What have you done to your MS3 today?

[oaklandopen]

Had to do a vehicle swap today with the wife. So, once again, I'm left with a nervous feeling. And what does she do as she drives away? She guns it in first to really set me off

and obviously she has no recollection of the term "torque steer" because she did this near other cars, something I would not dare to do. Saw her veer towards one of them and quickly backed off the throttle and corrected the steering. I guess one would become complacent in that aspect after driving a dodge ram for so long

I also looked at bikes again and started crunching the numbers. Not financial numbers, performance numbers.

Including a 200lb rider a harley sportster iron 883 would be 15lb/hp....not too great. The 1200 would be in the low 8's. I'm wondering if I should just find a 1200, or look at other manufacturers with better pricing. I really like the look and price of the sportster, but with the power it has I wonder if it will feel like it can't get out of its own way

To put those number in perspective, a stock ms3 is about 12.5lb/hp, a 2010 dodge viper is a little under 6, and my old gixxer 600cc was around 4.5

Granted thos numbers are all relative and in no way are a true calculation of the speed of a vehicle, but it gives you a good general idea

 

[8.5MS3]

going to the dyno in a few hrs.......anyone wanna take a stab at numbers?

2008.5 MGM MS3 - Cobb SRI w/Amsoil Dry Flow, Cobb TIP, CP-e HPFP, Cobb FMIC, SU TP, Cobb CBE, Cobb AP tuned to 21psi

 

[oaklandopen]

305/320

Changing my numbers because I thought I saw a downpipe in there

 

[SKiZ0TT]

305/325

 

[Domino81]

I'm guessing tq will be higher. Good luck!

 

[Rotus]

Had to do a vehicle swap today with the wife. So, once again, I'm left with a nervous feeling. And what does she do as she drives away? She guns it in first to really set me off

and obviously she has no recollection of the term "torque steer" because she did this near other cars, something I would not dare to do. Saw her veer towards one of them and quickly backed off the throttle and corrected the steering. I guess one would become complacent in that aspect after driving a dodge ram for so long

I also looked at bikes again and started crunching the numbers. Not financial numbers, performance numbers.

Including a 200lb rider a harley sportster iron 883 would be 15lb/hp....not too great. The 1200 would be in the low 8's. I'm wondering if I should just find a 1200, or look at other manufacturers with better pricing. I really like the look and price of the sportster, but with the power it has I wonder if it will feel like it can't get out of its own way

To put those number in perspective, a stock ms3 is about 12.5lb/hp, a 2010 dodge viper is a little under 6, and my old gixxer 600cc was around 4.5

Granted thos numbers are all relative and in no way are a true calculation of the speed of a vehicle, but it gives you a good general idea

Have you thought about a used Yamaha Warrior? Sportbike derived suspension (41mm forks aluminum swingarm) suspension on a stiffer-than-normal cruiser frame. The 2005 were 1670cc with FI. Ihad the carburated 1600 in my Road Star and it was a torque monster. These bikes are also air cooled and pushrod if that makes a difference to you.

 

[lyonsroar]

Freshened up with this:

 

[8.5MS3]

well im back, and pissed as ****

shop temp was 90 degrees, 80% humidity

left the car with the hood open and a fan on it for a half hour trying to cool down the IM, no luck. BAT's were in the 140s

best run was 293whp/316 wtq knocking at the top end from the heat

 

[oaklandopen]

^^^omg if those temps dropped down to 100 I bet I would have been right on the monies! Nice numbers though, no matter how bad the dyno experience was

I know you know that real world driving would give you more favorable results

 

[H3br3w_Ham3r]

Uninstalled my TWM short throw to be legal in DS.... For sale soon.

Put in new tranny fluid and Hawk HP Plus brakes.

 

[ericrapp]

replaced drivers side axle, changed trans fluid, installed new front rotors and pads and front coilovers. drove down the street.
saturday i will put big intercooler back on and continue to bed brakes and destroy front tires

 

[MSFANATIC]

Uninstalled my TWM short throw to be legal in DS.... For sale soon.

Put in new tranny fluid and Hawk HP Plus brakes.

if you sell it how much you gonna let it go for ??

 

[LittleRedWagon5]

Figured out the my mileage problem. damn e10 fuel, and a dirty Cobb filter.

 

[JamesCH]

Seafoamed her. Didn't get much smoke, there was some, but it was basically gone after half a mile of driving.

 

[oaklandopen]

^^^how did you do it? There's a technique to it, and proper steps. Ill be doing the induction and fuel tank next oil change

 

[Domino81]

Left it home and took the wife's Impreza to work... because mine is ******.

 

[JamesCH]

^^^how did you do it? There's a technique to it, and proper steps. Ill be doing the induction and fuel tank next oil change

Poured some into the oil sump. Started it, got it revving a little, sucked a bunch into the intake with the BPV hose (the little one), shut it off, poured the rest in the fuel system, waited about an hour, started it, and drove.

I know how to do it, I've done it on several cars. Maybe the BPV hose didn't distribute it well? Maybe I didn't have a lot of buildup?

 

[oaklandopen]

Poured some into the oil sump. Started it, got it revving a little, sucked a bunch into the intake with the BPV hose (the little one), shut it off, poured the rest in the fuel system, waited about an hour, started it, and drove.

I know how to do it, I've done it on several cars. Maybe the BPV hose didn't distribute it well? Maybe I didn't have a lot of buildup?

if you are doing a cleaning, the best way to do it is to start out by pouring half the can into your fuel tank, and give it a 10 minute or so drive to get the engine to full operating temp. this will also give the seafoam time to work its way through your fuel system and thus injectors

after that, you get a friend (to keep the engine rpms up to prevent stall) and pour the last half slowly into the induction system via brake booster. the bake booster line is always the best one to use, as it uses vacuum directly from the intake manifold. this will give you the most direct route, and an equal distribution through the intake valves

after the can is poured in you let it sit for about 5 minutes, not an hour (that lets the engine cool down too much, you need a hot engine so the seafoam can react to carbon buildup). then, you restart, and do some good revs and watch the smoke ensue your driveway as well as your neighbor's

as far as not having enough buildup, depending on mileage and whenever the last time you did your cleaning was i would say this engine has plenty of buildup every 20k miles. ive gotten plenty of smoke from induction cleaning after that mileage

the other way to use it is maintaining, which i do often. it's when you introduce seafoam into the gas tank only. i do this about every oil change to keep the injectors and exhaust side as clean as i can

the final way to use it is through the crank case. but i would do this the least often as you need to do it just a few hundred miles BEFORE your next oil change because it breaks your oil down so much

 

[ericrapp]

put the 3.5 tmic on.
seafoam. does it lower the octane rating when added to gas tank? i pulled plugs today and set gaps while replacing IC. i am carbon heavy from running a rich tune and maybe a cleansing is in order.

 

[STRICK-]

got my car back from the shop..yet again. This time with some stuff to keep my kids quiet during car rides