GD George's cars (Retired)

[FL4TTURBO]

never mind i see now, you're deep into long island lol. worth the drive tho....do you do e-tunes by chance?

 

[HolyCrapItsFast]

Hehe.... yeah I do it all myself. Mostly to get the experience and learn. It is my 6 year long experiment. It is my aspiration to tune on a professional level but I do have a ways to go before I am to that level. I'm hoping to get myself into a professional class soon just so I have the credentials to back up my mouth LOL. I am confident to say I know enough to derive a reliable tune but I just need a piece of paper to say that.

I have tuned others cars both in person on the street and over the internet but I limit my self to my car because I don't like making mistakes on anyone else's cars. I am pretty thorough and as a result my e-tunes tend take a long time to derive.

Just to show you how anal I am and the process I use, check out TD_D's thread. I decided to help him out to this extent mostly because he was having real problems and no one he could turn to locally. I can really only do this stuff for one person at a time. It takes allot out of my already busy schedule. If you want me to take a look at your car I would be happy to run through a live street tune with you but you would have to come out to me.

Another note, I tune everything on the conservative side or the safe side of aggressive. I will not push a tune beyond recommended safe levels.

 

[FL4TTURBO]

gotcha i understand completely

 

[HolyCrapItsFast]

Turbo Time!

Just received this from Apex. only $1345.99, free shipping! :tup:

Highlights:
-60lbs compressor
-3" inlet
-8cm^2 hot side
-ported and polished exhaust
-polished outlet
-billet waste gate
-gaskets and hardware included

 

[jswansti]

That thing is sexy!!

 

[HolyCrapItsFast]

I know. I'm considering lubing up the outlet and having sex with it. :lol:

 

[jswansti]

I know. I'm considering lubing up the outlet and having sex with it. :lol:

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

 

[IGOTASTi]

Holy Holy Holy, very nice! I'm telling you! You have a problem, lol. I'm gonna also set up Holy's Performance Tuning Garage!

 

[HolyCrapItsFast]

Oh yeah!

 

[jswansti]

That's not a bad idea! Hes helping me sort out the crazy shit thats happening with my car, whether it be user error or tuner error haha.

 

[HolyCrapItsFast]

Hey did you take a log yet? I'm dieing to know!

 

[jswansti]

Yeah, but im at work so i havent been able to upload it to my computer to send to you yet. Its priority #1 when I get home! The car seemed to run smoother for what its worth, but the data will tell if thats just my high hopes.

Edit: I work at a small town bank, => lots of down time to prowl the forums!

 

[HolyCrapItsFast]

Yeah I make time during the day to troll the forum. They have no clue!

It's funny because I tell them it take me X amount of time to do something but about 85% of that time is spent on the forums

 

[jswansti]

Yeah I make time during the day to troll the forum. They have no clue!

It's funny because I tell them it take me X amount of time to do something but about 85% of that time is spent on the forums

:lol: Nice! Yeah, I used to try and hide it from the coworkers but now I just dont even care.THe only time i minimize or close the screen is when the branch President strolls around. He doesnt really care that much, I just feel like I should.

 

[jswansti]

Emailed you the log! It doesnt look quite as bad as the last one did, not a near constant -25% MAF correction haha.

 

[HolyCrapItsFast]

Okey dokey sir... I'll have a look

 

[BAD STI]

George,

After waiting over a month for my wideband to pc cable to get in... it doesn't work.

I ordered one from Hong Kong that lookes just like the one PLX sells but was $70 less.... I guess thats what I get for being cheap. I placed an order for the PLX one and it should be here monday. Then I can FINALLY start taking some real datalogs.

How's your car doing?

 

[HolyCrapItsFast]

George,

After waiting over a month for my wideband to pc cable to get in... it doesn't work.

I ordered one from Hong Kong that lookes just like the one PLX sells but was $70 less.... I guess thats what I get for being cheap. I placed an order for the PLX one and it should be here monday. Then I can FINALLY start taking some real datalogs.

How's your car doing?

You have no idea how much money I have wasted in the past buying stuff that I thought to be a good deal. It's a crap shoot and sometimes you win, most of the time you don't. But will I learn? NO!!! :rofl:

Car is doing great! Last event was when I thought the turbo blew but it is fine. Turned out to be clogged catch can. The clog prevented the blow-by from flowing and instead blew threw the turbo oil return line. Once I removed the clog everything went back to normal. See? Cheap Ebay shit!

So I went and bought a new turbo anyway :lol:. I get so use to the power it makes that I'm always looking for more. The problem with that illness is I never move on to other more important mods such as suspension.

Now that I know my personal issues I can correct them and move on (that is until after my 5th engine build :rofl.

 

[jswansti]

Thanks a million for the help George! Glad to hear your car is doing well, looking forward to seeing what that new turbo does.

 

[HolyCrapItsFast]

Thanks a million for the help George! Glad to hear your car is doing well, looking forward to seeing what that new turbo does.

Always glad to help when I can.

Glad you got the turbo safe and sound, George! :tup:

I'd like to have you lecture some guys here in ND about cheap Ebay parts. And they don't learn from mistakes either!

Wouldn't that be a conflict of interest? I'm one of them! :lol: