Joeyjoejoe's E85 Tuning Adventutres

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

i have an HKS 1 bar actuator (came with the turbo)

so the ebc (blitz DSBC spec s) is holding 4psi above that with a 6psi spike

exhaust wise i have a 3" straight through with decat and pathetic muffler that does basically nothing

what boost are you seeing and when?

[Sydneykid]

greddy 5/7 type s coilovers @ 325mm centre to guard,

and there is the cause of your traction problem.

Cheers

Gary

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

you can try all you want gary, but i'm not EVER gonna run my car @ your recommended homo-spec guard fisting 4wd clearance...

(p.s. car is even lower now cos i'm cool like dat...)

[SS8_Gohan]

peak of 524.5nm of torque Hamish and no traction issues (well, in the dry)

and that's with only a half finished SK kit

[Sydneykid]

you can try all you want gary, but i'm not EVER gonna run my car @ your recommended homo-spec guard fisting 4wd clearance...

(p.s. car is even lower now cos i'm cool like dat...)

That's OK, it's your choice after all. You are fully entilted to choose to look uber cool rather than go fast.

Heck, take the springs and shocks out all together, whack a bit of 4 x 2 in there instead, you can get it even lower then, no need for suspension travel

Just don't brag about how powerfull your car is because it wheelspins all over the place, when the truth is it has no traction because looks are more important to you than going fast.

BTW, why have bothered building a big power engine when you can't use it?

Hey, it's a free country, other than the taxes, the police, the inspection nazis in SA, speed cameras, toll roads..............maybe it's not all that free when you think about it.

Cheers

Gary

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

lol... traction is not a problem until > 300 so i recon its doing pretty well

truth be told i recon its not gonna be a problem with better rubber... atm the car has 235 federal 595ss cheapies on it, so i'm not that concerned... i'll see how i go with adrenalins @ the next tyre change and go from there.... atm i can stand on it in 2nd no worries on pulp, which is my daily fuel.

the suspension in my ke70 would really make you cringe but hey, you gotta look good man..... NS.com told me so

[SS8_Gohan]

what's your peak torque on pulp and E85?

[allthewaytotheskyline]

my standrard actuator that came with the hks 2835 pro wont hold more then .7bar without going nuts....so not too sure there...also having an issue with my hks evc 4....going to go sort that out tomorrow as it wasnt responding to learning mode.

i will see how we go by tomorrow if i make it to the tuners before end of day.

Edited July 2, 2009 by allthewaytotheskyline

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

try running without the evc... they are not the easiest things to get setup... although usually its a >20psi issue...

you should be able to see 1 bar nicely.... also try running it with your exhaust dropped and see if that eliminates the prob

[NickR33]

ke70! Hamish please throw some pics and specs up... I'm seriously considering one as a bit of a track hack/project

[Roy]

My car is slow by today's stds, sonds fast ad looks gay as its too high. If i deck it down to 325mm it will sound fast, look fast, and still be slow...so i have kind of made progress:)

Be interesting when my car finally sees the road again how much good the E85 does on it with the new manifolds and bogger exhaust housing.

[R31 POWER]

allthewaytothesk, whats the actuator preload like? I have'nt looked at mine but all i know is it holds 0.8bar to redline with the pfc boost controller.

[180or200]

my uber spec rear is set to 340 and looks ok, not as nice as 325 but my tyres last alot longer, 265 toyo t1r's, kaaz 2 way, whiteline camber kit set to max, groupbuy springs and shocks, cant complain, works great!

[SS8_Gohan]

hey Hamish, here are the results from the E85 tune...

didn't crack 300 because of this...

can't hold boost. We think it might be the rear housing (OP6).

[allthewaytotheskyline]

yeh we fixed the boost controller issue...but now there is another issues...its holding boost just fine til about 250rwkw and then boot drops....so there either must be a restriction and or a very fair sized air leak.

going to asses it tomorrow.

any hints?

[Sydneykid]

yeh we fixed the boost controller issue...but now there is another issues...its holding boost just fine til about 250rwkw and then boot drops....so there either must be a restriction and or a very fair sized air leak.

going to asses it tomorrow.

any hints?

Where are you measuring the boost? I always have at least 2 places for measuring boost, one at the compressor outlet and one past the throttle body/ies. That way I can tell if there is any boost drop due to restriction in the inlet ie; the pressure at the compressor outlet exceeeds the pressure at the engine by more than a couple of psi. If they are both the same (the boost drops the same) then there is either an air leak or the turbo has run out of airflow.

Cheers

Gary

[NYTSKY]

Speaking of boost dropping check this out:

And still makes power lol!

When it holds 24psi i reckon it will make a million KW lol

[juggernaut1]

NYTSKY,

Is it your boost controller perhaps....the boost curve seems lazy when it comes onto boost as well....only making peak boost at 4900 rpm and immediately starts declining.

Edited July 4, 2009 by juggernaut1

[NYTSKY]

Either that or the wastegate.

The Haltech boost controller is being swapped out for the ProfecB 2.

Should be a lot better.....hopefully.

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

ke70! Hamish please throw some pics and specs up... I'm seriously considering one as a bit of a track hack/project

so far the car is running on corona struts with commo springs, xt130 lca's, lock spacers, 15x8 -9 ajps challengers, and flared guards

the car has a flat front conversion, and is getting a spraycan satin black job soon

motor is currnetly a 4ac in an AE71 crossmember, AE71 radiator & thermofan, and webber carby

gearbox is a t50 and the diff is an AE71 item welded shut.

new motor going in is a 4agte (ze block with custom turbo and cooler setup) with toda cams/gears should see around 150-160rwkw and car is getting stripped and caged

car will also be getting swaybars and possibly coiliver conversion....

ecu will be mocrotech... probably

will get pics up at some stage soon