Silver bullet for the kill... again... Options

[Kazz5]

Just to keep fleshing some of this story out - when I was being tuned we discovered some boost creep which we attributed to a tighter WGA. Of course, on the clock with no garage, adjusting the WGA was out of the question so we mixed 2 gallons of 100 octane with 12 gallons of 93.

At time of tune the pull was constant basically til fuel cut and, according to Al, no knock. She was tuned in 3rd gear giving immediate spike to 21 with quick creep to 25. I've kept her on a steady diet of 100/93 mix (up to 50/50) since and bumped the MBC so the quick peek is closer to 23. Thank God she's not my daily driver anymore; fuel's expensive - heh.

All I can attribute the no-knock at those levels to is the huge FMIC and piping, a bit of octane, and the WR. She's due for lubricants, plugs, and COP as well as a boost leak test one of these days I have time.

Her biggest problem is tranny and there are some nasty quirks right now. I'm trying to source BG's Synchroshift 2 (at a reasonable price - less than $20 per quart!) for the interim with a trip to TRE or Shepards in the future. Road course will piss me off in that thing the way she is now. It may kick my ass on the strip but we'll see. Might hafta do an LSD while she's in since miami's done it ... =)

Driveability's a bit of a problem at part-throttle and some lift. The Buschur Deluxe FMIC comes with a turbo outlet pipe with no nipple for the MBC (boost solenoid) connection. Didn't realize it at the time I put it all together so I had to get the boost from the manifold - MBC and BOV basically right next to each other. I understand that could be part of the problem. I need that weekend to drop that pipe, drill, and tap to help that problem. Otherwise, Al says he as tweaked the idle end of the tune (?) and I could send in the ECU :eyeroll:

The damn thing can scare the crap out of me at times. And those all-seasons are a huge joke. Gonna hafta try some of that newfangled rubber on this spring.

spy, awd4kicks - thanks for the props. I'm glad she impresses.

I fully expect that sasquatch to flatten my ass so I'm enjoying glowing a bit for now... dammit nate, keep that yellow beast and come out and play!!!