219 WHP 7A-FTE, First time at the dyno... Options

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Well guys. I'm done with this engine and tranny. Finally. It took what...five years? I achieved what I wanted. Today my tuner was messing around and he wanted to go to the dyno, so we went without hessitation because unplanned things go great for me. We ran like nine times. First pass was a stupid 133 WHP at 8 PSI, LOL. Highest was almost 220 WHP and 188 ft/lb of torque at 15 PSI. I'm leaking like crazy from the turbo manifold. I need to get a new gasket for it and for the wastegate. I settled for a tune of 192 WHP and 177 ft/lb of torque at 11.75 PSI. I could've gotten 200 WHP at this setting if I didn't have that boost leak, and I need to iron a few things out. Anyway, that's it. It roasts the tires like a mad man so I need new tires also. You wanted a 200 WHP auto 7A-FTE and you got it. Took a long time but I finally got around doing it.



Next week I'm going again after I sort out a few issues with the car.

This post has been edited by OOBE: Nov 1, 2008 - 10:36 PM

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I'm so freakin' mad. I removed the inlet hose and left it off the entire day. My compressor blades got all chewed up.I've had this turbo since 2003 without a filter, and nothing ever happened to it. Well, the boost controller's T is close to the inlet because the hoses are short. Today I had the hood open waiting for the car to cool down because it overheated. I saw two guys looking at the engine bay. I know them, but I still walked over the car to make sure they didn't fiddle with the boost controller. What a coincidence that I see them and later, my compressor blades are all torn up and my turbo overboosted.The compressor vacuum hose got cut with the blades, and the T is all scratched. Weird thing is I never heard anything odd. I told my buddy who was in the car with me, "OMG dude, I'm not even at 50% throttle and he car is flying at 10 PSI. The turbo is even whistling. It's never sounded like that before.

Yeah, with the newly clipped compressor blades, of course it'll whistle. I'm not gonna replace it. Screw it. Turbo runs just fine like nothing ever happened. When it goes out of balance and self-destructs, then I'll replace it. I did get a 3" downpipe today and the difference is awesome. Faster spool-up and the engine doesn't sound forced anymore. The other downpipe was all badly crush bent and stuff. I'm getting a 3" electric cutout.