uh oh!

[greddy]

already tried that once haha, snapped an axle on the way there and had to turn around. I was PISSED. maybe this summer, we'll see.

[Ivory8g]

I swear the MOD trip is the avatar for Murphy's law to rear it's ugly head! I never knew you tried to make it. I hear you man when I made it all the way there too late due to other cars breaking down I was LIVID!

[SPD_FRK]

I hear you man when I made it all the way there too late due to other cars breaking down I was LIVID!

We felt like little kids and somebody stole our bag of candy!

[Ivory8g]

No joke! Couldn't even get a damn burger.

[SPD_FRK]

No joke! Couldn't even get a damn burger.

*cough*shirts*cough*

[foxbrand]

build looks like it is going great, I still have to wonder the same as the other Matt with tuning the ECU for boosted engines just because I want to learn more about tuning the 4 cylinder 8g's

I swear the MOD trip is the avatar for Murphy's law to rear it's ugly head! I never knew you tried to make it. I hear you man when I made it all the way there too late due to other cars breaking down I was LIVID!

speaking of MOD trip break downs*sigh* at least you weren't chasing a coolant leak for 8 hours the night before MOD at a rate that would have limited my driving range, and I still didn't find it in the morning

[8thLS6]

Great minds think alike. I actually threw it behind the bumper really quickly when it was polished and with the mesh the intercooler looks SICK! but the oem plastic mesh doesnt fit so I was like eff it, black it is. I left the clamps silver; and driving it around today people still double take haha.

Personally I think that was the perfect choice. That's the first thing I noticed when I looked for the fmic in the picture...just enough to give those in the know a clue, there's some things going on behind the scene. Death usually doesn't give a warning... so when your car looks like the grim reaper on wheels, why give a heads up with a blinged out fmic lol. Congrats with the boost

[Ivory8g]

*cough*shirts*cough*

Shut itttttttttt!

build looks like it is going great, I still have to wonder the same as the other Matt with tuning the ECU for boosted engines just because I want to learn more about tuning the 4 cylinder 8g's



speaking of MOD trip break downs*sigh* at least you weren't chasing a coolant leak for 8 hours the night before MOD at a rate that would have limited my driving range, and I still didn't find it in the morning

Tuning isnt that hard. Its reflexive just like the human body. Or at least thats how I think of it to keep everything straight.

Personally I think that was the perfect choice. That's the first thing I noticed when I looked for the fmic in the picture...just enough to give those in the know a clue, there's some things going on behind the scene. Death usually doesn't give a warning... so when your car looks like the grim reaper on wheels, why give a heads up with a blinged out fmic lol. Congrats with the boost

Damn! Nuff said :) Everybody who knows about cars instantly is like oh wtf its boosted? And proceed to ask me questions. My wife has yet to notice its boosted and she passes it every morning MUAHAHAHA!

[Ivory8g]

Today I stopped and thought about it. I got hookup on a lot of stuff and traded tuning for a good deal of parts. So far my tally for the turbo setup is $475 LOL!

I got the custom downpipe done up today.

Sooooo quiet yet deadly, Ebay exhaust + T3 turbo = win. I'm amazed I havent thrown a CEL cause there is no cat and no spacer in there. This of course threw the open dp tune all out of wack. Did some quick 20-30 minute tuning. Scaled the maf to comprehend all the air, then did some timing/fuel adjustments. I'll play with trims and stuff tomorrow.

[4g63lover]

Oh shit, Marc, Martin, and Jigz in one state would be BANANAS. lol

[Ivory8g]

Oh shit, Marc, Martin, and Jigz in one state would be BANANAS. lol

The crew name would be "So Sick Powered" AWWWW SNAP! ^_^

[4g63lover]

AWWWWW shit! Would be so rad.

The wife and I have wanted to take a road trip down to Cali for a while but havent had the funds to do so. Maybe one day we'll plan it around MOD and I can meet up with You and Matt and cruise down with the Galants/3G!

[Ivory8g]

AWWWWW shit! Would be so rad.

The wife and I have wanted to take a road trip down to Cali for a while but havent had the funds to do so. Maybe one day we'll plan it around MOD and I can meet up with You and Matt and cruise down with the Galants/3G!

That sounds LEGIT! Martin get in on this too! We would stop the show rolling in :)

[2002BlackDragon]

We need a vid of the exhaust setup!

[Ivory8g]

I will! I believe I got it just broken in. Didnt see any smoke when I drove it home a few minutes ago. I imagine it will get deeper from the heat of the turbo this week. oh and of course I took the silencer out now that the turbo is in and its quiet enough to have a conversation without feeling like you are shouting in cabin. Remember my cabin is stripped down inside.

[Ivory8g]

So I grabbed one of the pulls I did today (have been tuning up to 5k rpm so far) and threw it in Virtual Dyno for the hell of it to see what I get and to my shock.....



WTF?! Drivetrain loss on the auto tranny is probably about 20%.......If the car was manual swapped it would probably be around 12%. 20%-12%=8% difference......

223 whp and 257 wtq would more than likely be around 241 whp and 278 wtq...........LOL already beat Ivory's power level.

[SPD_FRK]

So I grabbed one of the pulls I did today (have been tuning up to 5k rpm so far) and threw it in Virtual Dyno for the hell of it to see what I get and to my shock.....



WTF?! Drivetrain loss on the auto tranny is probably about 20%.......If the car was manual swapped it would probably be around 12%. 20%-12%=8% difference......

223 whp and 257 wtq would more than likely be around 241 whp and 278 wtq...........LOL already beat Ivory's power level.

I'm F'd LOL

[Ivory8g]

Hahaha! We'll see how the auto tranny puts up with this first LOL

[Ivory8g]

pulled the airhorn off of the 501 maf so it will flow like a 399 (evo maf)

Flashed evo maf scaling and smoothing and whatnot. Car idles a lot smoother as well as pulls better through the rpms. Adjusted the timing some more as well as fuel.
Last night I got the barometer totally wrong. Definitely not 24 inches here anymore. Its 29-30. That makes a huge difference lol. Makes more sense with what it feels like. I was beginning to worry that being in the evo was throwing my sense of power off or something.

Red was yesterdays run and blue was todays.

I also took out the spring in the wastegate and found out it was only a 5 lb spring!!!! LOOOOL not bad at all for 5 lbs of boost and sitting at 200 whp! Pulled the 5lb spring out and put in the 15lb spring. Hehe, stay tuned.

[finald8ta]

only 5psi, holly shit, keep it up