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#9923 - 11/13/09 07:06 PM Re: AutoZone add-ons????
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Originally posted by ChrisGT:
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Originally posted by proudgtp&gxpowner:
[b] about the best things u can get from autozone is a k&n filter and a tornado.
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Originally posted by proudgtp&gxpowner:
oh ok chris gt. well the rest of that stuff is junk, but cant go wrong with a k&n filter and a tornado. they dont make a tornado for a gtp, but i put a k&n filter and tornado on my torrent gxp and it picked up 6 tenths in the quarter.
If someone reads these two quotes especially the first one where you say the BEST things you can get are the filter and the tornado they will say oh he thinks the tornado is good and guess why? Because you just said the only two BEST things you can buy are the tornado and filter. You said it was good just admit it and don't try to back out of it once you already said it. Everyone called you out on it because you said it was good. And you didn't say that it was just the filter that gained you that much you said it was the tornado and the filter.

I really don't care how many times my car traps 130 I only care that I reached my goal.

9 and below and or 130+ trap is fast

10-11 and or 120-130 trap is quick

12 and slower trapping under 115 is alright

Anything slower than 13's and barely scraping and or below 100 is slow.

I wasn't calling you out on it because like I said I don't know how much you know but anyone that says something dumb like the tornado is good really doesn't come off as someone that knows much if anything. Again no offense you could be an awesome racer but I'd think someone who likes racing so much would know a few things about the mechanical side of things. Not just clutch shift go.

Again if you have been doing it for 19 yrs your damn older than so don't think this is being disrespectful because I respect loads of builders on here like chico, corey, hutch, 2fast4u etc. [/b]
Dang it...im slow:(
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#9924 - 11/13/09 07:23 PM Re: AutoZone add-ons????
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That's just my view on it dude everyone sees it differently.
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#9925 - 11/13/09 07:24 PM Re: AutoZone add-ons????
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Originally posted by ChrisGT:
That's just my view on it dude everyone sees it differently.
Now that I think about it your standards are quite high. Do you have a lot of people around you that mod cars as well or are you a lone wolf?
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#9926 - 11/13/09 07:58 PM Re: AutoZone add-ons????
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The main car group I'm in is about 100 deep with three 9 sec cars eight 10 second cars etc etc so ya I have high standards. We have pulled over 300 into some of our meets. Oldest person is like 26 in our group. Loads of them don't go for e/t we usually go for traps. We have up to 152 our highest.

Up in Ma there are some meets with over 1500 cars over at gillete meets.
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#9927 - 11/14/09 05:39 AM Re: AutoZone add-ons????
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I'm afraid the Tornado is pure snake oil and weather you've falen victim to imfomercials or wishfull thinking these contraptions will give you 0 gains period ,there are time tested mods that will give you hp and track improvements such as cam ,headers ,gearing,weight trimming ect. I have been racing and building engines for 35yrs and have seen many gimics come and go but a rule of thumb is it takes aproximatly 100 hp to gain a full sec. in the 1/4 .Chico(pops)
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#9928 - 11/14/09 11:08 AM Re: AutoZone add-ons????
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chrisgt, i said the best things u can buy at autozone, that is what i meant. and again i meant i picked up after i installed those, not sayin because of them, cuz it could have been that or not. dont know. but yea i know more about racing than u give me credit for. but its cool. instead of goin after each other, lets go rag on some chevy and dodge boys lol
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#9929 - 11/14/09 11:29 AM Re: AutoZone add-ons????
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why rag on Chevy? You drive a Pontiac Monte Carlo. Or is it the Chevy Grand Prix? Whatever.
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#9930 - 11/14/09 03:38 PM Re: AutoZone add-ons????
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Originally posted by proudgtp&gxpowner:
i picked up after i installed those, not sayin because of them, cuz it could have been that or not.
The point is, it wasn't because of the tornado. At best it does nothing, at worst it impedes the intake.
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#9931 - 11/15/09 08:53 AM Re: AutoZone add-ons????
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Originally posted by Pontiac Dude:
I didnt buy anything, no stickers, no scoops.

Just thinking out loud.
come on the stickers arnt all that bad

i gained like 10hp in 4 seconds with the "gt" sticker from auto zone. insane!!!!! devileek lol
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#9932 - 11/15/09 08:29 PM Re: AutoZone add-ons????
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Originally posted by proudgtp&gxpowner:
well 2fast4u i dont know weather a tornado gains or loses hp. but all i know is after i installed a k&n filter and a tornado on my torrent gxp it went from 15.70's to 15 teens. so i dont know if it from the the filter and tornado or from it getting broke in and picking up on its own, it just kept getting faster every time i ran it.
lol. All of your credibility is gone.
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#9933 - 11/16/09 12:26 PM Re: AutoZone add-ons????
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i rag on chevy's cause they dont make a car that looks as good as a pontiac. and how do i lose my credibility?
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#9934 - 11/16/09 01:07 PM Re: AutoZone add-ons????
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Originally posted by proudgtp&gxpowner:
i rag on chevy's cause they dont make a car that looks as good as a pontiac. and how do i lose my credibility?
Not because of your Chevy comment, the fact that you think a Tornado and a filter will net you .6 in the 1/4.
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#9935 - 11/16/09 01:17 PM Re: AutoZone add-ons????
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At least some people see my argument about the 1/4 mile gain lol.
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#9936 - 11/16/09 03:04 PM Re: AutoZone add-ons????
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and again, like i said, it picked up after the tornado and filter install, didnt say because of it. but im sure it helped some, but not all.
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#9937 - 11/16/09 03:22 PM Re: AutoZone add-ons????
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