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Why did you go with red accents/stitching instead of copper? It seems to clash with the copper theme in my opinion. The shift knob is perfect. The exterior is incredible.

The oil life indicator is calibrated to Motorcraft 5w20; therefore, only driving conditions will influence it.

Does that work with the whipple tune or require a custom tune?

Here's one I took while reading this thread.

If your bypass valve isn't opening on the supercharger, it will place constant load on the engine. This could explain mpg suffering. On my A6 whipple with 3.15 gears, I'm averaging about 18mpg with 40% city / 60% highway. This is not going WOT very often. If I hot dog the car, the mileage goes...

It cracks me up to hear the owner tried strong arming you. It takes some nerve to call a paying customer and tow that line. I really hope you recorded that. If not, I'd call him back, record the conversation (presuming your state allows one party to know/accept) then strike up the discussion...

Don't ice the blower. You're only cooling the case while the rotors will heat up. The clearances in a twin screw are close so if a case doesn't expand in proportion to the rotors spinning inside, guess what could happen?

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I had a car that I tuned myself with an sct pro racer package. Presuming that counts as a tuner kit?

Anytime the battery resets or you flash the vehicle, the OBD-II readiness monitors are reset. You have to drive the car city and highway through various conditions before they become ready. I've seen it take up to 100 miles of driving to get them all set.

Technically, any DOT legal tire is a "street tire"; therefore, Mickey thompson ET Streets or Drag Radials more than qualify that definition.

With your foot off the brake, did you push the "push to start" button to put the car into accessory power mode? Sorry, had to ask...

With a whipple, I'm running 275/40 on factory 20" wheels with an automatic. On the street, 1st gear is the only challenge. If I heat the tires, they will stick on the street fairly well. On the track, they hook well. Tony

Having it oriented like that will increase IAT readings from the fan wash coming off the radiator. If he rotates it 90 degrees towards the front of the car, it will lower the IAT temperature reading and decrease the rate it increases when stopped. I know from direct experience :)

I used the injector o-ring lube on that gasket - no issue with sticking at all.

These guys probably put that copper gasket between lower manifold and heads. If they did that and didn't use the rubber o-rings, it will definitely leak vacuum and boost. Tony

What was your rationale for getting a custom tune?

Zerex g-05 is superior to dex cool and it doesnt turn to sludge as it ages. Its also what the ford red coolant is.

The whipple blowers are 2.9L so they're barely turning any RPM. They are not generating a lot of heat. However, a smaller 2.3L pd blower would definitely need to spin hard on these motors to produce the same power which would make more heat. Tony

I need to make some billet lug nuts and sell them for $100 a piece. Seems to be a market for that kind of thing around here.