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Old 10-12-2009, 06:53 PM   #61 (permalink)
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Try GTI Performance Center in Bibra Lake. They are a motec specialist.
Thanks will keep them in mind! Was going to try Overboost in Malaga which is much closer to me first although I know he is always very busy but will try.

InTune Performance who is south of the river originally wired it up for me so worst case scenario I need to see him again.
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Old 10-21-2009, 07:43 AM   #62 (permalink)
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ITS ALIVE... ALIVE!!!

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Old 10-21-2009, 05:42 PM   #63 (permalink)
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Oh man that sounds dirty. Keep doing it, I'm almost there
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Old 10-22-2009, 06:36 AM   #64 (permalink)
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Oh man that sounds dirty. Keep doing it, I'm almost there
HAHA Nice choice of words!!
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Old 10-22-2009, 04:58 PM   #65 (permalink)
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MAN ITBS SOUND KILLER!!!1

you have an evil laugh by the way.


Oh and way to go with crossing wires there LOL! Biggest "DOH" of your BEAMS life?
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Old 10-22-2009, 07:21 PM   #66 (permalink)
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MAN ITBS SOUND KILLER!!!1

you have an evil laugh by the way.


Oh and way to go with crossing wires there LOL! Biggest "DOH" of your BEAMS life?
Was only rev'd to about 2500rpm in the video I'm sure once I hit 8600rpm it should sing nicely although I need to put my filter back on which should muffler the sound some.

Who would think of swapping the positive and negative around seriously!!! I have learnt much thou which is good!
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Old 10-24-2009, 03:28 AM   #67 (permalink)
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F##K ME!!!

This thing is nuts!!!!!!


Turbo's eat your heart out, instant response... I need to lie down now and think about the nasty and very bad car I just drove! LOL
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Old 10-25-2009, 10:22 PM   #68 (permalink)
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ehh im not really liking the engine noise too much. Sounds like a muscle car! its not my taste. Although it must be tons of fun to drive and nice build btw. Whats the redline on that thing??
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Old 10-26-2009, 12:50 AM   #69 (permalink)
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ehh im not really liking the engine noise too much. Sounds like a muscle car! its not my taste. Although it must be tons of fun to drive and nice build btw. Whats the redline on that thing??
Should sound different once I change this exhaust system as its a little loud for my liking especially while driving. Definately lookin like its going to be a fun car to drive... the redline is set at 8800.

As soon as I've adjusted the exhaust setup and I shall get it dyno'd and see what it pulls at the front wheels.
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MAN ITBS SOUND KILLER!!!1
+1 ITBS sound sick!!
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Old 11-02-2009, 06:18 AM   #71 (permalink)
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Over the weekend I adjusted the idle valve and throttle cable so the car idles without stalling. I've got it down to about 1200rpm but will need to fine tune slightly to try and make it 900rpm, its doable its just very touchy as you go too low and it stalls!

I have also calibrated a few guages but just need to do the speedo and tacho now. Speedo I will need to wait till the exhaust is done as I need a stretch of 4km to calibrate it correctly and currently the car is way to loud to drive even at 3am! Tacho I played with on the weekend but I can't seem to get it to read the right signal... might be a MOTEC thing I need to look at, hmmmm.

Below is a photo of the 3" mid section of my exhaust which was originally done by InTune Performance. I'm actually thinking about taking out the custom muffler that they designed and fitted as it seems to be too restrictive for the car after about 5000rpm. The car stutters and lurches as its climbing up the revs and after looking at what the internal structure of the muffler is makes me think its definately not the right design for this motor.



I bolted my 2.5" mid section exhaust piece on which has a cat installed and the motor runs smoothish but is WAY louder! I'm thinking the BEAMS really doesnt like small pipes, it seems the more smaller the pipe the louder the sound. Anyone else had this issue with their motors? So this custom muffler I shall replace with a piece of 3" pipe and a CAT instead....

And see how we go then!
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i had a bit of trouble with the note and volume of sound of my exhaust.
I swapped my straight through magnaflow muffler for a X-force Varex muffler.
It gives you control over how loud you want your car. I dont want to sound like im flogging thier products but i think its the way to go. When your driving on the streets and you want to just cruise, its quieter than standard and when you want it fast and loud it is just that
Im just going to swap my resonator from a hotdog style to a Vibrant Performance ultra quiet resonator. im hopeing that will take the rasp out of the sound.

Here's some info on the muffler XForce - Performance Exhaust Systems
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Old 11-02-2009, 08:39 AM   #73 (permalink)
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Well ive lost count on the number of Remus exhausts ive bought over the years , more than 8. Iove the sound, no drowning hum at all Drive it slowly and hardly noticable, Fang it and its so sweet. Expensive thou. Oh BTW NEVER been pulled over by the cops for loud exhaust and have also gone throew the pits at vic roads and no problem
Alsoi run a stainless steel high flow cat. The core is pretty much standard and the just weld the correct flanges to it based on the original cat size.
Might be worth to go and see your local Remus outlet and have a listen.
As you know i run std exhaust manifold and b-pipe
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my custom exhaust is finally ready

custom header (calculated for new cams): 4-2-1
OD: 4x48mm--2x60mm--70mm --->

then

|--> OD:60mm SARD cat + resonator ---> OD60mm IN , RS-R muffler

Last weekend switched header from stock to custom , I feel good torque improvment from low rpm , friday I will go for dyno ,so we will see how much Nm UP
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Vibrant Performance for me lads.....steet quiet.....I'm with my car at the moment, I'll try and youtube it for sound for you guys....

WAYNO sounds like lightweight flywheel.....my buddy just switched back to his OEM Honda flywheel because lightweight Fidanza one was causing annoying stalls either from letting off the gas suddenly or too low idle or the tip-in surge when you blip the throttles...

On a side note TRD Gauges look wicked WAYNO, thanks again!
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Im running the light weight TODA , and yes it comes down very quick but always catches at 1200 rpm then goes down to 900 rpm within 2 seconds
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no i set up waynes idle over here ,but with my pipes as waynes is not tuned to his yet and i also recleaned his throttles ,so they might be re seating them self and he will have to get it back to 900 much easier in a rwd car than what wayne has to get done ,but he will over come it
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how much does your 5th gen celica weigh?

so you said the rev limit for your engine is 8,800 rpm. do the itb's alow it to rev that high or is it the internals that alow such high reving. would your engine with a c-one computer produce even more power from the redtop?
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Old 11-10-2009, 12:20 AM   #79 (permalink)
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Yeah because of the position of the throttle cable its actually REALLY difficult to make changes in the slightest of movements but time and patience will get this right in the end.

Picking up my adjusted exhaust system end of the week too so will fit and report back when I know more.

Not sure what the car weighs currently. When the car was completely stripped it weighed 1130kg however I'm adding a bulk of fibreglass work to it now so I'm sure that weight will climb pretty quick. The weight I'm adding to the back of the car (ie my sub box) actually helps me keep traction on the corners (being FWD) so small price to pay I suppose but then again its not a dedicated track car!

The weight I'm adding to it



I'd dare say its the internals that make it rev to 8,800+ rpm and I'm running a MOTEC currently so pretty sure its the best ECU to tune the motor by all means try and find out yourself thou, thats what were hear for after all!
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well disconnect the cable from the throttles and then set the idle when its hot and its only the quad that has the cable disc on it as well ,all the rest will follow
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