Austin DSMers?

[DSM_PWR]

thanx ill keep that in mind if im ever in san antonio

 

[KingAWD]

there should be a pre meet before the canyon lake one... Usually on friday nights, there are a couple of car meets down here. most of them usually have rsx's, and evos..... im one of two dsm that actually show up...

 

[DSM_PWR]

same here, im one of the two dsm's that goes to the regular spots here in austin

 

[bling5tatus]

^^haha, one of two? You guys should give me your contact info so I can get ahold of some other dsm'rs when I'm in town. I go to Austin frequently and none of my friends down there are into cars.

 

[EvoRage]

i'm in san antonio, no logger though!

 

[DSM_PWR]

^ the OP was about a year ago.

Yea i know plenty of Austin Dsms but no one really likes to go to the meets. Mainly because over 60% of the meets are hondas but they have their "own" corner

 

[redevo]

i got my car running so im down for meet now...

 

[DSM_PWR]

you should head to the austin wednesday meet. Thats we're the big boys play
Small meet but all good cars, Zero hondas nothin but 300hp+ cars, some good runs to

 

[Black99gst]

FOR ME:
kinda off topic, but austin-er trying to get some help with a timing belt job... almost @ 60k on my 99 GST... anyone interested in helping out a fellow DSMer? never done any timing job on anything...ever... and would hate to put my baby in a shop. (unless its colvins) but while "we" are working on the timing job, also got ARP's and a new headgasket to put in while the timing is taken appart. PM me if anyway has to much spair time...
FOR GUY LOOKING FOR LOCAL TUNE SHOP:
protech SUCKS, and so does MZM or whatever, hit up Danial @ Colvins... he used to be a fellow DSM himself! and will have no problem runnin you on the dyno, and tuning out fuel... from my understanding, he is better with the SAFC because thats what he had on his DSM, and when i asked him about 'link he told me he had never worked with 'link before but they are a great group of guys and are VERY anal about the cars they are working on (not to mention KC *owner* is good friends with my parents, and i have known them for a long time) they even got a new AWD dyno now IIRC... if i cant find someone who knows how to do a timing belt to help me out, i'm taking my car to them for the timing job.

colvinautomotive.com/
danial is the "Dyno guy"

DSM PWR
I no longer attend the meets because of theft issues i have had while attending meets (screen, floormats, gauges, broken windows) i'll stay home and enjoy my car alone...

 

[thatblondechik]

Hey Rich...I'm toying with the idea of cruising up to the meets this Saturday...you goin?

 

[DSM_PWR]

he is better with the SAFC because thats what he had on his DSM, and when i asked him about 'link he told me he had never worked with 'link before but they are a great group of guys and are VERY anal about the cars they are working on (not to mention KC *owner* is good friends with my parents, and i have known them for a long time) they even got a new AWD dyno now IIRC... if i cant find someone who knows how to do a timing belt to help me out, i'm taking my car to them for the timing job.

DSM PWR
I no longer attend the meets because of theft issues i have had while attending meets (screen, floormats, gauges, broken windows) i'll stay home and enjoy my car alone...

SAFC is cake to tune.... all your doing really is pulling fuel at certain RPM's to run stoich while making sure you dont lean to much out. DSM link is where you can start to pull timing and actually tune for stuff like upgrades/meth/race gas/etc.

Yea SOME meets are pretty "ghetto" lately the saturday meets have been having alot of gang fights which are caused by ppl who drive regular cars If you ask me the Wednesday meets are the only good one, its usually a small crowd (maybe 15cars) and all higher end cars z28/z06/ws6/evos/sti/300zx/dsm/etc..

Hey Rich...I'm toying with the idea of cruising up to the meets this Saturday...you goin?

yea ill be going up there like i said theres alot of "ghettoness" at saturday meets but you really just have to park AWAY from them and get in on the runs & your fine. Let me know if ya go

 

[secondgen_t]

I'm sure you were just being brief with your statement dsm_pwr but just to clarify on your comment of the s-afc. You only care about running stoich at idle and cruise. You are actually not pulling fuel, but changing the amount of air (karman?) the ecu sees at certain rpm's. The ecu does the rest. Hopefully I don't come across as a smart ass because that is not my intention.

 

[DSM_PWR]

I'm sure you were just being brief with your statement dsm_pwr but just to clarify on your comment of the s-afc. You only care about running stoich at idle and cruise. You are actually not pulling fuel, but changing the amount of air (karman?) the ecu sees at certain rpm's. The ecu does the rest. Hopefully I don't come across as a smart ass because that is not my intention.

Well.. on a technical page

The ECU will alway lean your a/f ratio close to 14:5-14:7 at idle. It self tunes itself at idle.

Yea i just summed it up, everyone should know by now that the SAFC just tricks the ECU on the air coming through the stock MAF. True you can mess with your lower fuel trims although 90% of the time its unnecessary unless your running bigger injectors. WOT is what you really want the safc to "tune" (11:1 being the key goal)

 

[secondgen_t]

Ok, just had to clarify since I didnt really get that from the first read. Just want to make sure the right information is out there. We shouldn't just assume everyone knows. I'm sure we can go back and forth but that was not the purpose of my initial post. I'm sure you know your stuff. Who runs stock injectors w/ a safc now a days?

 

[TSi16GAWD]

Local Austin DSM'er here. If you need help with your timing belt change, pm me or email me at [email protected] I've done a few 2g and 1g's lately. Where does everyone meet? 92 TSi AWD fp20g....etc...

 

[Black99gst]

SAFC is cake to tune.... all your doing really is pulling fuel at certain RPM's to run stoich while making sure you dont lean to much out. DSM link is where you can start to pull timing and actually tune for stuff like upgrades/meth/race gas/etc.

Yea SOME meets are pretty "ghetto" lately the saturday meets have been having alot of gang fights which are caused by ppl who drive regular cars If you ask me the Wednesday meets are the only good one, its usually a small crowd (maybe 15cars) and all higher end cars z28/z06/ws6/evos/sti/300zx/dsm/etc..



yea ill be going up there like i said theres alot of "ghettoness" at saturday meets but you really just have to park AWAY from them and get in on the runs & your fine. Let me know if ya go

i was just sharing some light on a good tuning shop... danial knows his sh*t, just never USED dsmlink... hes done alot with EMS, and Emanage (another piggyback) but never dsmlink... it must not be that popular in austin... he works mainly with highend cars (porsche, ferrari, vipers, stuff like that) but like i said, he had a 2g, and was making pretty damn good power on a busher 20g and SAFC! he is the only person i would trust with my DSM... other then Tim, but he is in san antonio (owner of Maximum velocity motorsports) and they specialize in mitsubishi. (i worked their all last year while i was at UTHSC) but hes got no dyno...

where is this "meet" on wednesdays? is this the one thats WAY off like 620 and 35 or something? by mcdonalds? because that meet IMO sucks balls... i stopped by once because i had to pick up some plates my my girls mom, and i was in her car, so i figured i would see whats up... nothing but riced out hondas, some chevys ( losers) and a few nice evo's and sti's... mustangs, and crap.... i walked around and talked to the evo owners for a bet, got board (which is RAIR if cars are involved) and left...

 

[DSM_PWR]

the ONLY wednesday meet thats good is at the Taco Cabana off of 183 & Burnet Rd. Its a good meet trust me...You wont see any Hondas (unless boosted)

 

[Black99gst]

the ONLY wednesday meet thats good is at the Taco Cabana off of 183 & Burnet Rd. Its a good meet trust me...You wont see any Hondas (unless boosted)

so THATS what all those evos where doing their... ! i saw that on my way home from work a few times, and IIRC it was wednesday!

 

[DSM_PWR]

yea they get some pretty good runs in

not too much cop hassle since alot of ppl eat there as well

 

[Black99gst]

I HATE Taco Cabana!!!

 

[USDK]

Hey Bro Im From Austin Tx

 

[bling5tatus]

I HATE Taco Cabana!!!

Taco Cabana sucks... TACO BUENO is where it's at.

How many people are driving turbo 1g's in the Austin area? I'd really like to meet up with you all some time. I think I will be down there for the weekend of the 14th and would like to see some of the other cars and what you all have done to them.

--Jon

 

[carslinger]

I have a 1G

 

[bling5tatus]

Well, just got back from Austin yesterday. I didn't see anything too spectacular, except for I met a guy named Luis, that had a red Starion that seemed to be in pretty good running condition. The car was pretty dang nice for it's age and looked to have been restored for the most part.

I think I may have seen a 2g with the taller 2gb wing, the car was lowered and silver. I am not sure if it was turbo or not, could have been that dumb ralli-art edition 2g. I wish I knew the good places to go when I'm down there, normally I just cruise around south Austin. I have no idea where the car people meet there.

 

[darknigh7th]

i'm in marshall about 5 hours from austin, but my brother lives there and i come down about once a month. anyone wants to hang out just send me a message or text 903 930 1078