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Subscribed. I've heard the same thing about removing the cat from a local stx competitor. Have you noticed any gains after removing the cat?
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It feels like it pulls a bit harder up top but my butt dyno could be out of cal.
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Anything in the torque dip area? I was hoping to do the same thing to help with the gap, but I'm guessing it'll need a tune before anything is really noticeable.
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Not sure, but it's not like it eliminated it. I really only expected it to help in the higher RPM. Once I'm tuned I'll start looking for a dyno day, then I'll be able to compare curves.
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Thanks for posting pictures of the OEM header!
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I just cried a little as I hit submit on the steering sensor order.
According to the techstream software it's either not communicating or stuck at 1.8 degrees. Fingers crossed a new one fixes it. |
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Interesting weekend.
Took Friday afternoon off to get a few more items out of the way. The stock muffler is ridiculous. Installed the muffler delete. -26lbs. ![]() Put a etx9 battery in that I had laying around from there miata. This is a temporary setup just to test if the battery would work. Seemed fine, in fact I forgot about it by the end of the weekend. I'll make a nicer mount now that I know it works. -24 lbs. Saturday I finished 17th in pax. I'm ok with this considering the suspension is pretty much stock, new car(to me) and I skipped the last two runs because I had to leave early. Sunday the results haven't been posted yet but I'm sure I slipped a bit. Hit comes on the first two so I had to make a bit of a safely run. plus, blew the entrance to the slalom and a Couple other minor mistakes. Probably left close to a second on the table. Again I had to leave after the morning runs so..... Fastest run from Sunday. Mowog 2 run 3: [ame]http://youtu.be/yWkkLMeHIwc[/ame] I can't figure out how to embed from my phone. :-( The good news is the car feels decent. Fairly compliant, could probably reduce the understeer just a bit but I also need to add more rear camber. I'll probably put the rear konis in too. Last edited by redlined600; 09-01-2017 at 09:08 PM. |
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Yes, I just quoted myself. Replaced the steering angle sensor and all is right with the world. The car is now 100% functional. As long as I had the steering wheel apart I took a few min to remove all the carbon fiber sticker the po put on the silver trim. To shed a little extra light on my performance at the last event Saturday I was 1.2 sec back from top pax and Sunday 1.7 sec back. I think this will shrink considerably once I get suspension. Last edited by redlined600; 05-09-2015 at 09:27 PM. |
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![]() Need more low! Received my moto-east tune. The 93 tune filled in the midrange nicely. I could tell quite a difference when I switched back to 91. Ugh, I probably won't use that much. Can't wait to test e85......although I probably won't get to use that much either, not legal for stx and its not convenient at most of the tracks I go to. ![]() |
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Why not a race gas tune then?
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Not a bad idea. Race gas is $$$ at the track and I'm trailerless this year, so driving to track will be a step back in what I can bring. At some point I'll just deal with carting jugs to the track. I'm just not there yet. Plenty of other stuff to work out first.
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Well that escalated quickly. While I was planning on putting together a set of Koni/GC these fell in my lap. RCE Tarmac II coilovers with 500lb springs. I also picked up a set of vorschlag camber plates. Go big or go home I guess. The vorschlag camber plates are awesome, really beefy and I love the large axial bearing but this comes at a cost, it has a large stack height, I'm almost at the lowest setting on the shocks and still just less than 1" drop.
![]() My first impression is it's quite amazing how plush good quality high sprung suspension can be. I learned this with my Miata too. Friday I'll be banging curbs at Road America so I'll really get a good idea of how they work on track then. Here is how it sits now. I might lower it just a bit more. The car is loaded with Project Mu Club Racer pads and ready for the track. When I get back the next weekend is another autox so I'll get a feel for the setup in STX mode. Last edited by redlined600; 09-01-2017 at 09:10 PM. |
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Had a great time at Road America. The car worked great overall, and with a bit of tuning(and better driving) could be quite fast. The car had just a hint of understeer which I left since RA is a fairly high stakes track. The back of the car also felt nervous in some of the fast sections that unload the car a bit. I'm attributing this to the muffler delete.
Chilling in the paddock ![]() Went through 37 gallons of gas ![]() This picture really can't do it justice but this sunset was amazing. ![]() Video of my fastest lap. 2:44 I know there is more time out there as I was taking it pretty easy though the kink. I'm guessing a 2:43 wouldn't be out of the question for me. Last edited by redlined600; 07-05-2018 at 01:06 AM. |
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One more video. This one was just for fun. Chasing a friend's 328 around.
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