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Old Mar 18, 2007 | 06:36 PM
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Keep messing with it man, I had the 418 l92 stroker on the dyno the other day & it made 550rwhp before much tuning. I'm hoping to see you get near 600rwhp.
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Old Mar 18, 2007 | 07:13 PM
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Thanks Jason, I will keep you guys posted. I am sure there is alot more hp in this thing. I am just hoping to get that torque number up into the 500's. Also, this thing seems to die off after 5800-6000 are you seeing this on all the L92 stuff?? I figured with the advance in the cam that it would have moved the power band up in the rpm's. Thanks again for the help.
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Old Apr 10, 2007 | 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by grimloc3
What do you know about tuning a real car
Nothing I guess, did I mention that my SD Tuned car doesn't die like a certain properly calibrated MAF based super tune that was done without raping the PE tables so everything is done properly tuned car?
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Old Apr 10, 2007 | 08:54 PM
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Got mine finished. SD tune is the ****. My car drives better than it did with my little H/C set-up. I`m running 250 255 640 640 112 with a A4 and she drives awsome. Cold starts are sweet. I can crank her, turn the AC on and count to 10 and back out of the garage. NO problem!! It was worth the money to get it. Might not get more power but just driving around town is alot better! Just my .02 Good Luck!
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Old Apr 10, 2007 | 09:49 PM
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beard, I agree 100%. Just a lil arguement a local tuner and myself has. He says that it is ignorance to take the MAF off a car and that any car will run better if the tuner is competent enough with the MAF on the car. Most the time the MAF is fine, but in a big cam/high reversion setup a SD tune will out drive the MAF car. Grimloc3's car is one that he tuned and was done with the MAF on it and it was supposed to be perfect in everyway and just far superior to a SD tune due to the highly technical calibration. Funny, Grimloc called me to help him get the car to idle! Hope the advice helped Cole! Good luck with it.
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Old Apr 10, 2007 | 11:08 PM
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534/487...very good indeed..Good luck with getting even more from her
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Old Apr 11, 2007 | 12:11 AM
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Why do these threads turn into a maf/SD tune issue

Unless you have an all out high compression(13:1) solid roller car there is no need in taking the MAF off peroid! That is unless you just can't tune!!
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Old Apr 11, 2007 | 06:12 AM
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Originally Posted by blazerss
Why do these threads turn into a maf/SD tune issue

Unless you have an all out high compression(13:1) solid roller car there is no need in taking the MAF off peroid! That is unless you just can't tune!!
Well... it usually comes from high overlap cams.... what does high compression have to do with... I have had several different combos ranging from 10 to 11:1 static compression, and I have never logged differences in MAF Air Hz just from the compression change...
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Old Apr 11, 2007 | 08:13 AM
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Compression has everything to do with an engine. The reason you see no change is you are playing with 10-11:1 motors. Im talking about 700+ flywheel N/A motors

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Old Apr 11, 2007 | 08:22 AM
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Yes, but the compression isn't what chops the idle and causes it to run like ****. It's the overlap in the cam that causes the bucking and surging. And for the record, it is much much easier to get good driveability out of an auto w/ stall than to do it with an M6.
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Old Apr 11, 2007 | 08:29 AM
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Guys,guys! read up about how engines work. Wow! There is a limit but I have yet to see one in this thread.
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Old Apr 11, 2007 | 05:35 PM
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Just remember guys the car is a 98. I have heard that an SD tune is not that easy to do on this year.
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Old Apr 13, 2007 | 05:37 AM
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Originally Posted by DramaFoYoMama
I guess I shouldn't have been posting so late. I had forgotten it was a 98 PCM. If it were me, I'd go to a junkyard and get a 99 and up PCM to be able to get the features not available to the 98 OS.
You can't run a 99/up in a 98 without changing the whole wiring harness, some sensors, dash cluster, etc...
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Originally Posted by 03 BUSA
Just remember guys the car is a 98. I have heard that an SD tune is not that easy to do on this year.
That is correct. If you are going to go SD, you will either be limited to a very low resolution VE table or you will have to go with a custom OS like HPTuners' 98 2 Bar OS (what I use). It eliminates the secondary VE.

Whether you go SD or MAF, the narrrowband O2 sensors have to come out and the car must be tuned in open loop. The stock O2's are too slow and will foul out alot.
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Originally Posted by Frost
You can't run a 99/up in a 98 without changing the whole wiring harness, some sensors, dash cluster, etc...
Yeah, if it was just a PCM swap, everyone would do it. You can buy a brand new PCM for under $300 new. The dash cluster is the biggest pain in the *** as the entire dash must come out.
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Old Apr 13, 2007 | 07:09 PM
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Whether you go SD or MAF, the narrrowband O2 sensors have to come out and the car must be tuned in open loop. The stock O2's are too slow and will foul out alot.[/QUOTE]




I am using 02 ZO6 o2's if that makes any difference.
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