Tuning the Green - Initial impressions vs. Stock Turbo
Thanks for sharing.
With your porting work I was thinking you might've been able to get 20 psi by 3000 rpm. I think you said you don't start pulls at lower RPM. Why is that? Starting at 2500 maybe you can hit 20 psi at 3000.
With your porting work I was thinking you might've been able to get 20 psi by 3000 rpm. I think you said you don't start pulls at lower RPM. Why is that? Starting at 2500 maybe you can hit 20 psi at 3000.
I have ported my exhaust mani and hotside and hit 26 psi by 3300rpm on the stock turbo. it should be doable.
I find a lot of transitional knock issues in the 2500-3500rpm range a lot. If you don't tune for it, you can hold that knock for the whole pull and kill your timing on that run. Though its the least likely rpm range for someone to start at on the streets, its still an area I feel needs attention, at least on a stock turbo.
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The target boost on this log was 25psi, and I was overboosting to 27psi so error correction was fixing that. I have since changed my target boost to 26psi since the Shell 93 doesn't seem to mind.
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So it would seem that Q16 is illegal to sell in Maine, so Eastern VP is going to have to find a way to get me a drum... I'll start a new thread when I get it back on the dyno.
I've got a 40psi boost gauge coming to replace my puny 30psi gauge
I've got a 40psi boost gauge coming to replace my puny 30psi gauge
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Still no word on Q16 availability...
An Aquamist HFS-1 kit and BC 280 cams are going on the car in June.
I'll head to the drag strip and see how much I can gain over 120mph. The first road race event is July 8,9 @ New Hampshire Intl. Speedway.
An Aquamist HFS-1 kit and BC 280 cams are going on the car in June.
I'll head to the drag strip and see how much I can gain over 120mph. The first road race event is July 8,9 @ New Hampshire Intl. Speedway.


