Quote from: Vortech347 on August 14, 2018, 02:02:54 AM
Took the Mdesign out for it's first test run tonight.
It's mid 70's ambient. From a stop with a 2200 RPM launch the car was fantastic. Broke loose at launch then spun again around 4500. Second torque steers like crazy, 3rd came in and...it pulled better but meh. However Cruising for a little bit then doing a 3rd gear kick down it feels much stronger probably because the IC isn't heat soaked.
Here's a quick log I took. I cruised for about 2 miles at 60mph, dropped down slow, locked it in 3rd, and pulled till it shifted. Still have 96 oct from Torco in the tank.
you were almost perfect, you were 14/15' degrees spark in third and then the knock hit. After that the temps spiked and it did not recover. What did brad say about the DA/Knock and the temp spikes? you spiked almost 30f in less than 5 seconds.
(FYI when i was non-meth 15/16 spark in third was excellent and allowed me to run 13.2 at PIR all night long.)
the knock came in outside the temp spike which makes me suspicious.. have you checked your plugs? you had high octane torco, so knock ''should not'' be temp related.. this leads me back to ::
-carbon on the plugs/cracked plug/bad plug
-chaffed knock wires
-lean conditions (but did not look this way in the logs)
I have not run a non-meth tune in more than a year, so i do not know of if this is normal but i'd ask Brad about the STFT pulling fuel pretty quickly AFTER the knock.
I would put the oem intake back on if you have not. the oem tunnels are sufficient and do not cause power loss.
oh oh .. last minute thought.. did you mod/alter/'shim' the IAT2/3bar sensor in any way? I just want to make sure the element is in the air stream.