Re: '96 SBEC

From: Sam Parthemer (srp@home.com)
Date: Mon Jan 05 1998 - 20:37:38 EST


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From: rich_gambino@VNET.IBM.COM <rich_gambino@VNET.IBM.COM>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Monday, January 05, 1998 1:34 PM
Subject: DML: '96 SBEC

>I called MP about my "disappointing" perception of the new '96
>SBEC that I installed a few weeks ago. He said that the same
>software parameters are used as with the prior ones, and the same
>gains are achieved: 24HP (18HP @ rear wheels). He suggested that
>possibly I was expecting too much, and maybe he's right. Well
>after waiting 2 years, can you blame me!
>
>He said that a better indication is do a before and after on a
>dyno or at the track at the same conditions, etc. Maybe what I'll
>do is leave this in for a while to get "used" to it then swap the
>old one back in and compare.
>
>I also asked about the availability of the '97's and he said "not
>yet". He didn't seem to want to elaborate...
>
>Rich
>'96 V8 4X4 CC auto
>MP SBEC; MP cat-back; K&N drop-in

    Check your rpm's.. On my stock SBEC it ran about 750 at idle. With
the MP SBEC it runs 550... (lope lope lope).... Don't know how many miles
you have, but I replaced my spark plugs (and set the gap per spec, which
the old OEM weren't) and it made things rip.

    Sam '95 SLT



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