I looked really hard at the VMP kit. When I was looking to buy, they just came out with their kit. They are located in FL and so am I. Honestly, it came down to me not wanting to pay the 6% sales tax lol. I try to avoid paying taxes went I'm not forced to.
I agree, the whipple kit is high quality, huge potential, great support, which is why 9 out of 10 members on this forum have one, haha. You definitely pay more for it though. I prefer PD over Centri but the 2200 & D1 have put out insane results on the S550, hard to argue with the bang for the buck, I wouldn't be skeered to rock either one of those snails if I was on a budget.
The peak numbers look awesome, but that curve leaves a lot to be desired....Ken would definitely smooth that out. Twin Turbo is where it's at.
Yeah, I figure that it needs Ken's touch lol. But with super low boost and timing, it made good power. Ken would wake it up. I would like to see what it could do at 11 psi and more timing.
"super expensive"? i got quoted for the boostworks TT kit INSTALLED for right around what a kenne bell or whipple installed for me would be. and thats with precision turbos, not on3 (no offense).
follow along with boostworks on their TT kit this weekend. it doesnt get much more "breaking new ground" than a car at the mile for its first stress test. turbo kits for these cars have been around for awhile too.
the good news is that you already have as much power as your stock internals and mt82 can handle, haha. No need to wish upon anything else!
I miss shifting gears horribly, my 15GT is my first auto sports car I've ever owned. She's down right dirty at the strip, and super casual effortless driving around town, but I miss being able to modulate the throttle and shift when I want. Grass isn't always greener, just faster
How'd you get that quote without specifics even being released yet? aren't they estimating the tuner kit to be around 7k. so yea its expensive when you consider the relativity of it. its going to get real pricey real quick from there
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Ok, there are dozens of forum members running your kit/tune, and none of them are going mid 10's at 134+ on pump gas. With your one-off "Extensive tuning" Kumar's setup is running 15psi/race gas/800+whp and only trapping 2.5-3mph more then my pump gas 10.9psi/635whp setup on 20's. No idea what you are talking about regarding an 11 sec car, unless you are referring to your tune and your kit on 12.6+ psi. Once you add the fans to your kit, the total cost is $1000 more then the VMP TVS, with no BAP, and no one really cares about being 50 state legal. Wont be long before you can't use that line anymore though.
I am still very deep into research, but want to get something ASAP. Do you know what kind of timing VMP is using? While I am comparing, I am unable to find that information. VMP sounds like a great SC, but then again they all do at this point......Extremely difficult to pick.
The tunes timing will vary based on the tuner, fuel and other things. It depends on your goals. If it is 700rwhp on 93oct, I would go with Ken Bjonnes for tuning.
I don't want to get into a tuning war/discussion, but everyone knows I'm a fan of Ken Bjonnes. When I originally purchased my VMP kit (5/15) a Lund tune was provided with my kit. My tuner at Lund happened to be Ken Bjonnes, and I stuck with him when he went out on his own. If you want your TVS kit to perform exactly like my TVS kit then I would suggest giving Ken a call. My off the shelf map from Lund went 10.8's at 134mph on 93 pump, catalytic converters, and 20's. After a few catalog exchanges with Ken I've dropped to 10.5's, and have cut 1.4's on 20's, stock stall/shocks. With that being said, you could easily have a conversation with ken about timing, he's gonna be on top of things seeing that he had the kit on his 15 GT as well as tuning Kelly's (BMR) 8 sec TVS setup.