Not much of an update, but shortly after installing the BBX and posting the other plot I tweaked the timing maps slightly and installed the dw800's. I did a few VDR runs and peak power is anywhere from 328-340 depending on the run. It's not perfect but way better than before. Here's an idea of what it looks like compared to the stock turbo setup:
I ran the car HARD at the autoX test & tune on sunday. 115° ambient heat and I was revving it like a mofo. I got 21 runs in and all but the first on each course were pretty aggressive. Very little knock except for bouncing off the rev limiter @8000rpm in 1st gear, I over revved to 8159rpm oops!
Here's some logs from the standalone logger, kinda shows timing, peaking at 14° at 7000rpm and steady to 8000.
http://scheides.com/misc/pics/evox/l...m-EvoX-BBX.xls
The car needs some tuning, but first it needs a downpipe. The stock downpipe is still on the car as well as the stock o2 housing and I now know that it really just makes this a laggy setup. Not aweful it is damn smooth and you can see the gains from the new turbo are there, but alas, like everyone else, I want more
I'm shopping around, rexpeed, MAP o2 elim, AMS, lots of nice downpipes out there but goddamn the audi prices. I had dreams of a nice AMS or MAP unit ceramic coated but my damn bang/buck concience keeps kicking in (call it my DSMStyle?) and for $210 shipped I can get a taiwaneese Rexpeed unit that is full 3" all the way to the test pipe.
I was going to get tuned before/after the downpipe/ported manifold but I realize now that its silly. I want to get fully tuned by shane AFTER I get the downpipe on, the stock one is just a silly restriction at this point and tuning it will be semi frivolous.
I had a dream last night that I had rod knock and there was white coolant smoke billowing out from the engine bay. Yeow. Nothing to do now but keep moving forward!