Going to push a different direction with our car for now Options

[Fastbird]

It's been a while, but it's time to make some changes to the setup of our swapped car. Remember that with a SMT6 piggyback and some other work, the stock CT26 made 249 HP and about 260 TQ to the wheels in Summer of 06. Over the winter I noticed that the CT26 will actually put out 18-20 PSI and HOLD IT TO REDLINE with good enough air.

So here's what I'm thinking (and it will all happen relatively soon):

AEM EMS for complete tunability w/GM IAT and 3 Bar MAP (AEM or GM).
Water/Alky Injection full time, boost referenced and tuned accordingly.
AFM Delete in favor of a better intake tract.

I figure by cooling the intake charge via the Methanol, the boost should hold on a little longer. I'm curious to see how much farther I can push the Ct26..........

There's a dyno shop here in IL about 15 minutes from me that is reasonably priced that I will be frequenting.

Thoughts? I'm sticking with the stock injectors for now as the meth injection will be partially like an added fuel also as well as a cooling tool.

[lagos]

Art, I realize what you're saying. I guess I mis-stated my goal originally. I realize that the CT26 is the bottleneck, but right now my biggest concern is getting complete control over my motor, via the standalone. My entire point of moving to a standalone is to gain complete tunability for now moreso than extra power.

I plan to do the majority of the tuning myself. I've been doing a lot of N/A working on my own stuff for about 3 years now, and was playing with FI stuff last year and have been doing a lot of farting around with the piggyback also.

I'm not expecting to get huge power gains, but what I am expecting is a cleaner fuel map, no backfiring when I shift gears, no black soot on my rear bumper, and the ability to datalog, monitor, and on the fly change as necessary. I just can't in good conscience throw a bigger turbo on the car without knowing that I can 100% control what the car does first.

well that makes more sense.

the backfiring between shifts is all because of the vented bov. i recirculated mine a while back and never had a single backfire since.

but while your spending money... at the very least you should try to find a ct20b. for about 5-600 bucks, its a great bang for the buck, will give you a lot more power, and a better power range. with a stand alone on top of that, and 550cc injectors, you would have a pretty simple but bad ass setup.

why not CT-27 intentionally running the turbo outside of its efficiency range is just pointless

i hate the ct27 ... well not the turbo, but ats's pricing. for 1000$ before core charges, you could get a turbo that would make well over 400hp, instead of paying for a used turbo thats been rebuilt. i really wish they would sell that thing for 500$.