I love it! After watching the videos some people in the pits took of the car. (People kept asking me if I had a 4.6 swap) I realized that I didn't have tire spin, it was pushing thru the clutch. You can watch the car launch then hear it hit the Rev limiter as the power band comes in.... oh well I will loosen it up for now.
What is a good replacement for street driving, that won't push thru when I get on it? I'm trying to get some life out of this t5 but it will fail eventually.
Clutch replacement? You may not like the answer. a lot of guys run stage 3 puck style clutch. They work, but chatter like nuts. Very unpleasant. Ask @GroverDill .. I demolished a spec 2 and gave up and bought a Mcleod twin RST. Pricey, but so far, so good. 480 lbft and holding. I may have missed it, what do you have now?
Great thread, BTW!
Thanks! This is my first shot at boost, so far so good. I want to get more out of it but a smaller SC pulley would slip for sure, maybe I can find a different belt route that will give me more wrap.
The clutch is a stock replacement, it has some miles on it. I think with a stage 2 clutch, 20-25# of air in the tires and a decent launch I can get this thing into the 7s. What do you guys think?
Fwiw I lift shift, no power shifting or wot shifts. More aggressive shifts would get there for sure but I don't want to shell this t5.
Thanks! I have spent a lot of time getting this too work on a super tight budget. So far I'm stoked with the results, you can really feel the boost come in. Hopefully I can post some new videos of the car in action, I'm hoping for a 7s 1/8th mile pass.
Reconfigured the maf for blow thru. I think the tune I've been running was setup for a Cai not a filter on the end.
Now cruise afr is 14-15.5 range.
Idle 13.5-14.7 it's crisper, and does not hunt as much.
Wot in boost 2nd gear 12.5ish
Wot in boost 3rd, 4th 11.5 ish
Should I be concerned with the afr in boost?
Now cruise afr is 14-15.5 range.
Idle 13.5-14.7 it's crisper, and does not hunt as much.
Wot in boost 2nd gear 12.5ish
Wot in boost 3rd, 4th 11.5 ish
Should I be concerned with the afr in boost?
just had a question i have a v-2 e-trim on my 99 cobra the v-2 are oil fed from the oil pan what type of oil should i use its been rebuilt the engine and is ready for first oil change
As long as everything was installed to spec. It's probably 5-20w or 5-30w. I run synthetic mobile 1
Mine is turbo.. but boost is boost I suppose. In boost I'm at 11.5- 10.5 afr.. max boost 10 psi. @Noobz347 is a screw junky.. maybe he has better input.
Your full synthetic will be fine if you're worried about vaporization.
Where do you live that you need 5w? The larger the split between cold and hot viscosity, the quicker they break down. That's a non-issue if oil changes are regular.
I don't he had the question 99 4.6.....
I have 5.0 10w30 for me. I have afr questions.
From my limited knowledge anything leaner than 12:1 is unsafe(wot). At cruise/idle I think you can be a little lean. It will burn cleaner and you're not in any real danger of damaging anything. Slightly fat is the safe zone but you do slightly decrease performance. Have you pulled and inspected the plugs? Heard any pinging at all? I'd keep timing conservative for awhile(10*max).