Radix installed.....WOW.

[johndjmix1]

Finished installing my Radix Supercharger last night.....took it for a ride at about 3am. All I can say is WOW. I thought you guys were kidding when you side it spins all 4 wheels out of the hole. I could see how you could easily break things. The thing is nuts, hard to beleave the difference a little boost makes. Ill have pics and 1/4 mile times up later.

Found a cool place in the dash to drill and mount the boost gauge, not perfect but didnt cost me $200 for that liegnfelter mount.....ill have pics of that up later too.

Ok im out, got to go install the intercooler (Didnt finish that up last night).

--John

[ttkresurfacing]

Makes the truck alot more fun to drive doesn't it. There is a dual guage pod on ebay which is what I used for my guages. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Speedhut-Hummer-H2-2-Dual-Gauge-Gauges-Dash-Pod-NEW_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ43951QQihZ013QQitem Z230145738767QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW.
They look nice in there. Enjoy.

Tim

[johndjmix1]

Fun to drive is an understatement, it makes the truck feel like its electric! It just makes that whine and pulls. I ran it on the G tech and it ran the 1/4 mile at 15.29@91.34 mph, thats over 2 seconds improvement from stock (Stock was 17.43@85.7). Heck another few tenths and its in the 14's, thats what my 99 mustang ran stock! Anyone got into the 14's...without snaping anything -).

I mounted the gauge in the dash. I drilled with a hole saw directly above the headlight switch module, just under the vent to the right. It fits (2" gauge) but cant go in 100% flush on top due to the curve of the dash and the clearance to the headlight switch behind the dash. Still its pretty good, and its free.....

Ill have the pics of all this up soon...


--John

[ttkresurfacing]

What else do you have done to the truck? Are you using the tune that came with it? It's very fun to be able to smoke those little ricers, hell I actually pulled away from a Z28.

Tim

[johndjmix1]

Nothing else done to the Hummer, not even exhaust. Stock air box stock everything.

I got the radix used, and when I ordered the programer from Magnasun they sent me a superchips, with the magnasun logo. I guess they changed to the superchips tuner with a custom program from them.

--John

[johndjmix1]

Pictures are up. Check out the last one, thats where I mounted my boost gauge....

http://www.johnhasmorefun.com/miscpi...arger-install/

Thats: www.johnhasmorefun.com/miscpics/2007-06-24_h2-supercharger-install/

--John

[obzidian]

dude, is that your garage or a work site? Man, you gott so much room to play with!!

The install looks pretty straight foward. Everytime i look at that vortec intake i always wonder what the hell was GM think unless they wanted to perposely kill the top end on these motors!!

can you get a vid from inside the truck while you testing on a closed course?!

[johndjmix1]

Thats actually my shop at home. Pretty cool, its got 16 foot ceilings and a pit (That made droping the tank much easier). Also got heat and A/C. Its about 30 x 50

=)

My house is for sale so when I get a new place im going to put up a major garage....im thinking 60 x 100.

--John

[Tallowood_Air]

hey! nice job on the BOOST

now pucker up and kiss the trans goodbye

or, you can save the trans by driving like a panzy

(IMO)

[HUMMERcustoms.com/TAZ]

Nice job John!!

You should like the Superchips. HPTUNERS.com a private company that sells tuning software for laptops and tuning shops was after SEMA 2005 by MSD to provide the tunes for Superchips Racing. MSD likes it so well they cut a contract for HPTUNERS.com to provide tune for Superchips programer. Superchips programmer is so much better than the one that came with the supercharger kits it is not funny. HPTUNERS.com gave te programmer alot more variability.

Go to HPTUNERS.com site and you may be able to get more info on Superchips.

I'm partial to HPTUNERS.com as they are major sponsor for my show H2. The thing is though i had researched the tuning software that was out there to do my own tunes. I went to them to buy several thousand dollars of stuff to get setup as well as look at pro shop tuning kit price.

The head programmer happen to answer the phone so i asked questions and just basics on what i was doing but, the rig was a show rig also with Magnuson as sponsor as well as many many others.

The guy was to call me back with answers I had on the tuning seeing if they could incorporate a few things specila without allot of increase in cost. What i wanted ended up being something they had planned to add anyway so it was a non issue. The next call i got was one of the 3 owners the one mostly in charge but, the youngest of 3 with oldest being around 27 years old. They are a great group of guys and the ramrod called and asked if i had a tuning sponsor of which i did not. He said what would it take for us to be that sponsor so we worked it out.

I mention these things so that when i say you can run a Superchip programmer with confidence i really mean it. I have had exstensive conversation with 2 of the guys and they are really concerned about putting out a product of quality. Yet as one said to me some of the other tuners wanted more restriction and it was HPTUNERS.com right to go with them or pass if the other companies were going to restrict what HP could do to help the customer within safe limits. So HP kept passing on major national deals that would have set them for life until MSD came along and told them we want the most competitive programmer You can deliver the software for and HP got on board then it led to tuning Superchips racing and MSD passing on their work to HP that MSD had patents on for Ford and Dodge. HP has been righting tunes for GM products only.

I cannot say that every programer will be perfect but, I know MSD let HpTUNERS.com stretch the tuners limits a little more than had been before. Now of course Superchips customers may set peramiters asking HP to leave a % of HP and torque on the table but, all pragrammers do that because of liability issues if you blow up Your ride. To get the full potential take rig to a local shop tuner or by the software and learn to tune. It is not very hard really at all. Just read the material over and over as well as go to the HP forum that has most questions answered and it is always almost monitored by one of the 3 owners which is really amazing considering how little time they have. They are really dedicated to their product and customer being happy.

Well so much for my little commercial but, wanted to let you know why I could speak with confidence in the tuning in Superchips programmers when before the Hp tune went in them You could not have given me one of them. The best out before just in my opinion was the Power Programer. I forget the exact name as it was done by a local tuning shop in my area but, comp cams bought it out and changed the name to Flash Pack or something like that. Before my SC I ran their first H2 programer for 2005 H2 as no one had realized yet that the program in 2005 from factory was different from 03/04 H2. I let them scan my ride and they got programmers out about 3 months before the rest. Like to help home town boys beat the pack if i can. These guys sponsor also as i got one of the first production billet coil pack cover kits they came out with. They slip me alot of stuff in advance as sponsor but so i can run it a month or so. That is on more than the H2 as i have other GM rides.

Well once again i write a novel but, it is 5:30 am central and mind is just rolling along. Sorry all!!!

TAZ