Indianapolis dyno day.
12-09-2014, 11:07 AM
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Hello guys, I wanted everyone to know we have 4 people interested at the moment. Ben will ask Scott about setting a date and we will go from there. This is happening!
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12-09-2014, 11:19 AM
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Great!
In anticipation I have decided to make a few upgrades hardware wise.
Improved:
New Megasquirt 3.0 board to replace old 3.0 board that had a few blown traces and some strange voltage gremlins.
NEW:
All new charge piping
Fab9 Stage 1 Intercooler
Turbosmart Vee Port Pro blow off valve
3" Exhaust from FM cast turbine outlet back (3" cat)
I also have radiator ducting going in that should box the intercooler to the radiator and seal off any unwanted air to the engine bay to keep it a low pressure zone. This shouldn't affect the dyno pull but it needed to be done.
In anticipation I have decided to make a few upgrades hardware wise.
Improved:
New Megasquirt 3.0 board to replace old 3.0 board that had a few blown traces and some strange voltage gremlins.
NEW:
All new charge piping
Fab9 Stage 1 Intercooler
Turbosmart Vee Port Pro blow off valve
3" Exhaust from FM cast turbine outlet back (3" cat)
I also have radiator ducting going in that should box the intercooler to the radiator and seal off any unwanted air to the engine bay to keep it a low pressure zone. This shouldn't affect the dyno pull but it needed to be done.
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12-09-2014, 11:27 AM
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Ben got back to me, he said March 13th would be the date. That is on a Friday. Chiburbian, does that work for you?
I just called the dyno place and the owner was not there but he will call me this afternoon to set it up.
I just called the dyno place and the owner was not there but he will call me this afternoon to set it up.
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12-09-2014, 04:46 PM
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Talked to fathouse fabrications and we have the dyno March 13th from 10am to 6pm, additional hours cost $100/hour. Lets plan on having 2 hours each, if you need more time you will have to pay extra.
Thanks!
Thanks!
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12-10-2014, 01:46 PM
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I'm sorry, initally the dyno place told me 10 hours the first time and then they backed it down to 8 hours. That would bring the price up $50 each per person. I can refund your money if you don't want to do it or pay for your extra $50. It is my fault. But like Harold said, I'm going to actually go to the shop and talk to the owner and see if we can strap my car in Thursday evening. My car should be easier to tune I just need a good spark map and acceleration enrichments but those are almost perfect now.
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12-10-2014, 02:15 PM
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I am ok with paying for more time personally and I will pay for more if I feel like I can get value out of it.... Can you find out from the shop what is the MAX amount of hours they are willing to run the dyno, and find out from Scott how much time (on dyno or off dyno) he is willing to spend on each car for his allotment.
It took me almost two hours to do the open loop boost map on my car with some playing around with closed loop as well. I was controlling the tuning and I am sure Scott will be much more efficient with his time than I was. Also, find out if Scott would like us to give him any logs or MSQs ahead of time? Is there anything that we can give him in advance that will speed things up?
By the way, I am not backing out, I am just trying to get my money's worth... I can pay a guy locally less and get more "time" but it's the experience specifically with megasquirt that I am after.
It took me almost two hours to do the open loop boost map on my car with some playing around with closed loop as well. I was controlling the tuning and I am sure Scott will be much more efficient with his time than I was. Also, find out if Scott would like us to give him any logs or MSQs ahead of time? Is there anything that we can give him in advance that will speed things up?
By the way, I am not backing out, I am just trying to get my money's worth... I can pay a guy locally less and get more "time" but it's the experience specifically with megasquirt that I am after.
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12-10-2014, 02:20 PM
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I am ok with paying for more time personally and I will pay for more if I feel like I can get value out of it.... Can you find out from the shop what is the MAX amount of hours they are willing to run the dyno, and find out from Scott how much time (on dyno or off dyno) he is willing to spend on each car for his allotment.
It took me almost two hours to do the open loop boost map on my car with some playing around with closed loop as well. I was controlling the tuning and I am sure Scott will be much more efficient with his time than I was. Also, find out if Scott would like us to give him any logs or MSQs ahead of time? Is there anything that we can give him in advance that will speed things up?
By the way, I am not backing out, I am just trying to get my money's worth... I can pay a guy locally less and get more "time" but it's the experience specifically with megasquirt that I am after.
It took me almost two hours to do the open loop boost map on my car with some playing around with closed loop as well. I was controlling the tuning and I am sure Scott will be much more efficient with his time than I was. Also, find out if Scott would like us to give him any logs or MSQs ahead of time? Is there anything that we can give him in advance that will speed things up?
By the way, I am not backing out, I am just trying to get my money's worth... I can pay a guy locally less and get more "time" but it's the experience specifically with megasquirt that I am after.
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02-05-2015, 12:41 PM
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I have to pull the motor back out and finish the coolant re-route fix, then plug it all back together. Plus, I am building a spare megasquirt 3.0 board that I plan on swapping with my current mainboard, plus I have a DIYbob that I am doing as well. At this point I don't know if I have time to do it all in time. I also need to do some street tuning before the event as well as I have changed quite a bit since then and now.
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