VVT Anti-Bolt Ons Dyno
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VVT Anti-Bolt Ons Dyno
I finally completed a VVT swap into my 1991. The new engine is as follows:
-84mm pistons, Supertech 9:1, although actual compression is closer to 8.6:1 when I measure it
-FM Super-A Beam Carillo Rods
-New bearings and studs and all that
-Crank scraper, modified to probable uselessness
-Homemade oil pan baffle
-CNC head with +1mm intake and +2mm exhaust valves. Intake valves back cut
-Entire combustion chamber ceramic coated (valves, head, and pistons)
-Shim under bucket conversion with Supertech heavy double springs
-Custom cams from Mike Keegan
-8000 rpm redline, but the tach is a fat liar that reads 800 rpm high, so the dyno runs ended early
-Flat top intake, port matched to head and throttle body
-Skunk2 TB
-Intake made up of 2003 crossover tube, 1991 stock air box with AFM removed
-NA8 exhaust headers connecting to original 1.6 cat and exhaust
-10.3 lb flywheel with FM Happy Meal kit
The 1.6 baseline dyno run was 100 HP on a Dynojet, which seems high for an engine with 150k miles that sometimes makes coolant disappear but maybe a light flywheel accounts for that. Using the same dyno 3 years later with the 1.8 (1.9?), the best run was 128 HP uncorrected, 124 corrected
. I would have been pleased with this had I not watched videos of stock 1.8s making the exact same power. I'm consoling myself with the knowledge that stock 1.8s have much higher compression and I have turbo parts sitting in my garage. This setup has not been tuned at all, so there is a lot left on the table, but I'm going to save tuning money for when there is boost. Runs 1 and 2 were with VVT disconnected, run 3 is connected.
The RPM pickup on the spark plug wire was useless and just got noise, so the dyno chart is vs ground speed (mph). I got soft copies of the files, downloaded the Dynojet software, exported the curves as points, and made useful curves in Excel vs RPM.
Anyone want a 100 horsepower 1.6?
-84mm pistons, Supertech 9:1, although actual compression is closer to 8.6:1 when I measure it
-FM Super-A Beam Carillo Rods
-New bearings and studs and all that
-Crank scraper, modified to probable uselessness
-Homemade oil pan baffle
-CNC head with +1mm intake and +2mm exhaust valves. Intake valves back cut
-Entire combustion chamber ceramic coated (valves, head, and pistons)
-Shim under bucket conversion with Supertech heavy double springs
-Custom cams from Mike Keegan
-8000 rpm redline, but the tach is a fat liar that reads 800 rpm high, so the dyno runs ended early
-Flat top intake, port matched to head and throttle body
-Skunk2 TB
-Intake made up of 2003 crossover tube, 1991 stock air box with AFM removed
-NA8 exhaust headers connecting to original 1.6 cat and exhaust
-10.3 lb flywheel with FM Happy Meal kit
The 1.6 baseline dyno run was 100 HP on a Dynojet, which seems high for an engine with 150k miles that sometimes makes coolant disappear but maybe a light flywheel accounts for that. Using the same dyno 3 years later with the 1.8 (1.9?), the best run was 128 HP uncorrected, 124 corrected
. I would have been pleased with this had I not watched videos of stock 1.8s making the exact same power. I'm consoling myself with the knowledge that stock 1.8s have much higher compression and I have turbo parts sitting in my garage. This setup has not been tuned at all, so there is a lot left on the table, but I'm going to save tuning money for when there is boost. Runs 1 and 2 were with VVT disconnected, run 3 is connected.
The RPM pickup on the spark plug wire was useless and just got noise, so the dyno chart is vs ground speed (mph). I got soft copies of the files, downloaded the Dynojet software, exported the curves as points, and made useful curves in Excel vs RPM.
Anyone want a 100 horsepower 1.6?
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