94383Z71's Sonic Build

[94383Z71]

Yes, of the product itself I've seen nothing but quality craftsmanship. I would recommend him to any buyer, for both professional (product) reasons, and my own personal beliefs.

I actually just scored a suh-weet deal on an MPFab IC and Anaconda as well as a DDM short shifter (thanks stealth)!

My UG come in today. With that and today's purchase, all that will be left this year is an Infinity speaker/tweeter setup, Rockford amp and some dynamat. Then it'll just be some cosmetic touches.

Very exciting!

 

[Dubbs_RS]

I actually just scored a suh-weet deal on an MPFab IC and Anaconda as well as a DDM short shifter (thanks stealth)!

Saw that this morning and was seriously debating the Anaconda even though I have the ZZP Turboback setup because MPFab's work is top notch (and not to mention 3" downpipe... hell yea).

Held up because that's a lot of money when I am already running aftermarket exhaust that I am pleased with and I would likely need a custom piece to get it to fit up to the ZZP catback. Enjoy the parts!! Should be tons of fun once those are all on!

 

[Conner06]

I will probably order the intake today just don't know if I should powder coat or not I have no idea what to theme my engine bay my sonic is black

 

[Conner06]

Did you order the maf screen?

 

[94383Z71]

Saw that this morning and was seriously debating the Anaconda even though I have the ZZP Turboback setup because MPFab's work is top notch (and not to mention 3" downpipe... hell yea).

Held up because that's a lot of money when I am already running aftermarket exhaust that I am pleased with and I would likely need a custom piece to get it to fit up to the ZZP catback. Enjoy the parts!! Should be tons of fun once those are all on!

Yeah, it really is. That's why I made up my mind that I was going to get his stuff the first time around!

I'm really lookin forward to it, just slightly afraid for my stock clutch!

I will probably order the intake today just don't know if I should powder coat or not I have no idea what to theme my engine bay my sonic is black

Did you order the maf screen?

This is just me, but I heavily debated on white, blue and matte black. I felt like matte black would look great overall, but would be missed in some of the finer details. I did blue on the truck I built, so I wanted to do something different. So I made the leap to white and couldn't be happier. Red is also a good choice, but not my style.

I have bought all of my MPFab items used, but I will be ordering the screen from him at some point.

 

[Conner06]

The screen does something it's free so why not

 

[94383Z71]

I thought MPFab's MAF screen was like $12?

 

[Conner06]

It looks like it just has an option of yes or no to add it

 

[94383Z71]

Yeah, but the price range is $40 and he says P/C is $25, so I think the screen is $15

 

[Dubbs_RS]

It looks like it just has an option of yes or no to add it

It's $15 extra. You have to select either yes or no for the power coating before you see the price difference.

It supposedly straightens out the air flow coming in. I'm not sure what the benefit to that is other than more stable readings? MPFab said that you might pick up 1 or 2 hp, but overall the difference between with and without is negligible. This is a good option if you typically run a little bit lean. It will effectively reduce the cross sectional area of the intake so your car gets less air and therefore it makes the car run slightly richer.

 

[94383Z71]

You're pretty much correct.

It does straighten airflow before the MAF, giving it more accurate and stable readings. This allows the ECM to do less guesswork and less calibration from the primary O2 after the fact. This is why the fuel trims are lower-you're getting it closer beforehand, not trimming after.

The flow element with have an extremely minimal effect on overall flow- I'll test that on a flow bench this fall. I don't think it will have any effect on WOT HP, because the car goes into open loop and I don't think MAF is included there- but I could be wrong.

 

[Conner06]

The sonic is just my dd this is my first performance part so should I get it? It's only 15 bucks

 

[94383Z71]

I personally recommend it. Like you said, it's like 5% of the purchase price and keeps a critical vehicle system operating more efficiently like stock, but with better parts.

 

[Conner06]

I want to order just don't know about the color I'm so torn

 

[ScarabEpic22]

ONLY use the screen IF you dont have the ability to custom tune with HPTuners/EFILive. I.e. if you use Trifecta for your tune AND you have trims that need to be richen up a hair.

Lets not get into the MAF screen vs no screen debate, but there's a reason GM switched to the blade style MAF our cars use and didnt put a screen in there: its simply not needed. This part is a band-aid for a non-custom tune and I applaud Walker for making it available because not everyone has HPT/EFILive available to fine-tune their setups.

 

[Conner06]

Mines completely stock and I don't plan on tuning it anytime soon so.....?

 

[94383Z71]

I personally say yes, but it's not a clear cut issue. It's your call.

So I might be pulling the TTR Engine mount. I'll give it another ~300mi and some experiments with nylon spacers, but if it doesn't get noticeably better still (it already has somewhat) then I'll throw the stock one in, see how I feel and go from there. I don't feel that much gain, but I may if I go back.

Intercooler and Anaconda will be shipping today :banana: Not sure when I'll have time to install them, have two major projects due very soon.

On another note, I installed my Ultragauge last night. I really like the thing! It can be kinda hard to choose what gauges to put on what screens though. I've also noticed that my IAT stays 15-20*+ above ambient. I'm gonna finally pull that snorkel and grommet, see if that helps any.

 

[94383Z71]

Small update, waiting on parts still.

Cleaned up the UG install. 3 layers of foam 2-way tape to keep it from sliding and to space it up a bit, mounted right in front of the bottom row of idiot lights. Pulled the fuse panel cover, fished the cord under the steering wheel, thru there and to the DLC. Tied up the slack, leaving a really clean install.

Trifecta Red Cable showed up yesterday, so I'll be ready for some data logs.

Intercooler/Anaconda/Short shifter should be here monday! I'll blast the charge tubes to I can PC them white and install the shifter when they show up, and they should be on the next time I have the time to pull the bumper :banana:

I bought all these parts because I had the $$ stashed aside and found GREAT deals, but now I have to build up some emergency/school year savings. At some point I will be rounding out the exhaust this summer and some aesthetic details

 

[Stew]

I should have my Ultragauge pretty soon and be able to find out, but is STFT and LTFT a gauge you can select from all the choices? I mentioned in my build thread that I have a Scangauge which I've been extremely pleased with over the years but the fuel trims are not a built in gauge and I can't seem to program them successfully as the programmable x-gauges.

 

[94383Z71]

Yes it is. I don't have it on a page I frequent, but they're there.