Richmond VA Dyno Day Results 5/4/13

[vtmike]

[QUOTE=wdninja;911475]Here's mine:


Your a/f looks good compared to mine. I'm going to have to do some data logging tomorrow and see what's screwing it up. Something is up, my torque in the dip is lower than what you're car is showing.

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[civicdrivr]

Originally Posted by Lonewolf

@civicdrvr

If you're running super rich I could see why you seem to be down on power.

Grayish smoke is usually oil....and white like you said is usually coolant from a leaking headgasket...I hope its not either...

It is really hard to tell what color the smoke truly is on the videos from the way the light is shining at the back of you car from the outside...

Yea, the videos aren't helping due to the lighting conditions. But, I topped off my coolant overflow tank on Thursday. I stopped right below the max line. Today, ~200 miles later, its half way between min and max.

You can see the smoke much better in xjohnx's video of my car (the one vtmike posted). I have an appointment at the dealer on Wednesday. I'll tell them what I've experienced and hopefully they'll do a leak down test.

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[vtmike]

Originally Posted by civicdrivr

Yea, the videos aren't helping due to the lighting conditions. But, I topped off my coolant overflow tank on Thursday. I stopped right below the max line. Today, ~200 miles later, its half way between min and max.

You can see the smoke much better in xjohnx's video of my car (the one vtmike posted). I have an appointment at the dealer on Wednesday. I'll tell them what I've experienced and hopefully they'll do a leak down test.

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You putting your exhaust back to stock before taking it in? Might be a good idea.

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[civicdrivr]

Originally Posted by vtmike

You putting your exhaust back to stock before taking it in? Might be a good idea.

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Nope, they would need to prove that the exhaust would somehow cause the head gasket to fail (if thats the issue).

[vtmike]

Originally Posted by civicdrivr

Nope, they would need to prove that the exhaust would somehow cause the head gasket to fail (if thats the issue).

Hopefully it's something minor and doesn't come to that. Many cases even though the proof is supposed to be on the dealer it comes back on the owner because they know most people don't have the resources and time to fight it in court.

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[swift996]

Here's mine - running way too rich up top or it would probably make more power
AEM Intake
Unichip
FA20CLUB EL Catted Header

[UncleFester]

Originally Posted by swift996

Here's mine - running way too rich up top or it would probably make more power
AEM Intake
Unichip
FA20CLUB EL Catted Header

Yea, looks good till 6k.

[regal]

Originally Posted by UncleFester

Yea, looks good till 6k.

but this is still very impressive, no torque dip in comparison to the other two plots, as much HP s the E85 tune above. I am impressed Real world dyno confirmig that headers + tune add 20 HP and cure the torque dip. Very encouraging.

[Opposed]

Originally Posted by civicdrivr

Heres mine, even though I don't want to post it



Mods:
-Visconti pump gas tune
-SRT header back exhaust with high flow cat

As I mentioned at PAS, I'm pretty sure the issue is related to my missing snorkel. The car doesn't feel like a 157whp car though.

Have you sent John any logs? I don't see you losing 20+ whp because of the snorkel. I made 180whp on a dynojet with his 93tune and AFE intake only.

[vtmike]

Originally Posted by Opposed

Have you sent John any logs? I don't see you losing 20+ whp because of the snorkel. I made 180whp on a dynojet with his 93tune and AFE intake only.

This dyno had some strange results. Xjohnx car has made 180whp on e85 with overpipe downpipe combo, with axleback which seems really low. My car was 171whp with downpipe, axleback, inlet tube, and filter. Both seem on the low side. Then wdninja car made 167 with just an axleback and it's an auto which seems high for the setup.

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[Opposed]

Originally Posted by vtmike

This dyno had some strange results. Xjohnx car has made 180whp on e85 with overpipe downpipe combo, with axleback which seems really low. My car was 171whp with downpipe, axleback, inlet tube, and filter. Both seem on the low side. Then wdninja car made 167 with just an axleback and it's an auto which seems high for the setup.

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Yea, I thought all of the dyno's seemed a bit off. Your tourque dip looks strangely low in the valley too. Hmmm...

[vtmike]

Originally Posted by Opposed

Yea, I thought all of the dyno's seemed a bit off. Your tourque dip looks strangely low in the valley too. Hmmm...

Yeah my a/f was super rich during the dip (off the chart.) I'm going to do some data logging with torque today to see if I can figure out the issue. My car wasn't fully worm when they started the dyno as you can see how it's picking up power with each pull. I'm thinking it might be from me removing the large resonator attached to the air box or possibly a dirty maf from my oiled filter.

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[civicdrivr]

Originally Posted by Opposed

Have you sent John any logs? I don't see you losing 20+ whp because of the snorkel. I made 180whp on a dynojet with his 93tune and AFE intake only.

I have, and he said it looks good. Right now, I'm thinking there might be an underlying
issue (head gasket), which I have an appointment on Wednesday for the dealer to take a look at.

Originally Posted by Opposed

Yea, I thought all of the dyno's seemed a bit off. Your tourque dip looks strangely low in the valley too. Hmmm...

Yea, the results were odd, but their dyno reads low. There was a Boss 302 that put down 388, most have been putting down 410-420 stock.

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[UncleFester]

Probably stand to lose HP if you change anything about the stock intake besides the filter.

What gear were the pulls in? Auto the same gear?