John F. Russo said:
SergntMac...I noticed that you have 399 RWTQ. WE supposedly have the same car, but I only have 377 RWTQ. I guess my car came off the assembly line at the wrong time.
I haven't raced my car yet except once when the track was wet and only for a 1/8 of a mile. But my car is the same as the car that Kenny Brown has had an article written about.
Well, yes and no, John. My Kenny Brown is the 1X, the experiment, the prototype. This is the car that is in AutoWeek, Car and Driver, and appeared on the SpeedChannel. I believe there is a KB #1 production car somewhere, and the 25 or so KB MM-S that are out on the street today don't have everything I have (and vice versa) due to Kenny's decisions about the production car.
I believe you are using a S/C pulley that produces 8 pounds of boost. I am using a pulley producing 10 pounds of boost. Moreover, none of the production KB MM-S have any updated exhaust systems, it's all OEM stuff, other than a turbo muffler option available at purchase.
During development over a year ago, there was nothing exhaust system related available to Kenny that was satisfactory to him for the costs involved. That's different today, there are four or five options now.
Down in Ennis TX, Dennis handed me an exhaust system for my MM and asked me to test it out. I did. I installed and tested Reinhart's recently developed Cobra exhaust system, which adds what has been missing from the KB package (and all MMs everywhere) since conception. Polished and ported '03 Cobra exhaust manifolds, 2.5" OD exhaust pipes, high flow cats and Xpipe, into the OEM mufflers, tail pipe and tips, and it all a "volt-on" to boot. Highly compatabile with the OEM exhaust design.
This Reinhart Cobra system develops 28 RWHP and 18 RWTQ, and has the appearence of the OEM exhaust system, a real sleeper setup for any warrantee concerned owner. It's been inspected and tested by Kenny Brown, and he is very pleased with this advancement in exhaust. Give David Frey, or Dennis Reinhart a call for details?
BTW, John, this is the kind of informative 411 we trade here, and I don't see how any spreadsheet could contain all this 411 without losing detail and causing a hundred more questions from newbies.
John F. Russo said:
Bobby Clobber...I was only getting in some humor in our discussion. It just like adding a little spice to one's food. Remember we all have to continue be light hearted in our discussions as I have noticed in the many of the threads that I have read.
Do what you want to do here, John, but I've tried subtle humor a dozen times now, and it doesn't work well in this one-dimensional medium. I have insulted and embarassed many a fellow member with a stab at humor that turned out to be a stab in their heart. Better off to avoid it until you develope a more personal relationship with that particular member, or, be ready to stand up and apologize.
Moreover, I have heard from others here "I was only joking" and I accepted that. However, the pain of embarassment still stung pretty deep, and "the horse was out of the barn," get me? I have it from personal experience that crossing international borders at the same time only magnifies the complications.
Y'all watch out for this humor pot hole, jokes via this site can be spikes to the soul. Be clear about your meaning, and we'll all break a smile. Be obscure, and you'll hear about it, for sure.
Just my .50c, anyone got change for a dollar?
