Quite honestly, I thought I was going to get MURDERED on the dyno with how much this car was being talked up.... ESPECIALLY after I put down 295/325 (mind you this dyno is well known in the area for reading pretty low). He actually had more supporting mods than I did, and was running a similar timing curve wot. I really don't know the exact specifics of what the tune consisted of, because quite frankly I didn't really ask a ton of details about it, but I do know that he was pushing 25psi (not sure how much of a spike) @ .88, as compared to my 23psi (about a 25psi spike) @ .82. His best pull was 283/345, and that was after some dialing in on the dyno.... Again, I was still only Trifecta tuned at the time too.

 

The point is. Peak power may be done with a leaner afr, but longitivity of engine will decrease with the driver depending on driving habits. So smart thing to do would be tune it richer.. If the owner wants leaner then so be it.. But honestly, a couple hp is not worth it

 

sounds good brother and it sucks i had to cancel this weekend, but next weekend should be all good...i really appreciate all the work on my tunes and i want to be able to use my car as a reference for your tunes on here so people know how good you are.

Next sunday its on, pending it isnt raining again like this weekend....

 

its on this sunday for sure..cant wait...time to completely break my stock clutch...lol

 

nobody else with details?

Seafoamed mine, and changed the plugs. Stayed with ac delco gapped @ .032, and ready for the new tune in the morning.

 

Very happy with my new tune. Term is really helpful and knows his stuff.

No torque management, 24lbs of boost, 16* of timing and my car actually ran harder at .82 lambda then .88, so we ended up with .82 and 6600rpm redline...
Maybe David will chime in with the details..either way, when i get my clutch installed, this thing will be much better...Still a very smooth driving car btw too

 

Nice! Good to hear man!

 

the weather was so bad today too, and it still ran hard. its over 90* and 90% humidity

 

You definitely need that clutch but do not let that dealer charge you $1000 to install it. Once you get the clutch in it will spin and, if it hooks, will pull even harder than it already does LOL.

 

Im surprised my stock clutch is holding. I guess more Turbo lag helps.

 

Mine only held with a slower boost ramp and 21 psi, as opposed to a faster boost ramp and 24 psi. I never had slip with any of my gas tunes. The slower boost ramp feels slower, but according to my times from 60-100 on HPT, it's really only a couple of tenths slower than the quicker boost ramp. I still can't run 24 psi, even on the slower boost ramp, but at least I don't have any oil blow-by in my piping with the lower boost pressure.

 

I've had slip on my old 30psi tune with the stock turbo if I punched it at 55 or below in 3rd. With my BNR I haven't noticed any slip. Even with 28 psi but the boost comes on slow for some reason. I have a mechanical issue causing me to have a slow boost ramp. I hit full boost by 4k but at 3.5k ill be at. Like 15 psi. Its an issue I may not bother fixing because I like it. Lol. So much easier on my clutch and trans.

 

lol, yeah, but unfortunately, in sarasota and bradenton, thats what everyone wants to put it in, so i might as well let the dealer do it, unless you wanna take on the job and save me some money?...lol

i am really pleased how it drives, and surprised how smooth it is with all torque management removed and more power then before. honestly drives the same to me as far as smoothness...
too bad 2nd and 3rd gear is shot

i want some vette kills on my list and some 12 second passes at the track...hahaha

 

Wow they are all very expensive down there. As long as they guarantee their work I guess it is worth the piece of mind having it professionally installed my a GM dealer. Hopefully the tech who does your clutch is very familiar with ecotecs.

1st gear at full throttle is insane now at 100% torque but at the track with all the VHT tracton compound you will no longer bog down out of the hole it will take off hard rather than bogging down . Part throttle settings are different than before as your max airload torque is 100% all the way from idle. Cam settings are different as well.

 

You had a 30 psi tune?

 

He was tuned via Matt and Bryan... His tune prob was more then 30lbs like every other one I've seen

 

No I monitored boost with a mechanical gauge it never went over 30. It only hit 30 around 3k rpm and I never went WOT that low above 2nd gear.

 

its a wonder u didnt blow anything up with a 30psi tune Dart...

well, just spoke with H3 automotive, and they have done a few cobalts, and a few saturn redlines, so they would do it for 800, but no warranty since i have my own parts...*** chevy said they had no experience with my car so now im sketchy on them.

 

Yikes.

 

Bryan wouldn't put a tune on my car that would make me blow up. Ran the tune for about 25k miles and it saw plenty of track time and abuse.

 

You just got lucky. Most with 30 psi tunes especially those on pump gas end up cracking a piston due to the extreme cylinder temps that come with 30 psi at 3000 RPMs. It is actually safer to run 30 psi with a bigger turbo because it spools later and as RPMs rise piston speed increases.

 

The point of the 30+ lbs spike is tq. Low end! What is low end tq caused from? Quick ramp with high load (boost) so that is irresponsible as a tuner.. And the other thing is you have stock maps. So you can't even see past 24-25 lbs via hptuners . A mechanical gauge can still be wrong. You wanna go based off what ye map is seeing vs Baro pressure. So yes a 30 lbs tune is irresponsible, wrong to do (unless the owner wants it) which is still irresponsible on the customers side because once they'll blow they will blame the the tune. You say your engine is fine, would you like me to tear it apart and show you the differences of what a slow ramp tune without 30 psi looks like? Cuz your pistons will have heat everywhere on the skirts and ring lands will be weak...

 

could be a possibility why he is havin issues now with the new turbo setup?

 

No the issue im having now is most likely wastegate related. The car is running healthy.

 

oh, i see senore'...lol