! That will smoke many 600rwhp (and higher) cars, especially from a dig!
It leans more towards land speed category with 2.73's. Something else to correct in the future I guess the title of the thread should of been "Finished - at least for a little while!"

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So exactly what type of setup did they install for you? Details, details please. Actually I just saw from your earlier post that it was a TT setup. Congrats.
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Some people had wondered about heat from the turbo locations. After a few days of driving, I can say it hasn't been a problem. On the trip back from Florida I kept feeling the floor at various spots around the driver's footwell and didn't notice any heat out of the ordinary. Today, during a little stop and go traffic and I wormed my hand up under the dash and could feel the floor pan on the center hump and it was warm to the touch, but not hot. Glad I didn't get my hand stuck cause no explanation would have sufficed
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Beautiful car. White has proven to be one of my favorite colors, and yours definitely helps that decision. Congrats and good luck with the added power.
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