ForceFedRed
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- Jan 29, 2003
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Dillsburg,
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Yeah, it was a 2wd DynaPack, but it's owned by a friend. Before last week we were sure that the dyno would not handle the power the car produced. Derek contacted me and let me know that they had updated the firmware on the machine and it should handle the car. Of course I expect different numbers on different dynos but I believe I still have good cause to be excited.
Keep in mind, I only street tune. I'm also still using a 3.5" GM MAF with the ECMLink cable. I did open the inside of the MAF up from the 2.95" neck down to a straight 3.1" through the element. Fuel is E85.
We put the car on the dyno and I made a pull on the wastegate springs. 725HP and I don't remember the torque. Wastegate pressure is 33psi.
The datalog and plugs looked good so up went the boost twistie. I think it made 38psi. and 825HP. Up some more to 40-41 and it made 873. Plugs still looked good along with the datalogs.
At this point I decided 900 would be enough and I'd stop there. Another small turn on the boost controller made about 42psi. and net 897HP. A little more was 43psi. and 918HP.
I was feeling good, the car was working right so I decided to keep going with boost. A small turn on the boost controller made 5psi more, to 48 and the dyno freaked out and shut down with a nice flashing red screen telling me to reduce torque immediately. Derek saw 650TQ flash at the shutdown, 50lb/f more than the last run. He is convinced it was a 1000+HP pull. Because of the shut down, the only record I have of the 918HP pull is in the video.
We decided to go back down a bit with boost and try to sneak up on the dyno's limit. I made one run at just under 43psi. for 909HP. I attempted to inch the boost back up but midway through the next run the one dyno pod ate an optical sensor and failed.
It sucks because I didn't get to tune spoolup, or rev it out higher than 8500RPM, but once the dyno is fixed I'll get back. I also didn't get to play with cam timing.
The other big thing to keep in mind is I DID NOT change fuel or timing once on the dyno. Not bad for a street tune.
The big parts are:
Stock bore 2.0L
Polished crank
Wiseco HD pistons
Groden AL rods
FRH race head
Kelford TX280 cams
Magnus Motorsports cast intake manifold
ShearerFab top mount T4 exhaust manifold
Garrett GT4202R 1.28A/R turbine housing
3" hot 3.5" cold charge piping
ECMLink V3
3.5" GM MAF
Q45 throttlebody
DVDTFab mechanical fuel pump mount
Aeromotive mechanical hex drive fuel pump
ID2000 fuel injectors
Tilton carbon clutch
PPG dog engagment gearset
Wastegate boost.
Just under 43psi.
Here is some video, NSFW for profanity.
Red Car Dyno - YouTube
Keep in mind, I only street tune. I'm also still using a 3.5" GM MAF with the ECMLink cable. I did open the inside of the MAF up from the 2.95" neck down to a straight 3.1" through the element. Fuel is E85.
We put the car on the dyno and I made a pull on the wastegate springs. 725HP and I don't remember the torque. Wastegate pressure is 33psi.
The datalog and plugs looked good so up went the boost twistie. I think it made 38psi. and 825HP. Up some more to 40-41 and it made 873. Plugs still looked good along with the datalogs.
At this point I decided 900 would be enough and I'd stop there. Another small turn on the boost controller made about 42psi. and net 897HP. A little more was 43psi. and 918HP.
I was feeling good, the car was working right so I decided to keep going with boost. A small turn on the boost controller made 5psi more, to 48 and the dyno freaked out and shut down with a nice flashing red screen telling me to reduce torque immediately. Derek saw 650TQ flash at the shutdown, 50lb/f more than the last run. He is convinced it was a 1000+HP pull. Because of the shut down, the only record I have of the 918HP pull is in the video.
We decided to go back down a bit with boost and try to sneak up on the dyno's limit. I made one run at just under 43psi. for 909HP. I attempted to inch the boost back up but midway through the next run the one dyno pod ate an optical sensor and failed.
It sucks because I didn't get to tune spoolup, or rev it out higher than 8500RPM, but once the dyno is fixed I'll get back. I also didn't get to play with cam timing.
The other big thing to keep in mind is I DID NOT change fuel or timing once on the dyno. Not bad for a street tune.
The big parts are:
Stock bore 2.0L
Polished crank
Wiseco HD pistons
Groden AL rods
FRH race head
Kelford TX280 cams
Magnus Motorsports cast intake manifold
ShearerFab top mount T4 exhaust manifold
Garrett GT4202R 1.28A/R turbine housing
3" hot 3.5" cold charge piping
ECMLink V3
3.5" GM MAF
Q45 throttlebody
DVDTFab mechanical fuel pump mount
Aeromotive mechanical hex drive fuel pump
ID2000 fuel injectors
Tilton carbon clutch
PPG dog engagment gearset
Wastegate boost.
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Just under 43psi.
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Here is some video, NSFW for profanity.
Red Car Dyno - YouTube
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love the turbo spindown. Thanks for sharing that was neat as hell.
