I've got blisters on my fingers!

incubus2432 · Post by **incubus2432** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 9:15 pm

Water cooled GT6131 ball bearing so it spools fast and works with the stock converter. It'll only be 450-ish hp.

I'm gonna have to start talkin' about Rics on my Turbo Buick Forums!

elysrand · Post by **elysrand** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 9:29 pm

Of course! And I never did tweak the waste gates up tighter than the "book" 9 to 11 pounds on my old Callaway twin-turbo Vette back in the late 80s. Because if I had done that in this state, it would have raised the BHP way above the maximum 500 BHP that the state law allows. I would have never tweaked them up to the 750 BHP that this setting pumps, nor would I have taken advantage of the low-inertia of the twins to get quick spoolup for leaving lengthy forensic samples of my tire tread on public highways and byways with less power lag, compared to a single turbo with lots more mass and lots longer spoolup delay.

Nope, would never break the law like that.

Course, the engine doesn't last long like that. a 17 to 19 lb dump setting is kinda hard on it

incubus2432 · Post by **incubus2432** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 9:50 pm

I'm shootin' for 25lbs. of boost max with the alcohol injection. Some people run close to 30lbs. but my car (IMO) doesn't deserve the thrashing so I'll stay a little conservative. No need to make a low mileage hand grenade. My daily street tune should be 22-23lbs. with alky and 20lbs with just the more efficient intercooler. Nice power and reliability with a/c and 22mpg from a tiny, harmless 3.8 V6.

heinpete · Post by **heinpete** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 10:08 pm

I can't remember when I ever had blisters on my fingers because of playing my bass, although we also had 3hrs sets to play. I usually avoid the blisters because I play mainly with my fingernails and with much more gain/vol. on the amp. This helps to preserve the nails for the whole set time as I need only regular picking with little stress on the nails (sometimes I support them with a little bit of cyanoacrylate glue. NO JOKE!). I also prefer to play with the fingernails as it brings out a lot of harmonics I can't get with fingertips.

shamustwin · Post by **shamustwin** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 7:13 am

While trying to load a very heavy piece of luggage into my trunk, it slipped and sliced the top of my fretting hand's middle finger.

What would be a minor annoyance for most folks, prevents me from playing guitar for about a week, a major tragedy!