Looking forward to BG!
Drove 60 miles each way to the track (with the A/C on and iPhone playing tunes) last night but I think all my daily driving plus a rich idle (12.0:1) has fouled my narrow and wideband sensors. It's pouring black smoke out when I get on it, and then it is driving through the converter in 3rd gear, pretty much constant 5300-5400 rpm solid.
After my first pass the car didn't want to start, so thinking the fan killed it, JD lent me his battery charger for the next run.
Had a great heads up race with JDsGNX, he spun hard after the launch for the first 330 and I was down on power, but it was neck and neck through the 1/8 mile. I pulled slightly ahead when he peddled but as soon as he got back in it he pulled past at the 1000 through the 1/4 with a 6mph advantage through the traps but only a couple hundredths on the ET for JD to take the win. 11.27 to 11.25 What a race!
On the way home I noticed my TV cable was all the way out and early shifting softly and the battery terminals weren't tight either, they took another 3/4 turn to be snugged up- doh!
A few hours later, I strapped the car down to the dyno this morning and with the same 11.2 @ 121.5 tune it put down 470 to 491 rwhp and 600 tq, even though the wideband was all over the place and black smoke poured out everywhere. I didn't have any knock lol! Boost was 20-23 psi with a couple spikes on some frames to 25psi on both the powerlogger and the dyno sensor, 20.9 degrees timing. For comparison, with a TT 5.6 chip and 18-19 psi on 100 octane it went 11.2 @ 121 a few weeks ago. On pump gas only it has run 12.0's @ 112mph so I think the engine can make tons of power with the right tune.
I also now have a pronounced header/gasket leak on the passenger side, could be related to lower boost levels than expected. A while ago I ordered some copper RPE gaskets, ready to go on- the fun never stops! Pretty happy with the first time out for this setup even if I didn't crack into the 10's again.
