my AMS tune
my AMS tune
Well, I just got a tune at AMS and the guys are great and Chris answered any questions I had while he tuned my car. I was alittle dissapointed with my numbers, Chris said a intake instead of a drop in air filter would off helped me but the numbers were lower than expected. With ultimate racings DP, resonated Test pipe, catback, nisei upper intercooler pipe, k&n cone drop in filter, AMS intercooler, AMS mbc, AEM meth injection 50/50 mix and custom tune I omly got 336Horse and 347 ft.torque at the wheels. Anybody have ant ideas on this? I was thinking I should of hit alittle higher. Do I have a bad apple!!
That all depends on what Al can tune my car to on Friday. I think I have similar mods besides the Water/Meth injection and so far even without a tune the car is pulling what feels like 110-112 mph traps that my Evo 8 was doing. I guess I'll find out this weekend for sure!
I'm sure there are others that have had their car dynoed with similar mods that could chime in now though.
I'm sure there are others that have had their car dynoed with similar mods that could chime in now though.
I didnt want to run straight meth cause the o-rings cant handle it. Chris set the boost around 27-28 and it didnt seen to have any leaks.
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What no one is asking is what was the baseline pull (if there was one)? A dyno just tells you the difference between what your baseline and what your parts/tune will do, so tell us what the baseline pull was and how much you actually gained. If you baselined at around 240hp for example and your now getting 336 thats actually not bad and almost a 100hp difference.
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What no one is asking is what was the baseline pull (if there was one)? A dyno just tells you the difference between what your baseline and what your parts/tune will do, so tell us what the baseline pull was and how much you actually gained. If you baselined at around 240hp for example and your now getting 336 thats actually not bad and almost a 100hp difference.
Yeah something is a miss for sure..I was pulling 290 after a base flash. I have a cone filter now...but still..not much of difference. Would a straight test pipe give you a little more hp than a resonated one? Do you think Chris could set up the stock solenoid to control the boost or do you really need mbc cause of the Alky injection? idk man, something is wrong cause most folks are pulling bigger numbers with just bolt-ons no alky...Don't worry they'll figure something out you're in good hands...
What no one is asking is what was the baseline pull (if there was one)? A dyno just tells you the difference between what your baseline and what your parts/tune will do, so tell us what the baseline pull was and how much you actually gained. If you baselined at around 240hp for example and your now getting 336 thats actually not bad and almost a 100hp difference.
Hmmm maybe you are dynoing at altitude in the middle of a hurricane? Do dynos correct for low pressure/bad turbo weather? Our turbo cars really get effect quite a bit more than an NA motor from my past experience, although a really good intercooler can stablize that a bit more.
Seesm that sub 300 on all those mods before Meth was also a bit low, I mean only 60 WHP from all that stuff?
Seesm that sub 300 on all those mods before Meth was also a bit low, I mean only 60 WHP from all that stuff?
I honestly was expecting a bit more out of the car as well.
A few interesting points:
He is running a mix of water and meth, on what appears to be a very small nozzle. The A/F ratio did not change much at all as a result of the nozzle that he is using with his AEM kit. He says that he is using their large nozzle, but I don't know what actual size that is.
The car is running exhaust parts that we have not had a chance to personally inspect yet. They are claimed to be straight through 3" parts. I have seen some very weird things happen from resonators, and exhaust parts necking down only a small amount, especially if there are two smaller diameter parts of the exhaust near each other.
Please stop trying to compare numbers from all the different dynos available on the net. It will be counter productive for everyone. Remember that not all cars/parts/dyno/weather are the same.
-It is not a drop in, it is a filter attached to the end of the maf housing, with a custom air box built around it.
A few interesting points:
He is running a mix of water and meth, on what appears to be a very small nozzle. The A/F ratio did not change much at all as a result of the nozzle that he is using with his AEM kit. He says that he is using their large nozzle, but I don't know what actual size that is.
The car is running exhaust parts that we have not had a chance to personally inspect yet. They are claimed to be straight through 3" parts. I have seen some very weird things happen from resonators, and exhaust parts necking down only a small amount, especially if there are two smaller diameter parts of the exhaust near each other.
Please stop trying to compare numbers from all the different dynos available on the net. It will be counter productive for everyone. Remember that not all cars/parts/dyno/weather are the same.
-It is not a drop in, it is a filter attached to the end of the maf housing, with a custom air box built around it.
Last edited by Chris@AMS; Aug 14, 2008 at 07:35 AM.