Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog - Page 111

turbotalon1g · 06-12-2012

But you guys are internet racers, you have to at least have a chance on paper to be happy.

**Murlo26** · 06-12-2012

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Originally Posted by turbotalon1g

But you guys are internet racers, you have to at least have a chance on paper to be happy.

I drive my car more than you do

So boom.

**Murlo26** · 06-13-2012

Silly VD numbers...but 500whp on 93 at 24psi...yea...sweet...

**Kracka** · 06-13-2012

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Originally Posted by Murlo26

I drive my car more than you do

So boom.

HAHAHA ...and owned!

turbotalon1g · 06-13-2012

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Originally Posted by Murlo26

I drive my car more than you do

So boom.

Just this year you have so don't get too excited.

But for you that just means you are closer to:

93gtpeater · 06-13-2012

Haha. Hope it makes it to pg this year.

**Murlo26** · 06-14-2012

So, battling fuel pressure problems right now. My AEM is adjusted for max fuel pressure and it won't go above 42ish at idle.

So as I believe Shane suspected, the car appears to be bleeding fuel back through the second pump. Doing some testing now, but might be getting a check valve for the second pump soon.

Need to bump fuel pressure so we can reduce load as I was hitting 330load and boost cut (319 load) on pump gas at like 24psi.

So we are making it so the load is hopefully 270ish around there by changing around a lot of stuff. (injector scaling, MAF/MAp tables etc)

Not going to lie, I doubt I am going to PG. Especially since work is really crazy. I am kinda bummed but frankly I don't want to go until the car is working fully. I will head out to RF or BIR at a test and tune day when its done if I don't make it.

Still going to try and make it but not looking good now.

bramagedained · 06-14-2012

You have 8 days left, that's plenty of time.

simulatedwood · 06-14-2012

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Originally Posted by Murlo26

Not going to lie, I doubt I am going to PG. Especially since work is really crazy. I am kinda bummed but frankly I don't want to go until the car is working fully. I will head out to RF or BIR at a test and tune day when its done if I don't make it.

Still going to try and make it but not looking good now.

I am going to make you a liar! Your coming to PG, that thing is going down the track if we have to push it!

Plus..Don't think of the PG as just a event, think of it as a 3-day Mitsustyle cruise, with lots of nightly festivities, and driving with a hangover. 2 things we are good at.

**Tachyon** · 06-14-2012

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Originally Posted by simulatedwood

I am going to make you a liar! Your coming to PG, that thing is going down the track if we have to push it!

Plus..Don't think of the PG as just a event, think of it as a 3-day Mitsustyle cruise, with lots of nightly festivities, and driving with a hangover. 2 things we are good at.

I'll help with the pushing!

Seriously, you need to just force yourself to have realistic goals, then focus on having fun, even if it's not at 10/10ths level.

Heck, I only managed to get about 60% of the things I wanted to do done on my heap before the PG, but that's not going to stop me from enjoying what a brought to the fullest!

Having slightly reduced fun > no fun.

**Kracka** · 06-14-2012

Don't be like Chkmgnt...constant work in progress, then once it's finally done get fed-up and sell it. That's what happens when you don't stop and actually allow yourself to enjoy the car while it's in process.

**cmspaz** · 06-14-2012

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Originally Posted by simulatedwood

Plus..Don't think of the PG as just a event, think of it as a 3-day Mitsustyle cruise, with lots of nightly festivities, and driving with a hangover. 2 things we are good at.

LOL! It's so true.

**Murlo26** · 06-14-2012

It might be just as easy as getting a check valve for the 2nd pump...but I need to pull the pump out sometime to look at it to get an appropriate one.

I am trying to make it, I have been working on it tons lately, like every night for weeks. But I am starting to run out of steam a bit and work is getting really bad. But we shall see, I could always just run pump gas there instead of e85 just to make it there.

**Tachyon** · 06-14-2012

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I could always just run pump gas there instead of e85 just to make it there.

Do it!

Working on cars is no fun when you're allready stressed and rundown... that's how mistakes get made.

**Shane@DBPerformance** · 06-14-2012

Just run it at lower power, like 350-400, and run the road course instead.

**Murlo26** · 06-14-2012

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Originally Posted by Shane@DBPerformance

Just run it at lower power, like 350-400, and run the road course instead.

Hmmm, interesting...I wouldn't mind doing that. But I still need to get my fuel pressure stuff sorted, then its just tuning.

The car/tune is all jacked up as it was looking for a higher base pressure so I need to do that first.

t-revzr · 06-14-2012

It's so crazy how much time and money you've put into this car and it still has issues..

**asshanson** · 06-14-2012

What sort of check valve are you going to use? I have a -6 in/out one way fuel valve that I used on the V when I was having issues with the siphon letting fuel back into the tank.

Looks something like this but a little bigger:

**Murlo26** · 06-14-2012

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Originally Posted by asshanson

What sort of check valve are you going to use? I have a -6 in/out one way fuel valve that I used on the V when I was having issues with the siphon letting fuel back into the tank.

Looks something like this but a little bigger:

Not sure yet, I need to pull the backseat and do some measuring. The two pumps meet at a Y outside the tank, so I am thinking of replacing part of the hose with a check valve.

The size I haven't figured out yet.

**asshanson** · 06-14-2012

Oh nice, if you have enough room outside the tank that would be a lot easier than trying to fit the check valve inside the tank.

Is the Y fitting AN or barbed?