andyman97

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Not a bad day today. The engine performed beautifully. No failures of any kind. When I got there, I put in the 1,000cc injectors while Jeff soldered the resistor box in. We started tuning with pump gas and we couldn't figure out why the solenoid didn't want to hold boost, turns out, where the massive 4" intake pipe was, it was rubbing against a vacuum line and tore it, so we solved that really quick.

After that, we finished up the pump gas tune and moved on to race gas. For some reason, we were making less power at the same boost level with stupid agressive timing. The lower bolt holding the wastegate to the manifold had backed out due to a torn gasket. We said **** it, ripped the gasket out, copper sprayed the bottom of the wastegate and stuck it back on.

Back to tuning. We worked our way up to 25 psi but anything over that and it was spiking to 30. Jeff suggested a torn wastegate diaphragm, so I pulled the cap off and sure as ****, there was a 2 cm tear in the diaphragm. So I've gotta replace that and tune for more boost. I think we've got another 40-50 horses left in the turbo but time will tell. We made power all the way to 8k without dropping off, and it pulls so smoothly, no ignition breakup or anything.

So without further ado.....

ronaldo9

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Raising the bar yet again. Congrats Andy!

TemjinX2

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very nice numbers. Keep it up.

TRIZ

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Dopeness. Fix that **** and tune it again!

MisterFrankieJ

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Congrats. When you refer to "Jeff" I'm guessing Jeff Evans?

andyman97

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Yep, that would be him.

gearbox

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awesome, but is the torque supposed to be that low? seems like no power at all below 4k rpms. how does it feel on the street.

andyman97

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Not sure what you mean, 305 ft/lbs is alot of ****ing torque. And no, there isn't power below 4k, the turbo is barely spooling at that point and I'm not even in vtec yet.... But it feels great, nice and smooth.

02fpcivic

lol gearbox 300 ft lbs is a nice torque number for a sohc honda, its not a big block chevy. The power curve is very impressive there, not just peak power, the whole thing. I am truely impressed.

Unevolved

I think Gearbox is talking about how below 4000 rpm, the engine barely makes more than stock torque, relatively speaking. But as Andy explained, it's because the turbo's not producing yet.

Oh, and congrats. Very, very impressive.

With the VTEC setup in our cars, how much flexibility do you have in adjusting it? I mean as far as engagement point, actual throw, etc.

andyman97

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Thanks bro. The turbo was well worth it. 300 whp before 6k, I'll take it, lol.

Eyger

Wow, this is really great to hear. I'm also excited to find out what happens when you go back. I think it's awesome because when someone ever doubts my generations capability, I think to myself, ah only if they had see andy's car... that would shut them up quick.

icedcoco

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wow, congrats on a great tune with all that stuff breaking and tearing...i need to see that thing in person.

Boilermaker1

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Glad to know my old block was that strong

Curiouz_G

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only in the right hands :P the bands so smooth that you could sign off of it. good thing you got your LSD put in before you put in that new power. how much of those 1000cc's are you using when at 25PSI?

and just as a side note, it seems as if all the turbo''d guys are in the mid-Atlantic area, especially the guys who make big power. i wonder whos going to boost next

TRIZ

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^ yeah, andy is just another follower, but the tallest guy in the group

andyman97

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Limitless adjustment. I'm not sure exactly what you're asking.
Come out to the Evans Tuning meet on June 29, I'll be there.
That's just Honda sleeves
At the 430 mark, we were seeing about 50% duty cycle. And it better be you, fool!

Curiouz_G

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j00 need to update the siggy

filipinop1405

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Congrats Andy!!

emjay

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nice numbers !!! see guys tell me sumtin.. u pop ur hood what mother ***** is gona think ur pushing 400 horses @ the wheels .. no one !!!!!!!!!!!! D17 built boosted FTMFW --a k20 with a mild 7-8 psi setup on stock internals will get SPANKED .. good job man im coming for ~300 wish me luck

dezod

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Nice #s Andy! Way to go. Glad to see our manifold eating up that power and asking for more.

dezod

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Was this taken into account before or after multipliers in the software. 50% sounds utterly too low. I would have expected atleast 60-69%

Tragedy

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all i can say is WOW andy

andyman97

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Pretty much. Very anxious to see what another 5 psi will get me. It gets so ****ing hot under the hood, though. Jeff hit it with infra red and that manifold was over 400 F. But the intercooler was only at about 90 on the outside. It was incredible to feel the pipe feeding the intercooler and the pipe going back to the tb. It felt like at least a good 40 degree difference to me. One pipe was pretty hot, the other was cool. ****ing bad *** intercooler.
Waiting on an email with the maps in it. As for now, I'm not sure how he set it up exactly. I think 50% duty is pretty reasonable for 1,000's and a regulator.

bomerman19

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nice on job on the numbers Andy! I'm so pissed that I couldn't be there to video tape it my civic FTL!
Can't wait for new waste gate! and you to break past that 450 mark!

gearbox

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got jet coating on the manifold?

Slvr2k2

Nice

andyman97

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Word, I think you're on the right track. I'm sure you'll figure it out, sounds like something small and stupid. New diaphragm and spring on order and will be here Friday. Gotta figure out when I can get back to the dyno for tuning.Yeah, for awhile now.

ronaldo9

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Andy does running race fuel have any effect on wastegate failure. I know some race gas is leaded. I remember dezod talking about this along time ago when discussing going from 35mm to 44mm.

tuningmycivic

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just to make sure i read that correctly, 400+ on stock sleeves??? with room for more?