Saturday, May 29, 2010

'10 Genesis 3.8




Got a chance to test the new 3.8L Genesis on the rollers today. All that was done to the car was fitted with some new tires and a intake system. The rest was stock.

Ambient conditions in the shop were pretty harsh:
95.7F, 55% humidity with 29.97 Baro

All pulls were done in 4th gear except the second one which was requested to be done in 5th gear to see the difference.

Video will be up soon on youtube.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Polaris RZR





Had a chance to tune this ATV the other day. All it had was a snorkel system and a furl controller.
The RZR came in sputtering and misfiring at idle and low rpms. Adjusted the fueling on it and was able to get some clean revs and made some decent power on the rollers.
Ended up with 39whp and I was told that at the crank these ATV from the factory sport 42hp.
So not a bad little gain.
Here are some pictures from the day and I also have some video that will be uploading to my youtube page.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

June 5th Dyno Day

AWD Dyno day - Saturday June 5th in the Port Allen shop.
805 Court St. Port Allen, LA 70767

We are wanting to get a AWD dyno day going before the brutal power robbing hot days of summer arrive.

Maximum of 14 cars on the day, please call the number on the flier to reserve your spot on the rollers.

1979 Porsche 933 Turbo











Had a chance to test this fine specimen last night at the Kenner facility.
1979 Porsche Turbo 3.3L flat 6, client wanted to see what were his AFRs and if they coincided wit the PLX wideband he had installed in the cockpit.
Mixture was a little on rich side, but at the end it made some safe power. There is a little more room according to the reading that we can find more power just based on fuel mixture settings.
Over all a nice night and the client was pleased with all that he saw.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Skunk2 cracks DBW code

Drive-By-Wire Pro Series Throttle Body
Skunk2 is proud to introduce the first-ever, CNC-machined, big-bore drive-by-wire throttle body, debuting exclusively for ’06-’10 Honda Civic Si owners late-Spring, 2010, with other applications to follow. No other throttle body manufacturer (import or domestic) has been able to crack the drive-by-wire code. Until now.....http://tinyurl.com/2ds29yp

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

2008 STI





On this saturday we got a chance to meet a very nice and knowledgeable tuner from the east coast.
The tuner's name is Jorge and he comes from P&L in Chicago. Had a client from Metairie come in wanting to have this tuner sort his car out on that day so we provided the dyno facility.
The car was doing well, but ran into some bugs that prevented Jorge from completing the tune at the desired PSI that was intended to be tuned at.
I would like to thank Jorge for all his nice tips and pointers and hope to see him in the near future.

2004 STI Cobb AP tune














































Got a 2004 STI on the rollers to check a a cob stage 2 map that a friend of the client sent him.
Made a few pulls, the car was a little rich at the high rpms on the stage2 map. So I adjusted a bit. Unfortunately the stock clutch for some reason started to slip on 4th gear at around 4k rpms so we really could not see what the car would do with a little more boost and a bit of timing. In any case made some decent gains from what he came in and here are the pics from the tune that day.
Came in making 253awhp, left making 268awhp/280wtq @ 17psi tapering to 15psi