Top Level takes "Average Joe" to E-town
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Top Level takes "Average Joe" to E-town
Some of you may remember the "Average Joe" build from this link,,,
https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...e-joe-evo.html
Since the objective isn't to build a dyno queen, we decided to go 'shake the car down' at e-town this weekend.
1 Gear pulls on a dyno are great for bragging rights, however getting the car up the 1320 requires more effort. We wanted to take the time to test the suspension settings, make sure the car was aligned properly, and analyze boost, afr, and misc data through all 4 gears.
Although pleased to see 109-110mph 1/8th traps, 10.6/10.8 @133-34 didn't add up. These 1/8th mile traps should translate into the mid 140's up top. The logs showed some quirky things happening with the fuel system going into 4th. After some time on the lift today, I think we found our 'Bug'.
The suspension worked nice and smooth. Easy driving the car out of the hole for 1.6's, we were pleased to see the suspension squat smoothly and not hop around or go sideways too crazy. Tires worked very well and kept suspension geometry where we wanted it.
All in all, a pretty good day. Fun times, met some new people, and spent the day with "Average Joe" talking smack with some of the areas 'gamblers'.
I put a short slideshow with vids together on youtube.. (Sorry for the crappy cellphone vids)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ8cq78p72o
Thanks to import2race for the fantastic footage from the event!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UypT4...eature=channel
https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...e-joe-evo.html
Since the objective isn't to build a dyno queen, we decided to go 'shake the car down' at e-town this weekend.
1 Gear pulls on a dyno are great for bragging rights, however getting the car up the 1320 requires more effort. We wanted to take the time to test the suspension settings, make sure the car was aligned properly, and analyze boost, afr, and misc data through all 4 gears.
Although pleased to see 109-110mph 1/8th traps, 10.6/10.8 @133-34 didn't add up. These 1/8th mile traps should translate into the mid 140's up top. The logs showed some quirky things happening with the fuel system going into 4th. After some time on the lift today, I think we found our 'Bug'.
The suspension worked nice and smooth. Easy driving the car out of the hole for 1.6's, we were pleased to see the suspension squat smoothly and not hop around or go sideways too crazy. Tires worked very well and kept suspension geometry where we wanted it.
All in all, a pretty good day. Fun times, met some new people, and spent the day with "Average Joe" talking smack with some of the areas 'gamblers'.
I put a short slideshow with vids together on youtube.. (Sorry for the crappy cellphone vids)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ8cq78p72o
Thanks to import2race for the fantastic footage from the event!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UypT4...eature=channel
