Paxton Is On!!

[BigCarrot]

Well, after a couple of very long weeks of driving my stock SRT, I took the plunge and slapped a Paxton on it. My car still has the valve problem, so it only made a whopping 416rwhp on the baseline pull. With EVERYTHING else the same, it made 632rwhp after the blower. This is with the tune exactly how it came from Paxton. Velocity Performance, who did the install, is custom building me a 3" exhaust with NO cats tomorrow. They said the factory tune in the Split Second box is very conservative, and I want it to stay that way to keep my motor nice and safe. I expect to see well over 650rw after the exhaust even with a tune that's not so aggressive. So far, I'm very happy with the results, and I'm super pleased with the guys at Velocity! www.velocity-performance.com

 

[SnakeEye]

Cheers to more power.

 

[Paul Hawker]

Congrats. More power is addictive. Now we need to develope more traction.

 

[Viper X]

Amen to more traction! By the way, not trying to steel this thread, but I put a set of non run flat pilot sports on Friday. Traction was up about 25% by my "seat o' the pants meeter" over the run craps. Planning to have more fun this weekend on PCH.

Dan

 

[ViperJohn]

Why didn't you get the valve issue fixed prior to supercharging?

 

[BigCarrot]

Well, I plan to get some ported heads slapped on when I do it. I figured I'd let Dodge pay for the labor and the gaskets since they'll be off already. That will save me a nice chunk of change. The old valves won't hurt anything, they just rob me of some power until I decide to do heads/ cam. Not ready to do that just yet.

 

[MAVERICK]

Anything to improve traction is key to getting all that power on to the pavement. Which non run flat pilot sports did you use and what was the cost?

 

[BigCarrot]

My tires will be changed out ASAP, along with some suspension components and maybe the rear end. I'm going to work on putting the power I have down before I bump it up.

 

[VIPERMIKE]

Dan(ViperX), How are we going to have fun if we keep getting pulled over!!!!!!!!!! Good thing NewPort Beach cops like Vipers....lol

 

[SteveT]

Way to go BC!!!

How long did it take them to do the install? Did you buy the super charger from them or did they just do the install?

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[BigCarrot]

Thanks! They did the install and supplied the supercharger. Awesome place to check out, if you haven't been by there. They actually hosted a dyno day for the local VCA a couple of weeks ago. I went by and drove it earlier before they started on the exhaust. NICE!! This car is going to be a lot of fun! Steve, can I come sleep in your garage??? Don't you need a nice ACR to go with that collection? I happen to know where you can find one!

 

[ARMORGOD]

Congrats on the Paxton BC! Just curious, after you get the new exhaust (sans cats) are you going to have it dyno tuned? Or run it "as is"?

 

[BigCarrot]

Oh, definitely dyno tuned! The exhaust changes should lean it out quite a bit, so they'll add another disc to the FMU and if that doesn't work, they'll fiddle with the Split Second box. Safety first!

 

[ARMORGOD]

Sounds good. I ran the leaner of the two disks first, and it was too lean. Went to the thicker disk, to flow more fuel, and all is well now.

 

[BigCarrot]

Yeah, mine was just about perfect, but the exhaust should change it. We'll see! One thing is for sure.....it's fun as hell to drive now!

 

[Viper X]

Hey Rev,

You need to quiet that baby down! And yeah, it seems the Newport Beach guys like us - or our cars. Could it have been the blondes?

When you going to get your Paxton?

 

[treynor]

So now that you've had the SC SRT for a few days, how is it? Driveability? Performance? Inquiring minds want to know!!

 

[BigCarrot]

It's awesome! It makes great power, and it's very tame around town until I mash on it. It's not crazy fast, but it runs really well! I'm very happy with it, but I can certainly see more mods in the not so distant future.... as in a few days.

 

[Shelby3]

It's awesome! It makes great power, and it's very tame around town until I mash on it. It's not crazy fast, but it runs really well! I'm very happy with it, but I can certainly see more mods in the not so distant future.... as in a few days.

How is the power compared to your GTS with the nitrous?

 

[BigCarrot]

It's definitely smoother. The nitrous comes on strong. It had 900lbs of torque at the wheels, so it hit a lot harder than the 600 or so that I have with the blower. I'm certain the GTS was faster, but this is on tap all the time, and it doesn't feel much slower. I hated having to fill the tanks and worry about running out of juice when I wanted it. I also had the fuel cell, so I had to constantly fill it will race gas.

 

[99 R/T 10]

Hey BC, sounds like the ride is just beginning. Knowing you, I bet NOS is in your not too distant future.

 

[DSR207]

Quote:
"I can certainly see more mods in the not so distant future.... as in a few days."
If you get AEM, remember "It's NOT plug and play", unless you plug it in..
You guys are something else.{bigcarrot,bad vpr}Made me laugh out loud

 

[CHAD]

We'll be here all week.

 

[BigCarrot]

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