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Old Dec 14, 2013 | 10:34 AM
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Build looks good. Cant wait to see some track time
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Old Dec 14, 2013 | 02:25 PM
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Finally got the car back together. It all came out nice. Can't wait for spring!

This is my friend, Bob, doing his thing to make the manifold and downpipe shine.








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Old Dec 14, 2013 | 02:52 PM
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looking great!
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Old Dec 15, 2013 | 05:29 AM
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Good luck but those comp turbos are garbage. My buddy had 7 go bad on his car in under 2k miles. Most were bad out of the box. Cost him several tuning sessions and tons of money in R&R plus "fixes" and "upgrades". He finally trashed it got a PTE and made 150 more HP same boost and 300 more Max. It spooled faster and has lasted 2 years since at 970whp. His were comp 74 triple ball bearing turbos.
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Old Dec 15, 2013 | 05:30 AM
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Also a ton of money just shipping it back and forth so many times. 50 bucks a pop adds up.
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Old Dec 15, 2013 | 06:59 AM
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Good luck but those comp turbos are garbage. My buddy had 7 go bad on his car in under 2k miles. Most were bad out of the box. Cost him several tuning sessions and tons of money in R&R plus "fixes" and "upgrades". He finally trashed it got a PTE and made 150 more HP same boost and 300 more Max. It spooled faster and has lasted 2 years since at 970whp. His were comp 74 triple ball bearing turbos.
We'll see how it goes. If that's what happens I'll be sure to report it.

I've read those kinds of stories regarding EVERY SINGLE turbo maker out there. I've read those stories about Precision as well. I've run Precision, Borg Warner, Bullseye, and Turbonetics on different cars I've owned. Each of them had their +/- s, IMO.

BTW, I've also read where some Comp turbos outpowered Precision in back to back testing. We'll see what happens.
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Old Dec 15, 2013 | 08:15 AM
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nice
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Old Dec 15, 2013 | 08:53 PM
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Engine bay looks very clean man!... nice work!

u still running the 4'' Al exhaust? ... any issues since u went that route? warpage, leaks...etc
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Old Dec 16, 2013 | 04:55 AM
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Yep. Still running it and have had zero problems with it.
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Old Dec 20, 2013 | 06:23 PM
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your car is pure sex man
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Old Dec 20, 2013 | 11:51 PM
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That manifold looks great!
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Old Dec 26, 2013 | 12:57 PM
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That manifold looks great!
Thanks guys!

Hope to throw the car on the dyno in January. I'll keep everyone posted.
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Old Dec 26, 2013 | 03:54 PM
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The Polishing made a hell of a difference. looks very nice!
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Old Dec 31, 2013 | 03:00 AM
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The Polishing made a hell of a difference. looks very nice!
Thanks Tom!
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Old Jan 2, 2014 | 04:50 PM
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Beautiful car.

Do you think the Dual Radiator fan will help a lot? I have wondered about doing that if i ever switched to a FF setup and if it would actually help. Do they both blow air thru the radiator out of the car? or are they set up differently ?
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