Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog

[Murlo26]

So what you're trying to say is you now wear socks with your sandals, cargo shorts, and hang around hardware stores talking about your project?

I wish! Haven't gotten to that level yet ;)

[cmspaz]

I cannot, the carpenter helping me is coming saturday.
Just get Tom to come help on Sunday evening. I hear he can build you a sick workbench, too.

[Murlo26]

Finally have the car sorta running. Lots o spools and torques.

Still really rich but this is like the third revision since I fixed fueling issue.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b252/Murlo26/Latest1015torques_zpsca84432e.jpg

[93gtpeater]

You going to be short shifting ftw. Lol. Glad to see you got the jack stand queen out on the road. Hope you keep the car running and enjoy it for a couple months.

[Murlo26]

You going to be short shifting ftw. Lol. Glad to see you got the jack stand queen out on the road. Hope you keep the car running and enjoy it for a couple months.

Me too man, me too, glad its off jackstands for now :)

And yes, short shifting big time, but the powerband is still there, just shifted down for tire burning action :)

Just leaned it out some and here is current pull:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b252/Murlo26/10158pm_zpsad7fdb83.jpg

[evotuner]

Thats fucking awesome!!! Congrats dude

[scheides]

Dude almost 13:1 and 36psi? Not what I would do. :P

Still, epic torque!

Why are you starting pulls over 3000rpm? Hit the gas at 2500 or less dude, let's see how low this thing will hit boost!

[Murlo26]

Dude almost 13:1 and 36psi? Not what I would do. :P

Still, epic torque!

Why are you starting pulls over 3000rpm? Hit the gas at 2500 or less dude, let's see how low this thing will hit boost!

I thought it was a bit lean on spool too and I asked my tuner. This is literally like the 4th map or so that we have done since I fixed my fuel shit so still dialing it in.

Strangely the car pulls very clean and no hiccups and literally zero knock.

But I will make sure its all good before I beat on it too much :)

I tried to start lower, part of it is just traffic, making sure no one is behind me before pulls but part of it is I feel like Virtual dyno doesn't import the lower stuff. I will try to get one starting at like 2000 so that maybe it shows up by 2500 on the charts.

The car feels good again though and 2nd gear is a riot. But have to shift by 7000 otherwise feels like poop. Maybe not such a bad thing, guessing stuff will hold together better not winding out to 9000.

[asshanson]

You know it doesn't go back to true E85 in the summer anymore, lean that biotch out to high 11's to redline! haha
36psi is pretty beastly on stock turbo.
Congrats again on getting the car running, must feel amazing to have your investment giving smiles again.

BTW, what was your fuel issue? I hate fuel issues. So messy, and should be so simple but they never are.

[Murlo26]

You know it doesn't go back to true E85 in the summer anymore, lean that biotch out to high 11's to redline! haha
36psi is pretty beastly on stock turbo.
Congrats again on getting the car running, must feel amazing to have your investment giving smiles again.

BTW, what was your fuel issue? I hate fuel issues. So messy, and should be so simple but they never are.

Yea, I was planning to lean it out some, tuner man is working on it.

It does feel great to have it driving/running well again...now quick, time to sell ;)

Main issue was my fuel hose in tank was kinked badly coming off the pump. It was a hard plastic hose (bendy one but hard plastic at ends) that I had to heat up A LOT to get it onto the pump. By doing that I deformed it enough to screw it up. So I put a Gates submersible hose in there for the feed which fixed a lot of it. Then I redid my fuel pump ground, ran it back to battery and then my tuner worked the tune as well and it all seems good now.