Vortech V7JT installed not really happy

First time I've owned a blower car. I know vortech/paxton dont have the same bottom end torque like a whipple but I was expecting a little more fear factor. I'm tuned for 10.5 pounds but I've only seen 9.5 maybe because its 90 degrees out side... not sure. Car hasn't been on the dyno yet just street tuned by lund. Driveability is spot on tho. Car is alot faster of course lol. 1st and 2nd are useless. Did a 2nd gear 30mph roll blew the tires off... smile on face lol. 3rd gear was hoping for a little more pull down low but once I hit 4th it pulled like a train. hoping once I up the boost to 12 to 13 pounds I'll have a bigger smile on my face. What do you guys think? Will I be able to notice a pound or two of boost? Thanks

Mods
Vortech jt trim v7
8 rib pulley upgrade
Id1000 injectors
JLT intake for vortech kit
VMP boost a pump
Beefcake torque booster kit (turbosmart hypergate45 wastegate)
Turbosmart e-boost boost controller
Longtubes
Rst clutch

When you say 3rd and down low, what RPM are you stabbing it at? Centri blows are RPM dependent so the higher the rpm the more fun you have. Turbo and PD's have that fast feel but in my experience the feel doesn't mean they are faster. If you are at 4500 in 3rd and stab it then it should be balls to the wall fast; especially since you have a the wastegate... If you are below 3500 then, well, you are doing it wrong.

Which pulley are you on and the 9.5 is that the psi regulated by the wastegate or pulley? May seem like a dumb question but some people do not pulley enough to even open the gate on spring...

In my experience with Lund they do not tune for a specific PSI, the tune reacts to the amount of air and adjusts timing etc... accordingly. I am also on a wastgate and went through 20 something revisions at all boost levels to ensure everything was spot on. If you are only seeing 9.5# due to wastegate regulation turn up your boost controller up or re-spring. You will not feel much/if any difference in 1# of boost though.

Last thought, you have longtubes, that will lower the overall level of boost you will see. So if they tell you its a 10# pulley on stock headers you will see ~1# less. Not losing any power because of the drop, just more efficient. But that's why you have a wastegate...just turn it up.

it's a 3.15 pully. it's pullied for 18 or so pounds. Im gonna stab it 4500 in 3rd and see what happens. I literally just picked it up and drove it straight to work today

My tail pipes are black ass hell???

Roll to 5k and hit it then report back. Centri cars def don't Feel as fast. My buddies hellcat feels faster than mine......I put a bus on that car lol

Are my tail pipes supposed to be black? Is it Running rich?

robmustang201528 said:

Are my tail pipes supposed to be black? Is it Running rich?

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Log it and send it to your tuner. How could we guess that over the internet lol.

Lmao I figure black tail pipes equals running rich. From what i hear

robmustang201528 said:

First time I've owned a blower car. I know vortech/paxton dont have the same bottom end torque like a whipple but I was expecting a little more fear factor. I'm tuned for 10.5 pounds but I've only seen 9.5 maybe because its 90 degrees out side... not sure. Car hasn't been on the dyno yet just street tuned by lund. Driveability is spot on tho. Car is alot faster of course lol. 1st and 2nd are useless. Did a 2nd gear 30mph roll blew the tires off... smile on face lol. 3rd gear was hoping for a little more pull down low but once I hit 4th it pulled like a train. hoping once I up the boost to 12 to 13 pounds I'll have a bigger smile on my face. What do you guys think? Will I be able to notice a pound or two of boost? Thanks

Mods
Vortech jt trim v7
8 rib pulley upgrade
Id1000 injectors
JLT intake for vortech kit
VMP boost a pump
Beefcake torque booster kit (turbosmart hypergate45 wastegate)
Turbosmart e-boost boost controller
Longtubes
Rst clutch

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Catless?

Nope high flows

The computer is still learning, try driving it at night and take it to 6500 , shouldn't feel slow then!

Welcome to hell, the drug called ‘boost’ is very addictive lol

Exactly

I'm gonna play with it tonight when I get off work. 75 degrees out

Ok....car is fast lol. Been playing with it for a couple hours now, tried a couple of 2nd gear 40 rolls at 75 degree weather. Blew the tires off but it was fun. I noticed it at times it felt like it didn't wanna give me all the boost..for example, I would come out of 3rd with full boost go into 4th and it felt like it was holding back, switch into 5th starts pulling hard. Sometimes it would pull hard in 4th and hold back when o switched to fifth. Tune related??? These blowers dont get heat soak do they? Has anyone experienced this. Didn't do it all the time but it did a couple