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Old Oct 5, 2004 | 05:13 AM
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Kleemann stage-8 sharing

Any stage-8 runners out there in the states ?
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Old Oct 5, 2004 | 11:52 AM
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what the hell is a "stage-8 runner"???
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Old Oct 5, 2004 | 12:11 PM
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what the hell is a "stage-8 runner"???
Stage 8 is a full kit kleemann kit which consists of ECU, kompressor, cams, valvesprings, headers+downpipes, complete exhaust system w/ 4 steel cats.
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Old Oct 8, 2004 | 06:11 PM
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Any stage-8 runners out there in the states ?
Give me a little bit more time and hopefully... :p
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Old Oct 8, 2004 | 06:40 PM
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Give me a little bit more time and hopefully... :p
Take your time brutha, it's a hardship just keeping up in your footsteps :p
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Old Oct 8, 2004 | 06:43 PM
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Take your time brutha, it's a hardship just keeping up in your footsteps :p
You meant YOUR footsteps! lmao :p
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Old Oct 8, 2004 | 11:51 PM
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My truck was recently used to develop the K8 kit for the G55K. I drove the car with the prototype parts on it for about 200 miles. I noticed a considerable difference especially in the mid and upper range. The parts have recently been taken off of my truck and sent to Denmark to begin production. Since the K8 kit has been taken off of my truck I've come to realize what a huge difference this upgrade makes. I can't wait until I get them back. Without a doubt, a worthwhile upgrade.
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My truck was recently used to develop the K8 kit for the G55K. I drove the car with the prototype parts on it for about 200 miles. I noticed a considerable difference especially in the mid and upper range. The parts have recently been taken off of my truck and sent to Denmark to begin production. Since the K8 kit has been taken off of my truck I've come to realize what a huge difference this upgrade makes. I can't wait until I get them back. Without a doubt, a worthwhile upgrade.
If you don't mind me asking what exactly was put in your truck? Is it that parts that i've mentioned above or did i miss something else? Also can you elaborate more on the difference in the mid and upper range rpm's? Any HP figures?

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Old Oct 10, 2004 | 10:59 AM
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Glad to know that.

Yes, we need dyno info. to compare the extra gain.
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Old Oct 14, 2004 | 01:50 AM
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Give me about two weeks. We didn't dyno the truck with everything on it. We did do a "before" dyno so we do have a baseline. I'll do an "after" dyno as soon as the production parts are on my truck.
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So what's the price? $25k+ ?
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According to the configurator (see Kleemann web),
stage-8 is quite close each other,said, 5.0V8 & 5.5V8.
596 vs 600 ps respectively & the same peak 760 Nm for both.

How come the extra 0.5L don't get any edge ?
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