NA Magnum Build-up *read pg 9 for intake manifold update*

tamadrumr88 · Post by **tamadrumr88** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 12:08 am

can i pick you up and buy you lunch for that afternoon? at 5'11" and 125lbs im not quite what youd call "intimidating" - catch my drift?

WV's not that far from harrisburg man, and youre only like an hour from me... scratches chin.... hmm....

Baal · Post by **Baal** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 6:15 am

tamadrumr88 wrote:can i pick you up and buy you lunch for that afternoon? at 5'11" and 125lbs im not quite what youd call "intimidating" - catch my drift?

WV's not that far from harrisburg man, and youre only like an hour from me... scratches chin.... hmm....

well you dont need to be intimidating, you only have to bitch enough in person

BlackRoseRacing · Post by **BlackRoseRacing** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 6:24 am

he sends his pcm's to europe for reflashing huh....mmm

Shipping alone by slow boat there is 4-9weeks, then you got another 4-9weeks back. I wonder why he never mentioned the long wait for these pcm's so people would not get pissed.

tamadrumr88 · Post by **tamadrumr88** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:27 am

i really dont think thats the case. i think by that he meant that the guy who does his programming was in europe at the time, meaning a vacation

im calling - ill tell you how it goes.

J-Villa · Post by **J-Villa** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:51 am

i'd roll down with you....

tamadrumr88 · Post by **tamadrumr88** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:56 am

haha soooooooo.....

after a brief phone call ive been informed that howell is "due" to recieve the ecu back from programming tomorrow.... which im guessing means i should have the ecu within the next week... hopefully

J-Villa · Post by **J-Villa** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 11:12 am

doubt it...sounds like an excuse to me....what's the likely hood that it was suspose to come in tomorrow until you called...just my opinion

tamadrumr88 · Post by **tamadrumr88** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 3:03 pm

yeah so i pulled the butterflies. it feels like a slighty midrange loss so i guess my butterflies were working afterall

its a bit louder now though, even at WOT, which surprised me if the butterflies were in fact working

nodestiny · Post by **nodestiny** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 4:44 pm

Anybody tried the

BBB

Yet?

Baal · Post by **Baal** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 4:54 pm

tamadrumr88 wrote:haha soooooooo.....

after a brief phone call ive been informed that howell is "due" to recieve the ecu back from programming tomorrow.... which im guessing means i should have the ecu within the next week... hopefully

they told me "tomorrow" many times, keep calling, keep calling keep calling.

I wouldnt ask my money back, you will have your ECU if you have waited for so long dont loose your patience, just keep calling.

dawm · Post by **dawm** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 4:56 pm

am i correct in stating that the af/x DOES NOT control the magnum intake? so you'd have to wire them up the good ole nonmag way.

Baal · Post by **Baal** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 5:02 pm

dawm wrote:am i correct in stating that the af/x DOES NOT control the magnum intake? so you'd have to wire them up the good ole nonmag way.

indeed

BlackRoseRacing · Post by **BlackRoseRacing** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 6:00 pm

BBB???

dawm · Post by **dawm** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 6:29 pm

better business bureau

BlackRoseRacing · Post by **BlackRoseRacing** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 6:34 pm

got ya

tamadrumr88 · Post by **tamadrumr88** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 8:21 pm

dawm wrote:am i correct in stating that the af/x DOES NOT control the magnum intake? so you'd have to wire them up the good ole nonmag way.

well you dont have to wiring them any differently. if you just slap the af/x ecu in, youll lose power over 4900. rather than fidgeting with a vafc or harlan switch or any of that, i just opted to remove the butterflies.... although you do lose some midrange, its very easy to do, though it is time consuming, and you can just as easily re-install them when you get rid of the car or ecu

personally, id rather have the extra 1000rpm to play with (where the magnums really shine), then 10lb-ft tq from 3-5k

Baal · Post by **Baal** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 11:25 pm

tamadrumr88 wrote:
dawm wrote:am i correct in stating that the af/x DOES NOT control the magnum intake? so you'd have to wire them up the good ole nonmag way.
well you dont have to wiring them any differently. if you just slap the af/x ecu in, youll lose power over 4900. rather than fidgeting with a vafc or harlan switch or any of that, i just opted to remove the butterflies.... although you do lose some midrange, its very easy to do, though it is time consuming, and you can just as easily re-install them when you get rid of the car or ecu

personally, id rather have the extra 1000rpm to play with (where the magnums really shine), then 10lb-ft tq from 3-5k

man get a window switch, i'd love to have butterflies.

tamadrumr88 · Post by **tamadrumr88** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 2:49 pm

howell says "yes we have your ecu, its the next one to ship"

i only live in the 1-2 day shipping zone of howell so im guessing by that they mean itll be here friday or monday... part of me wants to believe that, but after 3 months, a week+ is nothing

dinetuner · Post by **dinetuner** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 2:59 pm

tamadrumr88 wrote:howell says "yes we have your ecu, its the next one to ship"

i only live in the 1-2 day shipping zone of howell so im guessing by that they mean itll be here friday or monday... part of me wants to believe that, but after 3 months, a week+ is nothing

bwahaha sorry dude but thats fucked on howells side...

dawm · Post by **dawm** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 3:42 pm

hows the long tube?

nodestiny · Post by **nodestiny** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 4:28 pm

dawm wrote:hows the long tube?

Yeah dude! WE WANT AN UPDATE!

Gas milage, power, and anything else you want to throw in would be great!

Knoxville_R/T · Post by **Knoxville_R/T** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 4:38 pm

He told me that it is night and day. But other then that I'll let him tell you all. I think he might have already in this post.
-Brian

dawm · Post by **dawm** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 5:43 pm

this weekend i should be ordering me parts.. flex,cutout, glasspack, heat tape for cabling.. then its just locating a god damn srt coolant bottle...

BlackRoseRacing · Post by **BlackRoseRacing** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 5:48 pm

^^^
5278953AC - $33.35 msrp...

dawm · Post by **dawm** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 5:59 pm

BlackRoseRacing wrote:^^^
5278953AC - $33.35 msrp...

i can get it cheaper ($17dealer).. but i dont wanna pay shipping =p

tamadrumr88 · Post by **tamadrumr88** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 9:04 pm

if youd only see my exhaust right now i lost so much power until i get my exhaust done CORRECTLY... heres the story.... initially i had an open long tube and it was just too loud so i quick slapped on a 3"-2.5" reducer (keep in mind i cut the stock exhaust so that it was resting in the end of the longtube .... if you can picture kind of what the aem v2 intake looks like - thats it... anyway, i told the guy at the exhaust shop to cut that part off thats inside the collector and just weld the stock 2.25" exhaust to the 2.5" reducer.... he did but he missed the step of cutting the stock exhaust thats still sitting in the header after i inspected it later..... HUGE loss on the top end... it must be making such a turbulent airflow where the stock exhaust is still sitting inside of the header and getting caught between the reducer and stock exhaust...

im still kinda pissed about that so im hoping to get a 2.5" cat resonator and muffler eventually and get it done CORRECTLY

anyway, i got a free alignment at work tonight (i work at a subaru dealer for those of you who didnt know

and yes i get to drve sti's and wrx's often

) cuz im friends with some techs there.... i got it done to ACR spec and i got -1.0* camber front and -0.5* rear so im happy about that

01rtgurl · Post by **01rtgurl** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 9:20 pm

tamadrumr88 wrote:if youd only see my exhaust right now i lost so much power until i get my exhaust done CORRECTLY... heres the story.... initially i had an open long tube and it was just too loud so i quick slapped on a 3"-2.5" reducer (keep in mind i cut the stock exhaust so that it was resting in the end of the longtube .... if you can picture kind of what the aem v2 intake looks like - thats it... anyway, i told the guy at the exhaust shop to cut that part off thats inside the collector and just weld the stock 2.25" exhaust to the 2.5" reducer.... he did but he missed the step of cutting the stock exhaust thats still sitting in the header after i inspected it later..... HUGE loss on the top end... it must be making such a turbulent airflow where the stock exhaust is still sitting inside of the header and getting caught between the reducer and stock exhaust...

im still kinda pissed about that so im hoping to get a 2.5" cat resonator and muffler eventually and get it done CORRECTLY

anyway, i got a free alignment at work tonight (i work at a subaru dealer for those of you who didnt know and yes i get to drve sti's and wrx's often ) cuz im friends with some techs there.... i got it done to ACR spec and i got -1.0* camber front and -0.5* rear so im happy about that

ACR's came with negative camber? Interesting. I might do that next time I get mine aligned (I usually get 0 degrees everywhere for the tires sake) Too loud with just open header??? I wanted to run open header for like a week when I eventually get mine on... everyone at work was placing bets... saying that ONE tire would hit the city pavement outside my driveway and I'd get a ticket

dawm · Post by **dawm** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 9:22 pm

YOU IDIOT!

why dont you just use that cat pipe your trying to sell?

hehe god damn. im glad im doing my exhaust at my buddy's work, and we're gonna weld it up all ourselves.

Baal · Post by **Baal** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:41 pm

-1 camber wont do anything to the tires dont worry rtgurl

BlackRoseRacing · Post by **BlackRoseRacing** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 6:35 am

dawm
how can you get it for $17 at a dealer when dealer cost is $20?

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NA Magnum Build-up read pg 9 for intake manifold update