My BBY Mini Build Thread
I'm trying to get it tuned today but my tuner is ummm "unavailable" at the moment. I really need to figure out how to use this evoscan and ****!! If I can't even get the car moving without major sputtering, how can I get any decent logs to figure it out? I think it's spark somewhere, but who the hell knows
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Ok, just so there's no confusion here's a pic of the old set up. Just in case you never saw it or forgot 
And.... the new set up with plenty of extras and new goodies... here's the run down of the new stuff
FP Green HTA w/ 18psi WGA
FP Gen2 Oil line kit
Dejon Tool Intake w/ Amsoil filter
ETS UICP cut for GM MAF and powder coated gloss black
ETS Hard Upper Radiator Pipe, gloss black
Turbosmart Race Port BOV
Vibrant Vac/Boost Lines in blue
Mishimoto Air Diverter in black
JM Fabrications Coolant Overflow Tank
Megan o2 Housing
Megan Downpipe
Random Test Pipe
All new hardware, all new gaskets (well except for one
) The new oil filter housing and STM Radiator Brackets will be here next week.
Ok, quick shot of the turbo before installation
Now the grand finale ... well not quite but for now
No compression test yet because I don't have the oil filter housing yet. You guys will be the first to know the results
And.... the new set up with plenty of extras and new goodies... here's the run down of the new stuff
FP Green HTA w/ 18psi WGA
FP Gen2 Oil line kit
Dejon Tool Intake w/ Amsoil filter
ETS UICP cut for GM MAF and powder coated gloss black
ETS Hard Upper Radiator Pipe, gloss black
Turbosmart Race Port BOV
Vibrant Vac/Boost Lines in blue
Mishimoto Air Diverter in black
JM Fabrications Coolant Overflow Tank
Megan o2 Housing
Megan Downpipe
Random Test Pipe
All new hardware, all new gaskets (well except for one
) The new oil filter housing and STM Radiator Brackets will be here next week.Ok, quick shot of the turbo before installation
Now the grand finale ... well not quite but for now
No compression test yet because I don't have the oil filter housing yet. You guys will be the first to know the results
In the mean time... I figured I would share some info. Idle is sitting right where it was before all this *check* all fuel trims seem rich but Tom is gonna get all that figured out. No misfires or anything so spark seems good too. Vacuum seems a little low at idle and throughout the rpms (-12 at idle) but that could be due to me blocking off some other vac ports and adding the VTA BOV, not sure. Tom did say however that it had the worst timing maps that he had seen. So I guess we'll find out what Tom does to the current ROM and see how she acts after I flash the ecu.
Interesting, I guess my question is have he ever tuned a 2.4? But then again one of those guys could have been messing with the tune. The last map that had put into the car was completely safe and not dangerous at all. My set-up did take some weird setting up for sure.
Yeah he's tuned everything from a 2.0 - 2.4... been working on and tuning the Evos/DSMs for almost 11 years now. Could you give me some insight to how your tune was? Maybe any old logs or anything you might have had? I can gaurentee those douche bags were definitely messing around with **** but they had no idea what they were doing to the car.
I have tune many cars since that car and I am certain I have no logs. Although I will tell you it did not take the normal map on that motor. I always believe I was getting phantom knock because of the o2 dump. But it ran great with zero knock and was very strong.
Well I currently still have zero knocks... plenty of phantom knock, probably due to the road was driving on during a particular log though. I want to try to get the initial tune today and see if that doesn't clear up some issues. I don't want to do anything drastic but I was thinking I might have to go back to an intake with a recirc nipple and recirc tube then get the mid uicp from ets with a recirc tube to run a regular dv if I can't fix the vac issues. I think Tom is good enough we can work with the vta though.
Update!
Tuning has begun!! Right off the bat, Tom's first ROM cleared up all my little issues. Now we are fine tuning with a few highway runs, etc. Hopefully we'll have a good idea about some numbers come Monday. (I have to work on Sunday) So we're getting the initial stuff done today.
This car is a fcking nightmare!!! If I could line up everyone that ever had this car in the past, I would kick the **** out of all of them. I'm fckin fed up with it already. Can't even get the fuel trims to budge. Cars stuck at -12.5 ... no matter how we scale the injectors. No matter how I drive her, there is no change what so ever. The front o2 sensor was apparently never working to begin with, no serial to usb for the W/B either. I think this car was fcked a long time ago *cough*cough* and that's why it was sold amongst a bunch of other people. My wallet fcking hates me and the wife is fckin pissed too. I wonder if I can get a "Lemon Case" started?! Buying a car (no matter who from) and having to drop over 3k into it, just to make it run, is Bu||sh|t.
Kasey, I'd chime in if you got some info on any of this because it's not looking good for anyone. Not that I would try to come after you for a case or anything (that would be assenine and ignorant) but you had to know something was up. No one builds a car up and just "doesn't have the info" on it.
Kasey, I'd chime in if you got some info on any of this because it's not looking good for anyone. Not that I would try to come after you for a case or anything (that would be assenine and ignorant) but you had to know something was up. No one builds a car up and just "doesn't have the info" on it.