Yes, I FINALLY got to the dyno!

[Nathan]

Well, I finally made it to the dyno today, it was at ATS Racing with DallasImports.net. On my first pull I made 280hp, 278lb.ft. of torque at 12psi. I tried to adjust the MBC and it made no difference, so I made the same on the second pull. On the third pull, I adjusted the MBC too high and we had a boost spike in excess of 25psi (off the gauge) however, it made 390 lb. ft. of torque for just an instant . The last pull I got right, and it made 326hp and like 317lb. ft. of torque at 17psi. I'll put up the dyno charts in a minute, but long story short...I'm very pleased. Its running excessively rich (10:1 afr's while in boost) and still running through a cat. I fully expect to break 350whp once I get those two things worked out. Speaking of, does anyone want to sell an old s-afc or anything? I need to tune out the WOT settings from about 3500rpms through 7k to really get the most out of this machine Edit: I'm going to have to get a program to read these pulls...I'll try to have it posted by tonight, I might have to scrounge up a scanner though. Look for an update later...sorry!

Here are three of the pulls, the two that are around 280hp were at 12ish psi, and the 326 was at 17ish (I dropped the gauge, so its a little inaccurate now).

[silkk]

nice results

[GirlRacerS14]

That's awesome Nathan ! I'm glad you finally got everything worked out and she's running now. You deserve it after all the **** you've been through with that car. Now....you just have to bring it to the convention. Cuz I said so.

GR

[GoofyATX240]

His car is pretty quick eheh, and when they had that boost spike that was pretty errrm nice eheh.

[Phixius]

cool man. Whats your set up? My motor is currenty in the machine shop, working on a 350-400HP build also.

[bigk]

nice numbers.im currently selling my 1990 240 with sr20det to built my 89 coupe with dohc engine.what is your set up?

[fiznat]

Phixis, hes running a T3/T04E on a fully built KA block (Ross 8.5:1 .20 over, and I beleive Pauter rods)... His managment is through the JWT ECU, its intercooled of course with a Deltagate Wastegate and some BOV I donno what brand. Uhmm he's running a Joe-P MBC as well. He did just a little bit of head porting himself (cough), clutch is an ACT 6 puck, J-30 VLSD.... hrm

Thats all I can remember from Nathan's setup... it's alot like mine so this is nice to hear that it has done so well. 326/317 @17psi is a LITTLE lower than what I was hoping for ya Nathan, but I think you'll free up some power once you take care of that richness and you break it in a little bit more.

I've said it once though, and I'll say it again: LETS SEE SOME PICTURES!! (and dyno charts!)

[WDRacing]

That's awesome Nathan ! I'm glad you finally got everything worked out and she's running now. You deserve it after all the **** you've been through with that car. Now....you just have to bring it to the convention. Cuz I said so.

GR

Is Ms Aprille's car going to be in attendance at the Convention??

Lean her out Nathan and you'll make gobs more power. If you run some Toulene or race gas you can probably go for 12.5 on the dyno for some really good numbers.

[Structure240sx]

yes once you get it closer to 12.0 you will notice a huge difference. look around on ebay for the safc. i got mine for under $200. i cant wait to get to a dyno. i had to cancel my appointment the other day for my sis's b-day. june 26th there is a local dyno meet, im going for 320rwhp at my 14psi. im really glad to hear everything is running great for you

[Tx-Sx-FS]

Just a quick question...i live in Irving, Texas on the outside of Dallas but before i turbo the car i wanna get a compression test, how much does it cost for that and what are good resuts for 89 sohc? THANKS

[fiznat]

a compression test is something you can definetly do yourself. The gauge is like $25 at any auto part store. Look on the 240sx.org FAQ for a step by step on how to do it and standards to compare by

[Nathan]

Just a quick question...i live in Irving, Texas on the outside of Dallas but before i turbo the car i wanna get a compression test, how much does it cost for that and what are good resuts for 89 sohc? THANKS

It's free if you make it out to a meet that I'm going to, and tell me in advance I'm more than happy to just bring my compression tester, torque wrench, and spark plug socket along. If someone can tell you what good results are for an 89 we can check it out.

As for Fizzy describing my setup, he was 95% right...its a deltagate II wastegate, a turboxs type 34 bov recirculated, and a S14 vlsd. Also, its a Z32 MAF, 72# injectors, and a fidanza flywheel. The intercooler is a rather nice pwr, seems very free flowing Also, the motor only has 400 miles on it, so it should make more power after it breaks in a bit more. The HOT texas day yesterday didn't help either, it must have been over 90 in that building, and with no real fan blowing on the IC.

[Tx-Sx-FS]

also my turbo came with an internal wastegate..how do u check to see what its set at? how hard is it to change the psi level?

[red240ne]

don't you also have the IAP manifold? Does that manifold help with spool for you?

You and I have very similar setups. I never got to the dyno when I was running that manifold

[bbandit]

wow thats great numbers!I'm still looking for a place where I can dyno tune my ka-t too..as soon as I get an SAFC, I'll do italthough my numbers wont be as good as yours

[GirlRacerS14]

Is Ms Aprille's car going to be in attendance at the Convention??

Ms. Aprille's car unfortunately will not be at the Convention. Sorry Bri, it just makes things a lot easier for me to get out there the way that I am and the trailer is already full of cars. However, it will be at any and every meet next year and maybe some the end of this year. I *did* take 4 months off work ya know. But I'll be at the convention.....what more could you possibly ask for than me?!

GR

[Nathan]

don't you also have the IAP manifold? Does that manifold help with spool for you?

You and I have very similar setups. I never got to the dyno when I was running that manifold

Oh yeah, I have that too I dont really have anything to compare it to, but spool up is more than sufficient for me. It starts spooling around 2300 or so if I'm in 4th on the highway, and we have full boost by maybe 3k. I'll have to go do more testing and report back! First, new tires though. Also, I'm going to have to scan the dyno charts at work tomorrow, they should be up by tomorrow afternoon.

[Structure240sx]

isnt it fun as hell to make the car go sideways in third gear

[Nathan]

isnt it fun as hell to make the car go sideways in third gear

It refuses...despite ****ty tires, it just does NOT like breaking traction. I can spin them in first, and going into second but thats it. Perhaps I just need to be even more abusive

[Structure240sx]

ahh you drive like a girl, thats the real reason... j/k dude.

[Nathan]

I'll just start flat foot shifting, that should fix the "problem"

[WDRacing]

what more could you possibly ask for than me?! GR

Wow, that leaves alot open in my mind kiddo...

[Tx-Sx-FS]

can someone please answer my previous post on this thread..i need to know how hard it is to change psi levels on an internal wastegate..and how to do it

[Nathan]

can someone please answer my previous post on this thread..i need to know how hard it is to change psi levels on an internal wastegate..and how to do it

Its easy to turn it up, virtually impossible to turn it down. To turn the boost up, you just need a boost controller to keep the wastegate from seeing as much pressure.

[Nathan]

Uh yeah...so I'm a dunce and scanned them as pdf's...does anyone know an easy way to convert them to jpgs without downloading something to my work computer? (they dont like that stuff). If not, I'll do it when I get home with some photoshop fun.

[Tx-Sx-FS]

just goto the pic..right click and do rename..change the .pdf to .jpg

[Nathan]

just goto the pic..right click and do rename..change the .pdf to .jpg

Yeah, that definitely doesn't work

[Tx-Sx-FS]

it does for my computer...it just like changing the format of the pic..should wok...whats the file name?

[Nathan]

Well, I cant even get to the part of the filename that is .pdf that part is not displayed no matter what I do. Dont worry about it though, I'll just fix it when I get home, shouldn't be more than 3 hours from now

[Altiman94]

number look very good. With a little more tuning that you are gonna do you shoul dbe able to open pandora's box with this thing. Get it to the track and lets see some times from it.