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Dude! You set me up with Watkins! Without you I would have had a much harder time finding a good company to get the motor from point A to point B!
... that was you, right?
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... that was you, right?
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Totally, good service too. Thanks again! :thumbup:
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Oh yeah.... I guess I should have thanked you Zer0 in the first post for the HotShot Hookup! Damn man, this whole process has really shown me just how helpfull and usefull this online community is! Soo many members helped in so many ways.... this place rocks. :headbang:
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yeah that was a hell of a set up you had that thing in , thumbs up to youfusi0n said:
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Well everyone, it's all said and done.
The install went pretty darn smoothly... we only ran into two problems during the install (both of which were quickly solved by the very knowledgeable guys at East Coast Speed) and one after the swap on the ride home (which was temporarily solved by me, a paper clip, and some bubblegum :crazy2: )
We started at 7:30am, and had the old engine out and the new engine prepped (header/cluch/flywheel mounted) by noon. Got back from lunch at 1ish, and had everything in by 7pm. Engine fired up on the first try, it was great. All in all I was very impressed by the guys who make up East Coast Speed Factory: Mike, Rob and Steve. These guys not only know their stuff, but they're hard working, determined, easy going and best of all: passionate about their work. Needless to say I would reccomend them to anyone close enough to get to them (take me for example: I drove to their shop from 200 miles away in the middle of a snow storm!!)
Oh yea, the car.
It feels awesome. The Monkey Wrench Racing flywheel is, as far as I can tell, the perfect daily driver flywheel. It's light, the engine revvs quickly and freely, and feels very eager at WOT.... but it's not soo light that starting from first gear is a pain, and with a quickshfter and an equally quick right hand, downshifts and gear changes aren't too hard either. Thanks to the HotShot header, the low end is a little more torquey and it pulls nicely even from low RPMs. Naturally, the high RPM band is sensational.... ballsy... kinda pissed off... and like I said before: very eager. The Gripforce (re-badged Exedy) clutch is also very nice. Engagement is smooth with a clearly noticable spot where the clutch grabbs, and when grabs, it does so hard but not soo suddenly that it's jerky. And lastly, thanks to the Toga Performance oil pump (which as Mike from ECSF explains moves more oil... more volume, but does not make the average oil pressure higher than stock) my oil pressure is rock solid. No deviations or drops in pressure when cornering at all... not even a little. I can't wait to get this thing on a soloII track :drool:
I have some pics that I'll try to get posted up tomorrow!
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The install went pretty darn smoothly... we only ran into two problems during the install (both of which were quickly solved by the very knowledgeable guys at East Coast Speed) and one after the swap on the ride home (which was temporarily solved by me, a paper clip, and some bubblegum :crazy2: )
We started at 7:30am, and had the old engine out and the new engine prepped (header/cluch/flywheel mounted) by noon. Got back from lunch at 1ish, and had everything in by 7pm. Engine fired up on the first try, it was great. All in all I was very impressed by the guys who make up East Coast Speed Factory: Mike, Rob and Steve. These guys not only know their stuff, but they're hard working, determined, easy going and best of all: passionate about their work. Needless to say I would reccomend them to anyone close enough to get to them (take me for example: I drove to their shop from 200 miles away in the middle of a snow storm!!)
Oh yea, the car.
It feels awesome. The Monkey Wrench Racing flywheel is, as far as I can tell, the perfect daily driver flywheel. It's light, the engine revvs quickly and freely, and feels very eager at WOT.... but it's not soo light that starting from first gear is a pain, and with a quickshfter and an equally quick right hand, downshifts and gear changes aren't too hard either. Thanks to the HotShot header, the low end is a little more torquey and it pulls nicely even from low RPMs. Naturally, the high RPM band is sensational.... ballsy... kinda pissed off... and like I said before: very eager. The Gripforce (re-badged Exedy) clutch is also very nice. Engagement is smooth with a clearly noticable spot where the clutch grabbs, and when grabs, it does so hard but not soo suddenly that it's jerky. And lastly, thanks to the Toga Performance oil pump (which as Mike from ECSF explains moves more oil... more volume, but does not make the average oil pressure higher than stock) my oil pressure is rock solid. No deviations or drops in pressure when cornering at all... not even a little. I can't wait to get this thing on a soloII track :drool:
I have some pics that I'll try to get posted up tomorrow!
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Ummmm the one with the blue cap? I think it's sitting in my tool box getting dirty :gap:
The new one looks awesome BTW... I'll snap some pics of that tomorrow too
The new one looks awesome BTW... I'll snap some pics of that tomorrow too
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Hey neil clean out your box bro, tnx for coming down
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Yeah... I've gotta go delete some older pm's... :thumbup:Originally posted by EastcoastSpeed
Hey neil clean out your box bro, tnx for coming down
Oh, and that's: NeAl.
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NEAL! got it , nice coment "Now faster thanks to ECSF" looks good on ya!
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Hey, I'm all about giving credit where credit is due!
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I was wrong on my bet....what's your address so I can send you some cookies? And maybe a mail bomb too because, did I mention, I HATE YOU, I HATE YOU, I HATE YOU for that oil pump...man, that sounds nice.S|Lv3rBu||et said:
it's all about going with a 1ZZ now so you can get the Toga Performance Oil Pump :chuckles:
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To be honest, I don't think lift is all that cool.... :hide:
I like being able to rev higher, but with a properly built 1zz I can do that! I like the linear power and torque delivery of the 1zz more than the 2zz, and like spike said.... it's all about the toga pump.
I'm a big fan of the underdog, and I guess I want to see just how much I can get from the 1zz without f/i.... so eventually (hopefully) you might see me with a ported/polished and fully built, high-revving head (that actually makes power above 7krpm) and a ported throttle body. Lastly I could use the PFC to tune the engine and up the limiter. I would think at that point I would be at a pretty good power level. And then.... I might go another less travled route: a supercharger.
Sure spike, here's my info:
Neal Demazure
12 Steady Oil Pressure Lane
High-Volume, Mass.
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I like being able to rev higher, but with a properly built 1zz I can do that! I like the linear power and torque delivery of the 1zz more than the 2zz, and like spike said.... it's all about the toga pump.
I'm a big fan of the underdog, and I guess I want to see just how much I can get from the 1zz without f/i.... so eventually (hopefully) you might see me with a ported/polished and fully built, high-revving head (that actually makes power above 7krpm) and a ported throttle body. Lastly I could use the PFC to tune the engine and up the limiter. I would think at that point I would be at a pretty good power level. And then.... I might go another less travled route: a supercharger.
:fawk:
Sure spike, here's my info:
Neal Demazure
12 Steady Oil Pressure Lane
High-Volume, Mass.
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Originally posted by S|Lv3rBu||et
Sure spike, here's my info:
Neal Demazure
12 Steady Oil Pressure Lane
High-Volume, Mass.
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Very funny bro
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That was classic Neal...just classic!!! :chuckles:
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