BBSC with a Twist

[MiamieNeSeX]

It not only feels as fast but the Dyno shows the same, but it levels off at about 6200 - 6500 rpm.


Armando

 

[NetViper]

I wish you lived closer so we could line them up. I would like to drive your car to compare.

 

[MiamieNeSeX]

Why is that? Your set up is pretty close to what I have. If Im not mistaken you are at the same HP also.


Armando

 

[NetViper]

Why is that? Your set up is pretty close to what I have. If Im not mistaken you are at the same HP also.


Armando

I just want to see how it drives. Once my map is fixed I am hoping to see a nice change.

 

[MiamieNeSeX]

I just want to see how it drives.

Drives like stock X 2


Armando

 

[Black&Tan97Tnewportbeach]

Nice Job Armando! Looks clean and sharp. I have the aquamist too. Are you running 50% methanol? Thats the max alcohol reccomended by aquamist, although other injection systems can use ethanol or denatured alcohol, we're supposed to use "100 proof" methanol (1/2 water)

 

[WOODY]

does the aquamist spray the heat exchanger or go into the intake and mix with the charge?

 

[Black&Tan97Tnewportbeach]

The aquamist website FAQ says its supposed to spray after the (x)cooler:

Water jet locations...



13. Where do I place the water jet?
Normally immediately after the intercooler unless the intercooler suffers from heat soaking such as the type that is fitted on top of the engine (Subaru, GTI-R, Toyota Celica and etc).

14. Surely if the jet is placed before the intercooler it will have better cooling effects?
Not quite true. If the air entering the intercooler is pre-cooled, the cooling efficiency of the intercooler will drop due to the smaller temperature differentials between the ambient air and induction air within the intercooler core. Secondly, there is also a possibility that the hot air from the turbo may cause unnecessary vaporisation of the injected water thus taking up precious volume that was intended for the charge air.

 

[MiamieNeSeX]

Nice Job Armando! Looks clean and sharp. I have the aquamist too. Are you running 50% methanol? Thats the max alcohol reccomended by aquamist, although other injection systems can use ethanol or denatured alcohol, we're supposed to use "100 proof" methanol (1/2 water)

We are running a 50/50 mixture of 90% alcohol and distilled water. When combined with the aftercooler we are seeing 20 to 30 degree over ambient IATemps . I am very happy with it. :biggrin:


Armando

 

[LJSB]

That first pic does not look like Grey Goose. It looks like a Manhattan. What sup wit dat?

 

[MiamieNeSeX]

does the aquamist spray the heat exchanger or go into the intake and mix with the charge?

We are "spraying" after the aftercooler and into the throttle body itself.

Armando

 

[Yellow Rose]

That first pic does not look like Grey Goose. It looks like a Manhattan. What sup wit dat?

Or it might look like a variation of a Cosmopolitan......but folks in Miami may not be that trendy. :smile:

 

[Yellow Rose]

We are "spraying" after the aftercooler and into the throttle body itself.

Similar to AEM's setup?

 

[MiamieNeSeX]

I am not familiar with the "AEM" setup.

Armando

 

[Yellow Rose]

I am not familiar with the "AEM" setup.

Oh contrare....you are, you just don't realize it because of perhaps too much GG?

 

[MiamieNeSeX]

Oh contrare....you are, you just don't realize it because of perhaps too much GG?

Explain.


Armando

 

[MiamieNeSeX]

We all cant drink sissy ass margaritas :biggrin:

Armando

 

[Yellow Rose]

Explain.

Armando

Explain what?

 

[NetViper]

I bought some GG last night in hopes that it will make mine run better too

 

[Yellow Rose]

We all cant drink sissy ass margaritas :biggrin:

Armando

I don't know about margaritas.....I'm a bourbon-n-coke man myself, but what I do know is that you botched up the "quotation" in your reply.

 

[MiamieNeSeX]

I bought some GG last night in hopes that it will make mine run better too

It does not make the car run better directly. It just makes it less painfull to write the checks

Armando

 

[MiamieNeSeX]

We tuned the car on the dyno yesterday , here are the specifics.


Ambient Temp in dyno room 112 F
Boost 12.2 lbs
IAT 134 F
RWHP 425 +
TQ 305
A/F 11.4 - 11.7

After the first 4 pulls we noticed a flat area around 5200 rpm, we checked the AEM connections and found the vtec disconnected. We also encountered a bad coil pack, we made the nessesary corrections and the car ran flawlessly,and after all is said and done I am happy with the numbers and the drivability. We ended up with a 2.65" pulley which gives us about 2 lbs of boost starting at about 3300 rpmand close to 12 lbs up top. I will have some of the local guys take it for a spin and have them give their seat of the pants feel. In the end we tuned it for safety as I track the car, if that wouldnt be the case there are a few more horses as well as some more ft lbs of torque tucked away. The aftercooler/alcohol injection makes all the difference in the world as the engine likes the cooler IATs.

now its off to the body shop

Armando

 

[NetViper]

Congrats man! That is awesome. My car is running better now that MB set the values in VAC to 0. It is much smoother. I still need some fine tuning. It should be on the dyno in the next 30 days and I can see where it is. Mine is making about the same boost at the same RPM, but with the low compression I would guess you have 10-15HP more at any given RPM. My understanding of the settings in my car are that it is very conservative. Basically over 1 degree of timing retard per pound of boost.

 

[MiamieNeSeX]

For those interested, here is one of the dyno runs. we switched from alcohol to methanol injection and lowered our intake temps by about another 10 degrees.


Armando

 

[MiamieNeSeX]

Anil (SerialNSXer) did this overlay.