5th trip to the dyno, wish me luck
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5th trip to the dyno, wish me luck As the title says my camaro is headed to the dyno for the 5th time. Hopefully I can get a clean pull, this has been almost 2 years in the making.
Quick recap
First time: Leak in the intake manifold at the EGR, Removed egr and sealed provision
Second time: not enough fuel. Installed boost-a-pump
Third time: still not enough fuel, saved up for a complete aeromotive system
Fourth time: Yeah baby there is fuel there now, 550 RWTQ at 4700 rpm. 3k mile centerforce dual friction clutch can't hold the power. slip and slide. Saved up for and installed Textralia twin disc clutch.
Fifth time: ???????????
Quick recap
First time: Leak in the intake manifold at the EGR, Removed egr and sealed provision
Second time: not enough fuel. Installed boost-a-pump
Third time: still not enough fuel, saved up for a complete aeromotive system
Fourth time: Yeah baby there is fuel there now, 550 RWTQ at 4700 rpm. 3k mile centerforce dual friction clutch can't hold the power. slip and slide. Saved up for and installed Textralia twin disc clutch.
Fifth time: ???????????
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Update Hunter, I would sacrifice more 100 mile dyno trips for numbers like yours.
UPDATE: dyno attempt number 5 is being postponed a day of two due to the guy at the shop who is supposed to tune my car having an emergency root canal. This confirms my strong belief in murphy's law. The upside of this is that waiting a few days is free. I am all in favor of the wait though, because i would not want someone in agony and on pain killers trying to tune when they ought to be resting.
UPDATE: dyno attempt number 5 is being postponed a day of two due to the guy at the shop who is supposed to tune my car having an emergency root canal. This confirms my strong belief in murphy's law. The upside of this is that waiting a few days is free. I am all in favor of the wait though, because i would not want someone in agony and on pain killers trying to tune when they ought to be resting.
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the car slated ahead of me tonight was having problems with the nitrous and the clutch. I should be on the dyno tommorow night,(friday) so if all goes well by this time tommorow i will have some nice numbers a a graph to show off. Perhaps a reduction in rear tread depth as well.
Going Turbo to add another 100 to that
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I appreciate all the positive feedback, i bought this car in 04 as a graduation present to myself, having saved all through highschool for a camaro, i didn't know which one but i knew i wanted one. This car came out of the blue through my shop teachers friend who wanted to sell the car for a mustang. 
(he wanted it back after doing nothing but breaking parts on that mustang) Had the procharger already on it but was otherwise stock. That summer i bent all the pushrods in an overrev racing and took it back to my highschool shop and between college classes and work totally rebuilt the engine so i could turn up the boost, took all winter and most of the spring. Spent alot of time researching on the forum here. So additional thanks to all the members and sponsors who have helped me out with newbie questions. T minus 10 hours and counting till dyno time.
(he wanted it back after doing nothing but breaking parts on that mustang) Had the procharger already on it but was otherwise stock. That summer i bent all the pushrods in an overrev racing and took it back to my highschool shop and between college classes and work totally rebuilt the engine so i could turn up the boost, took all winter and most of the spring. Spent alot of time researching on the forum here. So additional thanks to all the members and sponsors who have helped me out with newbie questions. T minus 10 hours and counting till dyno time. 
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the saga continues went on the dyno, and the blower belt (with under 500 miles) disintegrated at 4500 rpm, they are putting on a new one and i am about the drive 50 miles up there and hope for the best.
This is Adam Fay isn't it????
Mr. Kaluta stoppin in on the tech to say good luck and hope all goes well!
Looks like I need to up the pills in the Nova! All is well --- Cam should be on the way anyday now which will allow more giggly ****
Mr. Kaluta stoppin in on the tech to say good luck and hope all goes well!
Looks like I need to up the pills in the Nova! All is well --- Cam should be on the way anyday now which will allow more giggly ****
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Sucsess!! Ended up not going last night but early this morning, tossed on a new blower belt and got on the dyno again. Couldn't get a perfectly clean pull cause it was doing burnouts on the dyno with 2 guys in the hatch, but it made 560 RWHP and 617 RWTQ on the mustang dyno. I am so excited to finally have my car back and fully functional.
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yep, this is adam fahy/willett. look forward to seeing and perhaps racing your nova once its all set up. any help u want or need just ask.
