Dyno day

[nasaregistrar]

screwynewy wrote:

[quote]nasaregistrar wrote:

Ken, those numbers look pretty decent. Cruzin performance.com can do your injectors for you for about 12.00 each. It made a big difference on my old car. YMMV though…I have an extra set, actually cobetto has them, that I have offered to any of the E30 guys to send out so the car is not down during the swap out…If we pass them around, everyone can get a set flow tested and the poor guy with the bad one has to find a replacement…I actually have an extra, extra clean set with less than 1000 miles on them…Measure the Fuel Pressure before you get a new FPR…if you remove the vacuum line to the FPR AND your fuel pump is good, you should get 43 PSI

Sean, thanks for the advice. What kind of pressure gauge would I use to test the fuel pressure? I have scheduled a slot to send my injectors to Cruzin already. They said they would turn them around in 2 days or less. Thanks for the offer on the loaner injectors but I can manage with my car sitting for a week or so. Is there anything else that you would recommend doing while I’m in there pulling the injectors?[/quote] Yep Fuel hoses. I bought a Fuel pressure guage at Autozone I think. It is a universal kit and I really only used the guage and fit it in a T fitting.

[sharkd]

sharkd wrote:

…But there is no joy in Smith-ville — the park brake won’t come out.

I wish I’d had the time to search through e30tech.com before I had to get to the dyno shop to meet Al – all I had to do was rock the car back & forth once to break the friction of the e-brake. :pinch:

Oh well, in the end, it worked out – they had time for two cars and I’ll go back tomorrow, since there’s no rush; the downpipes Al packed along had a hole in them. :silly:

[FARTBREF]

Something interesting I noticed on my dyno chart…there was a flat spot right in the middle where I lost 10-15 hp…that is also where my mixture leaned out a little…now the fact it picked back up for the last 2000 rpm’s makes me believe that the Air flow meter may have a bad spot where the car would be used the most…cruising on the hyway around 3000-3500… I am hesitant to use another used AFM…I might be buying a new one…

I think my #'s were 145, 146, 150…the last being after I took my muffler off.

Al

[Carter]

I’ve been away for a few days and forgot about the dyno day. I have numbers from that same dyno and will post them here either tonight or tomorrow.

And I’ll watch the forum more now that the home projects are slowing down.

Carter

[sharkd]

A week later…

With the stock catalytic converter, muffler and some crushed pipes near the subframe
[li]Power: 141.58 Torque: 143.46[/li]

As soon as I get some non-swiss cheese downpipes from Al, I’ll go back for a second run.

[MikeD]

dynoed today

156hp 152 torque (low miles makes good power)