Congrats Ari! Now seriously..i want a ride

 

Actually retarding timing can make the car spool faster but will usually lose power depending on how much it's retarded. The car would feel softer. Retard the timing enough and you send still burning exhaust out the valve where it continues to expand in the headers but make less torque because that exhaust wasn't pushing on the piston. I seriously doubt your timing was retarded enough to have this effect but it is possible - it's how anti-lag is done on rally and race cars. I did this on a car of mine just to try it out - WOT below a certain RPM it would go rich and retard timing a good bit. Wow the boost came up but the car felt so laggy in the power band that I quickly reversed the changes.

Hard to say exactly what was done to your tune to change things especially if this wasn't a back to back dyno pull. In any case you made improvements elsewhere and apparently the car is less hyper so it's all good

 

Anytime Adam.

Thanks BLKMGK.

I got a chance to really open her up last night. It was right around 50 degrees (cold for Cali). Holy Sh$t! This thing is monstrous. No traction in 2nd and 3rd is right on the edge

 

Lots of you had asked for pics... took a couple of months to take it

 

are you using the stock throttle body and plenum?

 

can u send me a pic of the mod??

 

Stock TB and plenum.

DG123 not sure what you're asking for.

 

Ari, CONGRATS!!! The car looks like a monster and it feels good to have it all sorted. I have gone through some of my own troubleshooting/headaches recently and am very close to having the car all wrapped up for now. Sorry I missed this thread awhile back. I can't say I did much but just chat with you and help learn in the process.

We need to get together once my car is all "done" and see how they feel/compare! We have a very similar setup with just a few different parts and tuners so it should be cool to see how they compare. Let's hook up on Sunday soon!

Kato

 

I'm down Kato. When is your car hitting the road?

 

Car has been on the road but I damaged a wheel last weekend so I'm down for a bit until I get a replacement (just sold my backups, d'oh)!

I'll be busy with a Lemons race the next two weekends so hopefully the following I will be back out in the canyons with the car all back together.

I'm still working out some final driveability issues with Tony @ EPL but the car, when running pulls hard and runs very well!

 

I have a set you can borrow if you need to

 

Thanks, Ari! I'm good for now... Lining something up ASAP. Let's hook up in a few weeks and all should be resolved.

 

kato, r u leaving me out? am i invited?

 

Sure! get the car going!!!

 

It's been a while so I thought I'd post an update. The car is an absolute hoot! The tuning is so perfect. I don't have any words other than perfect.

I have decided to put the stock dual mass flywheel in and go back to AWD. The LW flywheel is really great fun, but IMO too much of a concession on the street. My wife drove the car and said "that car is falling apart, the mufflers are rattling and are going to fall off"

It's real fun fishtailing all over the place, but with no traction in 1st and 2nd I'm hoping AWD will give me some stability back.

Will post impressions soon.