What did you do to your Fiesta ST today ?

[lessard.dcj]

New Exhaust!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkpw-yWXWfY

sounds good

 

[RAAMaudio]

I drove my car for the first time in 6 months, 40 miles added now at 339

Just finished up a ton of mods last night, too tired to drive it, still breaking it in then will get tuned and see what all this adds up to.

For now I have incredible brakes, handling, rides better than stock but a bit stiff but race springs and not all the weight is back in the car yet but dang good for a street/track car that will run some very fast lapse

 

[iso100]

Forced to wash my baby today because the community groundskeepers blew sand and dirt all over it after mowing. So much sand in the window tracks I was scared to even roll the windows down. At least it's pretty now...

 

[BoostBumps]

Finally got around to removing Fiesta badge...

 

[PocketRocketST]

Got my Cobb RMM in today, I'll probably get around to installing it sometime tomorrow.

 

[FocusMike]

Installed my forum decal today.

 

[BoostBumps]

Installed my forum decal today.
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like where you located it...very subtle...

 

[FocusMike]

like where you located it...very subtle...

Thanks

 

[D1JL]

I wanted to work on my car today but it was just too darn HOT!


Dave

 

[Sourskittle]

Datalogged 21psi at 6150rpms

 

[Sourskittle]

 

[_RED_]

Wow 26 pounds that's nuts lol

 

[iso100]

Sweet Jesus

 

[Sourskittle]

Even with 20psi at 6200rpms its getting 6.00 on timing advance.

 

[razorlab]

At least vdyno it! Show the progress, that would be cool.

Low load for 26psi. I log higher than that on 21.7psi. More timing!!!

 

[RAAMaudio]

I finished the rear axle alignment, front to rear as well, not really dialed in.

Ordered the Cobb race tuner software SS and I are going to use to tune the car

Ordered the Triple R splitter I have waited on for months

Ordered colder spark plugs

Chirped the tires in 3rd not even trying on stick cement and with an LSD

Not a bad day, car now has around 490 miles on it

 

[RAAMaudio]

Tomorrow I have to put a ton of miles on it and the next day so I can load the real tune and start fine tuning, thanks to all the great help from SS (Sourskittle)

I will be running what he is running, in the next few days but will be fine tuning it for my particular mods, pretty similar but I have the J-Line IC, real CAI, more open exhaust, but 91 octane.

 

[Sourskittle]

At least vdyno it! Show the progress, that would be cool.

Low load for 26psi. I log higher than that on 21.7psi. More timing!!!

I can send you the logs and you can plug it into V-dyno if you want... I'm kinda busy adding boost and timing here. I'm not real keen on torque based calculations. Maybe if I had 10 V-dynos on my stock car. But... Pretending to dyno it just doesn't right, honestly, I'm really suppised that you guys put that much faith in it....

But I'll send you what ever kind of file you want.

I'd much rather put it back on the real dyno.

 

[razorlab]

I'd much rather put it back on the real dyno.

Like really put it back on a dyno or just talk about it? When?

 

[dyn085]

Pretending to dyno it just doesn't right, honestly, I'm really suppised that you guys put that much faith in it....

Any form of dyno is basically just a calculation. Yes, a real dyno does take an actual torque measurement, but V-Dyno has shown to be pretty accurate on other platforms-at least accurate enough to be a relative performance gauge. The main issue with it is that you have to control the variables as best you can yourself such as fuel carried, vehicle setup, road tested on, time of day, etc.

Some variables cannot be controlled like surface temp, ambient temp, wind speed/direction, etc., but for the cost of free versus ~$75 for three legitimate pulls...it can really only help you in terms of quantifying the time you're putting into modifications/tuning. Once you've put the time/money into parts and tuning, then you can spend the money for a legitimate dyno and compare your results with the V-Dyno.