[Lazyracer]

Has anyone any direct or indirect experience of the Hellion kit for an 05 GT?? Good or bad Id like to know as I consider the winters upgrades...

[Regency 2007]

Hellion is awesome!

[Lazyracer]

How much boost are you running and have you strengthened any internals??

[06RedfireGT]

He has the stock internals and I think he is running 8psi and make 440rwhp.

[Regency 2007]

I am running 7psi (thats what the kit comes at) and it put down 420rwhp in 103 degree heat with heavy 20" foose wheels. So in good weather and lighter wheels it is probly around 440-450rwhp. THe tuner said you can pick up as much as 25-35rwhp on just a cool low humidity day with the kit

[06RedfireGT]

The wheels wouldn't effect how much hp the car puts down, it would just make it feel slower.

[Regency 2007]

It will effect the hp put to the ground because they are more weight to turn. Just like when you go from a 3.55 rear to a 4.10 rear, you actualy lose about 1-2 hp because the4.10 is a bigger and heavier gear but the acceleration increases because it's easier to turn. Or when guys put in light weight driveshafts (like me)

[jat]

+1 effects the hp... but not by alot.. i say lose the foose wheels already!!!

go for some nice bogarts..lol just make sure u dont hit any bumps or potholes... lol

[Regency 2007]

Bogarts are good wheels but not ment to be driven on the road daily because they can get hot and one guy I know actually had his bogart wheel split in half driving down the road (a 9 second termi)

I will sacrifice 5 rwhp for nice looking wheel/tires and a nice stance.

[jat]

i know that it was a joke... they can crack like nothing...

its not just the power ur losing.. but the time.. i raced my friend in his charger.. it came with huge 20s and i destroyed him because of them he couldnt chirp his tires on shifts but now he has 18s and he said lets run again i guarantee u ill win... it makes a big difference from what he said..

id throw on some light weight 18s or something 1 day if i were u to see the difference.. u can change ur parameters with ur tuner or is ur tune custom.. i forgot if u kept the brenspeed mail order tune or not.. ( correct me if im wrong idk ur car)

[Lazyracer]

Thanks guys, I think I will go for the Hellion. They do reccomend the 3.55 and stock manifolds too so I guess the noise will go back to stock - no bad thing -. Though I will lose the cats for sure so that should get some noise and back.

Id like to get a true trac and one piece shaft too

Im away on holiday for a week so Ill not be online till the end of the month

[Regency 2007]

I still have my cats on to keep everything nice a legal. The hellion kit will make your car quiet because of all the extra pipe the exhaust has to flow through. It makes it a real sleeper. But when you pass somebody at WOT and sound of the turbo is enough to scare the crap out of you. It sound exactly like a fighter jet taking off and not a gay ricer turbo.

[jat]

id check out other brands too.. thp's single made killer power.. check it out theres a thread on it on modularfords.com

wat r ur goals? if high hp might want to jump into a twin more power throughout the whole power band than a big single..

[Grabber523]

Ya two smaller twins is the way to go for a v-anything cylinder layout...much easier to install and upgrade...less piping...and that much more room to grow when it comes time to install the BIG snails...IMPE...

[jat]

ur wrong not less piping... but ur riht its the way to go for USABLE power at big power levels...

there r a few things pple bitch about with twins 1 is the cluterness of the engine bay
2 is the oh I need to watch out for more parts..more things to worry about

3 the more money for the twins.. ( if u look at the difference its worth it...I can give many reasons why) that's if ur going high horsepower...