Installing A Whipple

mjdxtreme · July 14, 2011

You are gonna be one happy man! Make sure you get a tune update for that blower.

Will do. The kit comes with a handheld however the shop that is installing the kit is going to do a dyno tune.

bilesZ71 · July 15, 2011

try to get a dyno sheet with the whipple on cuz thats what i'm wanting to do to my 2010 Z71 just wanna see how much it helps first haha. like 6000 so wanna make sure its worth the money. otherwise i'll just pull the motor and do a complete build and make it all N/A power.

mjdxtreme · July 15, 2011

try to get a dyno sheet with the whipple on cuz thats what i'm wanting to do to my 2010 Z71 just wanna see how much it helps first haha. like 6000 so wanna make sure its worth the money. otherwise i'll just pull the motor and do a complete build and make it all N/A power.

I believe that he will give me dyno charts. Ill get them posted as soon as i get them.

mjdxtreme · July 17, 2011

Well it is going to be another several days. I got a call from the shop today that is doing the install. I guess when he was filling the intercooler there was a crack in the heat exchanger so it was dumping the fluid out. So monday he will have to get in contact with whipple and have them overnight another one to him. Hopefully tuesday will be the day!!!!

uh6tdrvr · July 18, 2011

That 6 deuce is so excited it pee'd itself! Looks pretty sexy sitting up there doesn't it!

Turbo810 · July 19, 2011

That 6 deuce is so excited it pee'd itself! Looks pretty sexy sitting up there doesn't it!

Yes, yes it does.

Stevens03 · July 19, 2011

Very nice (except the leak)... Can't wait to see the dyno numbers.

mjdxtreme · July 19, 2011

Well the leak is all fixed. We are now waiting on the updated tune from whippple and superchips. Should have it tomorrow if all goes well!!!

mjdxtreme · July 20, 2011

Well I got her back today and all I can say is WOW. She still needs to go back in because the bypass valve is stuck open a little and needs to be replaced so I am currently only getting 5lbs of boost producing 390 rwhp and 386 ft lbs of torque. WIth the stock pully it should be making 8lbs f boost. I have an appt to get that fixed on saturday as whipple has already sent a new one out.

Stevens03 · July 20, 2011

Not understanding... your HP number looks great... but how come the TQ number is so low in comparison

mjdxtreme · July 20, 2011

Not understanding... your HP number looks great... but how come the TQ number is so low in comparison

I may have read it wrong. I only looked at the screen. He had several dyno runs up and I could have looked at the wrong one. He has not sent me the dyno numbers in an email yet. I will make sure I get better numbers on saturday. It will get more power once we fix the boost issue. It is also a very conservative tune. I am going to do some data loging and have blackbear retune it.

ChevyTech77 · July 20, 2011

Like I don't already have a problem keeping my damn size 13 out of the pedal on my 6.2 and then guys like this give me that teaser of an idea, like a 8 ball of coke to a recovering coke addict, and now here I am wondering how I can make this happen on mine. Thanks.

I have to say though, two major quality problems right out of the box from Whipple. Kind of making me second guess things about that company.

brainpause · July 20, 2011

I have to say though, two major quality problems right out of the box from Whipple. Kind of making me second guess things about that company.

Thought the same thing.

mjdxtreme · July 21, 2011

I am thinking that the heat exchanger was a shipping issue after talking with my guy who installed it. He said the packing around the heat exchanger mounting brachet was not very good and the other items may have shifted and crached the weld. The bypass valve he said everyonce it a while he sees one that does not work properly. He said he had not has the issue on the whipple kit but did have it on a maggie kit before.

I had more time today to drive it back and forth to work and I played with it quite a bit. Hammering the gas as often as I could and I can tell you that with the base tune it really like gas. I am talking like 9.5 mpg's worth in the city (light to light). I am going to do some data loging after i get it back on saturday and see if the tune can be leaned out a little to get a little better gas mileage. Under normal driving if I keep it from going to far over 2000 rpm I was seeing about 12.5 in the city.