Hey guys, long time no see..........are there even any long-termers around anymore?

Lately I have been getting a lot of requests to tune the LSJ Cobalt for a 2.6" Pulley, 80# injectors, e85, and a 75 wet shot of nitrous.

In all my years of tuning that specific combination has never been requested, and now I am getting requests in spades for it. Is there some discussion here where that is becoming "the next big thing" in the Cobalt SS LSJ world?

Are there people running that combination who are talking about how awesome it is, etc?

I have been telling those inquirers that it's not a good idea, especially since there are only about 6-7 pumps selling e85 in the entire Phoenix metropolitan area......and a 2.6" pulley with nitrous on e85? The amount of timing I may have to take away for the nitrous COULD negate much of the benefit of running e85 in the first place I would guess.

For some reason, this pack of people seem to think that it's reliable, that they won't have issues with it etc because they have "seen other people run it."

Explain this insanity to me......why has it taken 10 years of tuning these things for me to just come across this?

 

Check Facebook sounds like something James "it aint my fault your car blew up" Rakes Hagerman would come up with

 

75 shot is not that crazy, pulling 5-6degrees via iat resistor relay is pretty simple

 

Thanks for your input, I wasn't asking how to tune for Nitrous. I was simply wondering where this surge of similar requests were coming from for an ill-advised combination.

 

Well great. Yesterday was the first time I have ever heard of this guy and apparently he is about an hour and a half south of me. So I bet a lot of local "bro-sephs" have gone to him and had work done and are out at the night spots talking smack to each other.

Funny how when I Google for Rakes tunes its pages upon pages of bad news and blown engines. And these people think I don't know what I am talking about by advising them against that combination, all because "some guy" will do it if I don't.

I don't care for the customer's business if that's their attitude. I spent a few years building up a reputation as a reasonable and knowledgeable tuner. Even though I may have stepped away from the forums for a couple years and opened up the opportunity for a lot of other people to fill the void I left, it doesn't mean that I still don't try to do things right.

 

Because they've been watching the Fast and Furious too much and now want nawse?

 

It's James.
Facebook has birthed a new breed of idiots.

 

Theres no problem with running nitrous and e85. Its proly better than being on pump gas. Nitrous isnt for everyone. It definitely takes constant attention. Mainly checking fittings, wires and at not. Not to mention knowing the right and wrong time to use it. I have played with nitrous for as long as i have been into cars. My dad used it for alot of years also.
I honestly dont see the reason of this thread.
I recently had my IRL on the dyno with nitrous. Showed before amd after graphs. Also been to the track a few times with it. Had alot of interest in my setup.

 

This.

 

I like nitrous in the right applications. I've used it before and had good luck. In the long run it gets really expensive.

I just don't feel like adding it on top of the 2.6" pulley on 80# injectors Leaves A Lot Of Fuel Rail Pressure FOR Injectors 3 AND 4.

 

Nitrous is definitely safe to use with e85 and has become a good option with all the safety features available out there. Like Tjolley said, having knowledge about it is the key. There is nothing crazy about the request.

There are still a couple old timers around, like me still into this platform. Lots of new comers as well. Some bad trends have started over the years and some never seem to die.

The whole fuel rail starving the injectors killing 3 and 4 myth is a dead horse issue as well. Old inaccurate.

 

the starving of 3 and 4 is no myth and not inaccurate return systems help it be not so much of a problem but still the bigger the injector the more its a problem

 

totally aside from the nitrous, ive heard of the myth starving 3 and 4 and was wondering if this had anything to do with the tuning? or just the matter of needing a RSFS or/and an adjustable regulator?

 

the fuel rail is tapered its a -10 or bigger on the fuel inlet side its a -6 or smaller on the other end by 3 and 4

 

EL OH EL. You've never heard of that guy? He's ******* internet famous lol. Knows everything. Bottom line, you'd couldn't tune better than him if you were the designer and engineer that developed the cobalt. Dudes been around since like 07 or something. Just banned from everything except facebook cause hes an *******.

 

isent rakes in ky

 

Yep.

He also developed the KY clutch too

 

I agree with you on this. A 2.6 with 80# injectors running e85 is going to be at somewhere around 85% IDC @ 6500 which is already at the safe limit for IDC. To add nitrous on top of that is just asking for trouble. I am sure there are people who will do it but I don't think a good tuner would consider it "safe".

 

I don't remote tune. Or I could help run people out. I don't need the headache and bullshit from kids who think they know more than i do.

so have fun!

 

Psykostevo do you still tune cobalts in phx

 

he hasnt logged on in over 2 years