Whipple tune e.t.

[F1scamp]

Good shit! How much boost? Any dyno numbers?

No idea on boost, doesn't have a gauge, never had it on a dyno. 3.375 pulley on ms109.

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[F1scamp]

Think my problem with the suspension tuning may have reared its head tonight on the ride home from work. Heard a loud bang from the rear, pulled over to take a look and found the right rear shock had blown out. Interesting note, vikings blood is purple.. I was going to send them in over the winter to have them looked at anyways, there is no reason I should have to max out compression to try to keep it from squatting so much..

 

[smokinzx14r]

I got the rear wheels and tires off of craigslist with two passes on them, they are american muscle 17x10.5 w/ 28x10 hoosiers. They are not listed on their site to fit the s550, but they fit perfect with no modifications. I bought the front wheels from american muscle 18x8, again not listed to fit and did require a little grinding of the caliper (could have used a spacer). Tires are cheapies I bought off amazon for 35 shipped, lol.

Thanks , that really helps ...

 

[smokinzx14r]

Think my problem with the suspension tuning may have reared its head tonight on the ride home from work. Heard a loud bang from the rear, pulled over to take a look and found the right rear shock had blown out. Interesting note, vikings blood is purple.. I was going to send them in over the winter to have them looked at anyways, there is no reason I should have to max out compression to try to keep it from squatting so much..

Did you have the softer lower bushing from Viking ? The reason I asked is the stock hard bushings in the lower puts the shock in a real bad bind ..I know of two others that had the same blow out as you .. The softer bushing doesn't put the shock in as much of a bind as the old hard bushing do .. So when you send them back make sure you tell them you want the updated softer lower bushings ..

 

[FIVE_LITER]

You can safely run ms109 on the whipple tune? You have boost a pump or still rocking the stock fuel pump?

 

[GTBOB]

Bmr drag springs, cradle lockout, viking shocks, and a good alignment. It has pypes headers, 3" exhaust I made to the factory mufflers.

Props for still using the factory mufflers!!! I run the Pypes headers (no cats) with factory mufflers and I love the sound.

 

[F1scamp]

You can safely run ms109 on the whipple tune? You have boost a pump or still rocking the stock fuel pump?

Why couldn't you? It's not optimum obviously because it will only allow a certain amount of timing (would make more power on a race gas tune that allowed more timing and an aggressive ramp), but if you are just increasing the octane, it isn't going to hurt anything. I used it on a 3.75 pulley as well, it's just piece of mind to me. No bap. According to Whipple their system supports enough fuel for a 3.25 pulley on ms109 @ min. of 20 degrees ambient. I wasn't daring enough to try the 3.25, so I went with the 3.375 and shifted at 7250, instead of the normal 7800. I was really hoping to put into away for the winter still running, and it looks like I will be able too.

 

[F1scamp]

Props for still using the factory mufflers!!! I run the Pypes headers (no cats) with factory mufflers and I love the sound.

Lol. I like the unassuming look. I drive it daily with the stock wheels/tires, it looks completely stock from the outside. Much easier to bait the Hellcats around here.:lol:

 

[FIVE_LITER]

Why couldn't you? It's not optimum obviously because it will only allow a certain amount of timing (would make more power on a race gas tune that allowed more timing and an aggressive ramp), but if you are just increasing the octane, it isn't going to hurt anything. I used it on a 3.75 pulley as well, it's just piece of mind to me. No bap. According to Whipple their system supports enough fuel for a 3.25 pulley on ms109 @ min. of 20 degrees ambient. I wasn't daring enough to try the 3.25, so I went with the 3.375 and shifted at 7250, instead of the normal 7800. I was really hoping to put into away for the winter still running, and it looks like I will be able too.

I was just curious since the stoich is different, wasn't sure if the tune could adjust for it.

 

[Dntalman]

Bmr drag springs, cradle lockout, viking shocks, and a good alignment. It has pypes headers, 3" exhaust I made to the factory mufflers.

I like the sound you get with headers and stock mufflers. Does it sound good in person?

 

[VAGunny]

Well done!! Great times and darn impressive you are nearing 9's with you setup and manual. You're still on the stock MT-82 other than spec clutch, right?

 

[gearhead2685]

These types of setups impress me way more than someonethat throws the emtire catalog at a car and csn barely run mid 10s LOL.

Love the wheel and tire combo too!

 

[jrsimon27]

Op at what rpms do you launch your car? Nice runs thanks!

 

[F1scamp]

I like the sound you get with headers and stock mufflers. Does it sound good in person?

I guess that is pretty subjective, but I like the sound, its pretty quiet cruising around but it lets you know something is going on when you hit the loud pedal.

 

[F1scamp]

Well done!! Great times and darn impressive you are nearing 9's with you setup and manual. You're still on the stock MT-82 other than spec clutch, right?

Yup. Still has the factory fluid in it too.

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