My C32 vs 6 liter GTO
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Thanks, you have a gorgeous car!
+1......one of my favs on the forum
Wow thanks a lot but there's a couple C63s that are mad sicckkk on the forum! Thanks anywayz tho
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i'll see if i can get some soon, after my header install tomorrow and after my i/c separation. it is just way too hot out here (110 currently) and the heat is resulting in too much timing being pulled. hopefully, headers will decrease the heat a little bit though the decrease in boost.
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i'll see if i can get some soon, after my header install tomorrow and after my i/c separation. it is just way too hot out here (110 currently) and the heat is resulting in too much timing being pulled. hopefully, headers will decrease the heat a little bit though the decrease in boost.
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Have had it for over a year and YES, it makes a BIG difference. Jerry, Wayne and Jake are all classy guys and contrary to the song, "Wont take the $$ and run." They'll take your $$ and make that beast RUN!!! Now, if I could just get Jerry or wayne to do MY ML-55 tune and a TCU for the C32, I'd be a real happy camper!!!
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[QUOTE=TopGun32;3610761]tuning will help to make power throughout the power band.. and smoother.
It would probably pick up another car length on your runs
I have tuning on my C32 now too.. finally.[/QUOTE]
Thought you were selling her????
It would probably pick up another car length on your runs
I have tuning on my C32 now too.. finally.[/QUOTE]
Thought you were selling her????
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So I have this neighbor that lives down the street, he's always been a real ******* to my step mom. Anyways he drives a C5 corvette 6 speed, his plate reads I DARE U. I'm heading to work, running a little behind schedule so I'm weaving through traffic going about 60. I suddenly see his black vette behind me. I get in the far lane and slow down a bit to let him get next to me. When we get side by side we punch it and I immediatly start pulling, he never had a chance... LOL. We get to the next light and he rolls his window down and tellls me he wasn't in the right gear, and wants to go again. We race two more times from and dig and I rape him both times. It was the ultimate revenge 
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Have had it for over a year and YES, it makes a BIG difference. Jerry, Wayne and Jake are all classy guys and contrary to the song, "Wont take the $$ and run." They'll take your $$ and make that beast RUN!!! Now, if I could just get Jerry or wayne to do MY ML-55 tune and a TCU for the C32, I'd be a real happy camper!!!
Have had it for over a year and YES, it makes a BIG difference. Jerry, Wayne and Jake are all classy guys and contrary to the song, "Wont take the $$ and run." They'll take your $$ and make that beast RUN!!! Now, if I could just get Jerry or wayne to do MY ML-55 tune and a TCU for the C32, I'd be a real happy camper!!!
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Now my a relative of ours wants the car, but he is saving money. So I told him I would fix the seats, the over head console, and tune the car. I might do a coil pack and ignition wire tune up too, along with plugs.
So far I have only done the tuning. I'm saving for the rest.
I will only sell the car to somebody that won't freak out due to the CEL's or constant little issues with this car.
car is running really nice.. and I only drive in C mode.
Now my a relative of ours wants the car, but he is saving money. So I told him I would fix the seats, the over head console, and tune the car. I might do a coil pack and ignition wire tune up too, along with plugs.
So far I have only done the tuning. I'm saving for the rest.
I will only sell the car to somebody that won't freak out due to the CEL's or constant little issues with this car.
car is running really nice.. and I only drive in C mode.
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and i am doing the exact opposite as you...performance mods first, then exterior mods lol. funny.
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Edit: I see you updated your sig to include the LET headers, how's the car feel now? Is in louder?
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what color you powder coating the rims? i think gunmetal would look sick.
yup, headers are in. first day of install, didn't notice a difference in sound. as i had previously thought and my good buddy confirmed, it may take a little bit to rebreak in my muffler with the new exhaust setup. sure enough, it sounded differently yesterday and today. definitely got lower and deeper. not quite sure how to describe the sound.....i'll see if i can find someone with a vid camera, as i don't own one.
power wise, i definitely picked up some low end tq and i pull harder up top. it was difficult to tell at first b/c the temps are SOOO hot out here (113 yesterday) but i definitely was breaking them loose 30 or something yesterday.
you have a good exhaust setup. i might copy it, not sure though. do you have true dual exhaust? i'm debating whether i want throw on some high flow cats, do the sec cat delete, and then through on some kind of quad/C55 style tip setup in the back to run the rear diffuser OR just doing a custom true dual exhaust all the way back (which i think Hooley wants me to try haha)
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Oh come on...that's just cheating picking on a pig like that...haha. To be more fair I think someone should race my little ol' LS1 Firebird! Great kill, btw. I love Gen 3 and 4 GM engines...but the Goat was just too vanilla and porky for me. Almost stock LS1 F-bod's run away from the LS1 Goat and they give up 75-95 horses (at least on paper) to that battleship.
On a diff note, though...if I swapped an LS2 into my f-bod and couldn't get out of the 12's (let alone the 13's) I'd kill myself.
On a diff note, though...if I swapped an LS2 into my f-bod and couldn't get out of the 12's (let alone the 13's) I'd kill myself.
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I was expecting you to get a lower, deeper growl from it, glad to hear you picked up some gains When do you plan on dynoing the car again? As for the black side markers, I wanted to go with a black\silver theme with my car so the rims will be powder coated matte black to match the grill and emblems. I also ordered the carbon center caps and hope to get a carbon trunk spoiler as well. Id love a carbon front lip, but with my car being as low as it is im afraid it would get destroyed. Im might have to raise the car up and incorporate the lip sometime. Someone on the 211 forum was saying that he painted the chrome impact strips on his car black, which is something im really considering doing, id love to see a photo shop done before actually doing it. Do you know anything about HID kits? I want to get one, but have zero knowledge about how they work and what exactly ill need for them to work with my projectors.
When do you plan on dynoing the car again? As for the black side markers, I wanted to go with a black\silver theme with my car so the rims will be powder coated matte black to match the grill and emblems. I also ordered the carbon center caps and hope to get a carbon trunk spoiler as well. Id love a carbon front lip, but with my car being as low as it is im afraid it would get destroyed. Im might have to raise the car up and incorporate the lip sometime. Someone on the 211 forum was saying that he painted the chrome impact strips on his car black, which is something im really considering doing, id love to see a photo shop done before actually doing it. Do you know anything about HID kits? I want to get one, but have zero knowledge about how they work and what exactly ill need for them to work with my projectors. black side markers on a silver car? hmm....should look interesting. not sure if i've seen that on a silver MB yet. i have clears in my garage but i havent gotten around to putting them on yet.
what color you powder coating the rims? i think gunmetal would look sick.
yup, headers are in. first day of install, didn't notice a difference in sound. as i had previously thought and my good buddy confirmed, it may take a little bit to rebreak in my muffler with the new exhaust setup. sure enough, it sounded differently yesterday and today. definitely got lower and deeper. not quite sure how to describe the sound.....i'll see if i can find someone with a vid camera, as i don't own one.
power wise, i definitely picked up some low end tq and i pull harder up top. it was difficult to tell at first b/c the temps are SOOO hot out here (113 yesterday) but i definitely was breaking them loose 30 or something yesterday.
+1.....though i think you had your headers and pulley and everything installed at once, which might make it hard to notice a difference made by just the headers.......i noticed when i switched from the code3 s/c pulley to the 185 my exhaust deepened too
you have a good exhaust setup. i might copy it, not sure though. do you have true dual exhaust? i'm debating whether i want throw on some high flow cats, do the sec cat delete, and then through on some kind of quad/C55 style tip setup in the back to run the rear diffuser OR just doing a custom true dual exhaust all the way back (which i think Hooley wants me to try haha)
what color you powder coating the rims? i think gunmetal would look sick.
yup, headers are in. first day of install, didn't notice a difference in sound. as i had previously thought and my good buddy confirmed, it may take a little bit to rebreak in my muffler with the new exhaust setup. sure enough, it sounded differently yesterday and today. definitely got lower and deeper. not quite sure how to describe the sound.....i'll see if i can find someone with a vid camera, as i don't own one.
power wise, i definitely picked up some low end tq and i pull harder up top. it was difficult to tell at first b/c the temps are SOOO hot out here (113 yesterday) but i definitely was breaking them loose 30 or something yesterday.
+1.....though i think you had your headers and pulley and everything installed at once, which might make it hard to notice a difference made by just the headers.......i noticed when i switched from the code3 s/c pulley to the 185 my exhaust deepened too
you have a good exhaust setup. i might copy it, not sure though. do you have true dual exhaust? i'm debating whether i want throw on some high flow cats, do the sec cat delete, and then through on some kind of quad/C55 style tip setup in the back to run the rear diffuser OR just doing a custom true dual exhaust all the way back (which i think Hooley wants me to try haha)
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I was expecting you to get a lower, deeper growl from it, glad to hear you picked up some gains When do you plan on dynoing the car again? As for the black side markers, I wanted to go with a black\silver theme with my car so the rims will be powder coated matte black to match the grill and emblems. I also ordered the carbon center caps and hope to get a carbon trunk spoiler as well. Id love a carbon front lip, but with my car being as low as it is im afraid it would get destroyed. Im might have to raise the car up and incorporate the lip sometime. Someone on the 211 forum was saying that he painted the chrome impact strips on his car black, which is something im really considering doing, id love to see a photo shop done before actually doing it. Do you know anything about HID kits? I want to get one, but have zero knowledge about how they work and what exactly ill need for them to work with my projectors.
When do you plan on dynoing the car again? As for the black side markers, I wanted to go with a black\silver theme with my car so the rims will be powder coated matte black to match the grill and emblems. I also ordered the carbon center caps and hope to get a carbon trunk spoiler as well. Id love a carbon front lip, but with my car being as low as it is im afraid it would get destroyed. Im might have to raise the car up and incorporate the lip sometime. Someone on the 211 forum was saying that he painted the chrome impact strips on his car black, which is something im really considering doing, id love to see a photo shop done before actually doing it. Do you know anything about HID kits? I want to get one, but have zero knowledge about how they work and what exactly ill need for them to work with my projectors.as far as redynoing it, i want to dyno it again under similar conditions as my last dyno (https://mbworld.org/forums/c32-amg-c...hp-359wtq.html), which was at around 80 or so degrees. i wont see those temps probably until at least september, so it might be until then, unless Hooley tries to convince me otherwise which he might haha......either way, im going to do a pre and post re-tune dyno and obviously will post results.
black/silver theme sounds interesting and will probably look sick. are you considering painting that vent on the hood black too? sounds like you have an idea where you wanna go. CF lips are nice....i like them, though my trunk lip has gotten some mixed reviews. some people (like Hooley's GF) dont like it, saying it doesnt look right and should be silver, matching the car since its MB. my argument is that the CF matches the CF on the pillars and i think it looks clean. i may paint it silver or just keep it as is, who knows.
the cf front lip spoilers are indeed sexy, though i cant afford one now. definitely don't want to break wanna those if you are riding low...haha
as far as HIDs, i am NOT the person to talk to. TemjinX2 is your man for that. He has made his own kit or two or three for this car and other cars.
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it did pick up a lower deeper growl. just has taken a day or two to rebreak in my exhaust.
as far as redynoing it, i want to dyno it again under similar conditions as my last dyno (https://mbworld.org/forums/c32-amg-c...hp-359wtq.html), which was at around 80 or so degrees. i wont see those temps probably until at least september, so it might be until then, unless Hooley tries to convince me otherwise which he might haha......either way, im going to do a pre and post re-tune dyno and obviously will post results.
black/silver theme sounds interesting and will probably look sick. are you considering painting that vent on the hood black too? sounds like you have an idea where you wanna go. CF lips are nice....i like them, though my trunk lip has gotten some mixed reviews. some people (like Hooley's GF) dont like it, saying it doesnt look right and should be silver, matching the car since its MB. my argument is that the CF matches the CF on the pillars and i think it looks clean. i may paint it silver or just keep it as is, who knows.
the cf front lip spoilers are indeed sexy, though i cant afford one now. definitely don't want to break wanna those if you are riding low...haha
as far as HIDs, i am NOT the person to talk to. TemjinX2 is your man for that. He has made his own kit or two or three for this car and other cars.
as far as redynoing it, i want to dyno it again under similar conditions as my last dyno (https://mbworld.org/forums/c32-amg-c...hp-359wtq.html), which was at around 80 or so degrees. i wont see those temps probably until at least september, so it might be until then, unless Hooley tries to convince me otherwise which he might haha......either way, im going to do a pre and post re-tune dyno and obviously will post results.
black/silver theme sounds interesting and will probably look sick. are you considering painting that vent on the hood black too? sounds like you have an idea where you wanna go. CF lips are nice....i like them, though my trunk lip has gotten some mixed reviews. some people (like Hooley's GF) dont like it, saying it doesnt look right and should be silver, matching the car since its MB. my argument is that the CF matches the CF on the pillars and i think it looks clean. i may paint it silver or just keep it as is, who knows.
the cf front lip spoilers are indeed sexy, though i cant afford one now. definitely don't want to break wanna those if you are riding low...haha
as far as HIDs, i am NOT the person to talk to. TemjinX2 is your man for that. He has made his own kit or two or three for this car and other cars.
I saw the vent on C Dirty Two's car black and im not sure if its the route id like to go, his car does look very nice tho. After spending so much time in the 211 forum I think getting the roof vinyled black might be something id like to do. Also im thinking about putting a carbon insert into out back bumper where a diffuser would go. My friend got a big piece of carbon and i might try to get in layed in, i think it would look nice with the black emblems and carbon trunk lip.
