CrT-RaCeR

Here are some pics of my gt, tell me what you think. Does it look like a POS?

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if you are going by entirely by looks, i'd get new factory painted body. But i think its more important how it runs. If it runs good and fun to drive.. who cares what it looks like?

Tinybaum

Nice truck....to me it looks like a truck that gets run......who wants a shelf beauty?? not me

is that the OS 18?

Tiny

So Cal

i like the body.....[&:]

CrT-RaCeR

yea O.S. 18 TZ...This engine is the best engine ive ever owned tuning wise. Im selling it, i want a hyper 8 4 racing just for fun.

avg_joe

Yup. I think it looks perfectly abused. Just how a GT should look. It could look a bit nicer and more organized if you coil your extra wire. That practice could also help cancel some radio glitching(if you have noticed any). It is said that you shouldn't cross power wire over the antenna wire, and it is easier to keep them out of the way of things like the fuel lid, throttle/brake linkage, spur gear, bell crank...
I usually use a busted dogbone, and coil the wire around it like a telephone cord. You younger readers might have to google telephone cord, to get a picture of when phones had cords.

And what's up with the pipe? It looks like it's been hammered flat.
You also know that the exhaust deflector will change the performance of a tuned pipe, right?

It looks like a pretty cool paint job on the body.
It seems to be easier to see a truck that is painted brighter colors on a black/dark surface in my experience, but still a cool paint job.

Woodmandan2

hey its gotta look better tahn my completely stock jato. i dont even got the money for gas at the moment. I only get 5 bux per week!
Dan

CrT-RaCeR

Thanks for the info on the coiling the wire, that pipe is the revo trinity pipe, the only thing i had around, i ripped that deflector off now and avg joe, you were right about it changing the performance, thanks. I had bought this airfilter for my savage and sold it and i finaly found it again soo with this work on my gt? heres the link http://www.rbinnovations.com/catalog...8b2177344371af would this work?

avg_joe

Cool!! I'm glad that at least a couple of the idle spewings from my console turned out to be useful info.

I dunno about that filter...It sounds like a lot of hoo-ha, and blah, blah. It looks cool, but it also looks alot like a breather filter for a 1:1 car.
RBInnovations is 'famous' here in the forums for their supercharger. I wouldn't support a company that markets bogus stuff.
I use MotorSaver filter on my GT, but any oiled foam filter is gonna work better than pleated paper.

jdeadman

the only thing POS is the qualtiy of those pictures. lol

CrT-RaCeR

lol i got the camra free lol

CrT-RaCeR

I put the rbinnovations air filter on and i didnt like it, i put the monster gt filter back on and runs beter

Bashnbreakalot

Dirtnap, I have the OS .18 cvrx and tried a couple different filters from here and there but kept going back to the stock filter. It works fine for me and the engine.
I also use the OS tuned pipe and header. A little pricey but worth the money, they made a big difference in performance vs. the associated hardware. Would probably do very well for the tz.

CrT-RaCeR

I dont use associated manafold, i made my own, its a 90 degree bend on a copper tube.

avg_joe

The header length is critical for the timing of the tuned exhaust system. I don't know if what you did changes the inside diameter or the overall length of the header, but it is all part of the bigger equation.

Bashnbreakalot

I'll 2nd that avg_joe,
That's why it's called a "tuned" device. The engineers at OS made their parts for optimum performance based on the design of the engine. Everything is matched according to the displacement, rpm, carb, glowplug and etc, of the specific engine. A homemade device is like a shot in the dark unless you have a degree in engineering AND/OR some good practical experience.
You're cheating yourself and the engine by trying to hack your own. It might work well but then again......Probably not.
I decided to spend the extra money with the knowledge that OS makes a very good, reliable product. I have had very good experience with them and have too much money tied up in the engine and truck to trust myself to make a hacker part that may cost me more in the long run.
Please don't take this as a flame dirtnap, I'm just relaying a few lessons I've learned over the years in this hobby.