Well we headed out to mission today and it was SUPER busy. Yvonne got 4 runs in and we stayed right till close and got there at 5:30. The tech cards SOLD OUT!! good thing we got there early.
Anyways first run, the car sounded like a subaru and had no powere... ahaha Turned out that one of the injector connectors came unplugged.. (i didnt put on the OEM metal stupid clips to lock them in place(same injector clips as 1g dsm's) *what stupid little clips, i hate them) So yvonne still gave it 100% throttle all the way down the track on 3cylinders cuz run what ya brung eh......... the 3 cyl storm ran a 19.XX at like 74 mph or somehting lol. anyways i shoved the connector back onto the injectors and yayyy!!! back to 4 cylinders
At the same time i jacked the car up and pulled the exhuast pipe back to strait pipe that sucka and rid the stock exhuast from the system(CUSTOM SLIP FIT BOOYYZZZ)
The car went back out and ran a 16.8 or something like that. I had the ignition timing quite retarded and the next run the storm went 16.7 @87 MPH. w/ car sounded like it was bogging after shifts till the RPMS up. I obviously had the timing wayyy to retarded, SO i advanced the CAS quite a bit to where she seemed to run better and have better throttle responce when building boost and after shifting. the car seemed to pick up alot of power and the power came on alot smoother after advancing the timing.
the car was fighting tire spin in 1st gear (obviously), the tires on there are old crappy worn out ones... so that doesnt help.. i think the 60's were in the 2.8 range :O obviously a ton of room for improvement there with a good launch. also yvonne never bothered heating up the tires cuz they were on there last legs anyways...
I lowered the tire pressures down a bit for the last run and yvonne managed a bit better traction plus i again advanced the timing some more.... The following run, and last one of the night netted a 15.7 @90MPH w/ 2.6 60'. definalty showing a bit of potential there....With some good tires on there im sure 1.9-2.1 60's would be in order and a 14 second run would be in the cards.
From here i will be probably trying some racegas next time, a couple more pounds of boost (10-12psi) (currently at a solid 8psi). I checked out the plugs right after the runs and there were no obvious signs of ping or detonation... but who knows how much that really says considering they were idled down the return road for a bit before shut off.. all runs were done at 8psi of boost and
After that a wideband would be next, a better intercooler, SAFC II installed, custom manifold. 14b turbo, 3" exhaust. that should easily get it into the 13's.. Im sure after that the engine pistons/rods would have to be upgraded before more power could be safely made.
