Down to 14.3 @ 103 on the new tune. Still shooting myself in the foot on the launch.

 

Nice! Digging that new tune? She performing better at the track?

 

The tune is money. I meant to email you and tell you some interesting findings. I think I figured out why I have been missing gears like crazy. As we were doing the driver side inner tie rod I noticed the rear motor mount bolt had backed out and was hanging there. We snugged that mother father down with some red loktite this time and she is doing great. The clutch grabs harder and faster, the shifts are like butter, and she builds boost a lot faster. Going to drag on the 4th after work and ill post a slip.

 

Ha! Very nice. So now she's an animal let of the cage I presume?

 

Definitely better response. Getting some more "loose" clunks again so Ive gotta take it easy till I get a chance to see whats loose. The steering is feeling funny too. Endless struggle lol.

 

LOL! Woes and tribulations of a boosted ride.

 

Nothing is loose just the charge pipes rattling. Had the opportunity to do an intercooler mod. Should significantly decrease my idle air temps and help a lot at the strip. Next up is probably recirculating the waste gate and a new resonator and stealth muffler out back.

 

Hahaha, has someone been watching Mighty Car Mods lately?

 

Who, me? Noooo But it really does throw more heat. The front bumper is significantly hotter at idle.

 

Did you anodize the FMIC Amhed?

 

No. I etch primed and painted it. I want to set up a themp sensor to see how much it really effect the air temp on this setup.

 

Oh! Data acq. I love data. Can never have enough. What would be sweet would be to have dual IATs. One pre IC and one post IC to measure charge efficiency.

 

that would be awesome! I cant wait till I get me a beater then I can have some real fun with the Tc

 

Yeah, there has actually been talks of whether or not the black paint helps. MCM even commented about it.


I can't wait to see the bomber when I come up!

 

Either way it looks cool. I guess that's my first appearance mod! Lol. It should also be noted that this was done purely out of speculation that it will decrease idle temps which is what I spend most of my time doing at the drag strip so airflow is kind of irrelevant. Basically to pull up to the tree with the intercooler being 100 degrees cooler. That brings me back to my comment about the bumper being hotter at idle. It definatly throws more heat just sitting idling. The hope is that it will rise out of the engine bay with the hood open.

 

More stealth, more sleeper! I wish I could actually put some oomph! behind the aesthetics I have on mines. That's good then, I suppose it'll depend on the application. Drag, track, street.

 

Cruising around I don't think its that big of a deal if its insulated. Track would be a bad idea most likely.

 

Got something special for the drag strip.