Most miles with centri
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Burning Brakes
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Most miles with centri
What's the most amount of miles seen, without engine failure, on either a ECS or A&A kit?
Assuming 10ish lbs of boost.
I've seen plenty of Maggie's at 50-100,000 miles. Would hope that centris are seeing the same.
Assuming 10ish lbs of boost.
I've seen plenty of Maggie's at 50-100,000 miles. Would hope that centris are seeing the same.
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St. Jude Donor '15
I'm at 12,000 since November'ish 2014
Put the supercharger on at 150,000 miles. Yes, 150K.
LS2, ECS kit w/restrictor plate.. ID1000's, added meth kit a few weeks back
(no problems engine wise so far)
Put the supercharger on at 150,000 miles. Yes, 150K.
LS2, ECS kit w/restrictor plate.. ID1000's, added meth kit a few weeks back
(no problems engine wise so far)
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St. Jude Donor '15
It is/was for safety.. but I'm sure it will lead to increasing the size of the restrictor plate (or removing it) sooner or later
I don't think the valve covers have ever been off this engine.. doesn't leak anywhere. I guess I got a Wednesday one
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40,000 miles and 5+ years (10 psi boost with meth) and no complaints yet with A&A kit, despite quite a few 1/4 mile drag races and several Mojave 1 mile and 1.5 mile runs. The 1.5 mile runs were ~37 seconds each at WOT. 
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What speeds did you hit if ya dont mind me asking?
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We have a few C5's that have passed 100k now, both ATI and Paxton head units. The highest I can think of is a C5 that was supercharged at 105k, it came back in for a cam and meth at 225k, it did need a trans in between there, but the engine is still going strong.
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St. Jude Donor '14
I daily drive mine so it better last 
Added ECS 1500 in Sept '14 and Meth in Jan '15. Car was at 47K when boosted. It's not at almost 56K miles. Other than typical hiccups here and there with the "pay to play" game the car's been fine. /knocks on wood/
2010 LS3 6spd manual 640/588 on mustang dyno (likely more like 670/600 on a dynojet) between 10 and 11psi depending on conditions
Added ECS 1500 in Sept '14 and Meth in Jan '15. Car was at 47K when boosted. It's not at almost 56K miles. Other than typical hiccups here and there with the "pay to play" game the car's been fine. /knocks on wood/
2010 LS3 6spd manual 640/588 on mustang dyno (likely more like 670/600 on a dynojet) between 10 and 11psi depending on conditions
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haha! Hopefully that goes up soon!
I'm going for 20-25K per year, so we'll see how it does
I broke the original belt.. I'm assuming due to belt alignment. (alternator was too far forward) You could see chunks of rubber being torn off in the alternator pulley.. so I can't imagine that was helping things. I haven't had any problems since fixing that. I had the belt off a few weeks ago (power steering pump went out) and I put the same belt back on. Getting a new belt on is a bitch (no matter what ECS tells you
), so I'm going to see how long this one will last. I carry a new and used spare with me, just in case.
I'm going for 20-25K per year, so we'll see how it does
I broke the original belt.. I'm assuming due to belt alignment. (alternator was too far forward) You could see chunks of rubber being torn off in the alternator pulley.. so I can't imagine that was helping things. I haven't had any problems since fixing that. I had the belt off a few weeks ago (power steering pump went out) and I put the same belt back on. Getting a new belt on is a bitch (no matter what ECS tells you
), so I'm going to see how long this one will last. I carry a new and used spare with me, just in case.
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196.5 mph with a slight headwind. The guys that ran the previous day (Saturday) had a 20 mph tailwind and were going 7-12 mph faster than they ran on Sunday when I ran. Next year my car will have a mild blower cam installed to try and hit 200 without a tail wind. 