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[Ecoboost_xsport]

Additionally, if you ever want an aggressive “**** everything” tune, you have the hardware to do that.

This is how I try to live my life, lol...straight up, scorched Earth!

 

[ridered74]

It depends on how you look at mods. I don't look at initial price, I look at how much it costs me over the life of my car or however long I have the mod. My LMS pump was 1600. I've had it for about a year and a half now, but I could take it off right now and sell it for 1200-1300 pretty easily. I could keep it two more years and probably still sell it for 12-1300. Unless the pump prices come down (which appears pretty unlikely) the resale value isn't going to change much.

If you have spent money on drilled/slotted rotors (which are possibly worse than stock at stopping), you shouldn't blink an eye at buying a pump. My first SHO I had the stock rotors still on it at 170K miles and they still performed just fine. You could buy rotors and not even install them on your car and you'd probably be lucky to sell them for even half of what you paid for them.

Wheels and catback are the only things I regret spending money on so far on my car.

 

[Kevin81]

It depends on how you look at mods. I don't look at initial price, I look at how much it costs me over the life of my car or however long I have the mod. My LMS pump was 1600. I've had it for about a year and a half now, but I could take it off right now and sell it for 1200-1300 pretty easily. I could keep it two more years and probably still sell it for 12-1300. Unless the pump prices come down (which appears pretty unlikely) the resale value isn't going to change much.

If you have spent money on drilled/slotted rotors (which are possibly worse than stock at stopping), you shouldn't blink an eye at buying a pump. My first SHO I had the stock rotors still on it at 170K miles and they still performed just fine. You could buy rotors and not even install them on your car and you'd probably be lucky to sell them for even half of what you paid for them.

Wheels and catback are the only things I regret spending money on so far on my car.

I would never run drilled rotors. Seen more than my share of them cracked at the track. Slotted, sure. Someday. When the stockers run out of meat.

You don't like the cat back because of the sound?

 

[Kevin81]

H and R springs ordered. Police issue shocks ordered. Fuel pump ordered. My butt puckered a bit on that one. On the mailing list the intercooler. Called gearhead today, ordered the 3 bar tune, with plugs and t stat, and. Sct BDX tuner.

Guy I spoke with said his tune will cause my check engine light to come on due to the catless dps. Said there was a mechanical mod I would need to do in order to fix that, but he couldn't divulge what.

I assume you guys know? Is it basically adding a bung for the O2 sensor?

 

[SM105K]

H and R springs ordered. Police issue shocks ordered. Fuel pump ordered. My butt puckered a bit on that one. On the mailing list the intercooler. Called gearhead today, ordered the 3 bar tune, with plugs and t stat, and. Sct BDX tuner.

Guy I spoke with said his tune will cause my check engine light to come on due to the catless dps. Said there was a mechanical mod I would need to do in order to fix that, but he couldn't divulge what.

I assume you guys know? Is it basically adding a bung for the O2 sensor?

You will need two of the angled ones from this website.

http://bigdaddiesgarage.com/

 

[Kevin81]

You will need two of the angled ones from this website.

http://bigdaddiesgarage.com/

Thank you.

2 are now on their way.

That seemed...shady, lol.

 

[SM105K]

Depends on how you feel about a certain alphabet agency....

 

[ridered74]

I would never run drilled rotors. Seen more than my share of them cracked at the track. Slotted, sure. Someday. When the stockers run out of meat.

You don't like the cat back because of the sound?

I like the sound at startup, but driving around it sounds horrible.

 

[Zpak]

Depends on how you feel about a certain alphabet agency....

F ‘em!

I just wish I’d have known about those defoulers when I ordered my PPE’s catted. Oh well, I’ll be good... for now.

 

[76FoMoCo]

whats the LPFP hi rpm low limit?

 

[Ecoboost_xsport]

whats the LPFP hi rpm low limit?

Here's the chart for the DW300c. Not sure what the stock LPFP chart looks like. I've seen pressure demands up to around 85psi or so on the stock pump.

 

[SM105K]

F ‘em!

I just wish I’d have known about those defoulers when I ordered my PPE’s catted. Oh well, I’ll be good... for now.

There is not much of a difference between catted and no catted PPE DP's.

 

[Kevin81]

Well....

My money is all gone now. Went a little over budget, but that's the way these things go, eh?

Now I just wait till the stuff comes rolling in.

 

[76FoMoCo]

congratulations! I'm at full bolton stage....man did I spend a truck load of money... and these guys didn't help me stay away from the rabbit hole!

 

[802SHO]

congratulations! I'm at full bolton stage....man did I spend a truck load of money... and these guys didn't help me stay away from the rabbit hole!

You're right, you get even more encouragement the more you spend. Its never ending. I don't believe it ever comes full circle.

 

[Zpak]

You're right, you get even more encouragement the more you spend. Its never ending. I don't believe it ever comes full circle.

For real! All I wanted to do this year was run a 12 second quarter. Nailed that my first time out. Now the problem is I did way too well and I’m stuck shooting for 11’s.

 

[802SHO]

For real! All I wanted to do this year was run a 12 second quarter. Nailed that my first time out. Now the problem is I did way too well and I’m stuck shooting for 11’s.

You got it buddy!!

 

[High on Ethanol]

I guess I'm the odd one. I saw that the end of the tunnel wasn't a light but a painted wall. I didn't want to put any more money into something that had such a hard limit so low. I pulled the eject button before I spent more than what the car was worth to be running on borrowed time.

I'm not a diehard fan of any model I guess. I just like to go fast reliable and have the limit set far enough away that I can't hit it with a years overtime.

That being said, I enjoy carnage as well as people achieving their own goals. So spend it and send it!

 

[Kevin81]

I guess I'm the odd one. I saw that the end of the tunnel wasn't a light but a painted wall. I didn't want to put any more money into something that had such a hard limit so low. I pulled the eject button before I spent more than what the car was worth to be running on borrowed time.

I'm not a diehard fan of any model I guess. I just like to go fast reliable and have the limit set far enough away that I can't hit it with a years overtime.

That being said, I enjoy carnage as well as people achieving their own goals. So spend it and send it!

That was me a few years back...why invest money in a car to make it go fast, when, there is such a hard deck on how fast you can make it go. I learned that lesson. And of course, faster is possible in anything, its just a matter of what you're willing to sacrifice.

Now? Now I'm not as competitive. Fast is relative. After 20 years of driving all sorts of cars, with the crown jewel of speed being the 2010 corvette zr1 I got to drive for a photo shoot, I've learned a couple things.

1. On the street, 500 hp is all you need. Everything past that is just dick measuring.

2. Real world fast and track fast aren't the same thing, and 99% of the owners of fast cars never take it to the track, and wouldn't do well even if they did.

So, rather than set my goal at, "make my car an extreme performance car", I've set it at, 500 hp, real world fast. Where and when possible ($$$) I will reduce weight, so long as it doesn't sacrifice comfort (looking at you, butt massager), I will set up the handling to get rid of the horrible turn in and roll, but not be jarring over bumps, which involves finding the right shocks. It has a clear "finish line". Looks wise, maybe not, lol. Front splitter, duck tale rear spoiler, crome delete, better looking wheels in gunmetal, ceramic coating..,new hood? So much to burn money on, lol.

 

[High on Ethanol]

That was me a few years back...why invest money in a car to make it go fast, when, there is such a hard deck on how fast you can make it go. I learned that lesson. And of course, faster is possible in anything, its just a matter of what you're willing to sacrifice.

Now? Now I'm not as competitive. Fast is relative. After 20 years of driving all sorts of cars, with the crown jewel of speed being the 2010 corvette zr1 I got to drive for a photo shoot, I've learned a couple things.

1. On the street, 500 hp is all you need. Everything past that is just dick measuring.

2. Real world fast and track fast aren't the same thing, and 99% of the owners of fast cars never take it to the track, and wouldn't do well even if they did.

So, rather than set my goal at, "make my car an extreme performance car", I've set it at, 500 hp, real world fast. Where and when possible ($$$) I will reduce weight, so long as it doesn't sacrifice comfort (looking at you, butt massager), I will set up the handling to get rid of the horrible turn in and roll, but not be jarring over bumps, which involves finding the right shocks. It has a clear "finish line". Looks wise, maybe not, lol. Front splitter, duck tale rear spoiler, crome delete, better looking wheels in gunmetal, ceramic coating..,new hood? So much to burn money on, lol.

500whp is much easier on the f150 as far as I can tell. With my SHO I was getting around 49#/min airflow which most tuners say is around 490hp at the crank. Now I'm getting #55/min on my truck. So that should be 550hp at the crank....and I'm barely modded.