The Grond Chronicles : Tuning Mod Party today [Dialup: untold woe]
05-13-2006, 08:44 PM
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The Grond Chronicles : Tuning Mod Party today [Dialup: untold woe]
Stangkiller (Chris) came over so we could tune his supercharged C5. Since the installation last month, there have been quite a few changes, and the tune he had prior to the blower was not very good to begin with.
Using EFI Live, we spent last night and most of today tuning. The end result is a Vette that pulls like a freight train - what a rush under boost. Idle quality is good, part and full throttle is smooth, and boost comes on linearly and kicks serious posterior!
We also installed speed bleeders in Grond and bled the brakes. Then JeepTJ (Fred) came over and went for a ride in first Stangkiller car and then Grond. I will let JeepTJ post his personal impressions of that experience
Here are the pics from today
Working on Grond (again) and Stangkiller working on his tune.
What's this? Surfing the web???
Just kidding - hard at work on scan, log then tune.
Scan & log time - for part throttle, cruise and idle.
New speed bleeders from Ecklers - sweet! Now bleeding the brakes is a one man job.
Using EFI Live, we spent last night and most of today tuning. The end result is a Vette that pulls like a freight train - what a rush under boost. Idle quality is good, part and full throttle is smooth, and boost comes on linearly and kicks serious posterior!
We also installed speed bleeders in Grond and bled the brakes. Then JeepTJ (Fred) came over and went for a ride in first Stangkiller car and then Grond. I will let JeepTJ post his personal impressions of that experience
Here are the pics from today
Working on Grond (again) and Stangkiller working on his tune.
What's this? Surfing the web???
Just kidding - hard at work on scan, log then tune.
Scan & log time - for part throttle, cruise and idle.
New speed bleeders from Ecklers - sweet! Now bleeding the brakes is a one man job.
05-13-2006, 08:45 PM
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JeepTJ (Fred) came over in his beautiful TorchRed coupe
What this? More mods for Grond????
What this? More mods for Grond????
Last edited by EG@EnglandGreen; 05-13-2006 at 09:03 PM.
05-13-2006, 08:48 PM
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And new backgrounds for the AVIC-N2
05-13-2006, 09:00 PM
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Originally Posted by 16Again
You two have waaayyyy too much time on your hands. 
05-13-2006, 09:13 PM
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Can't wait to see Grond at the cruise in Steve
Last edited by StephenT; 05-13-2006 at 09:19 PM.
05-13-2006, 09:16 PM
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Originally Posted by connecticut
got that right
05-13-2006, 09:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Freestyler
looks sweet
what are 'speed bleeders' (as in, how do they work) (and how long/hard to install em?)
(looking for abit more than 'ummmm bleeds the brake lines, quickly')
what are 'speed bleeders' (as in, how do they work) (and how long/hard to install em?)
(looking for abit more than 'ummmm bleeds the brake lines, quickly')
Install is 5 minutes, once you have the car jacked up and the wheels removed. Just remove the OEM bleeders and replace with the speed bleeders.
Then bleed the brakes
05-13-2006, 09:23 PM
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So EG when are you going to move to Vancouver help me mod my vette
05-13-2006, 09:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Zilla
So EG when are you going to move to Vancouver help me mod my vette
05-13-2006, 09:27 PM
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Hey Stephen,
Thanks again for all the help! I can't believe we finally got it, I def. was beginning to get discouraged for a while. But we nailed it, and it pulls HARD! As i told you on the phone, the 335's didn't hold when i nailed the throttle coming off the onramp.
It was also great seeing you again Fred!
Chris
Thanks again for all the help! I can't believe we finally got it, I def. was beginning to get discouraged for a while. But we nailed it, and it pulls HARD! As i told you on the phone, the 335's didn't hold when i nailed the throttle coming off the onramp.
It was also great seeing you again Fred!
Chris
05-13-2006, 09:28 PM
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Originally Posted by stuart
what about the tune...? ...how'd it go for you two
05-13-2006, 09:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Stangkiller
Well, as compared to the cruise we went on before. I'm running 4lbs more boost <not due to the tune>, it doesn't miss fire, and there's no knock. Also the power is much smoother, so i'm able to corner a bit more sure of myself now. Basically it made the world of a difference!
excellent...
So where did boost end up? ...I thought you were looking for around 7-8lbs...