Sounds so mellow at idle. Like it's not a stupid turbo monstrosity.
Almost sleepy.....
Almost sleepy.....
MONTE CARLO "COPO" Monte Carlo SS - Turbosaurus Build (Swinging Dick Racing's c*ck got bent... she bounced a little too high & hard, & came down awkwardly)
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Of all the things I have posted in the last 24 hours... that's the thing you fixate on?!?
I'll pass on the compliment, and that we share a brain. 😉
No fixation- just happened to notice. You know LS generally bore me, but i enjoy your mad scientist sh*t. Play on playa.....
BTW, I'm watching Step Brothers....
BTW, I'm watching Step Brothers....
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if nothing else it shows he's still alive..😛
Got up this morning and out to the garage to do some pre-flight checks and tighten up a few loose ends (like bolting the seat down and adding a seat belt back in). Backed the car out and didn't have any forward gears. Weird. Played with the shifter a bit and it dropped into gear. Went to take it out a moment later... and nothing. Reverse sure. Forward not so much. Checked the dip stick. Nothing. Hmmm... run into the garage and grab a 15 year old bottle of Type F and a pail of tractor hydraulic fluid. 5 litres later we were in business. The transmission seemed really soft yesterday, didn't slam into gear like I remembered from my youth. Now it jars my teeth... that old familiar sting.
Driving impressions improved with each round of tuning. First time out it sputtered and farted, and was pretty gutless putting around. Second time out it was better up to going into power enrichment where it died. Manually commanding a boost friendly AFR fixed that and she chooched a bit better. Third time out it was making about 4-5 psi (and given how flat the "curve" is the boost controller seems to be working just fine), and made the appropriate turbo sounds. So that's a win.
A few things for consideration: The converter is too tight, the gears are too short (for the short tires), the tires are like frozen hockey pucks and obviously the tune needs work - so it wasn't a mind blowing experience. But, damn does the car feel light by comparison to everything else in the fleet. Speaking of feeling light - the strong arm steering (power steering box with out the pump) in this car isn't that bad. Not sure what everyone is complaining about?
Going forward - I am going to have to take some time (read: a lot of time!) and deliberately tune this thing, following the appropriate processes to get this dialed in. This is my first venture into tuning a 2 Bar SD OS on a Gen III LS, it is different to say the least. ShouldajustboughttheHolley. Overall I am elated to have this car working in any capacity... more so once it starts making steam.
Guess I need to get back on the bodywork, eh?
Driving impressions improved with each round of tuning. First time out it sputtered and farted, and was pretty gutless putting around. Second time out it was better up to going into power enrichment where it died. Manually commanding a boost friendly AFR fixed that and she chooched a bit better. Third time out it was making about 4-5 psi (and given how flat the "curve" is the boost controller seems to be working just fine), and made the appropriate turbo sounds. So that's a win.
A few things for consideration: The converter is too tight, the gears are too short (for the short tires), the tires are like frozen hockey pucks and obviously the tune needs work - so it wasn't a mind blowing experience. But, damn does the car feel light by comparison to everything else in the fleet. Speaking of feeling light - the strong arm steering (power steering box with out the pump) in this car isn't that bad. Not sure what everyone is complaining about?
Going forward - I am going to have to take some time (read: a lot of time!) and deliberately tune this thing, following the appropriate processes to get this dialed in. This is my first venture into tuning a 2 Bar SD OS on a Gen III LS, it is different to say the least. ShouldajustboughttheHolley. Overall I am elated to have this car working in any capacity... more so once it starts making steam.
Guess I need to get back on the bodywork, eh?
She wants the sauce...
I played with my efilive to find out some stock timing numbers, after using the holley software I dont understand the OEM stuff. So much more complicated.
I played with my efilive to find out some stock timing numbers, after using the holley software I dont understand the OEM stuff. So much more complicated.
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