Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 09:04 pm, by: Damien Smith(Damien)
I've just had ported heads and 265 degree cams fitted and I picked up my car from the dyno today - 189.3rwkw!
I think I should be able to get more from these cams once I work out where the next bottlenecks are. I suspect it's the long stock intake runners and possibly the exhaust but I just want to enjoy it for a while now.
The spread of power is impressive. Over 180kw from 5500 - 7200rpm. The red line is the before and blue after...
Michael Marchant TryHard Victoria Soarer UZZ32 V8 finished in Zymol goodness!
Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 09:24 pm, by: Michael Marchant(Mavric)
Wow, very impressive Damien! Certainly improved things at the top end of the rev range. 200rwkw aint far away which would be a huge achievement for an N/A 1UZFE, hell 180 is awesome in itself.
Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 10:12 pm, by: Mike Beck(Gold_40gt)
Wow thats amazing. Good on you!
I must get my soarer on the dyno before I do the exhaust in a couple of weeks I really want to see what power its making with the BFI & on 98 octane gas... then do it after the stock headers back exhaust is done
Id hope for over 130rwkw how it is now considering it performed well on the strip achieving a 15.4s
Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 08:30 am, by: Damien Smith(Damien)
I asked the tuner about the AFR but he tries to give value for money with a safe tune and not spend ages trying to squeeze the last out. Nevertheless that's something I'll be happy to pay to see if bringing the AFR closer to 12.5:1 will make much difference.
Maurice, it's all on the site but spread over a number of areas so a quick summary is:
Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 10:34 am, by: Maurice Diggler(Mau_rice)
And a BFI I assume? I did have a look over your site but as you said, I only found bits and pieces lol and couldn't be arsed reading the whole thing again lol.
Your car is a freak of nature, considering people with blowers are making less power, if you charge yours you will knock Neil off the top spot! Go for it son
Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 12:17 pm, by: Damien Smith(Damien)
No BFI as such - it actually sucks air straight out of the engine bay but cool air does get pushed in along the back edge as there's a gap under the CF bonnet. A proper cold air induction setup would be way better but not on the priority list for now.
Changing the intake runner length would require a new lower manifold section so would be a lot of effort but doable for someone who's a good fabricator.
Samuel, not sure what difference there is with the manual conversion but with TT's there isn't much in it. Ages ago there were some before and after dyno runs done with a TT... it might have been Simon T??
Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 02:13 pm, by: David Vaughan(Davidv)
Samuel Lantiainen wrote on Thursday, 18 January, 2007:
...anyone know how much the dyno figures improve when converting to manual from auto?
Approximately zero. That is, no difference worth mentioning.
A manual just feels more responsive because it actually connects the engine to the wheels, and drives better on the road because it has five rather than four gears.
Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 02:54 pm, by: Avin Luther(Lex_luther)
re PI, i was ALL set to go, eg bonnet restraint, tyres, paid for pads (but they didnt show up) hydrant, then it rained.. spoke to juzza on phone the day before.. then i got defeceted, then i got broke, then i got defeceted again! now i am broke and defeceted!
car is also nearly back to stock! will see how we go this year.
Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 11:28 pm, by: Maurice Diggler(Mau_rice)
Samuel Lantiainen wrote on Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 11:02 am:
i noticed that the cars manual, anyone know how much the dyno figures improve when converting to manual from auto?
I thought that a manual Soarer dyno run in 4th gear was 1:1 and accurate to the dyno software, but a 3rd Gear run in an Auto isn't exactly 1:1, it's more like .93xxx:1 and the figures are slightly lower on an auto.
Damien Smith wrote on Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 12:17 pm:
Ages ago there were some before and after dyno runs done with a TT... it might have been Simon T??
It was Andrew Meiers, but I often quote his results. Back to back runs showed a 1kW difference in the same car with the manual conversion being the only difference. I would consider this "difference" irrelevant however. Just too close to call.
Friday, January 19, 2007 - 09:11 am, by: Brett Moloney(Lxsv8)
Maurice Diggler wrote on Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 10:34 am:
Your car is a freak of nature, considering people with blowers are making less power, if you charge yours you will knock Neil off the top spot! Go for it son
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