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    What material for intake piping?

    What do you thing is the best material for a intercooler or intake piping on a turbo car? Does the air get a lot warmer du to it being compresssed and therefore use aluminium for it's heat transfer abylities? Or use stainless steel, even though it's a little heavier, it would insolate abit...
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    Is a limited slip diff useful in a staight line?

    Is the limited slip in the mazdaspeed a clutch one?
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    Is a limited slip diff useful in a staight line?

    I thought that as long as the wheels are perfectly straight, the power goes to both wheels?
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    Is a limited slip diff useful in a staight line?

    I would like to know if a limited slip diff, like the one in the speed makes a considerable difference in acceleration in a straight line? (on a fast car)
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    Is fuel managment a must?

    Thats a good question, could someone tell me if there is something else that will go wrong with one of the cars sensors? I'm gessing that a fiew people have tried the combination of a Vortech FMU and a voltage clamp. Could you tell us how your experience was, any problems?
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    Car died

    I'm at 73000 kms so I guess it's not that bad
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    Car died

    Thanks guys
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    Car died

    Yes I do still have the stock battery in my car. How or were could I test the battery? If I have to change it wich one should I change it with? I don't have a small canister to regulate electric pulses(can't find the word), could that be the problem?
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    trying to learn about turbos

    Ok thanks, do you have any idea how much it costs and is it possible to coat the turbine housing of a turbo?
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    Car died

    I drive my car to school every day (40min. away) and I like to listen to my music real loud(2x10inch subs). Today when I get close to school and on the small roads, my subs stop working from time to time. I didn't have any time to waste in the morning so I decided to forget about it and to deal...
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    trying to learn about turbos

    Kind of off subject but why ceramic coat a stainless manifold, if you really don't want it to rust why not get some more heat resistant stainless. 316L isn't much more expensive than 304. How expensive is ceramic coating? An equal length manifold is supposed to give you a fiew more...
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    Intake Manifold

    http://www.essentialspeed.com/shop/detail.asp?product_id=EsManifoldsproto29599&&cat=&category=&cat1=15&cat2=
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    Blue Samco hoses...plus more updates...

    That looks good, do you think that you could take a fiew close up pics of were the hose connects to the engin on the passanger side please. Thats a real clean engin bay
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    Is fuel managment a must?

    Thanks guys, I see a lot of used FMU's on Ebay so I will probably get one there.
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    Is fuel managment a must?

    Thanks for the info, Where can i find a voltage clamp and how hard are they to install? What kind of vorteck FMU would i want to be on the safe side: 10:1, 8:1 or something else? I get how the fmu works but i don't understand how a voltage clamp work, could someone explain this to me please.
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    Is fuel managment a must?

    What about a voltage clamp, how expensive are those and how do they work?
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    Is fuel managment a must?

    Whats the difference between the rising rate fuel regulator and the fmu?
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    Boost controller question

    Ok thanks thats what I thought. I got my wastegate a fiew days ago(Turbonetics Evolution) and it hase two places to connect vaccum or boost hoses. In the instructions it says wich one to use if your just using the spring to regulate but doesn't show how to use the second one with a boost...
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    Is fuel managment a must?

    I have a GT-30R but what does it matter since it won't even be close to it's top efficiency range at 5psi.
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