big thumbs up to Paul at DB tuned
05-22-2008, 04:59 PM
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Here's some info on Mustang Dynos.
In the calibration section, there's a setting, called "Equivilant Weight"...the lower/higher the number, the lower/higher the reported value.
The value that used to be on my dyno was too high, when compared to GST & FLIs dyno.
I have since adjusted this number to be in line with what these other two dynos read; Got a stock WRX & adjusted the number until I got roughly 160ish whp.
Most of the crowd going "Hey...look at my numbers!!! My tuner is The ****!!!" tend to be younger, into drag racing.
I can't name one of my customers that has gone to the dragstrip more than once...except for GT35 STI and he's special.
Auto X & the random track days seem to be what my customers are into.
Last edited by FW Motorsports; 05-22-2008 at 05:33 PM.
05-22-2008, 07:08 PM
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Please don't take this as an insult, as I have never met you, but most of my customers are older than the average I-clubber...I'd say the average age of my customer base is 30.
Most of the crowd going "Hey...look at my numbers!!! My tuner is The ****!!!" tend to be younger, into drag racing.
I can't name one of my customers that has gone to the dragstrip more than once...except for GT35 STI and he's special.
Auto X & the random track days seem to be what my customers are into.
05-22-2008, 07:22 PM
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OK.
Here's some info on Mustang Dynos.
In the calibration section, there's a setting, called "Equivilant Weight"...the lower/higher the number, the lower/higher the reported value.
The value that used to be on my dyno was too high, when compared to GST & FLIs dyno.
I have since adjusted this number to be in line with what these other two dynos read; Got a stock WRX & adjusted the number until I got roughly 160ish whp.
Please don't take this as an insult, as I have never met you, but most of my customers are older than the average I-clubber...I'd say the average age of my customer base is 30.
Most of the crowd going "Hey...look at my numbers!!! My tuner is The ****!!!" tend to be younger, into drag racing.
I can't name one of my customers that has gone to the dragstrip more than once...except for GT35 STI and he's special.
Auto X & the random track days seem to be what my customers are into.
Here's some info on Mustang Dynos.
In the calibration section, there's a setting, called "Equivilant Weight"...the lower/higher the number, the lower/higher the reported value.
The value that used to be on my dyno was too high, when compared to GST & FLIs dyno.
I have since adjusted this number to be in line with what these other two dynos read; Got a stock WRX & adjusted the number until I got roughly 160ish whp.
Please don't take this as an insult, as I have never met you, but most of my customers are older than the average I-clubber...I'd say the average age of my customer base is 30.
Most of the crowd going "Hey...look at my numbers!!! My tuner is The ****!!!" tend to be younger, into drag racing.
I can't name one of my customers that has gone to the dragstrip more than once...except for GT35 STI and he's special.
Auto X & the random track days seem to be what my customers are into.
From a number standpoint (even though numbers are only a reference) as that was all that was posted (no AFR's or logs) that tune looked to be successful in yielding more power (the point in adding the aftermarket parts). I am not a huge fan of numbers as that is all they are, numbers. I am fairly young but am not into boasting numbers or drag racing (although I have done it before) so I don't know where that was coming from but I care about the drivability of my car and I feel that my tuner tuned my car exactly the way I wanted.
If you would tell us more about the tune, than perhaps we could take more from it and justly praise or criticize you.
05-22-2008, 07:24 PM
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Thanks for the clarification on the dyno calibration setup.
From a number standpoint (even though numbers are only a reference) as that was all that was posted (no AFR's or logs) that tune looked to be successful in yielding more power (the point in adding the aftermarket parts). I am not a huge fan of numbers as that is all they are, numbers. I am fairly young but am not into boasting numbers or drag racing (although I have done it before) so I don't know where that was coming from but I care about the drivability of my car and I feel that my tuner tuned my car exactly the way I wanted.
If you would tell us more about the tune, than perhaps we could take more from it and justly praise or criticize you.
From a number standpoint (even though numbers are only a reference) as that was all that was posted (no AFR's or logs) that tune looked to be successful in yielding more power (the point in adding the aftermarket parts). I am not a huge fan of numbers as that is all they are, numbers. I am fairly young but am not into boasting numbers or drag racing (although I have done it before) so I don't know where that was coming from but I care about the drivability of my car and I feel that my tuner tuned my car exactly the way I wanted.
If you would tell us more about the tune, than perhaps we could take more from it and justly praise or criticize you.
05-23-2008, 07:47 AM
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Thanks for the clarification on the dyno calibration setup.
From a number standpoint (even though numbers are only a reference) as that was all that was posted (no AFR's or logs) that tune looked to be successful in yielding more power (the point in adding the aftermarket parts). I am not a huge fan of numbers as that is all they are, numbers. I am fairly young but am not into boasting numbers or drag racing (although I have done it before) so I don't know where that was coming from but I care about the drivability of my car and I feel that my tuner tuned my car exactly the way I wanted.
If you would tell us more about the tune, than perhaps we could take more from it and justly praise or criticize you.
From a number standpoint (even though numbers are only a reference) as that was all that was posted (no AFR's or logs) that tune looked to be successful in yielding more power (the point in adding the aftermarket parts). I am not a huge fan of numbers as that is all they are, numbers. I am fairly young but am not into boasting numbers or drag racing (although I have done it before) so I don't know where that was coming from but I care about the drivability of my car and I feel that my tuner tuned my car exactly the way I wanted.
If you would tell us more about the tune, than perhaps we could take more from it and justly praise or criticize you.
I don't make it a habit of posting up every single tune that I've done.
This is the second tune I've provided this customer; the first one was done almost two years ago. Neither the customer nor I posted anything back then, so I was pleasantly surprised when I saw that he posted about this tune.
I don't know what else to say about the tune; I set the AFR's where I wanted them, increased & smoothed out the boost curve, and fiddled with the timing.
Obviously, more was done to the calibration, but that's the short of it.
I've installed & tuned about a dozen cars with Perrin equal length headers.
Everything else being equal...pun intended...the headers really helped in increasing torque in every instance.
05-23-2008, 09:19 AM
#27
FYI, I almost never see VF39 cars break 280whp on 91 with the exception of a few that did around 285 with headers and intakes. In my experience it takes 100 octane for the VF39 to break 300whp. Is 300whp+ normal for you and your dyno for a VF39 car on 91?
Last edited by EQ Tuning; 05-23-2008 at 09:22 AM.
05-23-2008, 10:35 AM
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I don't know what to tell you, Ed.
Maybe me dyno reads high....maybe your software reads low.
The only aspect that matters to me is that the customer is satisfied.
Maybe me dyno reads high....maybe your software reads low.
The only aspect that matters to me is that the customer is satisfied.
05-23-2008, 02:12 PM
#30
I'm just wondering what kind of power you normally see with this kind of setup on your dyno on 91 Octane? Are these numbers typical or is this a freak occurance?
