Lots of new numbers today

I dynoed this morning before running the car, just to make sure everything was "safe". Baseline numbers were pig rich. With a few keystrokes of the PMS, I ended with an average air/fuel ratio of 12.7 naturally aspirated, and an average of 12.1 with the nitrous. Below are the dyno numbers as well as my best times from today. Ran the car on 315/35/17 BFG Drag Radials @ 16psi, launching at about 4000rpm's. No weight removed and swaybars still intact.

RWHP Naturally Aspirated: 286.6
RWTQ Naturally Aspirated: 309.9
Best ET/MPH No nitrous: 12.88@107 (1.80 60 foot)


RWHP w/125hp nitrous: 372.1
RWTQ w/125hp nitrous: 436.9
Best ET/MPH with nitrous: 11.92@116 (1.71 60 foot)

I was pretty happy, especially since I haven't ran the car in a year. And at that time it had an AOD transmission.

CivicEater said:

What are the mods man?

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Pretty basic IMO...
Edelbrock 60379 heads
Anderson Ford B-21 cam
Extrude honed Cobra intake
Pro-M 80mm maf meter w/30# injectors
Morpheus Horsepower pipe
underdrive pulley w/short belt to bypass air pump
Shorty equal length MAC headers
Bassani catted X-pipe
MAC catback
T-5 w/Ford Motorsport clutch
373 geared rear
PMS (Programmable Management System) for tuning
and...
a NOS brand dry nitrous kit for the nitrous runs

I have the X2C upper & lower control arms, Steeda Sport lowering springs, Tokico non-adjustable shocks and struts...definitely NOT a dragstrip optimized setup IMO...lol

Thanks Joe, and you missed me whooping Paul....of course I "cheated" on that pass though...lol.
Paul, his Dad, and myself also all got an extra added bonus after the racing was over. I'll let him fill you in on the details. Let's just say that it was a "picture perfect" day...hehe.

Thanks. When I ran Paul (KillerCanary), I went a 12.03@116, so I knew it had an 11 in it...I've been studying the dyno sheets all night, lol. I have the graphs, but I also have the breakdown of the a/f and hp/tq at every 250 rpm's, so I can really tweak my PMS to fine tune it. Although the "average" air/fuel ratio (with N20) was 12.1:1, from 4000 to 6000 it was flatlined at 11.5:1. I think I have another tenth or two in just leaning it out a tad...Same thing with the N/A tune up I have stored...They're both rich, but very safe. Time will tell, I guess, but I'm happy for now...

In a nutshell, here are the facts...
The PMS works very well.
It's reasonably priced.
It's easy to use.
No laptop needed.
No chips to remove and re-burn.
All changes take effect immediately and in "real time".

I literally tuned my car yesterday in 5 pulls. Three total N/A pulls, one being a baseline. Two nitrous pulls with one of those being a baseline. I also did the PMS tuning on a friend's blown and intercooled Mustang which was way out of kilter. He used to run an EEC Tuner and said he can't believe how much easier the PMS is to use. We baselined that car at roughly 425rwhp and a ready to blow up 15:1 a/f ratio. In the end we wound up with 467rwhp with a nice flat 12:1 a/f ratio, and a very conservative 18* total timing on straight 93 octane pump gas. He actually rented the dyno for an hour because we made two pulls after every change to make positively sure there wasn't any "flukes". He had blown several head gaskets tweaking in unchartered waters with his old tuner and was rightfully nervous about his tune.
Even with his road race type suspension, he still ran mid 11's at 123mph granny-shifting on drag radials...He's happy (and so is the car)

Check out the PMS forums at www.stangtuning.com
and...
read about it's features at...
http://www.andersonfordmotorsport.com/pms/pms-50.html