beaterX project thread

[A//// Guy]

Nicely done scheidsey!!

[t-revzr]

Came across this pic and just had to post it! You need to wear this shirt on the next cruise!
http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab54/T-revzr/Mitsu%20cruise%202010/IMG_0099.jpg

[scheides]

^I am! :)

So I blame shane, he's a bad influence. I gapped my plugs down tonight from .022-.023 to .020-.021, stock iridiums. I was bawking at the thought of pulling them out and keeping the longblock virgin for a while longer. Then I realized I had taken them out on the day I bought the car for a compression test. Doh. Oh well. Plus I was getting some ignition breakup at 33psi :)

Of course, this is what I was fearing...I could have swore I smelled some coolant here and there but never saw puddles or anything...but I remembered I had tweaked the upper coolant hose while installing the BBX. I thought I was good, but finally it came back to haunt me--the thing I hate more than anything in this world: coolant!

Fukin coolant sprayed all over the cold side of the turbo and explains why the 'manifold' smelled weird lately after a hard run. I thought it was just lack of coating/heat protection, but no it was just burning green crap off itself:
http://i.imgur.com/wvhJk.jpg

[goodhart]

SO did the coolant line break or what happened? Details!

[scheides]

Nah, I used a pliers to wiggle the hose on that last little bit and I *just* tweaked it a little bit too much. I knew what I did when I did it, but what can I say, I didn't fix it...beater! When I got it off, there's a little pinhole where that happened, obviously leaking/spraying from there. Fixed now(you can see the new line in the pic), hopefully the 3/8" hose I had in my box-o-misc hoses will last at least a little while.

[goodhart]

Ahh I see. How is the 111 tuning going then ;) I figured it wasn't too big of secret anymore since spaz already posted a giant pic of you filling up in the cell phone pics thread

[scheides]

The only update I have is in what I posted. I added some timing too but we'll see what she does on saturday! I was at 97% IDC on pump gas (w/10% ethanol) and now at 85%, so up goes the boost!

[scheides]

Put in a little more 111 for the dyno day saturday. I really really need to do a boost leak test but I've been working literally all day and night for my regular job and organizing for the dyno day. BeaterX will be lucky if it is washed for Saturday, sigh.

Stock MAF housing is DONE. 31.x psi tapering to 28, added some timing, leaned it out a tish. You can see the maf volts hit 5.0 up top and the fuel start to go a little lean. My calcs say I'm at 86% IDC and I've run them higher, so I'm sure its just the ecu not seeing the overrun air volume and thus not accounting for it. I'll add a tish of fuel to the map to account for that I guess.

http://www.scheides.com/misc/pics/evox/EvoX-BBX-111-maf-maxed-31psi.jpg

Comments welcome. After this its back to pump gas for the winter and and saving/planning what to do next. Miles and smiles I guess :)

[t-revzr]

Awesome I see you added more timing up top! Do work son!

[turbotalon1g]

Nice, I bet 111 finds its way for the cruise. :KANE: