East Coast Dyno Day?
 

I know it's hella early for planning the spring dyno day, BUT a couple of guys have been throwing around the idea of a larger east coast meet vs. just a NE dyno day (which we'll probably still have as well). I'm just throwing this out there to see if there is enough serious interest to make it worth looking into.

Plan would be for a long weekend in Atlanta, GA with dyno/tuning day at DIYAutotune (they make the MS PnP and have a loading dyno, nuff' said) + possible half day at either the drag strip or preferrably at Road Atlanta (a real longshot) + hanging out/wrenching/driving (possible access to local lifts). The draw for the NE guys is the expertise of MS tuning that DIY has as well as Road Atlanta on the off chance we can get on.

Again, NOTHING has been set up, just a feeler for serious interest. I'm not talking about, "oh that sounds cool" but more of a "as long as the date works out, I'm there." If this did go down, it'd probably involve deposits to hold the day at DIY, early registration for a HPDE at Road Atlanta (provided we could even get in with a local club, NASA is doing an event mid-March, but it's a whole weekend affair with no option for just one day), likely reserving a block of rooms at a local motel/hotel, and possibly a miata caravan from the NE.

As long as the date works out, I'm there.

atl is 4 hours away from me, id be crazy not to jump in on this...
lets see if we can get more certain on a specific date with more people, only thing i have so far next year is a convention in S.F. in late Ferbruary, so March looks good...

wow sounds awesome, but my agenda for the summer is buy a house, get married, honeymoon....then try to figure how to afford everthing.....off to buy lottery tickets....

The thought of driving to Atlanta to dyno is kind of scary. I'll stick w/ the NE dyno day. Or... have a dyno day in DC? :) We have loaded dynos also.

DC Dyno Day! 2?

Jumping on a Dyno that far away from home is too risky for me. I'd be willing to drive to DC, DE, ME, NJ or PA for a meet.

I'm down.

yes, but then think of road atlanta as well...thats a must

Very down, would be a good opportunity to get the MSPNP tuned and put some names to faces. As long as it's set in stone at least 2 weeks out (so I can submit leave paperwork), I'm down.

where is the HELL FUCKING YES option?


on a related note, my car should be done today and I want to go back to the place we went for the fall dyno day so as to get comparable results with others that were there(for bragging rights). Anyone down for it? Late Dec or early Jan. It'll have to be a mild day since I have no heat system in the car other than the turbo.

How many cars can be tuned in one day? My last dyno tuning took 4 hours and the guy just shit everything up! These guys might be better but I would hate to make the trip and just sit there and watch 5 people get tuned while everyone else has to go home out of tune.

Anyway, I have been wanting to get a good tune for quite a while. I would be semi-down for this if they could tune an FM link.

DIY Autotune and I were discussing logistics last night. We're thinking about having a pre-registration for dyno time, with a limited number of slots. Those who miss the cut-off can sign on a list and get service in order, in an as-available basis.

Also, you will have plenty of time to come in with a pretty decent fuel map. You shouldn't have to touch it, or touch it much, on the dyno. Try to only need to touch your spark and boost maps.

Feedback?

list, list, i want the sign-up list.

i'll have fuel mostly dialed in for sure but i'm scared to touch the timing maps so that sounds perfect for me.

sounds fair to me.

count me in

Do you guys not drive your cars harder on the street than the dyno? :confused:

+1

Dates???? Make it before or after Miatas at the Gap and we're there....
Stephanie

When is MATG? We were discussing doing something like dynoing on Sat and going to the Gap on Sun (which would be on the way home for all the NE guys). The gap is ~3 hours from the dyno. It was an option we were considering if RoadAtlanta wasn't going to happen. There are also all sorts of great mountain roads ~1 hour from the dyno.
We could also go to Buford Dam (20 mins from dyno) and tube/kayak down the 'Hooch.

July 25-27 2008.

Oh jeasus, thats 12 hrs + away. Never mind haha. I would def go to another NE dyno day tho..

Okay then, so I guess aside from the "locals," only Paul and I would consider coming from up north. Awesome. :pitlab:

Rather than setup something elaborate that pretty much noone from the midlantic/NE would go to (cough...cough...wimps :p), I'll put my time into another NE dyno day.

Paul, I'll PM you about making a roadtrip as I'm really dying to drive Road Atlanta.

we could hire jerry to fly up to a middle ground area like VA would be fair and arrange with a dyno shop with a good loading dyno to rent the dyno for a day and bring in our own super experienced megasquirt tuner.

I liked the Delware dyno, but here's another one that might be more convenient for the PA/NJ/NY guys:

http://rttuning.com/tuning/

Olderguy and myself dyno'd here before. We probably could get a real good deal if we rented the dyno out for the day. I'd also throw some hamburgers and hotdogs on the grill since this place is 3 miles from my house.

Actually, I picked the DE dyno to make it a bit more convenient for the MD/VA guys as rttuning would add almost another hour to their drive. It's pretty much as close to middle ground as it gets. 1-2 hrs for people from NY/northern NJ and 1-2 hours for most of MD/noVA. ~1 hour for most of Philly/burbs. Plus, now that we've been there 3 times, they'll really hook us up as well as the numbers are a little more comparable as they are always on the same dyno.

I think that dyno makes it only more convenient for you. :p

I live in the Va Beach area and can set up a dyno day at my local sponsor's shop. They have a year old eddy current load absorbing Dynojet that is all wheel drive capable (Not that it matters for us)

They usually charge $50 for 3 pulls at dyno days, but I am sure I can work something out if tuning time is desired.

Here's their website: http://www.all-aspects-motorsports.com/dyno.htm

I'm sure some of the local Miata gearheads would be willing to put people up at their house if need be.

What about combining it with my club's autocross weekends? Dyno/get together on Saturday, autocross on Sunday.

I run www.tidewatersportscarclub.com and for those of you that have never heard of our local site (ACU-4), it is one of the best sites on the east coast. It's a hovercraft landing pad on the Amphib base. It's 14 acres of pristine aircraft quality concrete that butts right up to the Chesapeake Bay.

Here's some videos:

In Car:


Here's one the locals driving his LS6 Miata around ACU-4. Not a fast run, but it shows you the site:

I'd drive to Va Beach. I grew up in Great Bridge:bigtu:

All Aspects is in great bridge. They are right off battlefield at the lock.

PTuning dyno > all.

http://www.ptuning.com/html/services.cfm

Though they are more likely to be ---- retentive about letting us do our own thing.

That place looks sweet! Starbucks quality dyno facility.

So Stephanie, you'd be willing to drive up to DE from Texas?

We'd probably get on a plane.... but yeah, I have several customers in the NY, New England area that want us to tune or look over their cars. We've been to NC, Utah, Oregon, Houston, and NY to help people. It's no big deal. :)
Stephanie

Okay... we are flying Steph to VA for a meet! :)

PTuning has an amazing dyno set up are a bit costly. They charge 1000$ for a day of rental time. They usually will do 15 people in that time with about 3 runs each. They will also provide food and beverages which is a nice plus. As for letting us run things I am not so sure if they would let us do that. If there is interest I will go over and talk to them about it though.

For the record, if it's not in ATL I'm not down.

Amen.

You damn Georgia folk never leave your state.

If we are going to do a dyno day around here we are going to a dynojet.

Ferrari's Custom Car and Truck in Sterling Va would have the best prices for that. They are great and will let us just do our thing. (I've run there three times. $50 for thre pulls or $75 for an hour, by myself. I'm sure a dyno day would be something like $30-$40 each for the entire day. No one uses their dyno.) No dyno operator so we can strap up and make a shit load of pulls however we please.



If we are doing a small group of tunes, we'll go to Classsic GT in Manassas VA. Great prices for a dyno dynamics. PT Tuning is expensive and they wont let you touch the car while they have it on the dyno, so good luck trusting them with your tune.

I just don't trust my car with that distance right now. Dyno or not.

I'd drive to FL for a tune, since I'm down there many weekends, but why would I when the experts (Ben, ATL93LE, Foundsoul,diyautotune and their dyno, etc.) are in ATL less than half the distance away? Why would we get our tune anywhere else when the people who built the PNP are right there? I'mjussayin'

I'd be down for something in ATL if the timing is right. It's only about 5-6 hour drive for me depending on traffic and the lead content of my right foot.

I'm sure everyone has their favorite local dyno, but I'd probably keep it at the same place in DE to make it as central as possible. Also, I've already talked to the owner and because we've been there a few times, they will provide both the grill as well as a decent discount (to be determined by how many cars will be there) probably somewhere in the $30/car range if we get enough cars. Plus, he'll let us run the show so a few extra pulls here and there as well as quick tweaks are fine. We just need to bring the food/drink/cars.

This will be more of a meet/dyno pulls rather than a tuning day as it has always been b/c for a true tuning day you are talking about a loading dyno and just a few cars b/c of the time involved. Hopefully, we'll get done early enough again to hit the kart track too. Sometime late winter, I'll post another poll for dates. Thanks for the input as it saved me from planning a dyno day for a bunch of guys in Atlanta. :p

Steph, if you wanted to come out, you are more than welcome. I live a stones throw from the Philadelphia airport so I'd have no problems picking you up/dropping you off along the way.

I just don't think that DE is a "central as possible" location. A majority of people come from the NOVA area which is like a 3 hour drive. Most of you coming from PA and NJ its an hour or less. An example of "Central" is MD, which can be 1-2 hrs for each party.

Maybe this ought to be split into NE / VA meet discussion and SE / GA discussion?

maybe you guys need to grow some ballocks.

i can bench race from home...

Great we'll have it in MD so olderguy, paul, and the guys from north NJ can drive 3 hours + and then bitch about it. FWIW, I believe that their drive is 2 hours+ so it's not like they are not making the effort. Seriously, there is no pleasing everyone because everyone wants it as close as possible. I'm sorry if it's too far for some peeps.

On a side note, of all peeps, I can't believe that you complain about the distance since one of your numerous girlfriends is nearby. :p

Is that what they're calling it now?

i might be able to make it down to atlanta if my build is done by then. If not I may just come to shoot the breeze.