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Good news on the tuning options man! My ride is still out BUT all parts have been tested and prepared, the re-build starts Friday.
 
You should give a quick summary run down of you "little project" here. What is the VK-king pulling out of his magic hat?
 
Very nice, glad to see it's on it's way of being put back together. When I get mine back (minor paint touch up) I think I'm going to sideline it for a while so I can start tearing into it and seeing what I'm going to tackle first.

Quick question. Were the early FX45's DBW?
 
porkandbeans said:
You should give a quick summary run down of you "little project" here. What is the VK-king pulling out of his magic hat?
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Hah - VK king, a bit more like the VK victim right now......Here's the long list with the short end =)

Old work:
• INJEN CAI for m45 with much larger AMSOIL filter using open end cone design.
• NISMO S-Tuned exhaust
• Colder Iridium plugs
• Electric fan conversion
• Transgo shift kit
• UPREV Dyno tune 4.01.10 (first tune)

New work:
• JWT S2 Cams/Springs - Made for a Titan VK56.
• Reworked OE manifold - Ported, ground, and polished for better air flow after everything was broken down it was obvious there were many areas internally that had casting issues. Manifold has been Chromex ceramic coated and polished. All wiring and tubes have now been re-routed around the manifold.
• Had the OE throttle body bored 2.5mm over stock, still under testing to make sure it is right for the FX but it didn't seem to create any issues for the engine while it was up. However the system was running incredibly lean at 18:1 (should be around 12:1, 18 is dangerous) the manifold work combined with the TB and the CAI are pushing a LOT more airflow than the ECU is used to.
• Custom made 4-2-1 long tube headers fabricated out of 304 stainless with Banks collectors, pipes have been silver ceramic Chromex coated for sound and heat transmission.
• 300 cell HFC's Installed with an additional bung for tuning purposes.
• SOUND CLIP of Dyno tune in process - http://s1135.photobucket.com/albums/m634/loganfx45/?action=view&current=MOL151.mp4
New work above was completed a 3-4 weeks ago and tuning was underway when a valve pulled in half due to a factory score on the valve shaft and side loading on the shaft caused by a retainer issue. Damage occurred at idle (the good news) and hammered the head, piston top and lightly scored the walls (the bad news) Builder and I are sharing the repair costs.....Sound will be good (what I heard I liked and that was w/o the HFC's) and power and torque will be more than adequate. Final results were not completed before the valve mishap but tuner is confident it will break 300 WHP and torque will be in the 350-360 range.

Repair should be done in the next two weeks and then its tuning time again....Looking for a VK build that makes sense, reliable with good return. If the work were to run any deeper than what I penciled out the cost started to grow geometrically. Still can see a few beneficial "low hanging fruit" power additives that we can utilize on the VK (like the failed pulleys =))
 
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