HPM A&A YSi Installation
10-15-2009, 09:01 AM
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10-15-2009, 09:03 AM
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Still pouring here, could be worse, could be snow...
10-15-2009, 05:13 PM
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10-18-2009, 06:19 PM
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The driveability is where most tuners don't invest enough time. Robert, what tranny and stall do you have in the car?
With all the rain the drivability should be 100% 
With the WOT being 
This coming week is looking better with no raim now for a few days.......
10-18-2009, 08:40 PM
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Hang in there...
10-18-2009, 09:06 PM
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I know you will call me, When you have it like you want it to be man. Was up in G.B. this weekend at the corvette expo I didnt hear from you so just came on back home. I didnt want too bug you. Just give me a call when you have it dyno.
10-19-2009, 12:03 AM
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Wow, its getting close Robert. I know you are getting excited to have the car screaming down the street.
10-19-2009, 08:54 PM
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10-20-2009, 08:58 AM
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Nick, gave me a p.m. last night. He is having to almost pull the meth system out of the car are redo all most all of it. The last guy down in the nashville area really did a number on the car. Nick also had to pull the trans and rearend out of the car from his work on the dyno with the car.
10-20-2009, 09:11 AM
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Nick, gave me a p.m. last night. He is having to almost pull the meth system out of the car are redo all most all of it. The last guy down in the nashville area really did a number on the car. Nick also had to pull the trans and rearend out of the car from his work on the dyno with the car.
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10-20-2009, 09:16 AM
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Nick, gave me a p.m. last night. He is having to almost pull the meth system out of the car are redo all most all of it. The last guy down in the nashville area really did a number on the car. Nick also had to pull the trans and rearend out of the car from his work on the dyno with the car.
Geez, that does not sound good. What's wrong with the trans and differential ?
10-20-2009, 09:28 AM
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I have to say that Precision is a great company, the converter had obviously been abused, there were heat marks through the case when I took it apart. They said that several of the fins were also laid over as if the car had been held against the brakes for an extended period of time. On top of that the converter was 5 months out of warranty, they fixed it for nothing more than the cost of shipping. That is another reason to do business with RPM! I have used quite a few Precision converters over the years and have excellent luck with them. Of course the experience with RPM goes without saying..
Mike Yeager at East Coast Performance supplied the replacement bushings and we were back in business with it.
Hopefully this will be the last hurdle. The kit is back on the car and I will check the wiring to be sure nothing is amiss there... we are shooting for some dyno time this week.
10-20-2009, 09:39 AM
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The trans is an RPM trans and fortunately as fas ar I can tell it was fine. One of the previous shops that worked on the car dynoed the car in 4th gear. It wiped out both couplers and the converter.
I have to say that Precision is a great company, the converter had obviously been abused, there were heat marks through the case when I took it apart. They said that several of the fins were also laid over as if the car had been held against the brakes for an extended period of time. On top of that the converter was 5 months out of warranty, they fixed it for nothing more than the cost of shipping. That is another reason to do business with RPM! I have used quite a few Precision converters over the years and have excellent luck with them. Of course the experience with RPM goes without saying..
Mike Yeager at East Coast Performance supplied the replacement bushings and we were back in business with it.
Hopefully this will be the last hurdle. The kit is back on the car and I will check the wiring to be sure nothing is amiss there... we are shooting for some dyno time this week.
I have to say that Precision is a great company, the converter had obviously been abused, there were heat marks through the case when I took it apart. They said that several of the fins were also laid over as if the car had been held against the brakes for an extended period of time. On top of that the converter was 5 months out of warranty, they fixed it for nothing more than the cost of shipping. That is another reason to do business with RPM! I have used quite a few Precision converters over the years and have excellent luck with them. Of course the experience with RPM goes without saying..
Mike Yeager at East Coast Performance supplied the replacement bushings and we were back in business with it.
Hopefully this will be the last hurdle. The kit is back on the car and I will check the wiring to be sure nothing is amiss there... we are shooting for some dyno time this week.
Thanks for the explanations.
Not sure why anybody who does some drag racing doesn't install a line-lock as it will save you a lot of headaches.
Trying to overpower the cars brake system is not easy on the drive train.
I did an upgraded drive shaft with Mike myself. I bought a DriveShaft Company inner shaft and had the existing ends machined for 12mm bolt holes and did a rubber front and aluminum rear bushing.
10-20-2009, 11:46 AM
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Its never easy, but its getting there.
10-20-2009, 11:06 PM
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10-21-2009, 06:21 AM
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The guy that put the kenne bell on it put it on the dyno. Then ran the car up to 200 MPH on it in over drive then told me it was the only car that shut off his dyno machine. That really did a number on the couplers. Nick had to pull all of that out then had too put both new back.
That's why I upgraded my inner parts of the tube, then I went out and bought another vette with a six speed last week.
I wish I had known all of this before.
With the big numbers you'll be putting down, you'll probably need a beefed up TT in the future.
I thought dyno pulls were always done in 3rd with auto's ?