The goal of this site is to help you make your vehicle faster.

I think we (hot-rodders) all want a street car with plenty of power to spare. But it should also be able to beat around on the street for years between major failures.

• Key Ingredients to a Fast Truck - Five things that make up the foundation of any fast truck! Also, a list of parts that must match to go fast, and ideas for planning the scope of your next build.
  
  
• Syclone Modification Stages 1, 2, 3, 4 - Learn which modifications work together for the best combinations, including estimated quarter mile performance for each stage at both pump gas and high boost levels..
  
  
• Stage 1: How to Get Your Stock Truck Deep in the 13's - A comprehensive guide! Including "free mods", tuneup parts list, a beginner's guide to connecting & using DataMaster, and common performance problems & solutions.
  
  
• Tuner's Guide to TTS DataMaster Scan Tool - A list of the 6 most critical values, and 15 more useful values. Learn what they mean, what the values SHOULD be on a normal truck, and solutions if your truck shows a problem reading.
  
  
• FEATURED ARTICLE - Real World Tuning Example: Vortec Heads/412 Cam PT67GTQ Syclone on C16 at High Boost - One of the largest pages on the site! Read along as I detail my day spent tuning a low 11 second "Stage 3" modified Syclone which normally runs 93 octane pump gas & methanol injection. We went for a "balls out" high boost tune trying for a 10 second truck! Here's a classic example of the difference between just "chip tuning" and "whole vehicle tuning", including info on high stall torque converters.
  
  
• Performance Roadmap: Syclone 4.3L Turbo V6 - Check out this "Roadmap" diagram illustrating what it takes to chip away ET, one second at a time!
  
  
• Syclone/Typhoon 3 Bar Chip Tunes - Download any version "Ultimate Chip", or download my truck's race proven custom alcohol wideband tunes! (Whoa!!)
  
  
• My 1991 Syclone - 11.45 @ 117.7 MPH on a stock bottom end, full street trim, 93 octane DIY budget build. Stats & modification list of both my current combo and my old stock motor / stock turbo combos, along with the DataMaster files from the best runs for each combo.
  
  
• 11.45 @ 117 "Budget Build" Parts Spreadsheet - A complete budget for every part in my build! Full part number/price list, including Grand Total of what it would cost to replicate my truck from a stock one (Whoa!! This could be the Most Useful Information on the entire site.)
  
  Recipes Inside: "11.45 @ 117 for $8600" - Build a copy of my truck complete with max effort transmission! Only $4450 if you already have a built transmission.
  
  "Low 12s for a Grand" (12.26 @ 108 for $1080 on pump gas/alky)
  
  "High 11's for $2500" (11.79 @ 114 on pump gas/alky)
  
  
  
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• Vortec Head Budget Conversion Parts Spreadsheet - A complete budget for converting to late-model cast iron V6 Vortec cylinder heads! Full part number/price list of everything I used, including the purchase of precision measuring tools and supplies. Also including Grand Total of what it would cost to convert your stock head truck to Vortecs.
  
  
  
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  Don't forget my enormous 13 page "Vortec Head & Cam Install on Stock Bottom End" thread on SyTy.net "Member's Projects". This thread is filled with over 100 original photos making it a must-read if you are thinking about installing upgraded cylinder heads on your truck. I also show detailed 4.3L Vortec V6 valvetrain measurements and you can follow along as I port my own cylinder heads.
  
  
• Racing Videos - Mid 11 second dragstrip runs, Road America chase cam video
  
  
• Syclone Web Links - Check out several other SyTy resources around the web. Not just the typical links.
  
  

• My 1990 Pontiac Turbo Grand Prix - ~350 HP out of a stock 3.1L V6 with an upgraded GT2871R turbocharger and the usual realtime laptop chip/wideband tuning

• Unfreezing Frozen Windows Applications: now you can save your work after a program freezes in Windows! A guide aimed at power users.