95bowtie

This ^^^ is exactly how I do it. Works great I have three power levels, wastegate spring=5# 480hp......setting A=8# 550hp.....setting B=10-11# 610hp

denmah

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yep i also have power settings in the high 4s mid 5s and over 600

good mix for a street car.

i can highly recommend the AEM tru boost electronic controller built into a gauge.
usually around 250-300

live boost gauge with settable peaks and alarms, and 2 duty cycle settings +1(wastegate)

95bowtie

Got a tru boost also, I have new one unopened in the box still if anyone needs one

denmah

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helga203

Bro do you ever sleep. Hahahahahahahaha

Tjabo

No kidding! No wonder he gets so much done, he's like Edison!!!

denmah

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I don't sleep much, as you can summarize haha.

05_quick4door

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You should make like an Aztec warrior necklace out of them haha

HRHohio

TOTALLY Cool Idea! LOL!

Examples:

Cronic_Moronic

Have you thought about adding a knock sensor?

tiznodd

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Or perhaps a cheap pair of homemade det-cans? Some argue they're more sensitive than knock sensors and they're certainly more in line with the sloppy theme, budget wise.

denmah

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anyone have experience with building an using home made det cans, sure i would give em a try

95bowtie

Wait did this happen again in the last 24hrs?!?!?

95bowtie

Det can you say.....what exactly does that consist of?

denmah

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no the motor is fine i just grabbed the handful of ringlands from this 5.3 haha

Tjabo

I made up a set of electronic ones out of some really cheap **** before. They worked pretty well. I can't really remember how much extra garbage was in this thread, but here's a writeup I did on it:

http://efi101.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=32424

Summary: take one eBay SpyEar thing, add a bosch flat response (aka "Wideband") knock sensor a little wire and a potentiometer and some cheap headphones. Knock becomes much more audible! It's pretty helpful for tuning. I also made and used some of the non-electronic ones too, I can comment on those when I get back home.

Sarg

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I have done this as well. I took a listening device that came with headphones, a spool of wire and soldered the wire to the microphone leads. At the end of the spool of wire I just put a large alligator clamp. Worked excellent. I can take some pics if you can't find it. Think I had $25 in the whole set up. Probably find it under DIY electronic stethoscope.

denmah

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damn, so you just clipped onto the block and listened for popcorn?

Sarg

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Pretty much, with that set up you can move it around to various bolts on the engine and listen to different areas. It works very well surprisingly.

tiznodd

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If you type "det cans" in Google you will find a million examples. The turbo miata guys use these things because some years didn't come with knock sensors. There are also examples of what to listen for floating around youtube.