Well, it's been a long time coming.
I'VE GOT BOOST.
Took my car for it's first tuning drive yesterday. Nick (Sr.) used the laptop to tune while I drove. Ran up to around 7-8 psi. No detonation.
The car isn't done just yet. Still more road tuning to be done. Then it goes to the Dyno for final tuning. But this is my only car, so I took it home last night so I could go do laundry and stuff tonight. I'll try to take some pictures later tonight, it's not all painted yet; so the pics are a "work in progress" type thing.
Let's see - how to describe it. Fun, scarey, intriguing, and Addictive. Yeah, I can already see where someone would want to run more boost. I've got my self control though, as evidenced by the fact that this morning on the way to work, I never let it get into the boost, except for once when I was pulling out onto the PKWY, and even then, it only got up to maybe 2 or 3 psi. Frankly, I'm going to go very easy on it, as I don't want to have any problems. When they are done tuning it, then I'll start having fun with it. For now though, the hardest I will get on it is when they are in the car with me. Also, my car is full of parts, the trunk has all the stuff that used to be in my backseat, and the backseat is full of body panels, floormats and boxes and other random items. In short, the car is a mess on the inside right now, but I don't care. More important things to worry about like getting laundry done. With the Automatic tranny, it pulls nicely - shifts through the gears with no problem. I got on the gas pretty good yesterday, but I never floored it. Most of the time I backed off the throttle just because I was kind of scared with the feeling of boost. Never felt it before. I haven't played with the "sport mode" in the boost range yet. But I did use it this morning to accellerate without going into the boost range. The boost comes on under load, so if you downshift, there is less load, and that helped keep me out of boost.
I'm hoping to go back to the shop on Wednesday. They have alot of cars there right now though, so I'll see what happens.
I'VE GOT BOOST.
Took my car for it's first tuning drive yesterday. Nick (Sr.) used the laptop to tune while I drove. Ran up to around 7-8 psi. No detonation.
The car isn't done just yet. Still more road tuning to be done. Then it goes to the Dyno for final tuning. But this is my only car, so I took it home last night so I could go do laundry and stuff tonight. I'll try to take some pictures later tonight, it's not all painted yet; so the pics are a "work in progress" type thing.
Let's see - how to describe it. Fun, scarey, intriguing, and Addictive. Yeah, I can already see where someone would want to run more boost. I've got my self control though, as evidenced by the fact that this morning on the way to work, I never let it get into the boost, except for once when I was pulling out onto the PKWY, and even then, it only got up to maybe 2 or 3 psi. Frankly, I'm going to go very easy on it, as I don't want to have any problems. When they are done tuning it, then I'll start having fun with it. For now though, the hardest I will get on it is when they are in the car with me. Also, my car is full of parts, the trunk has all the stuff that used to be in my backseat, and the backseat is full of body panels, floormats and boxes and other random items. In short, the car is a mess on the inside right now, but I don't care. More important things to worry about like getting laundry done. With the Automatic tranny, it pulls nicely - shifts through the gears with no problem. I got on the gas pretty good yesterday, but I never floored it. Most of the time I backed off the throttle just because I was kind of scared with the feeling of boost. Never felt it before. I haven't played with the "sport mode" in the boost range yet. But I did use it this morning to accellerate without going into the boost range. The boost comes on under load, so if you downshift, there is less load, and that helped keep me out of boost.
I'm hoping to go back to the shop on Wednesday. They have alot of cars there right now though, so I'll see what happens.
