Dyno Day!

Originally posted: 03-19-2011

The car is done with it's engine work now.  I had the car at RS Motors last Monday for Ron to tune it for E85.  The numbers were a little less than what I wanted.  Partly because the current blend is closer to E70.  However, the torque curve is still awesome.  90% of peak torque at 3300RPM with an 8000RPM redline.

Here are a couple videos of the dyno tuning:

After the trip to Mineral Wells, the fuel should be back to around E85, at which point Ron is going to re-tune the car.


I've now put on the 500 break-in miles on the clutch and differential.  The TRE MAX-LOCK is just amazing!  Even when you feel like your at the limits of traction, you step into the gas and it just pushes you around the corner faster.  It's not so much that it breaks the rear loose, but enough grip to keep the car moving in the right direct.  It's perfect for what I need.

I tried to do some test runs today to get an idea of 0-60mph times, 60ft times, but the 245mm snow tires didn't have enough grip to keep the tires from breaking loose.  I can't say this is an entirely bad thing :evil:  The logs show a 0-60 time of under 4.0 seconds.  However the cars rear end was out some, and the tires were spinning for a portion of it.  The Goodyears will really bring out the best in the times.  However it looks like I'll have to wait until Texas to find out accurate numbers.


This weekend, the body panels get changed over, and the car will be weighed.  Pictures and more data to come!


-Mike