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Old Sep 9, 2005 | 10:45 AM
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nice setup man..

but someone told me to stay away from xs power..
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Old Sep 9, 2005 | 11:51 AM
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car looks gorgeous man.

congrats on the turbo kit, any body shots of the car?
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Old Sep 9, 2005 | 01:40 PM
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XS Power, isn't that the eBay ssautochrome guy???
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Old Sep 9, 2005 | 04:19 PM
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Yeah,
i can't belive people say such bad things abut SS autochrome and XS power. As a matter of fact the only people that will tell you its junk is the retards that have never used it, seen it, or have any experience with it. Obviously Im using it and obviously its good stuff. The kit cost me $1200 for everything and its tuned on uberdata, an FMu and 255lph pump. Heres some exterior shots
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Old Sep 9, 2005 | 04:20 PM
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Yeah im trying to get a filter on the turbo but its such a tight fit. I dunno if im gonna be able to d it but w/e I'll work on it some more.
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Old Sep 9, 2005 | 04:25 PM
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When you beef up that clutch and replace your bald tires, you'll feel a huge difference. It loooks good...
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Old Sep 9, 2005 | 08:34 PM
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The reason the SSAutocrome is so bad is because they use epoxy to seal the turbo housings and have shotty welds on the manifolds. Yes you are using it and it seems good at the moment, but down the road it might take a total shit on you and then you will kick yourself for buying junk.

Hopefully your kit lasts a while, and if it doesn't, it would really be unfortunate.

Looks like a bitchin setup, regardless. You are probably making a whole lot more than 220 whp. Get that sucker on a dyno and get it tuned, because that setup shows a lot of potential, minus the subpar quality parts used.
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Old Sep 9, 2005 | 10:27 PM
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Yea if you ever have turbo questions, Shmoo is your man
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Old Sep 10, 2005 | 04:20 AM
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Yeah well I blew the engine last night racing 2 camaro SS's. A silver one had a catback and the red one had I/H/E and a hotcam dyno'ed 359whp. I just hardly beat the silver one and the red one pulled on me, then my engine let go. I am almost positive its the ring lands or maybe some holes in my pistons. I'll do a comp. check soon lol. But whatever, good thing I have engine parts.
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Old Sep 10, 2005 | 06:23 AM
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Originally Posted by B18C Turbo
Yeah,
i can't belive people say such bad things abut SS autochrome and XS power. As a matter of fact the only people that will tell you its junk is the retards that have never used it, seen it, or have any experience with it. Obviously Im using it and obviously its good stuff. The kit cost me $1200 for everything and its tuned on uberdata, an FMu and 255lph pump. Heres some exterior shots
ok, i am the only person that has HAD experiences with it, It cracked once, welded it back up, cracked again on another weld, rewelded, and the the collector took a real shit, it cracked across the piping this time, but its a good product right... it was on the car for maybe all of 2 months...no good. you can get those manifolds all day long directly from a guy in some foreign country for 80 a pop, i hope you didnt pay much more than this and i hope you have better luck then i did with yours...
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